Abstract: A sideweld bag making machine equipped with a rotary bag transfer device and wicket conveyer utilizes a modified wicket stacking plate and transfer wicket pins to effectively place the bags on permanent wickets as they are stacked on the wicket conveyer. Stacking bags directly onto this permanent wire wicket avoids the need for the operator to transfer the stacked and counted bags from transfer wicket pins to permanent wire wickets as part of the bag packing operation.

Abstract: A sideweld bag making machine utilizing a rotary transfer device and wicket conveyer is equipped with a movable bag stacking guide that is used to align bags as they are stacked on the wicket conveyer. The bag stacking guide, which is mounted on the wicket conveyer, has a first raised position for accumulating bags as they are made, and a second lowered positioned to free stack bags for wicket conveyer indexing. The stacking guide is particularly useful for bags having lengths substantially greater than their width.

Abstract: A heat sealing bar assembly is disclosed that is intended to avoid distortion of the heat sealing edge due to thermal expansion of the heated sealing bar with respect to the unheated support beam to which it is mounted. The mounting means include a fixed center support, end supports that permit axial sliding of the ends of the heated seal bar with respect to the support beam, and a series of jacking screws between the center support and the end support for adjusting the shape of the heated sealing bar.

Abstract: A repair station located at the insertion head of an electrical component assembly machine, the repair station permitting the testing and placement of components into the sequence of components to be inserted into printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A combination electrical component sequencing and inserting machine having a conveyor for receiving components from a source, a verifier for determining acceptability of the component, a blow out station for removing unacceptable components, a transfer station for accepting components from the sequencer, an inspection station for indicating to the machine control the absence of components from the sequence and a repair station adjacent an insertion head for replacing missing components from the sequence. The repair station also functions to test the replacement component prior to placement into the sequence.

Abstract: A mechanism for body centering and lead trimming of axial lead electrical components.

Abstract: A mechanism for centering the body of an electrical component in a carrier during a phase of processing the component. A pair of centering fingers are pivotally supported for movement toward and away from the carrier and adjustably downwardly biased toward the carrier to accurately position the centering fingers at the juncture of the component body and leads during centering.

Abstract: A high performance machine for selecting electronic components from magazines containing a variety of configured components, each magazine having means indicative of the particular configured components contained in the magazine for providing signals for controlling the setting of component conditioning and inserting devices for operating on each component according to its particular configuration.

Abstract: A high performance machine for selecting electronic components from magazines containing a variety of configured components, the components in each of the magazines have a different center line spacing from the center line spacing the components of each of the other magazines, each magazine having control unit indicating the particular configured components contained in the magazine for providing signals for controlling the setting of component conditioning and inserting devices for operating on each component according to its particular configuration.

Abstract: Endwise insertion of leads projecting generally radially, or substantially in parallel, from one side of each of a plurality of interconnected electrical components is effected in rapid reliable succession. The components are sequentially fed into the head of a machine by a tape indexing mechanism. There, when aligned with a reciprocable inserter, the leads of each component after being cut to predetermined length are separated from the tape by spaced members acting transversely on the progressively guided tape.

Abstract: A high performance machine for selecting a variety of electronic components by at least two pickers movable along opposite sides of a row of magazines for delivery to a shuttle intersecting said row and which delivers each component to a conditioning means.

Abstract: Endwise insertion of leads projecting generally radially, or substantially in parallel, from one side of each of a plurality of interconnected electrical components is effected in rapid reliable succession. The components are sequentially fed into the head of a machine by a tape indexing mechanism. There, when aligned with a reciprocable inserter, the leads of each component after being cut to predetermined length are separated from the tape by spaced members acting transversely on the progressively guided tape.

Abstract: Mechanism is provided whereby a machine for inserting multiple leads of a component into a circuit board may be adapted to first insert a lead-receivable socket into the board and thereafter mount a component in the pre-inserted socket. The mechanism preferably is employed in a machine comprising automatic means for sequencing the components and sockets predeterminedly. When the machine further comprises automatic means for positioning the circuit board to receive the successive components and/or sockets, it is contemplated all components and sockets will first be programmed to be inserted directly into the boards, then preferably after soldering to secure them into board circuitry and remounting of the board in the machine, new programming of the board positioning means will mount the proper component into its pre-inserted and soldered socket.The novel mechanism is provided, for instance, as an attachment to or auxiliary kit for use in a machine for inserting DIP components and/or sockets.

Abstract: An improved escapement is provided for use with a channel for feeding successive components to insure their continuous and individual release therefrom. The escapement includes elements for holding a next-to-endmost component in cooperation with a land extending lengthwise in the channel, in unobstructive position while the endmost component is released. The invention has particular advantages when one or more components in a stacked series may be of a form tending to overlap or have a small irregularity, such as a protruding flashing for instance, causing shingling and hence resisting automatic feeding one-by-one in the channel.