Patent ID: 6360950
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A circuit board stuffing process comprising the steps of:a) providing a circuit board having a number of component lead insertion holes drilled therethrough forming a number of component insertion locations, each of the number of component insertion locations being identified by a barcode positioned adjacent to the component lead insertion holes forming an identified component insertion location; b) providing a trigger actuated bar code reader having an actuating trigger, a barcode verifying laser aimed at a same location as a barcode reading laser of a barcode reading circuit and a magnifying glass having cross hairs provided thereon for visually verifying the barcode to be read by the barcode reading circuit; c) providing a computer system having a visual output device, the computer system being interfaced with the trigger actuated bar code reader and having a database programmed into memory including bar code information keyed to specific electronic component part numbers, part descriptions and part storage locations, the computer system being programmed to compare a scanned in bar code to the number of preprogrammed bar codes and output information related to the electronic component corresponding to the scanned in bar code including the part number, the part description and the part storage location from which to retrieve the electronic component; d) aiming the barcode verifying laser of the trigger actuated bar code reader at a bar code to be read and scanning in the bar code to be read by squeezing the actuation trigger; e) retrieving an electronic component from the part location identified by the computer system; f) inserting the leads of the electronic component into the component lead insertion holes forming the component insertion location corresponding to the scanned in bar code; and g) repeating steps d,e, and f until an electronic component has been inserted into each of the number of component insertion locations.