GB2121764A - Component packing tubes - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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Abstract
A component packing tube 10 has a plurality of electronic components 12 slidably received therein. A wall 16 of the tube 10 is provided at its centre with a raised part 18 which engages a face of each component 12 at a central portion thereof between pins 20 which extend below the face. The components 12 are prevented temporarily (between packaging and removal for use) from leaving the tube 10 by virtue of end closure means comprising a flap 30 deformed out of the raised part of the tube 10. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Component packing tubes and methods of closing ends thereof
This invention relates to component packing tubes and methods of closing ends thereof.
It is conventional for suppliers of electrical/electronic components such as reed relays, integrated circuits and the like to supply the components in tubes in which the components are slidably received. The components are prevented temporarily (i.e. between packaging and removal for use) from leaving the tube by virtue of end closure means cooperating with at least one of the end components in the tube. Various forms of end closure means are known. An end of the tube can be closed by means of adhesive tape. Alternatively, holes can be drilled in the tube and a pin fitted therein. Another form of end closure means comprises a specially shaped member - for instance in the form of an end cap - that can be forced into the end of the tube. All of these end closure techniques involve the use of materials additional to that of the tube.Further, some of them are complicated and/or expensive to effect and/or are difficult to remove when the components are to be removed for use.
According to the present invention there is provided a component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein and prevented temporarily from leaving the tube by virtue of end closure means cooperating with an end one of the components, the end closure means comprising a portion of the tube deformed out of its normal position so as to impede egress of the end component.
In this way, at least one of the ends of the tube can be closed without the use of any additional component or material.
The said portion of the tube is preferably in the form of a flap cut into the tube wall and hinged away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component. The flap may for example be of an at least approximately square or rectangular form.
The components are preferably electrical components (e.g. reed relays or integrated circuits or the like). They are preferably of parallelipipedal form and may comprise pins extending below a face thereof, for example to enable them to be soldered or otherwise connected into an electrical circuit (e.g.
in a printed circuit board). It is however within the scope of the invention for the components to be of some other nature and/or form.
In a preferred embodiment described hereinbelow the components have pins extending below a face thereof and said portion is deformed from a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend. The pedestal part is in fact preferably in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent the pins. Said portion can however be deformed from any face or other portion of the tube.
The invention further provides a method of closing an end of a component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein so as temporarily to prevent the components from leaving the tube, the method comprising deforming a a portion of the tube out of its normal position so as to impede egress of an end one of the components.
As mentioned above, the said portion of the tube is preferably in the form of a flap and is preferably formed in a pedestal part of the tube.
The said portion of the tube can be deformed by means of automatic machinery, though in a preferred arrangement disclosed hereinbelow it can be formed by means of a simple hand tool. The preferred hand tool operates in a pincer or pliers-like manner and has a cutting member that is forced into the tube on closure of the tool to form said deformed portion.
The invention will now be further described, by way of illustrative and non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 is an end view of a first component packing tube;
Figure 2 is a side view of the tube of Figure 1 with the tube (but not components therein) viewed in axial section along a line Il-Il in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is an end view of another component packing tube;
Figure 4 is a side view of the tube of Figure 3 with the tube (but not components therein) viewed in axial section along a line IV-IV in Figure 3;
Figure 5 is a partial side view of a hand tool used for forming a flap in the component packing tubes;
Figure 6 is a partial front view of the tool of Figure 5 in the closed position;
Figure 7 is a partial view of the tool of Figures 5 and 6 from the other side; and
Figure 8 shows the tool in use to form a flap in a tube like that shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Figures 1 and 2 show a component packing tube 10 which is preferably an extrusion and is preferably formed from a plastics material, for instance, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is desirably clear. In a generally known manner, the tube 10 has slidably received therein a plurality of generally parallelipipedal electronic components (e.g. reed relays or integrated circuits) 12. Though the components 12 in any particular tube will generally be the same, it will be appreciated in particular from a consideration of
Figure 2 that they need by no means be identical. In fact, their length (their dimension along the axis of the tube 10) may vary considerably. Preferably, however, the dimensions of each component 12 transverse to the axis of the tube 10 will be similar and such that the components can slide easily within the tube.
A face of the tube 10 that is uppermost in Figures 1 and 2 has an opening 14 along the length thereof.
This opening is not however essential in that the invention can be carried into effect with tubes that have wholly closed cross-sections.
The wall 16 of the tube 10 that is lower-most in
Figures 1 and 2 is provided at its centre with a pedestal part 18 that is disposed above the remain derofthe wall 16 to engage the lower faces of the components 12 at a central portion thereof between pins 20 that extend from below the lower face of the components 12. The pins 20 are thus disposed in spaces defined between the sides of the pedestal part 18 and side walls Z2MNf the tube 10.
Figures 3 and 4 show a component packing tube generally similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2.
