Hirata Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160096690 | TRANSFER APPARATUS, TRANSFER SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD - This invention provides a transfer apparatus for loading/unloading a work into/from a processing apparatus, comprising: a main body being able to move in a horizontal direction; an arm portion pivotally provided with respect to the main body; a hand portion pivotally provided with respect to the arm portion, and configured to grip the work; and a control unit configured to horizontally swing the arm portion and move the main body in order for the hand portion to linearly move the work, when the hand portion facing the processing apparatus loads/unloads the work into/from the processing apparatus. | 04-07-2016 |
20160049322 | CONTAINER OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a container opening/closing device for opening and closing a lid of a container. The container comprises a container body including an opening and the lid detachably attached to the opening. The device comprises an opening/closing mechanism including a holding portion for holding the lid and a pressing mechanism. The opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the opening by moving the holding portion between a closing position and an open position. The pressing mechanism presses a peripheral edge of the holding portion toward the container body when the opening/closing mechanism moves the lid from the open position to the closing position. | 02-18-2016 |
20160031075 | PISTON SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PISTON SUPPLY METHOD - A piston supply apparatus includes a piston gripping portion and a piston supply portion. The piston supply portion includes a connecting rod gripping unit gripping the connecting rod of the piston placed in a preparation area, a guide member abutting against a skirt portion of the piston to match an axial direction of the piston with a predetermined specified direction, a moving unit moving the gripping unit from the preparation area to a supply position in air, and a pivoting unit making the gripping unit pivot such that the piston top portion of the piston in a downward state is set in an upward state. The piston supply apparatus further includes a pressing unit pressing the piston top portion of the piston made to pivot to the upward state against the guide member. | 02-04-2016 |
20160016739 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND CONVEYANCE METHOD - A conveyance system according to the present invention includes a processing station, first to third conveyance apparatuses arranged in a conveying direction of a work piece. The second conveyance apparatus is provided in the station. The system further includes a lifting apparatus disposed below the second conveyance apparatus in the station, and a processing apparatus in the processing station. The first and second conveyance apparatuses perform returning of the pallet that is empty in a direction reverse to the conveyance direction. | 01-21-2016 |
20150374122 | ACCOMMODATING DEVICE, SEGMENT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTIPLE-STAGE ACCOMMODATING PORTIONS - This invention provides an accommodating device provided with a plurality of accommodating portions configured to accommodate plate-shaped members to be accommodated by being separated away in a thickness direction thereof, having: at least one wall body constructing the accommodating device; and a plurality of segments having the accommodating portions respectively and arranged adjacently each other along a wall surface of the wall body, wherein each of the plurality of segments has an engagement portion to be engaged with an adjacent segment, and the plurality of segments are connected to each other through engagement between the engagement portions of each segments and are detachably mounted on the wall body. | 12-31-2015 |
20150360455 | APPLYING METHOD, APPLYING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE - The present invention provides a method of applying a photocurable resin on a surface of a panel. A difference in a surface level is formed on a peripheral portion on the surface of the panel. The method includes a step of moving either one of an application head and the panel so that the application head provided with a slit-type nozzle which discharges a photocurable resin relatively moves on the surface of the panel, and an application step of discharging the resin from the nozzle onto the surface of the panel during the moving step. In the application process, a film thickness of the resin is controlled so that a difference in a surface level is not generated on a liquid film surface of the resin on the difference in a surface level on the panel. | 12-17-2015 |
20150291371 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system that transports a tray in a horizontal attitude, the tray including a plurality of work placement portions arranged in a matrix. The system includes first and second transport units, a transfer device transferring the tray between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, a shooting unit including a line sensor shooting, between the first transport unit and the second transport unit, an image of the tray transferred by the transfer device and a moving device moving the transfer device and the shooting unit in a direction to traverse a plurality of transport lines of the first transport unit. | 10-15-2015 |
