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US 7,611,016 B2Granted
Non-nesting component carrier tape
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorCharlie V. Wihren
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Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorCharlie V. Wihren
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A carrier tape for storing components and for preventing nesting of successive wraps of the carrier tape when round onto a roll. In particular, the carrier tape comprises a strip like portion defining a top surface of the tape, and wall portions defining a plurality of substantially similarly shaped pockets spaced along the carrier tape and opening through the top surface. The wall portions of the substantially similarly shaped pockets include a bottom wall portion, a first wall portion extending from the bottom wall portion to the top surface of the carrier tape, a first cross-beam wall portion extending from the bottom wall portion and located between adjacent pockets on the carrier tape, and a second cross-beam wall portion extending from the bottom wall portion and located between selected adjacent pockets on the carrier tape. One or more of the cross-beam wall portions have a notched opening formed at a selected location along a length of the first or second cross-beam wall portions.
A carrier tape comprising a strip like portion defining a top surface of the tape, and wall portions defining a plurality of substantially similarly shaped pockets spaced along the carrier tape and opening through the top surface, the wall portions of one or more of the substantially similarly shaped pockets comprising:
A carrier tape comprising a strip like portion defining a top surface of the carrier tape, the carrier tape comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.