Patent ID: 8132673

Claim:
A carrier tape for supplying a multiplicity of specific like kind components to a pick and place assembly machine through a feeder, comprising: a. a punched carrier portion having multiple compartments formed therein, the carrier tape having a lower surface; b. a commercially available PSA cover tape comprising a film strip of continuous length containing two strips of aggressive adhesive material forming two spaced apart aggressive adhesive rails, a respective one of the two spaced apart aggressive adhesive rails respectively positioned along a respective one of two outboard edges of the film strip; c. a low tack adhesive applied to an entire area of the cover tape between the two spaced apart aggressive adhesive rails, the low tack adhesive customized to achieve a calibrated level of adhesion for a specific like kind of component being retained by the low tack adhesive so that the low tack adhesive adjacent the lower surface of the carrier tape and beneath each carrier tape compartment will serve to secure each and every one of the like kind components during automated handling yet allow removal without a lift pin or other mechanical assistance using commercially available pick tools; and d. the cover tape secured to the lower surface of the carrier tape by the two strips of aggressive adhesive material, the cover tape positioned so that the low tack adhesive covers the entire bottom area of the punched compartment of the carrier tape.