Patent ID: 6689219
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B05C,B25J,F28F,G05B

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a. a scanning apparatus for automatically mapping a contour profile of a non-repeatable surface of an object; b. said scanning apparatus comprised of at least one displacment sensor; c. said scanning apparatus comprised of a motion system wherein said displacement sensor traverses said non-repeatable surface of an object in a direction substatially perpendicular to said displacement sensor's direction of measurement; d. a data acquisition means for recording a series of said displacement sensor measurements wherein each successive diplacement sensor measurement correlates to an interval of said motion system movement, whereby said contour profile is obtained; e. a computer processing system that analyzes said contour profile to determine a substrate configuration or location; f. said computer processing system that further determines a dispensing path based on said substrate configuration or location; and g. a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a material onto the object along said dispensing path.