Patent ID: 6448524
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A circuit board handling and testing apparatus, comprising:a housing defining a top surface and two sides; a magazine assembly attached to the housing for accommodating a plurality of circuit boards and dispensing the circuit boards one at a time; each of the circuit boards defining a longitudinal axis; a testing assembly attached to the housing; the magazine assembly dispensing the circuit boards one at a time onto the testing assembly which includes a modular testing component for receiving the circuit board dispensed onto the testing assembly and performing a testing protocol thereon; the modular testing component being selectively removable from the testing assembly and replaceable with an alternative modular testing component; a reciprocal transport assembly attached to the housing for pushing the circuit board dispensed onto the testing assembly laterally relative to its longitudinal axis into the modular testing component; a circuit board conveyor system mounted at an angle to the top surface, passing through the housing between the two sides; and a reciprocating fail tray assembly mounted in the housing, at an angle to the top surface, for selectively directing the circuit board into a bad containment vessel, or allowing the circuit board to drop onto the circuit board conveyor system, based upon the outcome of the testing protocol; the testing assembly ejecting the circuit board into the reciprocating fail tray assembly or the circuit board conveyor system, subsequent to the completion of the testing protocol.