Patent ID: 6409067
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for evacuation of a strip carrying components after the components have been removed from the strip by a machine, the device comprising:a clamp member for driving the strip with a stepping motion, the clamp member being synchronized by a coupling with the machine, and entraining and pushing the film step by step into a storage cavity, wherein the clamp member comprises two toothed wheels that are engaged together, one of the toothed wheels being mounted to rotate on a plate and a second of the toothed wheels being mounted to rotate on a bell-crank that pivots about a pin of said second of the toothed wheels, wherein the strip is clamped at a position along the strip between portions of said toothed wheels for driving the strip, wherein the toothed wheels are each rotatable in one direction only, whereby the position between the toothed wheels is advanced relative to the strip as one of said toothed wheels rotates, and the strip advances as the other of said toothed wheels rotates.