20150276551 | TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING UNIT - The present invention provides a testing device testing a multi-cylinder engine including a plurality of ports including an intake port and an exhaust port in a pseudo driving state. The device includes a plurality of pressure inspection units and at least one opening/closing mechanism. Each of the plurality of pressure inspection units includes a pipeline connected to one of the plurality of ports, a sensor for detecting a pressure in the pipeline and a valve for opening/closing the pipeline. The opening/closing mechanism includes one actuator and a transmission mechanism connected to the actuator and transmitting a driving force of the actuator to an operation unit of each of the plurality of valves to open and close the plurality of valves. | 10-01-2015 |
20150225184 | STOP DEVICE AND AUXILIARY STOP UNIT - This invention provides a stop device that abuts against a work during conveyance and stops the work. The stop device includes a stop lever stopping the work at a predetermined stop position, a movable unit supporting the stop lever so as to pivot the stop lever in a predetermined range, a biasing unit biasing the stop lever toward an upstream side, a driving unit displacing the movable unit between a working position and a retraction position, and an auxiliary stop unit arranged in the movable unit. The auxiliary stop unit includes a work abutment portion at the same position as a conveyance stop position where the stop lever stops conveyance of the work, or at a position on the downstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance stop position. | 08-13-2015 |
20150203298 | TRANSPORT UNIT, DECELERATION STOP DEVICE, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - This invention provides a transport unit that includes driving rollers arrayed in the transport direction of a work, and when the work transported by the driving rollers reaches a predetermined stop position, stops movement of the work. The driving rollers include at least one first driving roller, and at least one second driving roller arranged on the side of the predetermined stop position in the transport direction with respect to the first driving roller. The first driving roller is a roller capable of idling on a driving shaft. The second driving roller is a roller incapable of idling on the driving shaft. | 07-23-2015 |
20150197405 | TRANSFER METHOD, HOLDING APPARATUS, AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - This invention provides a transfer method of transferring, from a carrier including a placing portion on which a substrate is placed, and a cover that is superposed on the upper surface of the placing portion in close contact, the substrate held between the placing portion and the cover. The transfer method includes a holding step of holding the substrate and the cover on the placing portion by a holding apparatus, and a moving step of moving the holding apparatus to move the substrate and the cover from the placing portion to a transfer destination. In the holding step, the cover is held by the cover holding unit of the holding apparatus, and the substrate is held by the substrate holding unit of the holding apparatus in parallel postures of the cover and substrate. | 07-16-2015 |
20150162229 | LOAD PORT - A load port is provided with a table and a plate. The table is arranged on a side of a front wall of an atmospheric transfer unit for transferring a piece of material under processing and is adapted to mount on it a container with the piece of material received in the same. The plate serves to isolate an interior of the atmospheric transfer unit from an exterior of the atmospheric transfer unit. The load port includes an exhaust duct arranged on a rear side of the plate and a fan arranged in a lower extremity of the exhaust duct. By the exhaust duct and the fan, an internal atmosphere of the atmospheric transfer unit can be exhausted into the atmosphere. | 06-11-2015 |
20150117999 | TRANSPORT UNIT AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a transport unit comprising a base member, a transport mechanism and a positioning mechanism. The base member includes a bottom wall extending in a transport direction and a pair of side walls standing upright from two side portions, respectively, of the bottom wall. The transport mechanism is supported by the base member and transports an object to be transported. The positioning mechanism is supported by the base member, and positions the object relative to the base member. | 04-30-2015 |
20140311856 | OPERATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An operation apparatus of this invention includes a main pallet and a sub pallet detachable from the main pallet, and can convey a work and a part. The operation apparatus includes a lifting mechanism disconnecting, from the main pallet, the work placed on the main pallet and lift/lower the work; a moving mechanism detaching, from the main pallet, the sub pallet attached to the main pallet and lift/lower the sub pallet; a rotation mechanism holding the work lifted to a work operation region by the lifting mechanism; and an operation unit extracting the part from the sub pallet lifted to a part preparation region by the moving mechanism and assembling the part to the work. | 10-23-2014 |
