Patent ID: 7979979
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp assembly for an assembler for assembling printhead integrated circuits on a carrier, said assembler having an enclosure with a support assembly for operatively supporting a wafer with dies thereon, a die picking assembly for picking dice from said wafer, a die placement assembly for placing the dies onto the carrier, a die conveyance mechanism operatively conveying the dies from the die picking and placement assemblies, and a control system controlling the assembler, said clamp assembly comprising: an elongate clamp body, the body shaped and configured to be received by the die placement assembly; a pair of elongate retaining plates mounted on top of the body; an insert shaped and dimensioned to be received in the body below the plates, the insert operatively receiving said carrier; and a diaphragm positioned in the body, the diaphragm pneumatically displaceable to operatively urge the insert against the retaining plates.