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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:
Oct. 26, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krzystof F Szymczyk, Toronto, CA;
Andrew A Goldenberg, Toronto, CA;
Jacek A Wiercienski, Oakville, CA;
Bruce L Godkin, Walton, CA;
Assignees:
The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Toronto, CA;
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 8641 ; 2941031 ; 901 39 ;
Abstract
A device for use in placing surface mount components upon PCBs having article gripping elements carried by a support. The article gripping elements are movable between an upper position and a lower position for engaging and gripping the surface mount component. In the lower position, the article gripping elements are freely orientable relative to a vertical axis and the elements and support coact as the elements are being raised to correct the orientation of the elements to that desired.