Patent ID: 6152006
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for processing small components, comprising:at least a first transport element and second transport element, said transport elements each having a plurality of receiving areas for receiving and holding one component each, said transport elements forming a conveyor section with a transfer area, at which each component is transferred from the first to the second transport element, the receiving areas of said first of said transport elements being formed by vacuum chucks,said second of said transport elements being one of a belt or a transport wheel and having the receiving areas formed on openings in said belt or transport wheel,a guide having a guide surface and at least one vacuum channel on said guide surface, andsaid belt or transport wheel lying with a side opposite the receiving areas on said guide surface, moving relative to said guide surface and sealing the vacuum channel on said guide surface so that said openings in said belt or transport wheel form suction openings for holding the components on said receiving areas.