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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Universal Instruments Corporation, Conklin, NY (US);
John Danek, Vestal, NY (US);
UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Conklin, NY (US);
Abstract
A pick-and-place dispensing head comprises: a body structure having a z-axis motor attachment location and a linear track; a z-axis motor attached to the body structure at the axis motor attachment location, the z-axis motor configured to exact movement in a z-axis; a body attached to the linear track and operably connected to the z-axis motor such that the body moves along the linear track when the z-axis motor is actuated; a theta motor operably connected to the first body; a receiving location operably connected to the body; and an optical detector extending from the first body configured to detect upward z-axis movement of a received pick-and-place spindle relative to the body.