Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414222130 | Transporting means carries load to at least one of a plurality of fixed stations | 57 |
20080213071 | TRANSPORT DEVICE IN AN INSTALLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTRATES - The invention concerns a transport device in an installation for the treatment of substrates with a succession of transport segments for the continuous in-line transport of the substrates along a transport line through several treatment sections, wherein a transfer means is provided for positioning one substrate each into a stationary treatment position. The object of the invention is to improve the functionality of a transport device of the generic method to guarantee reduced cycle times. The object is achieved with a transfer means having at least two matching, mobile combination segments, by means of which the substrate is positionable, wherein the combination segments in an alternating assignment to the transport line form a transport segment. | 09-04-2008 |
20080240891 | TRANSFER AND INSPECTION DEVICES OF OBJECT TO BE INSPECTED - An inspection apparatus includes an inspection chamber in which low-temperature inspection of an inspection object is performed; and a transfer chamber including therein a transfer device. The transfer device includes a transfer arm for transferring the inspection object to the inspection chamber; an arm-receiving compartment having a gateway via which the transfer arm is moved into or out of the arm-receiving compartment; and a gas supply means having a first and a second supply part for supplying a low-dew-point gas to the arm-receiving compartment from different locations. Herein, the first supply part is configured to supply the low-dew-point gas toward the inspection object introduced into the arm-receiving compartment by the transfer arm. | 10-02-2008 |
20080273949 | Method and Apparatus for Transporting Rolls During Packing - The invention relates to a method for moving paper, board and cellulosic web rolls in a roll packaging system comprising a plurality of roll handling stations. According to the method, to the system are imported at least three rolls ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080273950 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURNING OVER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - Device for turning over electronic components, comprising a turntable ( | 11-06-2008 |
20090016861 | WORK CARRIER AND WORK CLAMPING METHOD USING THE SAME - A work carrier includes a movable clamp unit ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090022572 | Cluster tool with a linear source - Systems and methods combining a cluster chamber with linear sources are described. A plurality of wafers is mounted on a pallet. A central robot in a cluster chamber moves the pallet among chambers connected to the cluster chamber chamber. At least one of the chambers connected to the cluster chamber includes a linear deposition source, the pallet moveable relative to the linear deposition source. | 01-22-2009 |
20090035103 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus includes first and second transfer chambers, first and second load lock chambers for exchanging one or more substrates with respective ones of first and the second transfer chambers, and a substrate transfer unit, located between the first and second load lock chambers, for transferring the one or more substrates to the first and second load lock chambers. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035104 | TRANSPORTING SYSTEM, AND TEACHING METHOD IN THE TRANSPORTING SYSTEM - A transporting system includes: a track portion; a plurality of loading platforms, disposed along the track portion, whose positions differ from each other in at least one direction; a plurality of transporting vehicles, each having a travelling device travelling along the track portion and a loading device, for loading transported objects; a first detecting device for detecting a first reference position, of the loading device when a reference transporting vehicle loads the transported object; a second detecting device for detecting a second reference position, of the loading device when each of the other transporting vehicles other than the reference transporting vehicle loads the transported object; and a teaching device for providing information on the position of the loading device with respect to each of the other loading platforms when each of the other transporting vehicles loads the transported object, on the basis of the detected first and second reference positions. | 02-05-2009 |
20090053023 | Wafer transfer apparatus, wafer transfer method and storage medium - One sensor constituted of a light emission element and a light-receiving element is provided in a path through which a wafer is transferred. The sensor is positioned so that the wafer passes through an area between the light emission element and the light-receiving element. Coordinates of the center of the wafer are calculated based on encoder values obtained when the wafer starts passing through the sensor and when the wafer completes passing through the sensor, position data of wafer transfer means corresponding to the encoder value, and the diameter of the wafer; and thereby the amount of positional deviation of the center of the wafer from a reference position is calculated. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060694 | Decorative door frame attaching apparatus - A decorative door frame attaching apparatus | 03-05-2009 |
