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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6390756 | Transfer of cartridges containing flat articles An apparatus for automatically transferring and handling cartridges containing flat articles. The method and apparatus robotically transfers filled cartridges from the output compartments of a sorting machine to a buffer shelf; and from the buffer shelf t... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6248967 | IC testing apparatus A tray transfer arm 205 for transferring one or more customer trays KST which hold semiconductor devices IC, comprises a pair of tray holders 205a, 205b which are provided substantially in the upper and lower direction.... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5954205 | SIMM board handler A circuit board handling and testing apparatus comprising a housing which defines a top surface. Attached to the housing is a magazine assembly which accommodates a plurality of circuit boards and is adapted to dispense the circuit boards onto the top sur... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931630 | Material feeding apparatus for use in a surface mounting system A material feeding apparatus for supplying surface mounting elements for suction by a suction nozzle for surface mounting on PC boards, the apparatus including a first casing, a second casing connected in series to the first casing in an oblique position,... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5845785 | Apparatus and method for processing shipping articles provided with shipping addresses The invention relates to an apparatus for processing shipping articles provided with shipping addresses. The apparatus comprises a device for transporting the shipping articles along a transport path. A device is disposed in the transport path for automat... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5704489 | SIMM/DIMM board handler A circuit board handling and testing apparatus comprising a housing which defines a top surface. Attached to the housing is a magazine assembly which accommodates a plurality of circuit boards and is adapted to dispense the circuit boards onto a testing a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5425457 | Document mailbox device The present invention relates to a document storage device which allows for temporary and secure storage of a number of documents upon their exit from a document processor. The device (10) is comprised of a document stack system (12), a retrieval system (... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5261775 | IC test equipment In IC test equipment which has an input magazine support station for supporting a magazine discharged from an input magazine stocker and an output magazine support station for supporting a magazine into which IC elements tested in a testing station are lo... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5255792 | Method and apparatus for sorting disks depending upon their thickness The method and apparatus of this invention are to sort disks into predetermined ranks depending on their thickness. The disks are conveyed stepwise in each supply cassette at equal intervals, and partly pushed to measure their thickness. They are transfer... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5217120 | Apparatus for loading and unloading sleeves for integrated circuit ester An apparatus for automatically loading and unloading sleeves for an IC tester and then selectively reloading the sleeves after testing, which is controlled by a conventional microprocessor using sensor input and which automatically transports the IC chip ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4406373 | Means and method for testing and sorting miniature electronic units System of testing and sorting according to tested ranges of values of miniature electronic capacitor and resistor units. A planar carrier with rows and files of openings, loaded with such units, is disposed in an oblique plane to retain the units in place... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4380295 | Automatic drill deburring and sorting machine Drills (35), vertically oriented in a row/column array in a drill block (31), are moved in the column direction across a slot (49) located at a loading station (41). As the drills in each partially or fully occupied row reach the slot and drop, drill bloc... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4337864 | Currency note dispensing system Two embodiments of a system for dispensing currency notes are disclosed. The first embodiment of the system comprises two major components, a cartridge (10) and a dispenser (14). The second embodiment of the system comprises three major components, a cart... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4327834 | Document retrieval system Apparatus for (a) selecting plural desired edge-notched coded documents from different decks of similarly coded documents successively delivered to a document selector from a remote mass document store, in which selection process the selected documents ex... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4234418 | Dip-handling apparatus A DIP-handling apparatus comprising a support chassis, an input tray attached to the support chassis and including a plurality of DIP-receiving input trays arrayed in parallel, a reorienting and metering device for receiving a DIP from one of the tracks o... | 11/18/1980 |
| 3938662 | Selective imprinting machine A selective imprinting machine of the type used for addressing mailed material, utilizing embossed card-sized media of the "credit-card" type having a matrix of perforations sensed for comparison against the master. The master is another perforated card w... | 02/17/1976 |
