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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:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Applicants:
Masao Takeuchi, Suwa, JP;
Yoshiharu Fujimori, Suwa, JP;
Chuji Tomita, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Athlete Fa Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of balls sucked up and held by a head onto a workpiece. The apparatus includes a positioning mechanism for the workpiece, a ball supply device for supplying the balls, the head for sucking up the balls, an force generating device for urging the head upward, a clamping device for clamping the head in a condition in which this force generating device stores the force, and a moving mechanism for moving the head. The force of the force generating device is able to lift the head above a lower stop which is a component of the clamping device.