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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2003
Applicant:
David Alan College, Annville, PA (US);
Inventor:
David Alan College, Annville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 20/00 (2006.01); B65G 20/22 (2006.01); B65H 23/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape feeder for precisely advancing a component-carrying tape to present sequential electronic components disposed at a pitch in the tape to a pick-and-place machine. A feed sprocket and an encoder disc are operatively associated with each other and rotatably disposed on a common axis within a housing. A motor is operatively connected to the feed sprocket to repetitively rotate the feed sprocket over an angle corresponding to the pitch of the component-carrying tape. An encoder is disposed to read the encoder disc and provide a feedback signal indicating the angular position of the feed sprocket.