Items in Figures 3 and 4 corresponding to items in
Figures 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals with prime superscripts ('). The arrangement of Figures 3 and 4 is, as is evident, much the same as that of Figures 1 and 2, except that the components 12' are different and of a smaller shape, and the pins 20', while they still extend below the lower face of the component 12', extend out of side faces of the component.
The arrangements of Figures 1 and 2 and Figures 3 and 4 as so far described are of generally known form and represent a conventional technique of packaging electrical/electronic components such as reed relays and integrated circuits by a supplier. The supplier inserts the components into the tubes and then seals or closes the ends. The user unseals or opens at least one of the ends to enable the components to be removed - manually or automatically - for use. Various known methods of sealing or closing the ends of the tubes were mentioned hereinabove. The illustrated tubes are closed at least at one end by plastically deforming a flap 30 inwardly from the material of a wall of the tube. The flap 30 is preferably, as shown, formed in the pedestal part 18, though it is within the scope of the invention to form it from some other part of the tube.
As is evident, the flap 30 cooperates with the end component to impede its egress whereby the components are held in the tube. When the components are to be removed for use, all that is necessary is to force the flap 30 back level with (or even outside of) the part of the tube wall from which it was formed.
The flap 30 is formed by means of a hand tool shown in Figures 5 to 8. The hand tool generally resembles a pair of pliers or pincers and comprises a pair of jaws 40,42 pivoted together at 44 and provided with handles 46,48 in a manner conventional for pliers and pincers and the like. The jaws 40, 42 have like slots 50, 52 formed in their free ends. A cutting element 54 is disposed in the slot 52 such that a cutting tip 56 thereof extends out of the slot 52 into the slot 50. The element 54 is held in place in the slot 52 by means of a face 58 thereof abutting the base 60 of the slot 52 and by virtue of a pin 62 that extends through the element 54 into the jaw 42 on either side of the slot 54. In use, as shown in Figure 8, a filled tube 10 and the hand tool are so positioned that the jaws 40 and 42 (then in an open position) are disposed on opposite sides of the pedestal part 18.
The jaws are then forced together by means of the handles 46,48 whereby the cutting tip 56 of the cutting element 54 is forced against and cuts through the pedestal part 18 to form the flap 30.
The invention can of course be carried into effect in other ways than those described above by way of example. As mentioned above, the tube can if desired be of closed cross-section. Further, the flap 30 may be formed in some other portion of the tube than a pedestal part, in particular if the pedestal part comprises a relatively solid formation rather than an inwardly extending channel as in the arrangements illustrated. The flap may for example be formed in one (or both) of the side walls 22 of the tube and/or in one or more of the parts of the upper face of the tube on either side of the opening 14. It is also within the scope of the invention for there to be more than one flap. Further, though in the arrangement described the flap is generally square or rectangular, other shapes of flap can be employed, depending upon the forming technique used.Further, the portion of the tube deformed to impede egress of the end component need not be a flap but could have some other configuration. The invention is further applicable to arrangements in which two or more tubes are integral with one another to house two or more rows of components.
CLAIMS (Filed on 11 May 1983)
1. A component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein and prevented temporarily from leaving the tube by virtue of end closure means cooperating with an end one of the components, the end closure means comprising a portion of the tube deformed out of its normal position so as to impede egress of the end component.
2. A component packing tube according to claim 1, wherein said portion of the tube is in the form of a flap cut into the tube wall and hinged away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component.
3. A component packing tube according to claim 2, wherein the flap is of an at least approximately square or rectangular form.
4. A component packing tube according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the components are electrical components of generally para
Ilelepipedal form and comprise pins, extending below a face thereof, for enabling the electrical components to be connected into an electrical circuit.
5. A component packing tube according to claim 4, wherein said portion is deformed from a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend.
6. A component packing tube according to claim 5, wherein the pedestal part is in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent to the pins.
7. A component packing tube substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or
Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
8. A method of closing an end of a component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein so as temporarily to prevent the components from leaving the tube, the method comprising deforming a portion of the tube out of its normal position so as to impede egress of an end one of the components.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the deformation of said portion of the tube comprises cutting a flap into the tube wall, the flap being hinged away from the part of the tube in which it is
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Claims (14)
1. A component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein and prevented temporarily from leaving the tube by virtue of end closure means cooperating with an end one of the components, the end closure means comprising a portion of the tube deformed out of its normal position so as to impede egress of the end component.
2. A component packing tube according to claim 1, wherein said portion of the tube is in the form of a flap cut into the tube wall and hinged away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component.
3. A component packing tube according to claim 2, wherein the flap is of an at least approximately square or rectangular form.
4. A component packing tube according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the components are electrical components of generally para
Ilelepipedal form and comprise pins, extending below a face thereof, for enabling the electrical components to be connected into an electrical circuit.
