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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Wang Lung Tse, North Point, HK;
Chun Shing Wong, Kwai Chung, HK;
Cho Wai Leung, Kwai Chung, HK;
Ka Wing Yeung, Kwai Chung, HK;
Wang Lung Tse, North Point, HK;
Chun Shing Wong, Kwai Chung, HK;
Cho Wai Leung, Kwai Chung, HK;
Ka Wing Yeung, Kwai Chung, HK;
ASM TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An apparatus for arranging integrated circuit receiving tubes, the apparatus including a reverse mechanism, a detection element and a discharge mechanism. In use, the reverse mechanism receives a tube and the detection element determines an orientation of the received tube. The reverse mechanism moves to allow the discharge mechanism to receive the tube from itself. If the orientation of the received tube differs from a desired orientation, the movement of the reverse mechanism changes the orientation of the tube before allowing the discharge mechanism to receive the tube. Otherwise, the orientation of the tube is maintained notwithstanding the movement of the reverse mechanism, and is subsequently received by the discharge mechanism. This helps to automatically ensure that all the tubes are received by the discharge mechanism in the same orientation.