20140290060 | ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An assembling apparatus of this invention includes a main pallet and a sub pallet detachable from the main pallet, and can convey a cylinder head and parts thereof. The apparatus includes a mechanism disconnecting, from the main pallet, the cylinder head placed on the main pallet and lifting/lowering the cylinder head, a mechanism detaching the sub pallet from the main pallet and lifting/lowering the sub pallet, a mechanism holding the cylinder head lifted to a work operation region, an operation unit extracting a valve retainer from the sub pallet lifted to a part preparation region and assemble it to a cylinder head, and a device arranged between the work operation region and the part preparation region and detaching a pair of cotter pieces. | 10-02-2014 |
20140231219 | STOPPING APPARATUS AND STOP-CANCELING METHOD - A work stopping apparatus according to this invention includes a swing unit pivotable about a first pivot shaft between an abutment position and a retracted position, and a driving unit pivoting the swing unit. The swing unit includes a swing portion and a movable portion including a work abutment portion. The movable portion is pivotable about a second pivot shaft parallel to the first pivot shaft. A distance between the first pivot shaft and the work abutment portion becomes short along with pivoting motion of the swing unit from the abutment position to the retracted position. | 08-21-2014 |
20140131464 | COATING LIQUID FILLING METHOD, SLIT NOZZLE, DISCHARGE OUTLET CLOSING MEMBER, AND SLIT NOZZLE UNIT - A filling method exhausts gas from inside a slit nozzle that applies coating liquid onto a substrate surface while filling the slit nozzle with the coating liquid. The slit nozzle includes a coating liquid supply opening, a coating liquid discharge outlet, a manifold that is connected to the supply opening and holds the coating liquid inside the slit nozzle, a liquid channel that is connected to the manifold and supplies the coating liquid to the discharge outlet of the slit nozzle, and a ventilation hole for exhausting gas from inside the manifold. The filling method includes: a discharge outlet closing process that closes the discharge outlet while the coating liquid is being fed from the supply opening into the slit nozzle; and a ventilation hole opening process that opens the ventilation hole. | 05-15-2014 |
20140109400 | CONTAINER OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a container opening/closing device for opening and closing a lid of a container. The container comprises a container body including an opening and the lid detachably attached to the opening. The device comprises an opening/closing mechanism including a holding portion for holding the lid and a pressing mechanism. The opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the opening by moving the holding portion between a closing position and an open position. The pressing mechanism presses a peripheral edge of the holding portion toward the container body when the opening/closing mechanism moves the lid from the open position to the closing position. | 04-24-2014 |
20140103592 | WORK SUPPORT APPRATUS - A work support apparatus according to the present invention includes a base unit, a holding unit stands on the base unit and holds a work in a cantilevered state, and a tilt mechanism that makes the holding unit pivot with respect to the base unit. The holding unit includes a holding portion holding the work in a state in which a side portion of the work on the holding unit side is exposed. The tilt mechanism is an arcuate slide mechanism including an arcuate shape portion with respect to a virtual horizontal line as the center, and an abutting portion abutting against the arcuate shape portion. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099180 | LOADING/UNLOADING ROBOT - A loading/unloading robot includes an arm unit attached to a support unit that is capable of being raised and lowered and a hand unit for conveying a loaded/unloaded object, attached to the arm unit. The support unit includes a base portion capable of revolving around a raising/lowering axis and a head portion rotatably attached to the base portion. The arm unit includes arms that are rotatably attached to the head portion. Front ends of the arms move forward and backward along a forward/backward direction that passes the head portion. The hand unit includes a loading/unloading hand rotatably attached to the arm. A center distance from the rotational axis of the head portion to the rotational axes of rear arms is shorter than a center distance from an axis of revolution of the base portion to the rotational axis of the head portion. | 04-10-2014 |
20140097568 | LIFTING APPARATUS - This invention provides a lifting apparatus which holds a work by clamping the work vertically, and lifts the work. The lifting apparatus includes upper and lower clamping units, a guide mechanism which guides lifting movements of the upper and lower clamping units, a driving mechanism which drives the lower clamping unit to lift along the guide mechanism, and a stopper which is set so that the upper clamping unit is stopped before the lower clamping unit reaches a downward movement lower limit during the downward movement of the units, and which defines a downward movement lower limit of the upper clamping unit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140083818 | COMPONENT TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD - A component transfer device according to the present invention includes a holding mechanism that positions and holds a component on a carrying surface located at a predetermined height and a pull-out unit that pulls out the component held on the carrying surface by the holding mechanism in a horizontal direction. The pull-out unit includes a grasping member that can separably grasp the component from a vertical direction, a cam member that causes the grasping member to perform a component grasping operation and a component releasing operation at predetermined timings by exercising a cam function to the grasping member, a driving mechanism that drives the cam member and the grasping member, and a restraint mechanism that restrains a relative movement of the cam member with respect to the movable holder upon grasping operation. | 03-27-2014 |