5. A component packing tube according to claim 4, wherein said portion is deformed from a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend.
6. A component packing tube according to claim 5, wherein the pedestal part is in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent to the pins.
7. A component packing tube substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or
Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
8. A method of closing an end of a component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein so as temporarily to prevent the components from leaving the tube, the method comprising deforming a portion of the tube out of its normal position so as to impede egress of an end one of the components.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the deformation of said portion of the tube comprises cutting a flap into the tube wall, the flap being hinged away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the flap is of an at least apprimately square or
rectangular form.
11. A method according to claim 8, claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the components are electrical components of generally parallelepipedal form and comprise pins, extending below a face thereof, for enabling the electrical components to be connected into an electrical circuit, and wherein said portion is deformed from a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend.
12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the pedestal part is in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent to the pins.
13. A method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein said portion of the tube is deformed by means of automatic machinery.
14. A method of closing an end of a component packing tube, the method being substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1,2 and 5 to 8 or Figures 3 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
14. A method according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein said portion of the tube is deformed by means of a hand tool.
15. A method according to claim 14, wherein the hand tool operates in a pincer or pliers-like manner and has a cutting member that is forced into the tube on closure of the tool to form said deformed portion.
16. A method of closing an end of a component packing tube, the method being substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1,2 and 5 to 8 or Figures 3 to 8 of the accompanying drawings.
New claims or amendments to claims filed on 4.8.83
Superseded claims 1 - 16
New or amended claims:
1. A component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably received therein and prevented temporarily from leaving the tube by virtue of end closure means cooperating with an end one of the components, the end closure means comprising a flap that has been cut into the tube at a position spaced from an associated end of the tube and deformed away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component, the flap being capable of being deformed in the opposite sense to an extent sufficlient to permit egress of the end component.
2. A component packing tube according to claim 1, wherein the flap is of an at least approximately square or rectangular form.
3. A component packing tube according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the components are electrical components of generally parallelepipedal form and comprise pins, extending below a face thereof, for enabling the electrical components to be connected into an electrical circuit.
4. A component packing tube according to claim 3, wherein the flap is formed in a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend.
5. A component packing tube according to claim 4, wherein the pedestal part is in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent to the pins.
6. A component packing tube substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 or
Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
7. A method of closing an end component packing tube having a plurality of components slidably
received therein so as temporarily to prevent the components from leaving the tube, the method comprising cutting a flap into the tube wall at a position spaced from an associated end of the tube and deforming the flap away from the part of the tube in which it is formed to adopt a position impeding egress of the end component, the flap being capable of being deformed in the opposite sense to an extent sufficient to permit egress of the end component.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the flap is of an at least approximately square or rectangular form.
9. A method according to claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the components are electrical components of generally parallelepipedal form and comprise pins, extending below a face thereof, for enabling the electrical components to be connected into an electrical circuit, and wherein the flap is formed in a pedestal part of the tube designed to engage said face at a part thereof below which the pins do not extend.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the pedestal part is in the centre of a face of the tube between two other parts of such face arranged adjacent to the pins.
11. A method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the flap is formed by means of automatic machinery.
12. A method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the flap is formed by means of a hand tool.
13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the hand tool operates in a pincer or pliers-like manner and has a cutting member that is forced into the tube on closure of the tool to cut and deform the flap.
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| GB08215481A GB2121764B (en) | 1982-05-27 | 1982-05-27 | Component packing tubes |
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| GB08215481A GB2121764B (en) | 1982-05-27 | 1982-05-27 | Component packing tubes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0124923A2 (en) * | 1983-04-05 | 1984-11-14 | Monolithic Memories, Inc. | Integrated circuit package magazine and receptacle |
| EP0193384A2 (en) * | 1985-02-25 | 1986-09-03 | E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company | Package and apparatus for dispensing articles |
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| US4635794A (en) * | 1983-07-26 | 1987-01-13 | Alfred Lemmer | IC rod-magazine |
| US4648773A (en) * | 1984-07-14 | 1987-03-10 | Abeco Limited | Circuit board assembly |
| US4685562A (en) * | 1986-03-10 | 1987-08-11 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Releasable stop gate device |
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| EP0336061A2 (en) * | 1988-04-06 | 1989-10-11 | Motorola, Inc. | Container |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| US4648773A (en) * | 1984-07-14 | 1987-03-10 | Abeco Limited | Circuit board assembly |
| EP0193384A3 (en) * | 1985-02-25 | 1988-06-01 | E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company | Package and apparatus for dispensing articles |
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| US4685562A (en) * | 1986-03-10 | 1987-08-11 | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Releasable stop gate device |
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| EP0336061A2 (en) * | 1988-04-06 | 1989-10-11 | Motorola, Inc. | Container |
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| PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |