Patent ID: 8414244
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A feeder device for insertion machines for printed circuit boards, comprising: a housing, a drive motor, a gear unit and a pin wheel engaging with a transport tape, wherein said drive motor and said gear unit being arranged on a common side wall of the housing such that axles thereof are perpendicular to the side wall, and wherein the in wheel has arranged thereon a first encoder for positioning the transport tape; a stator of the drive motor being secured directly to the common side wall of the housing, and said common side wall of the housing defining simultaneously a side wall of the drive motor; and a second encoder for producing a reference pulse for determining an absolute position of the in wheel, wherein a rotor of the drive motor is rotatably mounted on only one axle which is fixedly connected to the common side wall of the housing.