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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:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Cable, Maldon, GB;
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414118 ; 206328 ; 206334 ; 206499 ; 221198 ; 414417 ;
Abstract
A feed device is disclosed for presenting electronic components to the pick-up head of a component processing machine. The feed device includes a magazine in which the electrical components are stacked one on top of another. The magazine is held within supports in the component processing machine which also has a lift that raises the stack of components within the magazine in response to a signal from a detector. The stack of components is lifted until the detector detects a component at an uppermost, pick-up position within the magazine.