Carrier and inspection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11851287-B2
Application number	US-202217824240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2022
Priority date	May 26, 2021
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

A carrier is configured to hold a product carried on a material strip during horizontal conveying of the material strip. The carrier comprises a first holding member positioned on the upper or lower side of the product on the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip and extending along a conveying direction of the material strip. A first contact surface is formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, the first contact surface is configured to contact the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit the up and down bouncing movement of the product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A carrier configured for holding a plurality of units of a product connected to each other and carried on a material strip during horizontal conveying of the material strip in a straight line from an entry point to an exit point, the carrier comprising:
a first holding member positioned on the upper or lower side of one or more units of the product on the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip and extending along a conveying direction of the material strip,
wherein a first contact surface is formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, the first contact surface is configured to contact one or more units of the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit an up and down bouncing movement of the product.

2. The carrier according to claim 1 , wherein a second contact surface is also formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, and the second contact surface is configured to contact the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit the up and down bouncing movement of the material strip.

3. The carrier according to claim 2 , wherein the first contact surface and the second contact surface extend along the conveying direction of the material strip and are separated from each other.

4. The carrier according to claim 2 , wherein a connecting line along the surface contour of the contact surface between any two points of the first contact surface or the second contact surface along the conveying direction of the material strip is a Bezier curve.

5. The carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the product extends from the material strip in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the material strip, and the first contact surface is configured to contact a free end of the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip.

6. The carrier according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a beam member detachably provided on the side of the first holding member facing the product, and the first contact surface and/or the second contact surface are at least part of the surface of the beam member facing the product or the material strip.

7. The carrier according to claim 6 , wherein the side of the first holding member facing the product is provided with a slot, and the beam member is removably embedded in the slot.

8. An inspection system, comprising:
the carrier according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first holding member and the second holding member is provided with an inspection window to allow inspection of the product on the material strip through the inspection window; and
an inspection device configured to inspect the product carried on the carrier.

9. The inspection system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
at least one stabilizer, each of which is arranged at upstream or downstream of the carrier along the conveying direction of the material strip, and supports the product and/or the material strip on the side opposite to the first holding member of the carrier.

10. A carrier configured for holding a plurality of units of a product connected to each other and carried on a material strip during horizontal conveying of the material strip, the carrier comprising:
a first holding member positioned on the upper or lower side of the product on the material strip during the horizontal conveying of the material strip and extending along a conveying direction of the material strip, wherein a first contact surface is formed on the side of the first holding member facing the product, the first contact surface is configured to contact the product during the horizontal conveying of the material strip to limit an up and down bouncing movement of the product; and
a second holding member, which is engaged with the first holding member to form an L-shaped structure,
wherein at least one of the first holding member and the second holding member is provided with an inspection window to allow inspection of the product on the material strip through the inspection window.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd
• TE Connectivity Services Gmbh
• Kunshan League Automechanism Co Ltd
• Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh

Inventors

• Zhou Lei (Alex)
• Zhang Dandan (Emily)
• Lu Roberto Francisco-Yi
• Hu Lvhai (Samuel)
• Zhou Qing (Carrie)
• He Yuting
• Duan Jianglin

Classifications

• B65G47/22 Primary

  Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors (during feeding B65G47/14) · CPC title

• B65G35/06

  comprising a load-carrier moving along a path, e.g. a closed path, and adapted to be engaged by any one of a series of traction elements spaced along the path (effecting drive at two or more points spaced along the length of an endless conveyor B65G23/32) · CPC title

• B65G2203/0208

  relating to the transported articles · CPC title

• B65G2207/42

  Soft elements to prevent damage to articles, e.g. bristles, foam · CPC title

• G01D11/00 Primary

  Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable (G01D13/00, G01D15/00 take precedence) · CPC title