Electronic device separator for a feeding apparatus
AssigneeAsm Technology Singapore Pte Ltd
InventorsShing Kai Yip, Yu Sze Cheung, Chi Wah Cheng
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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.
Claims10
A feeding apparatus for supplying electronic devices for pick-up, the feeding apparatus comprising:
- a guide track for guiding and feeding a plurality of electronic devices;
- a separator operative to receive electronic devices from the guide track for the electronic devices to be picked up from the separator;
- a protrusion located on at least one of the guide track and the separator, the protrusion comprising an abutment surface extending from a top portion of a side wall of the at least one of the guide track and the separator;
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- a cavity located on the other of the guide track or the separator, the cavity comprising an indented surface recessed into a top portion of a side wall of the guide track or the separator,
- wherein the cavity is configured to receive the protrusion, such that the abutment surface and the indented surface cooperate to form a substantially continuous surface for transferring the electronic devices to the separator;
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- wherein a plane perpendicular to a direction of travel of the electronic devices intersects at the cavity portions of both the abutment surface and the indented surface comprised in the substantially continuous surface.
A feeding apparatus for supplying electronic devices for pick-up, the feeding apparatus comprising:
- a guide track for guiding and feeding a plurality of electronic devices;
- a separator operative to receive electronic devices from the guide track for the electronic devices to be picked up from the separator;
- a protrusion located on at least one of the guide track and the separator;
- a cavity located on the other of the guide track and the separator, the cavity configured to receive the protrusion such that the protrusion and the cavity cooperate to form a substantially continuous surface for transferring the electronic devices to the separator, the substantially continuous surface is formed at the first position of the separator,
- wherein the separator is configured for reciprocating motion between a first position next to the guide track to receive the electronic devices and a second position spaced from the guide track for the electronic devices to be picked up;
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- further comprising a gap between the protrusion and the cavity at the first position of the separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.