20090067958 | STACKED PROCESS MODULES FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR HANDLING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for a vacuum-based semiconductor handling system. The system may be a linear system with a four-link robotic SCARA arm for moving materials in the system. The system may include one or more vertically stacked load locks or vertically stacked process modules. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074543 | Method and Device for Transporting and Processing Multiple Items - A method and a device transports and processes multiple items, in particular postal consignments. Each item passes through a first processing installation and then at least one second processing installation. The first processing installation measures in each case a processing attribute and two values which two predefined features assume for the item, and generates a data record for the item. Data records for items that the second processing installation subjects to a predefined treatment are selected. The second processing installation measures at a first time point the value which the first feature assumes and later the value of the other feature. It searches for a selected data record and uses the feature value measured initially. When it finds such a data record, it subjects the item concerned to the predefined treatment. | 03-19-2009 |
20090097950 | Substrate processing system and substrate transfer method - A substrate processing system includes a control section configured to control a series of transfer operations and preset to control operation of a container transfer apparatus, operation at a substrate access area, and operation of a substrate handling apparatus independently of each other. The control section includes a schedule creating portion configured to create a transfer schedule by individually adjusting operation timing of the container transfer apparatus, operation timing at the substrate access area, and operation timing of the substrate handling apparatus such that, in a state while a first lot of substrates are treated in the processing system, but the container transfer apparatus and the substrate access area are unoccupied, a container with a second lot of unprocessed substrates stored therein is transferred onto the substrate access area, thereby making total transfer time pertinent. | 04-16-2009 |
20090257850 | TRAY FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A tray for holding handheld devices, such as cell phones, PDAs, GPS devices, and the like is disclosed. The tray has recesses for holding handheld devices, including disclosing nested recesses for holding devices of various shapes and sizes. Indicia such as color banding at one end, is disclosed to facilitate processing of the trays in a packaging process. | 10-15-2009 |
20100008749 | Modular paint line including an immersion station - A modular paint line includes a plurality of modular stations positioned in series and defining a transportation path. At least one of the modular stations includes an immersion tank. The paint line also includes means for moving at least a first carrier in a forward transport direction along the transportation path while maintaining at least a second carrier in a stationary position, above the immersion tank, along the transportation path. The aforementioned means includes an article transportation system having a plurality of carrier tracks. | 01-14-2010 |
20100104403 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A WAFER - An apparatus for transferring a wafer includes a ceramic blade, an electrode, a plurality of pads, a coating layer and a robot arm. The blade supports the wafer, and the electrode is disposed inside the blade. Electric power is applied to the electrode to generate an electrostatic force for holding the wafer. The pads are disposed on an upper surface of the blade, and thus frictional forces may be provided between the wafer and the pads. The coating layer is disposed on the blade. The robot arm is connected with the blade to move the blade. | 04-29-2010 |
20100158646 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Magnetic Particles - Method, apparatus and system for controllably conveying magnetic particles between closed chambers. Magnetic particles are magnetically attracted from a first solution-containing chamber into a motive cavity, such as may be formed in a rotor of a pump. The magnetic particle-containing motive cavity is then moved out of fluid communication with the first solution-filled chamber and moved into fluid communication with a second solution-filled chamber. Finally, the magnetic particles are magnetically releasing from the motive cavity into the second solution-containing chamber. The first and second chambers are preferably never in direct fluid communication. Because the rotor is sealed with the pump body and there is no direct fluid communication between the first and second chamber, contact between the first solution and the second solution is limited by the size of the motive cavity. Optionally, the particles are magnetically attracted by temporarily inserting a magnet into a rotor. This method has significant advantages over existing magnetic particle manipulation systems because it can be utilized as a closed system with a very innovative and low-cost approach. | 06-24-2010 |
20100215461 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus | 08-26-2010 |
20100303588 | CARRIER BOARD TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR HANDLER THAT SUPPORTS TESTING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CARRIER BOARD IN CHAMBER OF HANDLER - A system and method is disclosed that transfers carrier boards in a handler that supports the testing of electronic devices. A carrier board can be transferred from the transfer start position to one of the mid transfer positions and the transfer final position. Carrier boards, which are spaced apart from each other in a chamber, can be gathered adjacent to each other in the circulation direction of carrier board. The transfer speed and the total circulation speed of the carrier boards can be enhanced. The transfer speed of carrier board can be easily controlled according to the test conditions. | 12-02-2010 |
