Patent ID: 6209859
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B23K,B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
A rectangular frame for supporting a board in a surface-mount-manufacturing operation of a printed circuit board which comprises:four angles, each angle having an elongated first leg member and an elongated second leg member with an end of said first end member joined perpendicularly to an end of said second member;means for securing said first leg member of each of said four angles against and parallel to said second leg member of a neighboring angle operably arranged to form said frame having a rectangular opening;said frame having a plan surface on one side of said frame with a shoulder (28) having a shoulder surface around said frame opening operably arranged to support said board on said shoulder surface;means for adjusting location of said first leg member of each said angle relative to location of said second leg of said neighboring angle according to a preselected size of said rectangular opening;said first leg of each angle having a surface with one of a tongue and a groove and said second leg of each angle having a surface with one of a groove and a tongue respectively arranged with said one of said tongue and groove of said first leg of each angle slideably engaging said groove and tongue of said neighboring second leg in operable combination to permit adjusting said rectangular opening to said preselected size whereby location of said first leg member of each said angle is adjustable relative to location of said second leg of said neighboring angle according to a preselected size of said rectangular opening.