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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:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raanan Adin, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Yuval Yassour, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Orbotech Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A system and methodology for conveying generally planar substrates such as printed circuit board, flat panel display and interconnect device substrates, in a levitated state, to and from a scanning or imaging location, including an air flow conveyor having a substrate flattening functionality, and a scanning or imaging device, and scanning and imaging systems and methodologies employing such article conveying systems and methodologies.