Patent ID: 6895662
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a component, comprising: a shaft having a nozzle at one end of said shaft, said shaft being movable along an axis of said shaft; a suction device at another end of said shaft, said suction device connected to an air passage extending through said shaft and communicating with said nozzle such that when said suction device is activated air is sucked from said air passage so as to cause said nozzle to suck and hold a component; a first blow device at said another end of said shaft, said first blow device connected to said air passage such that when said first blow device is activated air is supplied into said air passage for returning said air passage to an atmospheric state so as to release the component from said nozzle; and a second blow device near said one end of said shaft, said second blow device connected to said air passage such that when said second blow device is activated air is supplied into said air passage for returning said air passage to an atmospheric state so as to release the component from said nozzle.