Patent ID: 6364088
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65G,H05K

Abstract:
Storage arrangement comprising a channel for accommodating chip-like electronic components in predefined order and alignment, wherein the channel between a first and a second end is at least largely led along a helical line, the channel is connected to the exterior of the storage arrangement by means of an opening at least one of its ends, a first opening at a first one of the ends of the channel is provided for filling the storage arrangement with components and a second opening at a second one of the ends of the channel is provided for unloading the components from the storage arrangement, a first base-like projecting portion is provided in the region of the first end of the channel and a second base-like projecting portion is provided in the region of the second end of the channel, which base-like projecting portions are each other's complement, and the second base-like projecting portion of a first storage arrangement can be joined to the first base-like projecting portion of a second storage arrangement for connecting the second opening at the second end of the channel of the first storage arrangement to the first opening at the first end of the channel of the second storage arrangement for the components to pass through.