Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414757000 | Article frictionally engaged and rotated by relatively movable means (e.g., disc, endless belt, etc.) | 10 |
20080304950 | Apparatus and Method For Turning Containers - The disclosure relates to an apparatus ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090067976 | Alignment Assembly - Alignment assembly is used to center a sample on a moving stage system. The alignment assembly includes a pair of slides stacked on a stage with linear perpendicular movement relative to each other, and at least one actuator that is preferably physically separate from the linear slides and stage. The actuator(s) repeatedly extend an actuator arm to move the linear slides, and retract the arm for subsequent movement of the stage during and after the process of centering the sample in two dimensions on the stage. Either the stage system rotates, or multiple actuators are placed to move the alignment system in perpendicular directions relative to the stage, by repeatedly contacting only the top linear slide. | 03-12-2009 |
20090110532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING WAFER CENTERING ON A TRACK LITHOGRAPHY TOOL - An apparatus for centering a substrate in a track lithography tool includes a processing chamber having an opening large enough to admit the substrate. The processing chamber includes a substrate support member. The substrate is characterized by a diameter and comprises a mounting surface, a process surface, and an edge. The apparatus also includes a clamped robot blade including a substrate support surface adapted to support the mounting surface of the substrate, two edge contact regions, and a base contact region. The clamped robot blade also includes a clamping system adapted to move at least one of the two edge contact regions or the base contact region from an unclamped position to a clamped position, thereby making contact between the edge of the substrate and the two edge contact regions and the base contact region in the clamped position. The apparatus further includes a robot arm coupled to the clamped robot blade. | 04-30-2009 |
20090116949 | Wafer Bonding Apparatus and Method - A wafer bonding apparatus and method are provided. The wafer bonding apparatus can include an aligning unit, and the aligning unit can include a rotating roller for rotating at least two wafers, an aligning bar for aligning the at least two wafers, and a notch alignment sensor for sensing at least two notches of each of the at least two wafers. | 05-07-2009 |
20100003118 | Cotton Module Plastic Wrapping Material And Module Hangler For Optimizing Module Rotation For Wrapping Removal - A supply of plastic wrapping material for wrapping cylindrical modules includes a plurality of end-to-end segments, with each segment being of a length sufficient for enveloping a cylindrical cotton module of a given size with a predetermined number of layers of wrapping. All except an inner tail of an inner layer of wrapping adheres to the following layer. The location within each segment which becomes a loose inner tail when wrapped about a module is provided with a first RFID tag while other RFID tags are provided at equally spaced locations along the inner layer. Each RFID tag is provided with a unique identifier for which may be read by a RFID tag reader carried by a module handling implement having forks rotatable by reversible motors operable for rotating the module for placing the loose inner tail at a desired location relative to a cutting device for slitting the wrapping during wrapping removal. A control arrangement is coupled to the RFID tag reader and uses the information from the tag identifiers to cause the module to be rotated in a direction most suitable for optimizing placement the loose inner tail in the desired location for wrapping removal. | 01-07-2010 |
20110250044 | DEVICE FOR TREATING DISC-LIKE ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A device for supporting and rotating a disc-like article includes:
| 10-13-2011 |
20140178170 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROTATING FLAT PRODUCTS - A device for rotating flat products, in particular sheets or stacks of sheets, moved in a first direction from a first orientation into a second orientation, by a predetermined total rotation angle, by means of a first rotating device, in which the product is rotated first by a first rotation angle, and by means of at least one second rotating device, in which the product is later rotated by a second rotation angle. The first and second rotating devices are arranged one after the other in transport direction, and each rotating device includes rotating elements, which engage with the product for the rotating process. In order to be able to process products having different formats at the highest possible throughput and as failure-free as possible, and in order to ensure as mild a treatment of the products as possible, at least the first rotating device includes switchable engagement elements by means of which the rotating elements can be engaged with or disengaged from the product at selected times. | 06-26-2014 |
20140271085 | SUBSTRATE POSITION ALIGNER - A substrate position aligner includes a substrate holding assembly, a plurality of rollers, a rotation mechanism, and a sensor. The substrate holding assembly is configured to hold a substrate in a vertical orientation. The plurality of rollers include at least two idler rollers and a drive roller. Each roller has a point on its perimeter spaced on a common radius from a center of substrate rotation defined within the substrate holding assembly. The sensor is positioned approximately on the common radius and configured to detect the presence of an orientation cut in the substrate when the orientation cut is not orientated within a range between about −44 degrees and about +44 degrees from horizontal. A method of aligning a substrate having an orientation cut includes sensing a presence of the orientation cut when the orientation cut is not orientated within the above recited range. | 09-18-2014 |
20160101946 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A transport apparatus ( | 04-14-2016 |
20160114985 | Needle Bevel Orienting Device - An apparatus and method for selectively orienting beveled needle tips by use of cooperatively configured, counter-rotating curved surfaces that contact and rotate the needle to a preferred angular orientation without blunting or marring the bevel edges. The counter-rotating surfaces may be selectively repositioned at different angles in order to reliably orient all needles as part of a multi-step method. | 04-28-2016 |