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Surface mounted component transport mechanism

  • US 4,694,570 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1985
  • Issued: 09/22/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A random access surface mounted component transport system used in the population of surface mounted components (SMC) in printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication, including:

  • an elongated movement mechanism including a multiple SMC carrier, said mechanism having a plurality of adjacent loading points and a downstream off-loading station, said movement mechanism including an overhead cam assembly including a bus-carried SMC-holding mechanism actuator, a different one of said actuators being disposed at each of said loading points;

    a plurality of adjacent SMC carrier media disposed adjacent said movement mechanism, each SMC carrier media associated with a different one of said loading points;

    loading means positioned adjacent said loading points and said SMC carrier media for moving selected SMC from said carrier media to said multiple SMC carrier of said movement mechanism for transportation of SMC to said off-loading station;

    unloading means position adjacent said off-loading station for moving SMC from said multiple SMC carrier to an appropriate position on a PCB in a predetermined sequence; and

    bus means for transporting said SMC, said bus means including a plurality of bus members temporarily attachable to said time belt upstream of said loading points and temporarily detachable from said time belt adjacent said off-loading station.

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