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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1988
Filed:
May. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean A McLean, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Robert J Duncan, Magnola, MA (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Enterprises Corp., Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
295663 ; 29740 ; 29741 ;
Abstract
Electronic components are deposited in conveyor buckets in a desired sequence to define repetitive groups of components. These components are delivered to an insertion head for insertion into a circuit board. When a component is not properly inserted, the system stops and a replacement part is delivered by a replacement mechanism to an empty bucket on the conveyor. This empty bucket follows the buckets which held the group of components for the board being loaded.