Patent ID: 7603765

Claim:
A device for picking up, rotating and optically inspecting electronic components, wherein the electronic components are located on a substrate and picked up from that substrate, comprising: an optical inspection device located generally away from and directed towards an inspection area for inspection of the surface and/or the position of at least one electronic component arranged on the substrate when the electronic component is located in the inspection area before being picked up from the substrate; a rotationally pivoting part with an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate; two pickup elements fixed to points on the pivoting part extended from the axis of rotation of the pivoting part, each for pickup of an electronic component located at the inspection area from the substrate and for holding the electronic component during a rotational movement of the pivoting part, where the two pickup elements are substantially 180 degrees from each other with respect to the axis of rotation of the pivoting part and face opposite each other; and wherein said pivoting part has a through opening arranged between the pickup elements such that an unobstructed optical path from the optical inspection device to the inspection area on the substrate is presented during the rotation of the pivoting part for some portion of a rotation of 180 degrees.