20110076120 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus includes a loading/unloading unit including a mounting table on which a storage container accommodating a target substrate is mounted; a processing unit set including a plurality of processing units that perform a process on the target substrate; a plurality of transit units that transit the target substrate between the loading/unloading unit and the processing unit set; a selection unit that receives input for selecting a storage container for loading, a storage container for unloading, and a processing unit to be used for processing the target substrate; and a transfer recipe creating unit that automatically selects a transit unit to be used among the plurality of transit units based on the storage container for loading, the storage container for unloading, and the processing unit selected through the selection unit, automatically generates a transfer route of the target substrate, and creates a transfer recipe. | 03-31-2011 |
20110123301 | BULK FEEDING STORAGE DEVICES TO STORAGE DEVICE TESTING SYSTEMS - A method of supplying storage devices to a storage device testing system includes placing a storage device tote, carrying multiple storage devices, in a presentation position accessible to an automated transporter of the storage device testing system. The method includes actuating the automated transporter to retrieve one of the storage devices from the storage device tote, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved storage device to a test slot of the storage device testing system and insert the storage device in the test slot. | 05-26-2011 |
20110135429 | PRODUCTION FACILITY, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM - Provided is a production facility which allows a worker to perform manual works such as restoration, setting change, and manufacturing, without entering an action area of a robot. | 06-09-2011 |
20110142579 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND TARGET OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes a first transfer mechanism including a first shaft which is rotatable and vertically arranged and a horizontally extensible and retractable first arm having at a leading end thereof a first pick for holding a processing target object, the first arm being attached to the first shaft; and a second transfer mechanism including a second shaft which is rotatable and vertically arranged and a horizontally extensible and retractable second arm having at a leading end thereof a second pick for holding a processing target object, the second arm being attached to the second shaft. The first and the second transfer mechanism are vertically separated from each other while a rotation center of the first shaft and a rotation center of the second shaft coincide with each other. | 06-16-2011 |
20110268538 | COMPONENT TEST APPARATUS AND COMPONENT TRANSPORT METHOD - A component transport apparatus includes: a transport hand including a plurality of index units each one of which is capable of holding a component; a movable body that moves the transport hand; and a plurality of functional stations on which the components are mounted. The index units function to mount the components on the functional stations. The functional stations are spaced apart at intervals along a movement direction of the transport hand. The index units are spaced apart at intervals equal to the intervals at which the functional stations are spaced apart along the movement direction of the transport hand. | 11-03-2011 |
20110280693 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus including a transport chamber having an end and defining more than one substantially linear substrate transport zone where each transport zone extends longitudinally along the transport chamber between opposing walls of the transport chamber and at least one of the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zones is configured as a supply zone for enabling transport of substrates from the end and at least one of the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zones is configured as a return zone for enabling transport of substrates to the end, and at least one substrate transport located in and movably mounted to the transport chamber for transporting substrates along the more than one substantially linear substrate transport zone, where each substrate transport zone is configured to allow the at least one substrate transport to move from one transport zone to another transport zone. | 11-17-2011 |
20120282065 | SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRICALLY POWERED AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES - A system for periodically charging an electrically powered automated guided vehicle includes a charging station positioned adjacent a predetermined route of the automated guided vehicle. The charging station includes a charging arm which is selectively movable between a stowed position and a charge position in which the charging arm engages with the automated guided vehicle to perform a charging operation. The charging station is dimensioned and positioned so as to be positioned underneath a bottom surface of a platform connected to the automated guided vehicle and between a side edge of the platform and the automated guided vehicle. | 11-08-2012 |
20130028692 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING DEVICE - An automatic positioning device includes a holder, a first motor, a securing block, a second motor, and a connecting rod. The first motor is mounted on the holder and horizontally slides relative to the holder. The securing block is fixed with the first motor. The second motor is mounted on the securing block and vertically slides relative to the securing block. The connecting rod is connected with the second motor. The first motor drives the connecting rod moving horizontally and the second motor drives the connecting rod moving vertically. | 01-31-2013 |
20130034410 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT STATIONS AND A CONTAINER CARRIER - A system for transporting containers between different stations is presented. The containers are accommodated in container carriers. The system comprises a control unit for controlling the transport of the container carriers, a transport area divided into subareas and on which the container carriers can be movably arranged, and a drive. The drive is activated by the control unit and each subarea is assigned a respective drive. Each drive applies a drive force to an associated container carrier. | 02-07-2013 |
