Claude Michel Mueller

US Patent:

60009020, Dec 14, 1999

Filed:

Dec 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/212640

Inventors:

Claude Mueller - Vista CA
Roy Alexander Darling - Encinitas CA

Assignee:

Ismecam, Inc. - Vista CA

International Classification:

B65G 47248

US Classification:

414758

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for flipping or rotating a component 180 degrees. The apparatus includes a rotatable plate having a component opening where the component may pass through and a top and a bottom shutter where when the plate is rotated in a first direction, the top shutter closes and the bottom shutter opens and when the plate is rotated in a second, opposite direction, the bottom shutter closes and the top shutter opens. The top shutter and the bottom shutter may be coupled to a proximal and distal cam following bearing where the proximal and distal cam following bearings are located within a proximal and distal cam slot of a cam barrel.

US Patent:

61198935, Sep 19, 2000

Filed:

May 7, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/074116

Inventors:

Claude Mueller - Vista CA
Roy Alexander Darling - Encinitas CA

Assignee:

Ismecam - Vista CA

International Classification:

B65D 3700

US Classification:

221211

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for advancing and extracting a component from a tube or channel of a magazine by the employment of a vacuum to a port that engages an open proximal end of the tube or channel of the magazine where the vacuum is sufficient to advance and hold the component as the head is moved away from the proximal end in a direction parallel to the long axis of the tube or channel of the magazine.