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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Long Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A die board assembly includes a support plate providing a plurality of through holes arranged along lines of an X-Y grid pattern. The support plate further provides a plurality of shaped apertures positioned within the support plate to a selected depth. One of the apertures is positioned between each pair of the through holes, the apertures providing aperture legs coincident with the lines of the X-Y grid. A plurality of rigid cylindrical receivers are adapted for engagement within one of the through holes and a plurality of resilient bumpers, are engaged within the cylindrical receivers for support thereof, each of the bumpers being segmented into a plurality of segments with segment spaces in separation thereof. A plurality of elongate blades each provide a working edge and in opposition thereto, an engagement edge, the engagement edge configured so as to engage a plurality of the shaped apertures and at least one of the resilient bumpers such that a terminal surface of the bumpers extends beyond the working edge of the blades relative to the support plate. Each elongate blade engages at least one of the segment spaces between the resilient bumper segments in support of the blade.