Apparatus and method for filling printed circuit boards
CA 1191281 A · Owner: Avx Corporation · Inventors: Scrantom, Dehart G.
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The prevent invention relates to an apparatus and method for the automatic insertion of electronic components, such as capacitors, resistors and the like into a printed circuit board or an equivalent matrix disposed at a insertion station. The apparatus is capable of rapidly and accurately removing electronic components particularly those having axially extending leads, from a bulk storage supply,forming the leads into the parallel spaced configuration necessary for insertion into a P.C. board, advancing the lead-formed component into a position within the P.C. board stripping the component from the insertion mechanism and reloading further component into the insertion mechanism.
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- Granted July 30, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 30, 2002.
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