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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1997
Yuji Tanaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Eiichi Shimazaki, Kokubunji, JP;
Mitsuo Kosuda, Fussa, JP;
Michio Yonemoto, Musashimurayama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lead frame separating and conveying device used with, for instance, a wire bonding apparatus, including a frame separating assembly that includes frame guides which support lead frames that are lined up with the flat surfaces in a vertical direction, frame suspension guides which are installed above the front ends of the frame guides in the feeding direction of the lead frames, and a frame pusher which pushes the rear end of the lead frames lined up on the frame guides so as to convey the lead frames onto the frame suspension guides. The frame suspension guides supports the lead frames in a suspended fashion and have frame separating sections which are inclined upward.