20140023472 | PISTON SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PISTON SUPPLY METHOD - A piston supply apparatus includes a piston gripping portion and a piston supply portion. The piston supply portion includes a connecting rod gripping unit gripping the connecting rod of the piston placed in a preparation area, a guide member abutting against a skirt portion of the piston to match an axial direction of the piston with a predetermined specified direction, a moving unit moving the gripping unit from the preparation area to a supply position in air, and a pivoting unit making the gripping unit pivot such that the piston top portion of the piston in a downward state is set in an upward state. The piston supply apparatus further includes a pressing unit pressing the piston top portion of the piston made to pivot to the upward state against the guide member. | 01-23-2014 |
20140011149 | CARRIER TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A carrier transport system transports a plurality of carriers by a transport conveyor into a heating furnace, advances a comb-shaped carrier stopper having a plurality of protrusions toward the carriers, moves the carriers by the transport conveyor in a transport direction to engage cutout grooves, provided respectively for the carriers, with the protrusions of the carrier stopper to thereby position the carriers at a time. The carrier transport system advances the carrier stopper toward the carriers to insert distal ends of the protrusions of the carrier stopper into insertion holes, and then determines, on the basis of a moved distance X of the carrier stopper, whether the carriers are properly positioned. | 01-09-2014 |
20130259628 | TRANSPORT UNIT AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a transport unit comprising a base member, a transport mechanism and a positioning mechanism. The base member includes a bottom wall extending in a transport direction and a pair of side walls standing upright from two side portions, respectively, of the bottom wall. The transport mechanism is supported by the base member and transports an object to be transported. The positioning mechanism is supported by the base member, and positions the object relative to the base member. | 10-03-2013 |
20130220042 | SLIDER APPARATUS - A slider apparatus of the invention includes a ball screw, first and second support members which respectively support the two end portions of the ball screw, a slider which includes a driving means for rotating a ball nut threadably engaging with the ball screw while rotatably holding the ball nut, and is disposed to be movable in the axial direction of the ball screw, first and second intermediate support members which are disposed to sandwich the slider, and each of which includes a support hole through which the ball screw passes and is movable in the axial direction of the ball screw, and a connecting member which engages with the first and second intermediate support members, and allows free movement of the first and second intermediate support members within the range of the full length of the connecting member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130142596 | SORTING APPARATUS - A sorting apparatus includes: a sorting device receiving and transporting a rack carrying vessels and transferring vessels from the rack to predetermined vessel loading portions; and a delivery device delivering the rack to the sorting device. The sorting device includes: a rack receiving unit capable of moving reciprocally between a rack delivery position where the rack is delivered and a sorting position where the vessels are loaded into the predetermined vessel loading portions; a transfer machine transferring the vessels from the rack on the rack receiving unit to the predetermined vessel loading portions; and a transportation mechanism on which the rack delivering unit and the transfer machine are installed. The transportation mechanism is installed so as to be capable of moving in a transportation direction in which rack receiving unit moves reciprocally. The transfer machine is capable of moving in a direction perpendicular to the transportation direction. | 06-06-2013 |
20130037385 | CONVEYING APPARATUS - This invention provides a conveying apparatus which conveys a workpiece. The conveying apparatus includes a pallet which supports the workpiece, a conveyor which supports one side of the pallet in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction from below the pallet, and includes a conveyance roller for conveying the pallet and a driving source for driving the conveyance roller, and a heaving suppression guide member which extends along the conveyor, abuts against the other side of the pallet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and suppresses heaving of the pallet. | 02-14-2013 |
