Patent ID: 6481187
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B07C,B65B,H01L

Abstract:
In a system for loading devices into a carrier tape having a plurality of compartments of a size to receive one of said devices, wherein said compartments are serially spaced along the longitudinal axis of said tape and include a first compartment immediately adjacent to a second compartment, wherein said tape also includes a plurality of sprocket holes serially spaced along a line which is parallel to said longitudinal axis, and wherein said tape is transported to a placement position in which said devices are placed into said compartments, the steps ofpositioning said compartments at said placement position in three steps, a first step positioning said first compartment in said placement position, a second step positioning and substantially stopping said second compartment in the vicinity of but not at the placement position while simultaneously moving said first compartment out of said placement position and the third subsequent step moving said second compartment into said placement position.