Material or article handling – Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element... – With simultaneous charging and discharging of plural load...
Patent
1993-11-08
1996-10-08
Underwood, Donald W.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element...
With simultaneous charging and discharging of plural load...
221 71, 221 88, B65H 2022
Patent
active
055623840
ABSTRACT:
A micro-component feeder assembly supporting small, odd lot or odd shaped components and subassemblies from a sprocket driven tape carrier including seriatim, annular housings having removeable covers and component pallets. The housing walls include fastener portions which support each pallet and cover. One or more components are indexed to pallet apertures, cavities, projections or resilient restraints. Wound tape supply and take-up cartridges mount to a controlled drive housing which includes tape reel drive, tape splice, tape sprocket drive, cover removal, clamp/test and lift and locate assemblies. Full and depleted component tapes cyclically alternate between upper and lower cartridges. A multi-faceted tool head assembly is controlled to a defined pallet presentation and defined component positions at each pallet. A gripper assembly produces a uniform gripping and insertion action of each component. In a multi-feeder system, a cartridge server assembly maintains a continuous supply of full component cartridges. A robotic arm may be used to pick-and-place components to and from a tape at a supply conveyor or work station.
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Alvite Joseph
Palm Troy T.
Alvite Joseph
Tschida D. L.
Underwood Donald W.
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