| 摘要 |
<p>A method and an apparatus for loading and positioning of elongate terminated electronic components include a load plate (30) having vertical slots (32) extending therethrough, the slots being spaced apart at regular intervals and each slot having parallel opposing sidewalls. Components (34) are positioned and retained in the load plate slots (32) with the long axes of the components in an orientation transverse to the upper surface of the load plate. At a predetermined time, each component (34) is allowed to drop out of the slot and through a curved chute (38), the chute bending from an upper opening to a medial point and flaring outwardly from the medial point to a lower opening, and having a width at the medial point larger than the short axis of the component (34) and a width at the lower opening slightly larger than the long axis of the component so that the component (34) is rotated through about 90° on passage through the chute (38). As the component (34) exits the bottom of the chute (38), it enters and is retained in a shallow rectangular pocket (42) in a test plate (40). Because of the 90° rotation, the long axis of the component is oriented generally parallel to the upper surface of the test plate (40) and is thus making the component (34) available for testing and processing by conventional means.</p> |
