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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1977
Filed:
May. 14, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erwin Frederick Bates, Binghamton, NY (US);
Roy Marvin Whiting, Binghamton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Universal Instruments Corporation, Binghamton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156552 ; 198456 ; 198634 ;
Abstract
A pair of pivoting, spring-loaded blades positioned in the path of travel of a series of electronic components on a continuous conveyor, center the components on the conveyor; and a plurality of free-moving fingers rest on the components in order to maintain a centered condition as the components are conveyed into the taping mechanism of a component taping machine.