Cover tape feeder for a tape-and-reel system
AssigneeNexperia B.V.
InventorAntonius Johannes Hendrikus Vissers
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Abstract
A tape-and-reel system for processing components is disclosed. In the embodiment, the tape-and-reel system includes a first carrier tape reel for holding unloaded carrier tape, a component loading system for loading components into pockets of the unloaded carrier tape, an air-guided cover tape feeder through which cover tape travels, an alignment tool for guiding the cover tape into alignment with the loaded carrier tape and adhering the cover tape to the loaded carrier tape to secure the components into the loaded carrier tape, and a second carrier tape reel for holding the loaded carrier tape.
Claims8
A cover tape feeder for a tape-and-reel system for packaging circuit components comprising:
- a rear panel;
- at least two spacers coupled to the rear panel;
- and
- a cover plate having openings;
- wherein, the cover plate is separated from the rear panel by the at least two spacers such that cover tape can pass horizontally over the spacers between the rear panel and the cover plate;
- and
- wherein the at least two spacers form vertical walls that are spaced horizontally apart to create a vertical channel over the top of which the cover tape horizontally travels and configured so that a pressurized fluid can be injected perpendicularly onto a major surface of the cover tape into the vertical channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.