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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226269 | Substrate edge grip apparatus In one embodiment, the invention is a substrate edge gripper assembly for positioning a semiconductor substrate upon a transfer robot. In one embodiment, a modular assembly comprises spring loaded jaws that are mounted on either side of a robot end effector. The jaw... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7146718 | Apparatus for mounting semiconductors When mounting semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chips are presented on a wafer table where they are picked one after the other by a pick and place system, transported and placed onto a substrate that rests on a supporting surface of a substrate table. The wafer... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121428 | Supply apparatus for spouts and bags with spouts A spout supply apparatus including a spout transfer device in which two spout holding devices 43 and 44 are respectively disposed on each end of a reciprocating swing arm 41 that makes a reciprocating swing motion in the horizontal plane through... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097023 | Finished product receiving unit of a corrugated metal sheet member making machine A finished product receiving unit used in a corrugated metal sheet member making machine for receiving finished products is disclosed to include a rack, rollers arranged in the rack for receiving finished products, two drag rods longitudinally arranged in parallel, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6038888 | Apparatus for delivering glass gobs in a glass forming machines A glass gob delivery system for conveying gobs of molten glass from an oscillating gob delivery chute to a blank mold of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The delivery system comprises an elongate trough that extends downwardly from an i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5702224 | Gravitational IC package transfer mechanism An IC package transfer mechanism for transferring molded IC packages to and from a flat tray with a large number of IC holder nests in an array and an IC magazine adapted to accommodate a large number of IC packages in a row within a tubular housing to be... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5531144 | NC loader for NC machine tool In an NC loader (1) for a machine tool-having a main spindle (7) mounted on a main spindle base (5), the NC loader comprises: a support frame (41) mounted on the main spindle base; a loader body (45) mounted on the support frame and having a horizontal sh... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5470196 | Carrier handling system The carrier handling system has a plurality of magazine tubes which contain carriers. In each tube, the carrier contains a different electronic component. A carriage is mounted on the base and moves on rectangular coordinates to the selected magazine tube... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5323633 | Apparatus and method for orienting a curved workpiece An apparatus for presenting a curved workpiece to a workstation, includes a frame member and a guide channel associated with the frame member for receiving a curved workpiece in a generally upright position. A first pusher mechanism is reciprocally movabl... | 06/28/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5254164 | Coating system including indexing turret rotatable in the vertical and horizontal planes about a stationary shaft with loading and unloading of containers and closures from the edges of the turret This invention relates to coating systems and to methods and apparatus for coating containers and closures employing container and closure indexing machines having vacuum chucks mounted on the edge of one or more turrets rotating in horizontal or vertical... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5200702 | Feed mechanism and method therefor Apparatus and method for sequential provision of a series of similarly configured objects to and from a proximal location such as a device for testing those objects. The objects are provided in a gravity-fed stack to a changer that includes a container, a... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5165551 | Apparatus and method for detecting defects in an article An apparatus for detecting defects in discrete articles, such as fasteners having an indexable article carrier with a plurality of article holders on the article carrier for supporting articles in a holding position so that each article in the holding pos... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5148100 | Handler used in testing system for semiconductor devices A handler used in a testing system for semiconductors includes an arm shaped conveyer unit for conveying a semiconductor device from a first end thereof to a second end thereof and vice versa,a loader/unloader unit which is provided at the first end of th... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5080552 | Apparatus for supplying resin tablets for use in encapsulating semiconductor device A resin tablet supplying apparatus comprising a plurality of tablet accommodating parts, a tablet discharge part and transporting part. The plurality of table accommodating parts are fixedly mounted at predetermined positions for accommodating a plurality... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4949833 | Apparatus for successive supply of parts An apparatus for successive supply of parts comprises a main parts feeding device for feeding parts successively to a predetermined position, a auxiliary parts feeding device provided with a parts storing portion and operative to supply parts kept in the ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4929138 | Device for feeding rodlike workpieces In order to markedly reduce the necessary installation area for a device for feeding rodlike workpieces to a machine tool with at least one rod feed tube for a rodlike workpiece (15) to be processed, feedable from a magazine (16) into the rod feed tube, i... