APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RECEIVING TUBES

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for arranging integrated circuit receiving tubes. The apparatus comprises a reverse mechanism, a detection element and a discharge mechanism. In use, the reverse mechanism receives a tube and the detection element determines an orientation of the received tube. The reverse mechanism moves to allow the discharge mechanism to receive the tube from itself. If the orientation of the received tube differs from a desired orientation, the movement of the reverse mechanism changes the orientation of the tube before allowing the discharge mechanism to receive the tube. Otherwise, the orientation of the tube is maintained notwithstanding the movement of the reverse mechanism, and is subsequently received by the discharge mechanism. This helps to automatically ensure that all the tubes are received by the discharge mechanism in the same orientation.

主权项

1. An apparatus for arranging tubes configured to receive integrated circuit packages, the apparatus comprising:
a reverse mechanism configured to receive a tube; a detection element configured to determine an orientation of the tube received by the reverse mechanism; and a discharge mechanism, the reverse mechanism being movable selectively between a first position which prevents the discharge mechanism from receiving the tube from the reverse mechanism and a second position which allows the discharge mechanism to receive the tube; wherein the movement of the reverse mechanism between the first position and the second position is dependent on the determined orientation of the tube.