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US 4,375,126 AGranted
Device for mounting parts on printed circuit boards
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsHelmut Dull, Wilhelm Schreihage
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Abstract
A device and a method of automatically mounting plate-shaped chips on printed circuit boards, the chips first being aligned and positioned with respect to each other before they are glued onto the printed circuit board, after which the whole assembly of parts is soldered down.
Claims12
Apparatus for mounting plate-shaped electrical parts on a printed circuit board, which comprises a plurality of hollow tubular magazines each containing a stack of said parts, said magazines being positioned in a manner corresponding to the intended arrangement of the parts on the printed circuit board;
- a transfer plate positioned opposite one end of each magazine;
- and a plurality of suction tubes removably mounted in said transfer plate for transferring the parts and extending toward the magazine ends, the number of said suction tubes corresponding to the number of said magazines, said suction tubes being interchangeable to enable the extended length of each tube to be varied as required.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.