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4877138 | Fastener head elevation measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring the elevation of the head of a flush head countersunk fastener (e.g., a bolt or a rivet) before installation, is disclosed. Fasteners (21) to be measured are dropped, one at a time, into a precisely sized hole (69a or 69b) in a ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4813573 | Shuttle actuated singulation apparatus A shuttle-actuated singulation apparatus (10) for use in handling integrated circuit devices (16). A shuttle (39), acting to isolate or singulate an individual integrated circuit device (16) for transfer to a test apparatus, is included. A shuttle assembl... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4782588 | Door hinge applicator A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4733459 | Electronic part insertion apparatus An electronic part insertion apparatus which includes an inclined portion inclined by a predetermined inclination angle and having at least one inclined surface on which electronic parts having leads slide to descend under their own weight. An intermitten... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4718531 | Electrical connector pick-up station An electrical connector pick-up station for use, for example, with a pick and place robot having a pick-up head for picking up electrical connectors and for placing them on a circuit board, comprises a base, upon which is mounted for tilting movement abou... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4688978 | Component distribution device A component distribution device comprises a base structure disposed within an effective working region of component supply points, and a pallet engageable with and disengageable from the base structure, the pallet having a distribution plate adapted to ho... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4639180 | Equipment for loading bars to be machined on a device for presenting and feeding said bars to a machine tool A bar lifting equipment in automatic bar loading devices for a machine tool comprises a plurality of arms driven to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to said bars for displacing their end, which end is provided with means for grasping said bars, from a ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4589811 | Device for automatically supplying reels of wrapping material to a utilizer machine An automatic device is described for supplying reels of wrapping material to a utilizer machine, in which there are provided a magazine, disposed in a position adjacent to the machine, for a plurality of reserve reels, and a reel carrier for transferring ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4551913 | Component delivery system A component delivery system for an automatic insertion mechanism comprises a chute for sequential delivery of components to a platform with a given orientation. A receiver is positioned at the end of the platform for reception of the component when pushed... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4411576 | Pick and place mechanism A pick and place mechanism is provided for selecting a part from a pick-up location, transporting the same to a place location, and placing it in a precise position at the place location. A part is engaged by a pair of gripping fingers which depend from a... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4387747 | Filling of containers A high-speed rotary filling machine, for filling containers with carbonated beverages or other flowable substances, has a turret (38) mounted on a horizontal axis (31). The containers (30) are carried in radially-extending positions around the circumferen... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4370805 | Circuit package handling apparatus Disclosed is apparatus for aligning a plurality of circuit packages in a row and transferring the row of circuit packages to a corresponding row of receiving sockets in a burn-in board. The apparatus includes a transfer arm carrying a transfer rack pivota... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4365920 | Loader-unloader system for workpieces A loader-unloader system for loading and unloading workpieces into a machine tool wherein each workpiece is held in position about an axis during which various machine operations may be performed. The tool comprising a loading chute or conveyor adapted to... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4343587 | Machine for horizontal transportation of containers A transport machine includes a frame for cyclically receiving a plurality of containers from an unloading station and for transporting them to the discharge region. The discharge region is spaced apart from the unloading station by a predetermined distanc... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4312437 | Device for unloading bottle-shaped containers A device for supplying a piece of preformed synthetic resin to the next process line in an apparatus for producing a bottle-shaped blow-molded container of biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate by overturning the piece from neck portion upward pos... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4201255 | Machine for threading fasteners into workpieces Hanger bolts are delivered one-by-one from a hopper and each is picked up by a reciprocating holder which shifts the bolt laterally and broadwise into alinement with a power-rotated chuck. The bolt then is pushed endwise into the chuck by a furniture leg ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4061062 | Method and a device for the automatic replacement of a workpiece to be machined on a machine-tool Two superposed and rigidly associated cradles are brought into position opposite a magazine for unmachined workpieces. One of the cradles is loaded by extracting an unmachined workpiece from the magazine. The cradles are moved towards the work axis, the u... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3960257 | Apparatus for conveying and engraving tokens A token engraving apparatus comprising a turret movable through a path of travel between a blank token receiving station, an engraving station and an ejection station. Gravity causes blank tokens to fall from a plurality of tubular blank token holders int... | 06/01/1976 |
