Patent ID: 6715205
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for mounting a wire component onto a substrate, comprising:a feed device for intermittently feeding a wire a predetermined distance, said feed device being constructed and arranged to move between a first position at which the wire is to be fed the predetermined distance so as to provide a fed-out predetermined length of wire and a second position at which the fed-out predetermined length of wire is to intersect a predetermined axis; and an insert device for receiving and cutting the fed-out predetermined length of wire into a cut portion of wire, rotating the cut portion of wire, and then inserting the cut portion of wire into a hole in a substrate, said insert device being constructed and arranged to rotate about the predetermined axis, so that an outer edge of said insert device defines a circle, between a third position at which said insert device is to insert the cut portion of wire into the hole in the substrate and a fourth position at which said insert device is to receive the fed-out predetermined length of wire, wherein when said feed device is in the first position the fed-out predetermined length of wire is outside the circle defined by the outer edge of said insert device.