Axial lead dispenser head
AssigneeUniversal Instruments Corporation
InventorsAlbert W. Zemek, Frank Joseph Orzelek, Mike L. Ziemba
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Abstract
An axial lead component dispensing apparatus having a simultaneously adjustable pair of guide plates, advancing mechanism and lead severing mechanism mounted on a support. Two racks and a pinion actuate and synchronize the simultaneous lateral adjustment of the guide plates.
Claims8
In an axial lead component dispensing apparatus having a support means, guide means including a pair of guide plates mounted on said support means for receiving a length of taped axial lead components between said plates, advancement means mounted on said support means for sequentially advancing said length of components, lead severing means mounted on said support means for severing the taped portions of said leads from the remainder thereof, the improvement comprising actuator means mounted to said support means and connected to said pair of guide plates for moving said guide plates in the opposite lateral directions simultaneously relative to said support means to accommodate various length component leads, said activator means being laterally adjustably mounted to said support means for shifting the equidistant point of said guide plates relative to the centerline of said support means to accommodate unequal lead length components.
In an axial lead component dispensing apparatus having a support means, guide means including a pair of guide plates mounted on said support means for receiving a length of taped axial lead components between said plates, advancement means mounted on said support means for sequentially advancing said length of components, lead severing means mounted on said support means for severing the taped portions of said leads from the remainder thereof, the improvement comprising a pair of lateral slots in said support means;
- a pair of connector means, each traversing one of said slots and having one of said guide plates mounted thereon;
- actuator means mounted to said support means and connected to said connector means for moving said guide plates in the opposite lateral direction simultaneously relative to said support means to accommodate various length component leads;
- and a pair of biasing means, one for each connector means for biasing said plates against said support means to resist lateral movement of said guide plates.
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