20120285015 | RETAINER ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND RETAINER ASSEMBLING METHOD - This invention provides a retainer assembling apparatus which assembles a retainer to a valve stem via a cotter which engage with an engaging groove formed on the valve stem. The cotter comprises a pair of cotter segments. The apparatus includes a cylindrical body, a holding portion which holds the retainer contacting a lower end of the cylindrical body, a push-up shaft which pushes up the pair of cotter segments into the cylindrical body, and an axial body which is arranged in the cylindrical body to be coaxial with the push-up shaft and to be coaxially movable. The cylindrical body includes a tapered inner circumferential portion on an inner circumferential wall lower portion thereof. | 11-15-2012 |
20120217135 | STOP DEVICE - This invention relates to a stop device including a swinging unit which includes a workpiece abutment portion which stops a workpiece being conveyed by abutting against the workpiece, and is pivotal between an abutment position and a retraction position, an elastic member for the swinging unit which gives a biasing force to the swinging unit, an electromotive drive unit including a movable portion and a driving portion, and a pivot restricting member which performs pivot restriction of the swinging unit by moving to engage with the swinging unit in response to movement of the movable portion and releases the pivot restriction. | 08-30-2012 |
20120210839 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus cuts the edge portions of a cover sheet covering a rectangular substrate. This cutting apparatus includes a holding unit, a head unit, a first moving unit, and a second moving unit. The holding unit holds the rectangular substrate by chucking one surface of the rectangular substrate. The head unit includes a cutting unit which cuts an edge portion of the cover sheet and a pivot unit which makes the cutting unit pivot to change a cutting direction. The first moving unit moves the head unit in a first direction parallel to one side of the rectangular substrate. The second moving unit moves the holding unit in a second direction perpendicular to the one side of the rectangular substrate, and moves the holding unit across a transfer position of the rectangular substrate and a cutting operation region which are continuous in the second direction. | 08-23-2012 |
20120152079 | CUTTING APPARATUS - This invention provides a cutting apparatus which holds a rectangular substrate covered by a cover sheet and cuts an edge portion of the cover sheet which protrudes from a periphery of the rectangular substrate. This cutting apparatus includes a periphery holding unit which includes a periphery mount portion on which a peripheral portion of the rectangular substrate is mounted and a periphery suction portion which chucks the periphery of the rectangular substrate, and is provided for each side of the rectangular substrate. The cutting apparatus also includes a movement guide unit which guides movement of the periphery holding units facing each other in directions to approach and separate from each other. | 06-21-2012 |
20120118083 | Substrate Carrier Measuring Jig, Collision Preventing Jig, and Collision Preventing Method Using the Collision Preventing Jig - [Objective] To provide a wafer carrier measuring jig which can measure a slot height of a wafer carrier placed on a load port and which can determine whether or not an arbitrary slot is horizontal, a collision preventing jig, and a collision preventing method using the collision preventing jig. | 05-17-2012 |
20110264403 | CLEARANCE MEASURING METHOD AND MEASURING UNIT - The present invention provides a method for measuring a clearance ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110253508 | ROLLER ASSEMBLY, ROLLER UNIT, AND CONVEYOR APPARATUS - This invention provides a roller assembly including a rotary member including a driving shaft portion and a convey roller portion provided with the driving shaft portion, a driving wheel including a hole portion and attached to the driving shaft portion, the driving wheel being driven to rotate, a transmission receiving portion radially extending outward from the driving shaft portion and rotated together with the driving shaft portion, a friction transmission member clamped between the transmission receiving portion and a side surface of the driving wheel and frictionally transmitting a rotational force of the driving wheel to a rotary member, and a biasing portion applying a clamping force between the transmission receiving portion and the side surface of the driving wheel. | 10-20-2011 |
20110188977 | FOUP OPENER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - To ensure that an abnormality in a closed state of a FOUP door serving as a lid of a FOUP can be detected quickly and reliably, a FOUP opener includes a port door attached detachably to an opening window in a port plate for separating the interior and exterior of a semiconductor processing device, and a dock unit for positioning the FOUP in a FOUP door attachment/detachment position. A suction disc mechanism and a lock mechanism for fixing the FOUP door to a FOUP main body and releasing the FOUP door are disposed on the port door. A FOUP door detection sensor for determining whether or not the FOUP door fixed to the FOUP main body, which is positioned in the FOUP door attachment/detachment position on the dock unit, is attached correctly to an opening portion of the FOUP main body is disposed on the port plate. | 08-04-2011 |
