Conveyors: power-driven – With means to facilitate working – treating – or inspecting... – Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load...
Patent
1984-12-06
1986-07-08
Valenza, Joseph E.
Conveyors: power-driven
With means to facilitate working, treating, or inspecting...
Means engaging conveyor or load on a conveyor to align load...
198394, 198406, 198525, 198535, 193 44, B65G 4700
Patent
active
045988137
ABSTRACT:
A vibration damping nest is adapted for receiving axial lead components deposited upon a conveyor assembly by an automatic grasping and positioning device such as robotic pincers. The conveyor assembly, such as a walking beam, is provided with a plurality of grooves along the length thereof which are aligned perpendicular to the length and direction of displacement of the walking beam and are adapted to receive an elongated, linear electronic component deposited thereon. The vibration damping nest includes a pair of pivoting plates positioned on respective sides of the walking beam immediately adjacent thereto. An upper edge of each of the plates includes a generally V-shaped recessed portion for receiving a respective axial lead of a component. Suspended from each pivoting plate is a biasing weight for urging the plate in a generally vertical orientation wherein the V-shaped upper edge portions of the plates define a component drop position across the walking beam assembly. The V-shaped upper edge portion of each plate in combination with its pivoting mount arrangement permits it to accommodate variations in positioning of the automatic grasping and positioning device when a component is deposited therefrom by cradling the deposited component in a manner which substantially reduces the possibility of its bouncing out of the damping nest, while positioning the component for subsequent engagement and removal further along the length of the walking beam.
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O'Connor Cornelius J.
Valenza Joseph E.
Zenith Electronics Corporation
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