US 11,713,154 B2
Reel labeling
Yuen-Foo Michael Kou, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to Accu-Assembly Incorporated, Andover, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/623,832
Filed by ACCU-ASSEMBLY INCORPORATED, Andover, MA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/045892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/036185, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,276, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315267 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B65C 1/02 (2006.01); B65C 9/02 (2006.01); B65C 9/26 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/40 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B65C 1/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/26 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65C 2009/408 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of labeling a reel of electrical components, the method comprising:
grasping a reel having an exposed label indicating information about electrical components carried on the reel, the exposed label residing on an underside of the reel;
moving the grasped reel across a label sensor to gather the indicated electrical component information;
generating a new label indicating information determined as a function of gathered information; and,
while the reel remains grasped, affixing the new label to the underside of the reel while the underside of the reel is facing down.