Appeal No. 1996-2956
Application 08/152,192
g) automatically orienting the quality tested ICPUs at
the orientation station while the ICPUs are unenclosed, from
the dead bug orientation to a live bug orientation and
automatically transporting the ICPUs while unenclosed and in
the live bug orientation from the orientation station to a
degreasing station,
h) automatically degreasing the ICPUs at the degreasing
station while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in the live bug
orientation and automatically transporting the degreased
ICPUs, while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in the live bug
orientation, from the degreasing station to a marking station,
i) providing a set of markers at the marking station,
such that each marker in the set has different classification
indicia corresponding to each different classification of the
ICPUs and automatically marking the degreased ICPUs at the
marking station while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in the live
bug orientation, with a classification indicia that
corresponds to the classification of the ICPU, and
automatically transporting the marked ICPUs, while the ICPUs
are unenclosed and in the live bug orientation, from the
marking station to an ultraviolet station,
j) automatically heating the marked ICPUs at the
ultraviolet station while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in the
live bug orientation, using an ultraviolet source, and
automatically transporting the heated ICPUs, while the ICPUs
are unenclosed and in the live bug orientation, from the
ultraviolet station to a lead straightening station,
k) automatically scanning all the ICPUs at the lead
straightening station while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in
the live bug orientation, for any bent leads and automatically
straightening any bent leads of the ICPUs while the ICPUs are
in the live bug orientation, and automatically transporting
the ICPUs, while the ICPUs are unenclosed and in the live bug
orientation, from the lead straightening station to a binning,
buttoning and packing station,
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