Strip separation tool
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorAdisorn Kanjanavikat
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Abstract
A tool is provided herein for separating stacked strips of semiconductor structures held by a magazine, which strips have become attached together. The tool is made up of first and second elongated members in side-by-side relation, each member defining a plurality of teeth along an edge thereof. The first and second members are mounted together so as to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the pluralities of teeth is provided. The tool is held with the teeth against the edges of strips carried by the magazine, and the operator squeezes and releases member handles to provide relative reciprocal movement of the teeth. This back-and-forth reciprocal movement causes the teeth to rub against and force apart the strips, to in turn separate them.
Claims10
A tool for separating structures comprising:
- a first member defining a first plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- a second member defining a second plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- the first and second members being positioned so that the first plurality of teeth is adjacent the second plurality of teeth;
- the first and second members being mounted together to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the first plurality of teeth and second plurality of teeth can be provided;
- wherein the first and second members are elongated members in side-by-side relation, with their longitudinal axes substantially parallel.
A tool for separating structures comprising:
- a first member defining a first plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- a second member defining a second plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- the first and second members being positioned so that the first plurality of teeth is adjacent the second plurality of teeth;
- the first and second members being mounted together to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the first plurality of teeth and second plurality of teeth can be provided;
- wherein the first plurality of teeth lies along an elongated edge of the first member, and the second plurality of teeth lies long an elongated edge of second member, the first plurality of teeth lying along the second plurality of teeth.
A tool for separating structures comprising:
- a first member defining a first plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- a second member defining a second plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- the first and second members being positioned so that the first plurality of teeth is adjacent the second plurality of teeth;
- the first and second members being mounted together to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the first plurality of teeth and second plurality of teeth can be provided;
- and further comprising means for limiting relative movement of the first and second members to first and second limiting states, and further comprising spring means for biasing the first and second members toward the first limiting state, the first and second members being relatively movable against the spring means to the second limiting state.
A tool for separating structures comprising:
- a first member defining a first plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- a second member defining a second plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- the first and second members being positioned so that the first plurality of teeth is adjacent the second plurality of teeth;
- the first and second members being mounted together to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the first plurality of teeth and second plurality of teeth can be provided;
- wherein the first member further comprises a first handle, and the second member further comprises a second handle, the first and second handles being positioned and configured so as to be manipulable by a hand of a user of the tool.
A tool for separating structures comprising:
- a first member defining a first plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- a second member defining a second plurality of teeth along an edge thereof;
- the first and second members being positioned so that the first plurality of teeth is adjacent the second plurality of teeth;
- the first and second members being mounted together to allow relative reciprocal movement therebetween, so that relative reciprocal movement between the first plurality of teeth and second plurality of teeth can be provided;
- wherein the first and second members are elongated members, and wherein each of the first plurality of teeth has first and second sides, wherein the first side of each of the first plurality of teeth is non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first member, and is angled toward the second side of that tooth, and wherein each of the second plurality of teeth has first and second sides, wherein the first side of each of the second plurality of teeth is non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second member, and is angled toward the second side of that tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.