Patent ID: 6920815

Claim:
An integrated circuit package separator for separating integrated circuit packages from a board, the separator comprising; a base; a plurality of pins extending upwardly from the base; a support over the base; a pair of pneumatic actuators including first and second lift members laterally spaced from the base and beneath respective ends of a pair of opposing ends of the support, the first and second lift members being configured to vertically displace the support and lift the support off the base by contacting the support, each of the pneumatic actuators including release valves configured to equilibrate a back-pressure of each of the pneumatic actuators to ambient during lifting of the support; a cutting mechanism configured to cut the board while the board is over the upper surface of the support to separate the integrated circuit packages from one another; and wherein the support comprises an upper surface and a plurality of holes extending therethrough, the plurality of pins being configured to extend through respective ones of the plurality of holes and upwardly beyond the upper surface of the support.