Contaminant removal apparatus and methods for tape and reel carrier tape
AssigneeSkyworks Solutions, Inc.
InventorsEdgar Antonio Martinez Silva, Raul Jacobo Cazares, Aldo Lobatos Almejo, Daniel Orozco Mariscal
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Abstract
A method of cleaning a tape and reel carrier tape by unspooling a tape and reel carrier tape from a first reel and onto a second reel. As the tape and reel carrier tape travels from the first reel to the second reel, the method includes passing the tape and reel carrier tape through an inner chamber of a contaminant removal apparatus, and removing contaminants from the tape and reel carrier tape by circulating air within an inner chamber of the contaminant removal apparatus.
Claims20
A carrier tape contaminant removal apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an inner chamber;
- a first carrier tape opening formed in a first side of the housing;
- a second carrier tape opening formed in a second side of the housing that opposes the first side of the housing, the first carrier tape opening and the second carrier tape opening dimensioned to allow passage of a tape and reel carrier tape such that the tape and reel carrier tape enters the inner chamber of the housing via the first carrier tape opening and exits via the second carrier tape opening;
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- a port formed in the housing and adapted to connect to a fluid pump, to allow the fluid pump to be fluidly connected to the inner chamber of the housing.
A tape and reel apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a first reel supported by the frame and configured to unspool a carrier tape;
- a second reel supported by the frame and configured to spool the carrier tape;
- a contaminant removal apparatus positioned between the first reel and the second reel and including a housing having an inner chamber, a first opening formed in a first side of the housing, a second opening formed in a second side of the housing, the first opening and the second opening dimensioned to allow passage of the carrier tape such that the carrier tape enters the inner chamber of the housing after being unspooled from the first reel via the first opening and exits via the second opening for spooling onto the second reel, and the contaminant removal apparatus further including a port formed in the housing and adapted to connect to a fluid pump, to allow the fluid pump to be fluidly connected to the inner chamber of the housing.
The tape and reel apparatus of claim 14 wherein the valve is a Venturi Valve.
A method of cleaning a tape and reel carrier tape comprising:
- unspooling a tape and reel carrier tape from a first reel and onto a second reel;
- as the tape and reel carrier tape travels from the first reel to the second reel, passing the tape and reel carrier tape through an inner chamber of a contaminant removal apparatus;
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- removing contaminants from the tape and reel carrier tape by circulating air within an inner chamber of the contaminant removal apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.