Universal Instruments Corporation

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.

John I Burgin, Jr

Charles Andrew Coots

Michael M Levie

Stanislaw Wladyslaw Janisiewicz

Michael Joseph Kane

Mark Jonathan Erickson

Damon Scott Ashman

Charles H Dunlap

Ronald F Tokarz

Disclosed is a tape feeder for use with electronic assembly machines. The feeder simultaneously presents multiple electronic components in a pick up zone for access by a pick up head having a plurality of pick up spindles. The effective feed rate for the electronic components is increased and waiting time for the pick up head is reduced.

Multiple index tape feeder and method

A method and apparatus for supplying components wherein a plurality of components are placed on a first end of a track. The components are urged towards a second end of the track with a component stop slidingly mounted at the second end of the track. The urging of the components is discontinued and a vacuum is applied to the first component by the stop. The stop is moved away from the plurality of components to separate the first component from the remaining components.

Method and apparatus for supplying components

The invention involves non-contact sensing of a selected location on a substrate at which material is to be deposited, and positioning of a material depositing tip a preferred distance from this location on the substrate according to such sensing and in preparation for the depositing. Preferably, the tip is advanced to a preferred spacing between it and the substrate, without overshooting the spacing and without contacting the substrate, in preparation for depositing.

Non-contact sensing and controlling of spacing between a depositing tip

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Binghamton, NY, United States of America

John I Burgin, Jr