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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:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Denver Braden, San Marcos, CA (US);
Romulo V DeVera, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A machine for terminating a computer chip with one or more stripes of a solderable paste, comprising a feed plate wheel defined by an outer marginal edge and having an upper exposed plate surface inclined to the horizontal against which an inventory of 3-dimensional chips is placed for loading, at least one narrow groove formed in the exposed plate surface directed outwardly toward the marginal edge wall and arranged to pass through the inventory and receive therein at least one of the chips in restricted orientation, a transfer cavity defined by enclosed side walls and a floor depending from the groove inboard the outer marginal edge for receipt therein of a chip from the groove in fixed orientation, the outer marginal edge wall having an aperture formed therethrough for transferring the chip from the cavity and, a transport device for urging the chip in a specific fixed orientation from the cavity outward through the aperture in a direction different than the direction from which the chip entered the cavity.