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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Bryan D. Powell, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Richard Alan Bernard, Everett, WA (US);
Lev M. Bolotin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bradley Morris Johnson, Edmonds, WA (US);
Data I/O Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A microdevice reject handling system is provided for in a microdevice processing/feeder system. The feeder mechanism is immediately adjacent to the processing mechanism for receiving and moving microdevices away from the processing mechanism. It uses a conveyor which has a dead space in which microdevices cannot be placed by a robotic transport system, which moves microdevices from the processing mechanism to the feeder mechanism. The microdevice reject handling system is partially positioned in the feeder mechanism dead space for receiving rejected microdevices. It includes a reject bin with a storage portion for storing rejected microdevices beside the feeder mechanism and rests on a bracket containing an optical sensor system for determining when the storage portion is full.