Tape guide for guiding a component tape
AssigneeMycronic AB
InventorsJohan Bergstrom, Peter Sundstrom
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Abstract
The present invention provides a tape guide for guiding a component tape from a tape reel to a picking position of a component mounting machine. The tape guide comprises a support structure arranged for guiding the component tape from an upstream end portion of the tape guide to a downstream end portion of the tape guide. The tape guide further comprised a hook portion arranged at the downstream end portion and configured to grip a flange of said tape reel when the tape guide and tape reel are removed from said component mounting machine. The present invention further provides a unit comprising a tape guide, a tape reel and component tape as well as component mounting machine.
Claims13
A tape guide for guiding a component tape wound around a core portion sandwiched between two disc members of a tape reel to a picking position of a component mounting machine, said tape guide comprising:
- a support structure arranged for guiding the component tape from an upstream end portion of the tape guide to a downstream end portion of the tape guide;
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- a hook portion arranged at the downstream end portion and configured to grip an outer periphery of at least one of the two disc members when the tape guide and tape reel are removed from said component mounting machine,
- wherein the hook portion and an outer surface of the support structure define a receiving slit for the outer periphery between the hook portion and the outer surface of the support structure when the hook portion grips the outer periphery, and wherein the receiving slit extends in a direction between said upstream and downstream end portions of the tape guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.