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Dispensing apparatus and method

  • US 6,547,097 B1
  • Filed: 05/26/2000
  • Issued: 04/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Dispensing apparatus for dispensing solder balls, the dispensing apparatus comprising:

  • a dispensing outlet;

    an item holder having solder ball holding areas and being movably disposed to position the solder ball holding areas one at a time in sequence over the dispensing outlet so that when one of the solder ball holding areas is positioned over the dispensing outlet, the other solder ball holding areas are not disposed over the dispensing outlet; and

    a blocker disposed over the item holder opposite the dispensing outlet, the blocker including a fluid delivery device, the blocker blocking solder balls from entering the dispensing outlet from directly above the item holder when the item holder positions one of the solder ball holding areas over the dispensing outlet.

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