Gerber Systems Corporation

American Seal and Engineering Company, Inc.

Freddie G Schimanski

Alan W Menard

Dana W Seniff

Alan J Michaud

Jerome A Majesty

An adjustable joint having an outer housing section and an inner housing section telescopically disposed within the outer housing section. The inner housing section has an exterior portion within the outer housing section and which defines a circumferentially extending shoulder. An annular seal is positioned on the shoulder to create a seal between the outer housing section and the inner housing section. A circumferentially extending heat insulating spacer is attached to the shoulder and abuts the seal to retain the seal in place. A circumferentially extending heat shield is rigidly connected to the shoulder and abuts the heat insulating spacer and is located such that the heat insulating spacer is positioned between the heat shield and the annular seal. A circumferentially extending retainer ring is connected to the shoulder and abuts the heat shield to retain the heat shield, heat insulating spacer and annular seal in place so that when outer housing section and inner housing section move axially or rotate with respect to each other, the sealing function of the annular, metallic seal is maintained.

Volumetric sealing system

In a light-tight photoplotter, a system handles sheets of photosensitive media from an initial supply location through the photoplotter and advances them to final a location. The system includes a loading device interposed between the supply location and a workpiece support surface on which surface a work operation is conducted on the involved media sheet. It further includes an off-loading device positioned at the opposite end of the workpiece support surface and the collecting location. The loading device includes a locating mechanism which allows the involved media to be precisely oriented on the workpiece support surface in registry with two orthogonally oriented coordinated axis. The system further permits loading and unloading of covered cassettes in daylight without exposing the media supply to light which might otherwise be cast onto it. The system further provides for the safety locking of stacked media within the photoplotter to prevent inadvertent removal.

Media handling system for photoplotter and method of use

A system is provided for verifying defects in a printed circuit board (PCB). The system includes a base and a gantry apparatus affixed to the base. The gantry apparatus has first and second positioning apparatus adapted to move in perpendicular directions in a locating plane in response to control signals. A platen is located on a table on the base and is adapted to move from a first position extending from the base to a second position in registration with the positioning apparatus in a plane parallel to the locating plane. The platen is further adapted to receive the PCB, and includes an alignment mechanism to register the PCB with a preferred position thereon. An optical viewing assembly is mounted with the positioning mechanism for providing an optical image of a selected location of the PCB. The system also includes a controller for receiving signals identifying the PCB and selecting an associated data file from a computer memory having signals therein indicative of the address of the defects on the PCB. The controller provides control signals to the positioning mechanism to locate the optical viewing assembly at the address of a selected one of the defects.

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Madison, CT, United States of America

Freddie G Schimanski