Seal pickup station
AssigneePremark FEG L.L.C.
InventorsMark Edward Eberhardt, Jr., Richard Hugh Van Camp, Douglas Joseph Noll, George Wesley Archiable, III
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Abstract
A seal pickup station for supplying a plurality of seals to a position where the seals may be picked up by a gas exchange head. The station comprises a supply roll of seals adhesively attached to a carrier sheet, and a pickup block having a channel through which the seals can be transported on the carrier sheet. The station further includes a sensor to detect the presence of a seal, a take-up reel to collect the carrier sheet, and a pressure roller mounted in the pickup block to maintain tension on the carrier sheet as seals are removed therefrom.
Claims17
A seal pickup station for supplying a plurality of seals to a position where said seals may be picked up by a gas exchange head at a pickup location, the station comprising:
- a supply roll including a plurality of seals adhesively attached to a carrier sheet;
- a pickup block having a channel through which seals can be transported on said carrier sheet to said pickup location, said pickup block being located adjacent a seal located at said pickup location to provide an opposing force when a seal is picked up by said gas exchange head;
- a sensor to detect the presence of a seal;
- a take-up reel to collect said carrier sheet;
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- a pressure roller mounted in said pickup block to maintain tension on said carrier sheet as seals are removed therefrom.
A seal pickup station for supplying a plurality of seals to a position where said seals may be picked up by a gas exchange head at a pickup location, the station comprising:
- a supply roll including a plurality of seals adhesively attached to a carrier sheet;
- a pickup block having a channel through which seals can be transported on said carrier sheet to said pickup location, said pickup block having an aperature to enable said gas exchange head to pick up a seal at said pickup location;
- a sensor to detect the presence of a seal;
- a take-up reel to collect said carrier sheet;
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- a pressure roller mounted in said pickup block to maintain tension on said carrier sheet as seals are removed therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.