Arrangement for the transport of printed circuit boards
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorKlaus Barth
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Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement for the transport of circuit boards (7), such as printed circuit boards or substrates, along a transport path between and/or in the various work stations during assembly, the circuit boards being manipulated in a well-defined position, which arrangement comprises a conveyor chain (3) carrying holding devices (3d) for individual circuit boards (7), which holding devices are spaced apart at distances equal to a plurality of chain links (3c), and transport strip portions (7b) of board material provided on and separable from the circuit boards (7), which strip portions have no circuit function and can be held by the holding devices (3d) for transport by way of the moving conveyor chain (3).
Claims11
An arrangement for the transport of circuit boards (7), along a transport path between and/or in various work stations during assembly, the circuit boards being manipulated in a predetermined position, which arrangement comprises
- a conveyor chain (3) carrying holding devices (3d) for individual circuit boards (7), which holding devices are spaced apart at distances equal to a plurality of chain links (3c), and
- transport strip portions (7b) of board material provided on and separable from the circuit boards (7), which strip portions have no circuit function and can be held by the holding devices (3d) for transport by means of the moving conveyor chain (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.