Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704033 | Long axis component loader A component loader for orienting a component along its long-axis for transfer to transmission means such as a carrier belt. The loader includes a rotatable load plate having an outer peripheral edge and an upper surface where the upper surface is inclined from a hor... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7334979 | Adjustable substrate transfer apparatus A substrate transfer apparatus (100) includes a base (40), first and second cassettes (1, 2), a adjustable cassette (6), and a push unit (50). The adjustable cassette (6) is between the first and second cassettes, and has a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7299540 | Electronic-component feeding device Disclosed is an electronic-component mounting apparatus 1 for mounting a plurality of electronic components onto a printed-wiring board 10, which comprises a component mounting head 4 adapted to suck up the electronic component and mount the suc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7257890 | Exposure mask device and method for orienting a plurality of substrates on an exposure mask A method for registering a plurality of substrates that are retained on a workpiece carrier onto an exposure mask for carrying out a photolithography process has the steps of registering and immobilizing the exposure mask onto an alignment panel having precisely fit... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229110 | Bottle loading and unloading tool with extendable arms A device for grabbing bottles comprises a frame, a first set of gripping heads, shoulder pads, extendable arms, a second set of gripping heads. The frame has a first and a second parallel elongated support structure. The first set of gripping heads is mounted on the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7207560 | Pile compartment for flat postal articles The invention relates to a pile compartment for flat postal articles placed in an upright position, comprising a pile compartment bottom (7) and a pile compartment wall (6) perpendicular thereto. The postal articles (1) inside the pile compartme... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7137769 | Workpiece feeding apparatus A plurality of working blocks (A, B) are connected by rails (18). A branched transporting mechanism (100) is disposed at the intersections of the rails (18). A transportation vehicle (300) of non-self-propelled type moves on the rails ( | 11/21/2006 |
| 6966738 | Automatic feeder for carrier-supported contacts A novel feeder construction, and method of operation, for feeding components arranged in pockets in a carrier tape to a conventional pick-and-place machine. In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is fed in a line spaced laterally from the pickup location. The lead c... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6946612 | Mail sequencing system A mail sequencing system has, its top surface part, a tray storage. A non-standard-size mail supplied from a mail supplying unit is read by a bar code reader. The mail is stacked in a predetermined sorting bin based on the information. A tray onto which the mail is ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6537283 | Intraocular lens shipping case and injection cartridge An intraocular lens cartridge having a distal injector portion and a proximal shipping portion. The injector portion and the shipping portion are join be a hinge that allows the shipping portion to be rotated so that the lens, when held in the shipping po... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536859 | Climatic cabinet A climatic cabinet for receiving objects, preferably microtiter plates, which contains a preferably rotatable object receptacle in the interior. The object receptacle is vertically adjustable for changing its position relative to an input and output door.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6381516 | Modular off-line micro device processing system An off-line micro device processing system is provided having a longitudinally extending feeder/processing/buffer system for providing processed micro devices to a pick point. A portable robotic system has a longitudinally extending robotic system body ex... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6195960 | Device for packaging pipes into a case and taking them out therefrom A device for placing pipes (5') into a case (1) and taking pipes (5) out therefrom, wherein the pipes (5) are placed in stacks (2, 3, 4) each with one pipe across, and wherein the stacks are supported laterally by supports (6, 7, 8, 9) projecting upwardly... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6183831 | Hard disk vapor lube Disclosed is a system for transporting disks in vacuum to a vacuum station whereat a lubricant film is applied uniformly to the surfaces of the disks by evaporation. Thickness uniformity is achieved by directing the evaporate through a multi-hole aperture... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183191 | Method and system for sorting flat articles A flat article turntable for use in a flat article sorting system having a flat article holding cartridge, a cartridge handling mechanism and an automatic flat article feeder is provided with an empty cartridge presentation mechanism for presenting empty ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6142723 | Transfer apparatus A carrier transfer apparatus for automatically unloading and/or loading semiconductor device packages from and/or to printed circuit boards loaded into a carrier. The apparatus includes a housing, an input portion, an elevator portion and an output portio... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6068439 | Cassette A cassette comprises a movable member supported on a box member for movement in a direction normal to an swing axis, around which a cover member swings, and an engaging claw combined with the movable member. The movable member is urged to one side of the ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6033932 | Lead frame supplying apparatus In a bonding apparatus such as a wire bonding apparatus, die bonding apparatus and the like in which lead frames are supplied from a lead frame magazine to a bonding section via a frame conveying path, when the absence of a lead frame in the frame storing... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6001670 | Lead frame supplying method In a bonding apparatus such as a wire bonding apparatus, die bonding apparatus and the like in which lead frames are supplied from a lead frame magazine to a bonding section via a frame conveying path, when the absence of a lead frame in the frame storing... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5993132 | Transferring a stack from a cartridge A method and apparatus for transferring a stack of flat articles from a cartridge. The method and apparatus are adapted for use in connection with a method and apparatus for automatically stacking mail into cartridges in output compartments of a sorting m... