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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2024
Air Industrial Robotics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Frank Lema, Fremont, CA (US);
Air Industrial Robotics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for singulating and dispensing a bead. A bulk hopper holds and presents a plurality of beads to a singulation tube that defines a pathway from the bulk hopper to a rotating protection nest. The rotating protection nest has a pocket configured to retain a single bead. A vacuum source is configured to draw beads from the bulk hopper into the singulation tube when the pocket of the rotating protection nest is in a pickup position and aligned with the singulation tube until a single bead is seated within the pocket. The singulation tube may define one or more buffer zones and/or a separation threshold to control delivery of beads from the bulk hopper to the protection nest. The bulk hopper may have a tapered rotating disk to deliver beads to the singulation tube.
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