Patent ID: 7587814
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printed-board supporting apparatus comprising: at least one support pin having a support surface adapted to support a printed board; a pin supporting member which supports said at least one support pin; and a height detecting device which includes at least a height detecting head and detects a height of the support surface of said at least one support pin supported by the pin supporting member, wherein the height detecting head comprises an image taking device which has an image-take surface and which takes, in a direction facing the support surface of said at least one support pin, an image of the support surface of said at least one support pin, at a position where an image-take center as a center of the image-take surface is offset from a center of the support surface, and the height detecting device detects the height of the support surface, based on the image of the support surface taken by the image taking device.