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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:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Asm Technology Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASM TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE PTE LTD, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B65G 25/04 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 25/04 (2013.01); H01L 21/67793 (2013.01); B65G 2812/03 (2013.01); B65G 2812/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feeding apparatus for supplying electronic devices for pick-up comprises a guide track for guiding and feeding a plurality of electronic devices and a separator operative to receive electronic devices from the guide track for the electronic devices to be picked up from the separator. A protrusion is located on either of the guide track or the separator, and a cavity is located on the other of the guide track or the separator for receiving the protrusion. The protrusion and the cavity cooperate to form a substantially continuous surface for transferring the electronic devices to the separator.