Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Feeder system, pick and place machine, and method
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Application No.: US16330176Application Date: 2017-09-13
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Publication No.: US11044841B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Charles Andrew Coots , Michael Joseph Kane
- Applicant: Universal Instruments Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Conklin
- Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Conklin
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/051299 WO 20170913
- International Announcement: WO2018/052956 WO 20180322
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; H05K13/08 ; H05K13/04 ; B65G47/90 ; B65H37/00

Abstract:
A feeder system includes a feeder configured to receive a component, a pick location configured to present the component from the carrier tape for a subsequent picking process, a camera system configured to view the component at or prior to the pick location. The camera system is configured to measure an offset between one or more topside features of the component and an outline of the component. A pick and place machine that includes the feeder, and a method of inspecting components.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190191607A1 FEEDER SYSTEM, PICK AND PLACE MACHINE, AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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