Texas Instruments Corporation

The Mead Corporation

Microdynamics, Inc.

Thomas J Difloria

Larry D Propst

James W Davis

Elmer N Leslie

Richard T Kushmaul

Troy D Moore

Dennis M Botkin

Michael D Glucksman

James E Loveless

Stephen Smith Treadwell, Iii

Paul A Abney

Joseph S Antao

C Kenneth Thomaston

Kenneth Stevenson

A lead conditioning system (10) provides an offset conditioner (12), a planarity conditioner (14) and a tweeze conditioner station (16), a centering station (18), a transport assembly (20), a cabinet (22) having an input station (24) and an output station (26), and a control electronic control apparatus (28). Offset conditioner (12) conditions the offset spacing between leads of a gull-wing semiconductor device by shifting the leads axially in both directions and returning the leads to a center position according to a predetermined specification. Likewise, planarity conditioner station (14) deforms the leads of the semiconductor device so that the leads are essentially upright then repositions the leads by exerting forces downwardly on the tips of the leads so that the tips of the leads of the semiconductor device are essentially shifted to a coplanar position according to a predetermined specification. Offset conditioner (12) features a self-centering device with blades which accurately center the semiconductor device when the self-centering device is lowered thereover. Offset conditioner (12) also features a blade unit which is constructed with successive laminations of steel for enhanced strength and durability of the blades despite the thin width thereof.

Lead conditioner for Quad semiconductor packages

A compact plotter is disclosed, having a small area in which a plurality of print heads (10) are laterally scanned to print impressions on the paper (14), and the paper (14) is incrementally advanced by an indexer (42) past the print heads (10). A paper travel encoder (36) measures the paper advancement. A computer 22 and a processor 26 are provided to coordinate the printing of pattern data stored in a data base (24) both with the movement of the print heads (10) and the advancement of the paper (14). The computer (22) allocates data from the data base (24) to be printed according to the amount of paper advancement. If the paper (14) is advanced more than a predefined amount, more data is allocated for printing than is actually printed. If the paper (14) is advanced less than the predefined amount, less data is allocated to be printed than is actually printed.

Compact plotter for generation of accurate plotted images of long length

An automatic document handler for a duplex copier is disclosed in which an inverting drum is employed for inverting documents which are to be copied on both sides (duplex copying). The inverting drum is provided with pressure or transport belts which carry a document over a portion of the surface of said drum, and a diverter gate arrangement is provided at the exit side of the belts, adjacent the drum, for selectively providing for passage of the document to a collection station, or alternatively, for causing the documents to re-enter toward the drum for delivery to a duplex scanning station. The diverter gate arrangement includes a relatively fixed stripper which is positioned adjacent the surface of the drum, which stripper cooperates with a movable gate. In one position of the gate, a nose portion of the gate is nested with the stripper and permits documents to pass thereover to a collection station. In a second position, the gate intercepts documents from the stripper and from the pressure belts and causes the same to be redirected toward the drum for duplex copying.

Duplex document copying machines

Growing community of inventors

Allen, TX, United States of America

Thomas J Difloria