Transporting and orienting an article using a movable carrier inserted
into an indentation in the article
    1.
    发明授权
    Transporting and orienting an article using a movable carrier inserted into an indentation in the article 失效
    使用插入制品中的凹痕中的可移动载体来运输和定向物品

    公开(公告)号:US4240032A

    公开(公告)日:1980-12-16

    申请号:US847279

    申请日:1977-10-31

    摘要: In testing electronic devices having leads, difficulties are frequently encountered in transporting the devices to a test position and holding them securely while engaging the leads during testing. These difficulties are overcome in devices having an indentation in the body portion by engaging the indentation with a movable carrier pin. This pin pushes the device against a wall. In this position at least one lead of the device is arranged in a specific orientation with respect to the body portion. When the pin (and thereby the device) moves toward the test station, the lead contracts a ramp in its path. As the device continues to move, the lead travels up the ramp thereby pivoting the device into a position at approximately a right angle to the specific orientation upon the device reaching the top of the ramp. The lead is then engaged by a centering element which insures proper alignment for testing. After this alignment, the leads of the device are pressed by a plunger against the wall. A set of test contacts which are recessed in the wall then move outward from the wall to engage the leads.

    摘要翻译: 在测试具有导线的电子设备时,在测试期间将设备运送到测试位置并且在接合引线的同时牢固地抓住它们时经常遇到困难。 这些困难在通过使凹陷与可移动的承载销接合而在主体部分具有凹陷的装置中被克服。 该针将设备推向墙壁。 在该位置,装置的至少一个引线相对于主体部分以特定的方向布置。 当销(从而设备)向测试台移动时,引线在其路径中收缩斜坡。 当设备继续移动时,引线沿着斜坡行进,从而当设备到达斜坡的顶部时将设备枢转到与特定取向成大致直角的位置。 然后,引线由定心元件接合,确保正确对准测试。 在该对准之后,装置的引线被柱塞压靠在壁上。 一组在墙上凹陷的测试触点然后从壁向外移动以接合引线。

    Methods of and apparatus for conveying, testing and sorting articles and
straightening their leads
    2.
    发明授权
    Methods of and apparatus for conveying, testing and sorting articles and straightening their leads 失效
    用于输送,测试和分类物品并矫正其引线的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US4094410A

    公开(公告)日:1978-06-13

    申请号:US731279

    申请日:1976-10-12

    IPC分类号: B07C5/344 H05K13/02 B07C5/08

    摘要: In making electronic components, it is usually necessary to test and sort the components in accordance with their characteristics. In carrying out such operations, the components are guided along a first portion of a path tangential to a rotatable member having notches spaced in the periphery thereof. The rotatable member is moved to engage one notch with each component to support such component and to space it from the other components in accordance with the spacing of the notches. The rotatable member controllably moves the articles along a second portion of a path adjacent the first portion. The rotatable member is then stopped and the leads of each supported component are straightened. The components are then fed to another rotatable member and controllably moved to a testing facility. While the other rotatable member is stopped, the leads of each component are engaged by contacts of the testing facility to determine certain characteristics of each component. Finally, each component is sorted in accordance with its characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 在制作电子元件时,通常需要根据其特性对元件进行测试和分类。 在执行这样的操作时,部件沿着与其周边间隔开的具有切口的可旋转构件相切的路径的第一部分被引导。 移动可旋转构件以与每个部件接合一个切口以支撑这种部件并且根据凹口的间隔将其与其它部件隔离。 可旋转构件沿着与第一部分相邻的路径的第二部分可控制地移动物品。 然后可旋转构件停止,并且每个支撑部件的引线被拉直。 然后将这些部件送入另一个可旋转的部件,并可控制地移动到测试设备。 当另一个可旋转部件停止时,每个部件的引线与测试设备的触点接合,以确定每个部件的某些特性。 最后,每个组件根据其特征进行排序。