Apparatus for displacing an article during screening
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRalph R. Comulada, Jr., Robert Albert Meyen, Keith C. O'Neil, Brenda Lee Peterson, Thomas Ramundo, Kurt A. Smith
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Abstract
An apparatus for displacing an article including first and second pallets for holding and transporting an article between two process stations; an H-bar assembly for receiving the first and second pallets at one of the two process stations; wherein, in operation, a process is performed on the articles while the first and second pallets are received by the H-bar assembly, the pallets then being transported to the second process station where a second process is performed on the articles.
Claims36
An apparatus for displacing an article comprising:
- first and second pallets each for holding and transporting an article between two process stations;
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- an H-bar assembly comprising a central portion having first and second pairs of arms for receiving the first and second pallets, respectively, at one of the two process stations;
- wherein, in operation, a process is performed on the articles while the first and second pallets are received simultaneously by the H-bar assembly, the pallets then being separated from the H-bar assembly and transported to the second process station where a second process is performed on the articles.
An apparatus for displacing an article during screening comprising:
- a first paste screening station;
- a first pallet for holding and transporting an article between the first paste screening station and a second process station;
- a second paste screening station;
- a second pallet for holding and transporting an article between the second paste screening station and a second process station;
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- an H-bar assembly comprising a central portion having first and second pairs of arms for receiving the first and second pallets, respectively, at the second process station;
- wherein, in operation, a process is performed on the articles while the first and second pallets are received simultaneously by the H-bar assembly, the first and second pallets then being separated from the H-bar assembly and transported to their respective first and second paste screening stations where a paste is screened onto the articles.
An apparatus for displacing an article comprising:
- first and second pallets each for holding and transporting an article between a first position and a second position;
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- a rotatable H-bar assembly comprising a central portion having first and second pairs of arms for receiving the first and second pallets, respectively, at the second position;
- wherein, in operation, the rotatable H-bar assembly receives the first and second pallets and then, after receiving the first and second pallets, simultaneously rotates the first and second pallets a predetermined amount so as to exchange positions of the first and second pallets, the first and second pallets then separating from the H-bar assembly and moving to the first position.
An apparatus for displacing an article during screening comprising:
- a paste screening station;
- first and second pallets each for holding and transporting an article between a first position at the paste screening station and a second position;
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- a rotatable H-bar assembly comprising a central portion having first and second pairs of arms for receiving the first and second pallets, respectively, at the second position;
- wherein, in operation, the rotatable H-bar assembly receives the first and second pallets and then, after receiving the first and second pallets, simultaneously rotates the first and second pallets a predetermined amount so as to exchange positions of the first and second pallets, the first and second pallets then separating from the H-bar assembly and moving to the first position at the paste screening station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.