Apparatus for loading electronic packages of varying sizes
AssigneeASM Assembly Automation Ltd.
InventorsYiu Ming Cheung, Hoi Fung Tsang, Yui Ko Wong
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Abstract
Packages of varying dimensions are loaded into a plurality of electrical package tubes. A guide arrangement is provided, which is programmable to receive the electrical packages by automatically configuring to accommodate the varying dimensions of the electrical packages, the configuring being performed without manual intervention, and a receiving arrangement is provided to receive the electrical package tubes and configured to individually align the electrical package tubes with the guide arrangement to receive the electrical packages. Upon application of a feeding force to the electrical packages, the guide arrangement guides the electrical packages into the electrical package tubes.
Claims31
An apparatus to load items of varying dimensions into a plurality of stacked tubes having varying dimension, comprising:
- a first guide arrangement programmable to receive the items by automatically configuring to accommodate the varying dimensions of the items;
- a second guide arrangement programmable to receive the stacked tubes by automatically configuring to accommodate the varying dimensions of the stacked tubes;
- a tube separation arrangement configured to individually remove the stacked tubes;
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- an alignment arrangement configured to individually align the removed tubes with the first guide arrangement to receive the items;
- wherein, upon application of a feeding force to the items, the first guide arrangement guides the items into the tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.