发明名称 |
Apparatus for feeding crimp terminals on a carrier strip into a crimping press |
摘要 |
An apparatus comprising a feeding mechanism for displacing the carrier strip along a feed path; an image capture means adapted to capture an image of a portion of the feed path; and, an image processing means connected to the image capture means and being adapted to (a) determine the position of at least one terminal on the feed path from the image; (b) determine the pitch of the strip either from the image or from a pre-stored value; and, (c) calculate an alignment displacement of the strip along the feed path from the position and pitch such that a further terminal on the strip lies within a crimping zone on the feed path; the image processing means being connected to the feeding mechanism and adapted to provide a control signal thereto such that the feeding mechanism displaces the carrier strip along the feed path by the alignment displacement. |
申请公布号 |
US9240661(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.01.19 |
申请号 |
US201113636986 |
申请日期 |
2011.03.14 |
申请人 |
CIRCUITMASTER DESIGNS LIMITED |
发明人 |
Bainbridge Andy |
分类号 |
B23P19/00;H01R43/042;H01R43/055 |
主分类号 |
B23P19/00 |
代理机构 |
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC |
代理人 |
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC |
主权项 |
1. An apparatus for feeding crimp terminals on a carrier strip into a crimping press, the separation between the terminals along the strip being the pitch of the strip, the apparatus comprising:
a feeding mechanism for displacing the carrier strip along a feed path; an image capture means adapted to capture an image of a portion of the feed path; and, an image processing means connected to the image capture means and being adapted to (a) determine the position of at least one terminal on the feed path from the image; (b) determine the pitch of the strip from at least one of the image and a pre-stored value; and, (c) calculate an alignment displacement of the strip along the feed path from the position n and pitch such that a further terminal on the strip lies within a crimping zone on the feed path; the image processing means being connected to the feeding mechanism and adapted to provide a control signal thereto such that the feeding mechanism displaces the carrier strip along the feed path by the alignment displacement. |
地址 |
Lancashire GB |