Patent ID: 6257819
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
Apparatus for conveying circuit boards in a kiln, comprising in combination a conveyor, and a pair of vertical guides disposed on opposite sides of the conveyor, said conveyor having means to grip circuit boards by an edge of the circuit boards and to suspend and convey the circuit boards away from said vertical guides, gripping systems one on each of said vertical guides, means to move said gripping systems vertically along said guides, said gripping systems being rotatable about a common horizontal axis and being spaced apart a distance greater than a width of said conveyor and being adapted to receive and grip edges of said circuit boards in a lowered position of said gripping systems and, in a raised position said gripping systems being adapted to rotate about said horizontal axis to permit said circuit boards to swing downwardly for insertion of said edges of said circuit boards into said means to grip circuit boards on a conveyor.