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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel M. Erickson, Schiller Park, IL (US);
Bryan P. Schackmuth, Bensenville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sonoscan, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 1/900 ;
Abstract
An improved tray-scanning station for a tray-fed scanning acoustic microscope prevents the dislodging of small, loosely held parts from the trays by coupling fluid as the trays pass through an inspection station, or by the action of a dryer as the trays pass through a drying station.