Patent ID: 6438822
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G05B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for positioning at least one board-support pin on a board-support base for supporting a printed-circuit board under a back surface thereof, the apparatus comprising:a pin fixing device which fixes the board-support pin to the board-support base; an image taking device which takes an image of the board-support pin at a position opposed to a free end of the pin fixed to the board-support base by the pin fixing device; a moving device which moves at least one of the image taking device and the board-support base relative to the other of the image taking device and the board-support base in a direction parallel to the board-support base; a controller which controls the moving device such that the image taking device is positioned at the position opposed to the free end of the board-support pin; and a judging device which judges whether the position of the board-support pin is appropriate, based on the image taken by the image taking device, and which produces judgment information indicative of a result of the judgment.