20130078059 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier block including first and second carrier placement units spaced apart in a right and left direction; a processing block having a layered structure in which a plurality of layered parts are vertically arranged, the layered parts each including a substrate transport mechanism for transporting a substrate and a processing module for processing a substrate; a tower unit including plural substrate placement units located at height positions where a substrate is transferred by the substrate transport mechanism of the layered part corresponding to the substrate placement unit; a first substrate transfer mechanism configured to transfer a substrate between the carrier on the first carrier placement unit and the substrate placement unit of the tower unit; and a second substrate transfer mechanism configured to transfer a substrate between the carrier on the second substrate placement unit and the substrate placement unit of the tower unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130121793 | CREDENTIAL MANUFACTURING DEVICE SUBSTRATE SHUTTLE - One embodiment of a credential manufacturing device comprises a first hopper, a first processing path, a first processing device, a substrate shuttle and a shuttle drive. The first hopper is configured to contain a plurality of card substrates and includes an output port. The first processing device is in the first processing path and is configured to perform a first process on individual card substrates in the first processing path. The substrate shuttle is positioned between the first hopper and the first processing path and is configured to receive individual card substrates from the output port of the first hopper, transport received card substrates along a shuttle path, and deliver received card substrates to the first processing path. The shuttle drive is configured to drive movement of the substrate shuttle along the shuttle path. | 05-16-2013 |
20130142597 | Article Transport Facility - An intermediate transfer device is located upwardly of an article delivering and receiving portion and downwardly of a ceiling transport vehicle. A transfer device grip is provided such that the intermediate transfer device is in vertical alignment with the ceiling transport vehicle and the article delivering and receiving portion and is capable of traveling, while guided and supported by a guiding support, to and among a transfer position for the delivering and receiving portion, a transfer position for the intermediate rack, a transfer-time retracted position, and a temporary-storage-time retracted. The guiding support is configured to form a space through which the grip portion and an article can pass in the vertical direction when the ceiling transport vehicle transfers the article. | 06-06-2013 |
20130149079 | SAMPLE TRANSFER MECHANISM - A sample transfer mechanism of the present invention is characterized broadly by a sample gripping method in which a downward part of a sample vessel is gripped and a cover that achieves an effect as a guide such that gripping arms that grip the sample vessel avoid contact with other objects and bypass surrounding objects, particularly, the sample vessels in approaching and retracting motions. To enhance the effect as the guide and to ensure that the sample vessels can be mounted with a high degree of integration, the shape of the cover and disposition of the sample transfer mechanism are characterized in a number of manners. Thus, a sample transfer mechanism that can perform a transfer process safely with high throughput even under conditions in which a variety of types of sample vessels is mixed together and the sample vessels are mounted with a high degree of integration is provided. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CONTAMINATION OF SUBSTRATE - An aligner, chuck, and end effector for substrate processing are provided. The aligner includes a rotatable substrate support having a surface for supporting the substrate. The rotatable substrate support has a diameter less than a diameter of the substrate and surfaces of the rotatable substrate support are coated with a coating consisting essentially of a poly(p-xylylene) polymer. The chuck includes a flat platform that supports the substrate during processing. The chuck is larger than the substrate and may include holes though which lift pins can pass assist the loading/unloading of the substrate. The end effector includes an arm supporting a first extension and a second extension, wherein the arm, the first extension and the second extension are coated with a coating consisting essentially of a poly(p-xylylene) polymer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130164102 | CONTAINER FILLING DEVICE - A device for filling containers, in particular bottles and beakers with food products, in particular with low viscosity to pasty dairy and fat products, juices, waters and similar, comprising: an upper main element, a lower main element and lateral elements connecting the upper main element and the lower main element; and a plurality of support elements which are endlessly supported on rollers through the device past operating stations along the upper main element, the lateral element and the lower main element, wherein the support elements include receivers for containers which receivers are arranged in series transversal to a feed direction, wherein at least two support elements are arranged on a common frame and are run by the frame on rollers through the device in an endless manner. | 06-27-2013 |
