Patent ID: 7924037

Claim:
An inspection apparatus which performs an electrical inspection of an object to be inspected, said inspection apparatus comprising: a main body; a fixing member provided at an upper part of the main body and which is configured to fix the object to be inspected to a predetermined inspection position on or in the inspection apparatus; a base member disposed downward of the fixing member and which is movable up and down, the base member having an upper face; an electrical connection member arranged at the upper face of the base member and configured to perform the electrical inspection on a part to be inspected of the object to be inspected; a driving member configured to reciprocately move the base member in an upward direction and a downward direction; a control member configured to control an operation of the driving member; an inspection start-up member arranged at a side part of the main body of the inspection apparatus, the inspection start-up member being turnable and configured for user operation; and a detector arranged in the main body and which includes a position detecting device, the detector being configured to detect the user operation of the inspection start-up member and send an operation start signal to the control member, wherein when the inspection start-up member is turned, after the object to be inspected is fixed to the predetermined inspection position by the fixing member, the operation of the inspection start-up member is detected by the position detecting device of the detector, and the detector sends the operation start signal to the control member, the control member drives the driving member to reciprocately move the base member in the upward direction and the downward direction and bring the electrical connection member, which is arranged at the base member, into contact with the part to be inspected of the object to be inspected a predetermined number of times and remove flux attached to the part to be inspected of the object to be inspected, and then the control member starts the electrical inspection on the part to be inspected by the electrical connection member.