US 12,202,129 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, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Boston Semi Equipment LLC, Billerica, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,827.
Application 18/496,827 is a continuation of application No. 17/418,649, granted, now 11,833,670, previously published as PCT/US2019/068821, filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,890, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058972 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0683 (2013.01) [B25J 15/04 (2013.01); B25J 15/0441 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pick tip assembly configured to be releasably held within a housing channel of housing by a 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 a 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 first annular groove.