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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1985
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An automatic apparatus for mounting electronic parts on a printed circuit board includes a turntable, a plurality of mounting heads mounted in positions spaced at equal distances around the turntable, a plurality of mounting chucks movably mounted on each of the mounting heads and each having a shape for picking up a different shape electronic part, cams disposed around the periphery of the turntable and engageable with the mounting heads for positioning one mounting chuck on each of the mounting heads in a position for picking up a desired part, carrying the part around the periphery of the turntable and mounting it on the printed circuit board, and a device to drive the mounting chucks to pick up an electronic part and to mount electronic part picked up on the printed circuit board.