US 11,833,670 B2
Tool-less pick tip assembly, housing, and apparatus, and associated method
Larry Stuckey, Billerica, MA (US); John Murach, Billerica, MA (US); John Lewis, Billerica, MA (US); Kent Blumenshine, Billerica, MA (US); Jason Chalfant, Billerica, MA (US); and Colin Scholefield, Billerica, MA (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SEMI EQUIPMENT LLC, Billerica, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/418,649
Filed by Boston Semi Equipment LLC, Billerica, MA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/068821
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/140085, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,890, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072719 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 5/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0683 (2013.01) [B25J 15/04 (2013.01); B25J 15/0441 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing having a housing channel;
a fitting connected to the housing channel, the fitting being configured to accept an external vacuum source for applying a vacuum to the housing channel;
a magnet; and
a pick tip assembly releasably held within the housing channel magnetically by the magnet, the pick tip assembly comprising:
a vacuum cup; and
a pick tip body having a pick tip body channel in communication with the housing channel and configured to apply the vacuum from the housing channel to the vacuum cup, the pick tip body including one or more radial channels configured to connect the housing channel to the pick tip body channel, and the pick tip body further including a first annular groove,
wherein the one or more radial channels extend out radially out from the pick tip body channel towards the annular groove.