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AssigneeLorlin Industries Inc.
InventorPeter W. Quinn
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Reeled axial-lead devices such as diodes, resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors and SCRs are carried in linear array by two coextensive tapes wound about a reel. The reel-to-reel apparatus of the invention includes a take-up reel and drive means for conveying the taped electrical components from the supply reel to the take up reel, and disposed intermediate said conveyor is an environmental chamber through which the taped reel is threaded. While in the environmental chamber, the electrical components and the tapes are selectively subjected to differential temperatures whereby only the electrical components are heated or cooled to the desired temperature preparatory to testing. Subsequentially, each electrical component is sequentially tested, and if found defective, is removed from the tape carrier by cutter means. The reeled components are then wound about the take-up reel.
Apparatus for elecrically testing taped electrical components secured to a pair of spaced tapes to form a string of components comprising:
Method for testing electrical components transversely secured to a pair of spaced tape carriers to form a string of components wound about a supply reel comprising the steps of:
Method for testing electrical components disposed in linear array on an elongated tape carrier wound about a supply reel comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.