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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:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Douglas T. Farlow, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas A. Gordon, Poway, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas T. Farlow, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas A. Gordon, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
Production Solutions, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 27/14 (2006.01); B25B 1/24 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01); B23Q 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01); B23Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for manufacturing that provides for adjustable support of work pieces such as printed circuit boards includes an edge rail system having first and second edge rails, with at least one of the edge rails being adjustable, allowing the width of the system to be adjusted to accommodate various widths of work pieces. It also includes a set of support strips for supporting a lower side of the work pieces and a means for dynamically adjusting spacing of support strips to adjust to the width of the edge rail system.