EP 0755102 A2 19970122 - Continuous strip pin header feeder
Title (en)
Continuous strip pin header feeder
Title (de)
Kontinuierliche Anspeisung von Pin-Konnektorblockstreifen
Title (fr)
Alimentation continue en band de connecteurs rectilignes
Publication
Application
Priority
US 50573895 A 19950721
Abstract (en)
A programmable feeder system for handling a continuous strip of pin header stock. The feeder system responds to controller commands to advance the end of the pin header stock to a pin pulling station, pull a pin identified by the controller at the key position, cut a pin header to a programmed length, and hold the finished pin header at a pickup station for pickup by an insertion system. The feeder system includes a pin header strip drive apparatus including a timing belt having lugs spaced to match the strip pin pitch and engage the pins in the strip. A stepper motor drives the belt to advance the strip under controller command to position the pin to be pulled at a pulling station, and thereafter to advance the strip by a distance needed to provide the programmed header length. A cut/clamp station clamps the advanced strip portion and cuts the receptacle strip to separate the pin header from the continuous strip. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 43/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01R 43/20 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE CH DE FI FR GB IT LI NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96305354 A 19960722