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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Edward S. Bianchin, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Edward S. Bianchin, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Virtek Vision International Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41H 1/00 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly apparatus for assembling components including a work surface, a laser projector, a computer controlling the laser projector to protect a laser image on the work surface, and an ejector lifting a completed assembly from the work surface having a retro-reflective surface within a field of view of the laser projector when the ejector is lifted, such that the laser projector scans the retro-reflective surface and the computer determines at least one of the number of completed assemblies made and the time required to make the assembly.