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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303647 | Driving mechanism for chip detachment apparatus A driving mechanism and method are provided for driving a detachment tool adapted to detach a chip from an adhesive tape to which the chip is mounted. The mechanism includes a first actuator coupled to the detachment tool and operative to drive the detachment tool t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7246984 | Method and apparatus for transferring an article to be processed and processing apparatus A transferring apparatus transfers an article to be processed, which is carried by a carrier device, to a holder provided in a processing chamber defined by a processing vessel and adapted to hold the article at a specified processing position. The transferring appa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7094618 | Methods for marking a packaged semiconductor die including applying tape and subsequently marking the tape The present invention provides a method and apparatus for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The pr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7028396 | Semiconductor chip pick and place process and equipment A process and tooling for removing a semiconductor chip (31) from a handling tape (321) without damage to either the chip or tape by one or more horizontal beam type ejector tools (333) driven by a variable speed motor (332) applying unif... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997664 | Apparatus for loading/unloading wafers to and from semiconductor fabrication equipment The present invention proposes an apparatus for loading and unloading wafers to and from the semiconductor fabrication equipment. The present invention uses two U-shaped port plate supporters of high rigidity to respectively join with drive devices such as lead scre... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6551048 | Off-load system for semiconductor devices An off-loading system comprising an array of suction tubes which are each able to pick up an associated semiconductor device from the matrix of devices and a pump which pulls air through the suction tubes to create a sufficiently low pressure within the s... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6520726 | Apparatus and method for using a robot to remove a substrate carrier door A substrate handling system with integrated door removal assembly for an environmentally controlled substrate processing chamber is provided. The system includes a robot positioned within the chamber. A drive mechanism is connected to the robot. A door in... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6386815 | Pick-up apparatus for semiconductor chips A pick-up apparatus for picking up semiconductor chips comprising an integrated or a separately rotatable composite cam formed by a plurality of cylindrical cams, and a plurality of cylindrical pin holders having a plurality of push-up pins, and at least ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6364595 | Reticle transfer system A reticle transfer system is disclosed for transferring reticles between a reticle-carrying SMIF container and a process tool. The reticle transfer system according to the present invention includes an arm assembly having a transfer arm and a gripping mec... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6283693 | Method and apparatus for semiconductor chip handling For stripping selected chips from a wafer of diced chips adhered, bottom surface down, to a flexible, elastic membrane, the bottom surface of the membrane is disposed against an apertured plate of a vacuum chuck for firmly holding the membrane in place wi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5460471 | Machine for recovering blister-packaged pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5017078 | Method and apparatus for unloading components from tape carrier packaging A work station is disclosed for dispensing electrical components (12) from a tape carrier (10) having a plurality of spaced component-containing cavities (14). During the dispensing operation, one side wall (18') of the cavity is opened by slitting the ta... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4850780 | Pre-peel die ejector apparatus A die ejector chuck is provided with a central housing and an outer housing and the central housing is provided with a die eject collar which extends through an aperture in the outer housing. A preselected die on a flexible adhesive tape is positioned ove... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4829663 | Method of mounting surface-mounted type electronic components on a printed circuit board A method of mounting surface-mounted type electronic components on a printed circuit board adapted to be carried out using an electronic component series which comprises a carrier tape formed with a plurality of tiny recess portions for receiving therein ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4645404 | Apparatus for removing an adhered fragile food product from a support surface An apparatus for use in releasing a fragile food product which has become stuck to a support surface as a result of a prior processing operation, and for transferring the released food product from the support surface in an orderly fashion so that the foo... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4001585 | Sample conveyors A sample conveyor for a liquid scintillation spectrometer or gamma counting system comprises a plurality of cassette carriers and a mechanism for moving the carriers step by step along a closed path which includes a transfer station. Each carrier has an o... | 01/04/1977 |