20130195587 | WAFER TRANSFER DEVICE - A wafer transfer device includes: a wafer compartment; a pre-alignment chamber, provided either above or below the wafer compartment; a first wafer transfer chamber, provided in a vertical direction along the wafer compartment and the pre-alignment chamber, for transferring the semiconductor wafer from the wafer compartment to the pre-alignment chamber; and an alignment chamber for aligning the semiconductor wafer, the alignment chamber being provided adjacent to the pre-alignment chamber. The wafer transfer device further includes a second wafer transfer chamber, disposed along an arrangement direction of the first wafer transfer chamber, the pre-alignment chamber and the alignment chamber, for transferring the semiconductor wafer among the pre-alignment chamber, the alignment chamber and the test chambers. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195588 | Article Transport Facility - Disclosed is an article transport facility in which reduction in the transport capacity can be prevented while simplifying the structure and making the facility less expensive. The facility includes, as travel paths, a first travel path and a second travel path which straddles the first travel path from one side to the other side in a lateral direction of the first travel path. In a straddling portion, which is a part of the second travel path that straddles the first travel path, the second travel path is provided at a different height from the first travel path in a vertical direction, and is configured such that travel of the article transport vehicle along the first travel path and travel of the article transport vehicle along the second travel path are mutually allowed. | 08-01-2013 |
20140112742 | Crane and Automated Storage and Retrieval System - The present invention discloses a crane and an automated storage and retrieval system. The crane includes a first arm, a second arm, a first vertical transmission mechanism and a second vertical transmission mechanism. The first vertical transmission mechanism transmits the first arm and the second arm to move vertically in a synchronous manner, and the second vertical transmission mechanism transmits the second arm to move vertically with respect to the first arm. As such, the present invention can increase the moving volume of a single turn of movement as well as improve the moving efficiency and production efficiency. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112743 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD - A substrate processing system includes a plurality of processing chambers configured to perform a predetermined processing with respect to substrates, a transfer device configured to transfer the substrates to the processing chambers in a predetermined order, and a delivery unit configured to deliver the substrates between the delivery unit and the transfer device. The substrate processing system configured to sequentially process the substrates by repeating an operation in a predetermined transfer order. The substrate processing system includes a transfer order setting unit and a transfer control unit configured to switch the first transfer order to the second transfer order. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119858 | Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Line - A semiconductor device manufacturing line includes a process system that includes a plurality of process units of a single wafer process type, and a carrier system that carries wafers to the plurality of process units. The carrier system includes a plurality of carrier units each carrying one wafer from one of the process units to another process unit of a next process. | 05-01-2014 |
20140147235 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus transports a transport subject between corresponding two of process lines. A first transport vehicle transports the transport subject in a first process line, and a second transport vehicle transports the transport subject in a second process line. A relay stocking apparatus is placed in a corresponding location, at which the relay stocking apparatus receives the transport subject from one of the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle and passes the received transport subject to the other one of the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicler. | 05-29-2014 |
20140341681 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE STORING CONTAINER - In a substrate processing apparatus, a storage device, an indexer block, a processing block and an interface block are arranged to line up in this order. The storage device includes a plurality of openers on which a carrier storing a plurality of substrates can be placed. The carrier is carried in the storage device. In the storage device, the carrier is transported among the plurality of openers by a transport device. The transport device includes first and second hands configured to be able to hold the carrier and move in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The second hand is provided below the first hand. | 11-20-2014 |
20140356106 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus, which utilizes a first transfer apparatus and a second transfer apparatus which are configured to transfer a transfer container containing a plurality of substrates, along a first transfer path and a second transfer path whose lateral positions differ from each other, respectively, including a first load port where the transfer container is loaded and unloaded by the first transfer apparatus, and a second load port that is arranged stepwise with respect to the first load port, with the transfer container being loaded to and unloaded from the second load port by the second transfer apparatus. | 12-04-2014 |
