Patent ID: 8584830

Claim:
A transport device for electronic components, comprising: at least one transport wheel movable around a rotation axis and comprising a peripheral face; a plurality of pick-up modules arranged on the peripheral face and located at different positions along the rotation axis, each pick-up module suitable for accommodating at least one electronic component; a pressure source connected to each pick-up module, whereby each pick-up module is provided with at least one pick-up space for the at least one electronic component which extends along the peripheral face and is movable by an actuator between an initial position an end position, radially spaced from the initial position, relative to the rotation axis; each pick-up module being provided with at least one control plunger which can move in a radial direction between an initial position and an end position, whereby the control plunger comprises an open end that forms the pick-up space; and the control plunger being provided with a hollow chamber which is connected to the pressure source and which emerges at the pick-up space, whereby a prescribed pressure can be generated at the pick-up space by the pressure source by means of which the at least one electronic component can be retained at the pick-up space or can be ejected from the pick-up space.