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5897290 | Lead frame magazine handling device A lead frame magazine handling device is disclosed which includes a magazine loading assembly, a magazine unloading assembly, two sets of receiving jaw mechanisms, a guided elevating assembly, and a programmable controller. The empty magazines are moved t... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895195 | Rack loader/unloader system and method of using same The rack loader/unloader system includes a rack unloader and a container elevator disposed on opposite sides of a rack conveyor to unload containers from a rack at a transfer station. The container elevator enables unloaded containers to be transported aw... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5857830 | Method and apparatus for stacking flat articles into a cartridge A method and apparatus for stacking flat articles into a cartridge. The method and apparatus are adapted for use in connection with output compartments of a sorting machine, robotically transferring filled cartridges from the output compartments to a buff... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5826744 | Bulk handling apparatus A method and apparatus for stacking newspapers is disclosed which obviates the need to fasten individual stacks. Once ejected from a stacking device, stacks of newspapers pass through an assembly station where they are arranged into groups of three, calle... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5827035 | Lead frame pusher device A lead frame pusher device for feeding lead frames in and out of a lead frame magazine including: a pusher mount installed between a pair of lead frame supply guide rails so that the pusher mount can travel along the supply guide rails, a pusher driver wh... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5759007 | Notch finder and combination wafer transfer machine The invention provides a manually operated machine for radially aligning one or more semiconductor wafers. The machine includes an elongated first "notch" roller for rotatably engaging the edge of the wafers, a gear train, and a hand crank for manually ro... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735662 | Adjustable wafer transfer machine A adjustable wafer transfer machine that includes an adjusting mechanism for changing the spacing between adjacent wafers to accommodate placement of the wafers in either a smaller wafer carrier or a larger wafer carrier and a transfer mechanism for trans... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733093 | Stack tube feeder A stack tube type feeder is designed to be versatile to dispense a variety of parts. The part dependent components of the feeder can be either selectively interchanged or adjusted to accommodate a wider variety of parts. Specifically, a part feeder includ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5730575 | Convertible wafer transfer machine A semiconductor wafer transfer machine for transferring first wafers having a first diameter from a first transferor carrier to a first receiver carrier and second wafers having a second diameter different from the first diameter from a second transferor ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5692867 | Parts supply system In facilities for the automatic assembly of mechanical parts, a parts supply system has a storing section for storing a tray loaded with parts, a conveying mechanism for conveying the tray from the storing section, and a circulation mechanism for circulat... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5644999 | Apparatus and method for transferring seedlings from plant trays A transplanter for transferring seedlings from plant trays to a planting position includes a special plant tray having a series of longitudinal indexing grooves and a transverse alignment groove for engagement with indexing rods and support rings that are... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5593269 | Automated work center An automated work center for use in materials handling operations is disclosed. The work center includes a randomly accessible vertically moving temporary storage queue 11 for receiving containers 25 that hold material goods. A fixed loading ramp 20 is ar... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5588791 | Apparatus for sequentially delivering articles contained in cassettes An apparatus, for sequentially delivering articles to a specified article-receiving position from each of a plurality of cassettes each containing a plurality of the articles slidably one above another, includes endless chains with cassette-carrying bars ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5582499 | Pallet changing apparatus Apparatus for changing a load support by a first pallet to a second pallet comprises a stop member rigidly mounted on a floor surface, the stop member having an opening at a lower end sufficient for the pallet to slide under the stop member and having an ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5540535 | Apparatus for pushing chip components into holding plate A vertically movable support member is mounted on a table, and a guide plate and a holding plate are placed on this support member. The plates are accurately located by side stoppers and setting mechanisms for pushing those plates toward the side stoppers... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5482426 | Pallet changing method A method of changing a load supported by a first pallet to a second pallet comprises placing the first pallet supporting the load adjacent a stop member rigidly mounted on a floor surface, the stop member having an opening at a lower end sufficient for th... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5478185 | Bulk envelope container and transfer system and method A bulk envelope container for use in a bulk envelope transfer system and method includes a plurality of elongate chambers, each of which can store a stack of envelopes. The chambers can be arranged in rows and columns and the container is designed for use... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5382128 | Wafer transfer device In a wafer transfer device for transferring wafers from a first basket to a second basket, a carriage carries a lifting member which is vertically slidably supported by a carriage main body, and a plurality of wafer support plates are carried by the lifti... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5377476 | Arrangement for storing, transporting and loading substrates Arrangement for storing and transporting substrates under clean room conditions and for loading the substrates into a clean room. The substrates are individually accommodated in cassettes which are positively stackable. By means of a lifting means, the ca... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5364592 | Cassette for storing and dispensing cuvettes A cassette for storing and dispensing cuvettes and comprising an enclosable frame defining an interior volume for storing cuvettes. The frame includes a removable cover to aid in loading a plurality of cuvettes into the cassette. The frame also includes a... | 11/15/1994 |