20140377039 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR COOLING, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - Provided is a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes an equipment front end module, a loadlock chamber, a transfer chamber, and a plurality of process chambers. The loadlock chamber includes a cooling unit for cooling a substrate treated in the process chambers, and the cooling unit includes a cooling chamber having an inner space, the cooling chamber having a gas inflow hole in one surface thereof, wherein support pins on which the substrate is placed are disposed around a circumference of the gas injection hole, a cooling gas injection part supplying a cooling gas toward the gas inflow hole, and a gas exhaust part exhausting the cooling gas supplied into the cooling chamber and fumes generated from the substrate to the outside of the cooling chamber. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377040 | ELEVATOR LINEAR MOTOR DRIVE - Disclosed is a substrate processing system with a magnetic conduit configuration to improve the movement of a substrate carrier within the system. The configuration specifically provides for safe, secure movement of a carrier between multiple levels of a substrate processing system by using magnetic conduits to redirect magnetic forces created by a linear motor, permitting the linear motor to be positioned outside of the system and in a location that will not interfere with the movement of the carrier. | 12-25-2014 |
20150086302 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD THEREOF - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a first processing chamber; a second processing chamber; a transfer chamber; a frame structure; and an elevating part. Each of the first and the second processing chamber has a main body part and a lid part. The transfer chamber is connected to the first and the second processing chamber and accommodates a transfer unit for transferring the substrate. The frame structure has a pair of column parts and a beam part supported at top portions of the column parts. The elevating part is coupled to the beam part to be moved in a horizontal direction and moves the lid part in the vertical direction. The beam part extends above the first and the second processing chamber and the transfer chamber. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086303 | PROCESSING OBJECT TRANSPORT SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A substrate inspection system includes a plurality of processing units, and each processing unit is provided with a transport mechanism configured to transport an substrate to be inspected along a transport passage which extends substantially horizontally, a lift mechanism configured to lift the substrate to be inspected to a height position, at a set position on the transport passage, and processors each configured to perform a predetermined process on the substrate to be inspected positioned at the height position. The processing units are arranged such that transport passages thereof are aligned and such that the transport directions thereof are the same direction. Between two adjacent transport passages, the substrate to be inspected is delivered from the transport passage on an upstream side to the transport passage on a downstream side. | 03-26-2015 |
20150110585 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND TEMPORARY STORAGE METHOD OF ARTICLES IN CONVEYANCE SYSTEM - In a transport system, a track for a local carriage is provided directly below a track for overhead traveling vehicles, and the overhead traveling vehicles and the local carriage both transfer an article to and from the same transfer destination. A buffer is connected to the track for the transport local carriage to deliver and receive the article to and from the local carriage and includes a transport in/out cell below the track for the overhead traveling vehicles to deliver and receive the article to and from the overhead traveling vehicles, the buffer being provided in a location not directly below the track of the local carriage. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110586 | UNIVERSAL COMPONENT LIFT APPARATUS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING - Universal component lift apparatus for moving components of electronic device manufacturing systems is described. The universal component lift apparatus includes a track, a truck moveable along the track, and a lift apparatus adapted to couple to the truck, the lift apparatus including a wheeled base, a lift portion, and a boom adapted to couple to the component. Electronic device processing systems and methods of moving components thereof are described, as are numerous other aspects. | 04-23-2015 |
20150132084 | Interlinking System for Overhead Transfer Devices - The invention relates to an interlinking system for overhead transfer devices having at least two portals for the transport of workpieces or of workpieces on pallets between machines and/or supply/removal devices and vice versa. Each of the portals is in this respect equipped with at least one loading unit and the two portals are equipped with a transfer module for conveying the workpieces or the workpieces on pallets between a first and a second portal which is in turn equipped with a transport device for the reception of one or more workpieces or workpiece pallets. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132085 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A first transfer apparatus unloads and transfers substrates from a cassette. A first accommodating unit accommodates the substrates. First substrate processing units divided into at least two groups and arranged in a height direction performs a process to the substrates. Second accommodating units respectively corresponding to the groups are arranged to be parallel with the first accommodating unit in the height direction. Second transfer apparatuses respectively corresponding to the groups unload and transfer the substrates from the second accommodating units corresponding to the same groups into the first substrate processing units of the same groups. Second substrate processing units respectively corresponding to the groups are arranged to be parallel with the first and second accommodating units in the height direction. A delivery apparatus delivers the substrates between the first and second accommodating units and transfers the substrates between the first accommodating unit and the second substrate processing units. