INSERTION AND EJECTION APPARATUS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TEST CHAMBERS

摘要

An apparatus for automatically inserting and ejecting electrical connectors (46) of electronic component test trays (40) form electrical connectors (62) in a panel or an environmental test chamber (22), e.g. an oven (20), at the beginning and end of a test. The electronic components are inserted into test trays, and the trays are loaded into the oven in an insertion cycle by manually sliding them onto lateral tray supports (34, 36) with the tray connectors (42) aligned with mating electrical connectors (46) in the panel (n) of the test oven. The insertion cycle of a track guided, carriage mounted, inserter/ejector mechanism (100, 102) is commenced wherein the mechanism is advanced from tray to tray to sequentially insert the tray connectors (42) into the panel mounted connectors until all trays are inserted. The ejection cycle of the mechanism is initiated to sequentially eject the tray connectors (42) from the panel mounted connectors until all trays are ejected.