Patent ID: 8651262
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B65G,H05K

Abstract:
1. A circuit board inspection apparatus comprising: a plurality of lane-divided sections constituting part of a plurality of lanes and being disposed side-by-side in a Y direction and configured to transfer circuit boards in the plurality of lanes, the plurality of lanes being disposed side-by-side in the Y direction and extending in an X direction, which is a substantially horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the Y direction; a plurality of movable transfer platforms, a movable transfer platform of the plurality of movable transfer platforms being disposed on each lane-divided section of the plurality of the lane divided sections, each movable transfer platform of the plurality of movable transfer platforms having a transfer channel configured to transfer the circuit boards, and the each movable transfer platform being movable in the Y direction independently of each other movable transfer platform of the plurality of movable transfer platforms; and a height adjustment mechanism disposed on at least one of the plurality of movable transfer platforms, the height adjustment mechanism being configured to move the transfer channel of the at least one movable transfer platform in a Z direction, which is a substantially vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the X direction and the Y direction, wherein each movable transfer platform is configured to move independently of each other movable transfer platform and to transfer the circuit boards from the plurality of lane-divided sections to a visual recognition position, the visual recognition position being disposed on at least one side of the plurality of the lane-divided sections in the Y direction and being configured to allow an operator to visually recognize the circuit boards directly or indirectly, and the at least one of the plurality of the movable transfer platforms that has the height adjustment mechanism is configured such that, during the transfer of a corresponding one of the circuit boards by the at least one movable transfer platform from a corresponding one of the lane-divided sections to the visual recognition position, the at least one movable transfer platform does not interfere with the lane-divided sections other than the corresponding lane-divided section on which the at least one movable transfer platform is disposed.