公开(公告)号：US5201696A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-13

申请号：US880072

申请日：1992-05-05

申请人： Jack A. Kinback ,  Paul M. Overby

发明人： Jack A. Kinback ,  Paul M. Overby

IPC分类号： B23P21/00 ,  B65G47/91 ,  H05K13/04

CPC分类号： H05K13/0408 ,  B65G47/91 ,  Y10S483/902 ,  Y10T29/53191 ,  Y10T483/179

摘要： An adapter is attached to the end of a vacuum spindle in order to facilitate automated fastening and unfastening therewith of various vacuum nozzles. During fastening of a nozzle, vacuum is utilized to pull and hold the adapter and nozzle together with a force which is much greater than the mechanical detenting which is conventional in this art. The various nozzles may have component engaging tips of different sizes and configuration such that each nozzle is selectable as appropriate to the size and contour of the component to be held by vacuum drawn through the spindle. A novel reservoir housing a multiplicity of replaceable vacuum nozzles is also disclosed whereby the nozzles may be exchanged without any external separation or attachment force supplied by the downward or upward movement of the spindle.

摘要翻译： 适配器附接到真空心轴的端部，以便于各种真空喷嘴的自动紧固和松开。 在紧固喷嘴期间，利用真空度将适配器和喷嘴拉紧并保持在一起，其力远大于本领域常规的机械定位。 各种喷嘴可以具有不同尺寸和构造的部件接合尖端，使得每个喷嘴可根据通过主轴抽吸的真空保持的部件的尺寸和轮廓进行选择。 还公开了一种容纳多个可更换真空喷嘴的新型储存器，由此可以更换喷嘴，而无需通过主轴的向下或向上运动提供的任何外部分离或附接力。

公开(公告)号：US07146717B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-12

申请号：US10828138

申请日：2004-04-20

申请人： Jack A. Kinback

发明人： Jack A. Kinback

IPC分类号： B33P19/00

CPC分类号： H05K13/0413 ,  H05K13/0813 ,  Y10T29/4913 ,  Y10T29/53174 ,  Y10T29/53178 ,  Y10T29/53191

摘要： The present invention features a method and apparatus wherein a component in a component placement machine is rejected during the placement cycle and subsequently retained in a component rejection station. A component is imaged and the image processed using an automated vision system. The image processing determines whether the component is placeable based upon a comparison of the component image to preprogrammed mechanical parameters for the component. A non-placeable component is rejected into a reject station with means to retain the component. Because a component can not escape the reject station, there is no degradation of the placement machine performance.

摘要翻译： 本发明的特征在于一种方法和装置，其中组件放置机器中的组件在放置循环期间被拒绝，并随后保留在组件拒绝站中。 对组件进行成像，并使用自动视觉系统处理图像。 图像处理基于组件图像与组件的预编程机械参数的比较来确定组件是否可放置。 不可放置的部件被拒绝到具有保持部件的手段的拒收站中。 因为组件不能逃离拒绝站，所以放置机性能不会降低。

公开(公告)号：US5105528A

公开(公告)日：1992-04-21

申请号：US644035

申请日：1991-01-22

申请人： Henry J. Soth ,  Jack A. Kinback

发明人： Henry J. Soth ,  Jack A. Kinback

IPC分类号： B23P19/00 ,  B23Q3/155 ,  B23Q7/04 ,  H05K13/04

CPC分类号： B23Q3/15506 ,  B23P19/00 ,  B23P19/007 ,  B23Q7/04 ,  H05K13/0408 ,  Y10T29/53178 ,  Y10T483/1795 ,  Y10T483/1809

摘要： A vacuum spindle for picking and placing components is operatively associated with a turret assembly which carries a supply of various component engaging tips for the spindle in corresponding holes or chambers of the turret. During picking and placing of the components, the spindle extends through the turret chamber from which the tip of the spindle was acquired. In order to exchange tips, the spindle is retracted to a first position at which the tip may be relocked in its chamber of the turret and then to a second position which is sufficient for the turret to be rotated for coaxial alignment of the spindle with another chamber and tip. Then, the replacement tip is acquired by extending the spindle into engagement with the tip and unlocking it from its chamber of the turret. Thus, various tips for the spindle may be interchanged after placement of a component and while the spindle is being repositioned in X and Y to the next pick-up site without the need to stop at an intermediate location.

摘要翻译： 用于拾取和放置部件的真空主轴可操作地与转台组件相关联，所述转台组件在转台的相应孔或室中承载用于主轴的各种部件接合尖端的供应。 在拾取和放置部件的过程中，主轴延伸穿过转盘室，主轴的尖端从该转台室中获取。 为了交换尖端，主轴被缩回到第一位置，在该第一位置，尖端可以在其转台的腔室中被重新锁定，然后到第二位置，该位置足以使转台旋转以使主轴与另一个轴同轴对准 房间和小费。 然后，通过将主轴延伸与尖端接合并将其从转台的腔室解锁来获取替换尖端。 因此，主轴的各种尖端可以在放置部件之后并且当主轴在X和Y中重新定位到下一个拾取位置时可以互换，而不需要在中间位置停止。