Patent ID: 7880900
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A measuring apparatus comprising: a housing assembly that defines an enclosure; a control system mounted in the housing assembly; an operator interface mounted on the housing assembly and connected to the control system to allow an operator to control the measuring apparatus; a measuring table assembly mounted in the housing assembly and configured to receive a nest assembly supporting an integrated circuit carrier carrying a number of integrated circuits; and a camera assembly mounted in the housing assembly and configured to generate image data representing the integrated circuit carrier and the integrated circuits, the camera assembly being connected to the control system which is configured to carry out a positional analysis on the integrated circuit carrier and the integrated circuits to determine at least one of positions of the integrated circuits on the carrier and relative positions of consecutive integrated circuits; wherein, the housing assembly includes a closure which can be opened or closed to allow or prevent access to the enclosure, the closure including a safety switch and the control system including a controller connected to the safety switch to stop operation of the measuring apparatus if the closure is opened during operation and the closure being configured to obstruct operator access to the operator interface when opened.