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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Atsushi Katayama, Kodaira, JP;
Kenta Kumagai, Suginami-ku, JP;
Norio Michigami, Zama, JP;
Katsuhiro Nagasawa, Yamato, JP;
Hitachi via Mechanics, Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A printed circuit board drilling machine, with a well-designed outer shape, providing excellent operability and maintainability, which sequentially makes a number of holes in at least one printed circuit board, placed on a table,moved in an XY plane, by using a drill driven by a spindle motor,The machine has openable/closable doors,and,which is separated into an upper door and a lower door in a front portion. The upper door,opens upward, while the lower door,opens downward. The upper door,comprises transparent material. Upon maintenance, the doors,and,are opened, and the table,is moved inwardly. Thus, the distance from the outside of the machine to the spindle motor,and its peripheral parts can be reduced, and maintenance can be easily performed with respect to the spindle motor,and its peripheral parts.