Patent ID: 6073751
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An automatic equipping unit for equipping electric supplies, comprising:a belt store unit having both a belt drive and a circulating conveyor belt wherein the conveyor belt is driven by the belt drive and includes a component deposit area;a movable equipping head for placing components on the component deposit area when the conveyor belt is stationary wherein a front side of each component points in a conveying direction;a monitor having a step counter, the monitor coupled to the belt drive for controlling feed length of the conveyor belt wherein the monitor activates the belt drive upon placement of a component on the component deposit area and advances the conveyor belt a distance associated with a length of the component; anda central controller connected to both the monitor and the movable equipping head, the central controller containing the length dimension data of the components and transferring the length dimension data to the monitor.