Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving a length of taped electrical components, severing them from the tapes, preforming one lead into an L-shape and then bending said leads each 90* so that the bent portions are parallel and said component body is parallel to said leads.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for inserting taped resistors of the type having at least two leads and like components into printed circuit boards. The apparatus comprises a feed mechanism utilizing a rotating feed wheel which in the method places components into engagement with the jaws of an insertion head whereupon the insertion head cuts the component from the tape and carries the component down to a position directly over its insertion position on the circuit board and a pusher rod forces the component or resistor down into the circuit board as the jaws separate.