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US 10,369,648 B2Granted
Guiding board for a ball placement machine
AssigneeHorng Terng Automation Co., Ltd.
InventorEric Wang
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Abstract
A guiding board for a ball placement machine has a board body. The board body has a top surface, a bottom surface, a ball-dropping area, and multiple guiding grooves. The ball-dropping area is defined on the top surface. The guiding grooves are defined in the ball-dropping area and are parallel to each other. Each guiding groove has a bottom and multiple ball-dropping holes defined in the bottom and extending through the bottom surface of the board body.
Claims6
A guiding board for a ball placement machine comprising
- a board body having
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- a ball-dropping area defined on the top surface;
- and
- multiple guiding grooves defined in the ball-dropping area and being parallel to each other, wherein each guiding groove has a bottom and multiple ball-dropping holes defined in the bottom and extending through the bottom surface of the board body, wherein the board body further has
- a ball-collecting area defined on the top surface of the board body and located at a position being adjacent to a front end of the ball-dropping area;
- multiple collecting grooves defined in the ball-collecting area and respectively aligned and communicating with the multiple guiding grooves, wherein each collecting groove is formed as a straight line in cooperation with a corresponding one of the guiding grooves;
- a retrieval area defined on the top surface of the board body at a position being adjacent to a rear end of the ball-dropping area;
- and
- multiple ball-retrieval holes defined in the retrieval area and formed through the top surface and the bottom surface of the board body.
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