Method for inserting connecting pins in a printed circuit and machine for executing said method
AssigneeCOMATEL -- Comptoir Europeen de Materiel Electronique
InventorRomano Reggi
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Abstract
A method and means for inserting pins into predetermined locations of a printed circuit; said means are carried along by an adhesive strip and after removal of the latter, the foremost pin drops into horizontal registry with a pusher member urging it into vertical registry with a funnel-shaped member brought over the desired location of the circuit while a pneumatic circuit operating for each pin insertion drives said foremost pin through the funnel-shaped member into said location.
Claims8
A machine for inserting connecting pins into predetermined locations of a printed circuit, comprising a first conveying channel for conveying a plurality of pins, means for feeding succession of pins into said channel each said pin being parallel to each adjacent pin and being aligned transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying channel, a spool carrying an adhesive strip, means for leading said strip off the spool along a path adjacent the pins in the conveying channel means for bringing the said strip into adhesive contact with the pins whereby the pins become adhered to said strip and form a pin-carrying strip, a take-up spool for the pin-carrying strip, means for feeding the pin-carrying strip over a pre-determined path towards the printed circuit and stripping the pins near the end of said path off the strip to allow them to be inserted in succession into the desired locations of the circuit, and means for inserting the pins in the desired locations.
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