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132086 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A first transfer apparatus unloads and transfers substrates from a cassette. A first accommodating unit accommodates the substrates. First substrate processing units are divided into at least two groups arranged in a height direction. Second accommodating units corresponding to the groups are arranged to be parallel with the first accommodating unit in the height direction. Second transfer apparatuses corresponding to the groups unload and transfer the substrates from the second accommodating units corresponding to the same groups into the first substrate processing units of the same groups. Delivery apparatuses corresponding to the groups deliver the substrates in the first accommodating unit to the second accommodating units corresponding to the same groups. The first accommodating unit corresponding to the two adjacent groups is arranged at a middle height position of the groups. The second accommodating units respectively corresponding to the groups are arranged on and below the first accommodating unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132087 | Core Storage and Management System - A system and method for receiving, handling and storing used rolls following unwinding of sheet material therefrom includes:
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20150139760 | SUBSTRATE CONVEYANCE METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a substrate conveyance method where a segment which can simultaneously hold M pieces of substrates defined by an integer M of 2 or more is provided, and a substrate conveyance part can simultaneously convey N pieces of substrates defined by an integer N of 2 or more which is not a divisor of the integer M from the segment or toward the segment. The substrate conveyance part performs a substrate conveyance cycle repeatedly where when N pieces of variables ik defined by integers k of 1 to N are arbitrary integers of 0 or more and not more than (M/N) and satisfy a relationship of M=N×i1+ . . . +1×iN, a conveyance step where a substrate conveyance step of simultaneously conveying (N−k−1) pieces of substrates from the segment or toward the segment by the substrate conveyance part is performed ik times is performed with respect to the conveyance step where the number of times of the substrate conveyance steps is defined by each variable which is a natural number out of N pieces of variables ik. | 05-21-2015 |
20150329334 | OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSFER SYSTEM AND FACTORY SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are an overhead hoist transfer system and a factory system employing the same. The factory system includes a rail attached to a ceiling of a factory. An overhead hoist transfer system, in which a first carrier configured to receive a first material and a second carrier configured to receive a second material may be suspended and moved along the rail, is provided. A processing device system including a first carrier port in which the first carrier may be seated, a first device gate through which the first material may pass, a second carrier port in which the second carrier may be seated, and a second device gate through which the second material may pass, is provided. The processing device system may be adjacent to the rail. The overhead hoist transfer system includes a grip unit configured to grip the first carrier or the second carrier, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the grip unit. | 11-19-2015 |
20160054341 | SAMPLE CONTAINER CARRIER FOR A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A sample container carrier, a laboratory sample distribution system comprising such a sample container carrier, and to a laboratory automation system comprising such a laboratory sample distribution system are presented. The sample container carrier can tilt a sample container in order to allow higher acceleration rates. | 02-25-2016 |
20160084864 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND SAMPLE-PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sample-processing system that improves total system processing efficiency, and reduces a sample-processing time, by establishing a functionally independent relationship between a rack conveyance block with rack supply, conveyance, and recovery functions, and a processing block with sample preprocessing, analysis, and other functions. A buffer unit with random accessibility to multiple racks standing by for processing is combined with each of multiple processing units to form a pair, and the system is constructed to load and unload racks into and from the buffer unit through the rack conveyance block so that one unprocessed rack is loaded into the buffer unit and then upon completion of process steps up to automatic retesting, unloaded from the buffer unit. Functional dependence between any processing unit and a conveyance unit is thus eliminated. | 03-24-2016 |
20160111308 | REDUCED CAPACITY CARRIER, TRANSPORT, LOAD PORT, BUFFER SYSTEM - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment a semiconductor workpiece processing system having at least one processing tool for processing semiconductor workpieces, a container for holding at least one semiconductor workpiece therein for transport to and from the at least one processing tool and a first transport section elongated and defining a travel direction. The first transport section has parts, that interface the container, supporting and transporting the container along the travel direction to and from the at least one processing tool. The container is in substantially continuous transport at a substantially constant rate in the travel direction, when supported by the first transport section. A second transport section is connected to the at least one process tool for transporting the container to and from the at least one processing tool. | 04-21-2016 |