20110185569 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING VALVE CLEARANCE - A method for adjusting a valve clearance in a cylinder head using a rocker arm of a support point adjustable type. In the method, an adjustment screw is rotated in one direction until a camshaft comes in contact with a cam shaft contact section to make the amount of valve opening zero, then further rotated until the valve is released with a certain valve opening amount, and after that, rotated in a reverse direction by a certain rotation angle and accordingly loosened until a desired valve clearance value is obtained. In the process above, the method determines a first rotation angle of the adjustment screw necessary for the adjustment screw to move from a position where the valve is released with the certain valve opening amount to a position where the camshaft comes in contact with the camshaft contact section. Then, the method determines a second rotation angle of the adjustment screw necessary for the adjustment screw to move from the position where the camshaft comes in contact with the camshaft contact section to a position where the desired valve clearance value can be obtained. After that, the method rotates the adjustment screw in the reverse direction by a given rotation angle that is a sum of the first and second rotation angles. | 08-04-2011 |
20110174254 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND ADJUSTING VALVE CLEARANCE - The present invention provides a method and a device for accurately measuring and adjusting a valve clearance value to a desired value in an engine having a rocker-arm-type valve. | 07-21-2011 |
20110165531 | CARRIER POSITIONING METHOD AND CARRIER TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A carrier transport system transports a plurality of carriers by a transport conveyor into a heating furnace, advances a comb-shaped carrier stopper having a plurality of protrusions toward the carriers, moves the carriers by the transport conveyor in a transport direction to engage cutout grooves, provided respectively for the carriers, with the protrusions of the carrier stopper to thereby position the carriers at a time. The carrier transport system advances the carrier stopper toward the carriers to insert distal ends of the protrusions of the carrier stopper into insertion holes, and then determines, on the basis of a moved distance X of the carrier stopper, whether the carriers are properly positioned. | 07-07-2011 |
20110057373 | WORK INSPECTOR AND CARRIER - A work inspector and carrier according to the present invention includes a carrier unit ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110024264 | WORK TRANSFER APPARATUS - A work transfer apparatus comprising a retaining unit ( | 02-03-2011 |
20100239397 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS - This invention provides a substrate transport apparatus ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100222923 | Device amd method for teaching work delivery position to robot - [PROBLEMS] To provide a device and a method for teaching a work delivery position to a robot capable of teaching to the robot at low cost in a short time. | 09-02-2010 |
20100206688 | COOLING METHOD OF CARRYING SECTION AND CARRIER - In a cooling method of a carrying section including a conveyor for carrying an inverter component, a heating furnace covering a part of the carrying conveyor and heating the inverter component, and a mechanism for cooling the carrying conveyor and cooling the carrying conveyor by means of the cooling mechanism, the conveyor for carrying the inverter component is provided with a roller for carrying the inverter component by touching it, a roller cooling member surrounding the outer periphery of the carrying roller and having an opening for projecting a part of the outer periphery of the carrying roller is provided as the cooling mechanism, and the carrying roller heated by the heat of the heating furnace is cooled by the roller cooling member. | 08-19-2010 |
20100194061 | Head Used For Attracting a Workpiece - A workpiece vacuum chuck head, which serves to vacuum-chuck a light, minute workpiece and to release and place the vacuum-chucked workpiece on a workpiece placement surface, includes a base section, a workpiece vacuum chuck section, and a follower mechanism section for connecting together the base section and the workpiece vacuum chuck section. These sections form an integral structure. The base section has an attachment surface for attaching the workpiece vacuum chuck head to a head drive mechanism. The workpiece vacuum chuck section has a workpiece vacuum chuck surface and a negative-pressure chamber, which opens at the workpiece vacuum chuck surface via a suction hole. The follower mechanism section has a structure that is easily elastically deformable, and is appropriately deformed in a three-dimensional space so as to cause the workpiece vacuum chuck surface to follow an inclination of the workpiece placement surface. | 08-05-2010 |
20100121479 | DECOMPRESSING TYPE HEATER, ITS HEATING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD - An object is heated to a preheating temperature in an atmosphere of a reducing gas under the atmospheric pressure while adjusting the setting of the emissivity of a non-contact temperature measuring part and regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by a contact temperature measuring part. The pressure of the atmosphere is reduced. The object is further heated to a heating temperature under a lowered pressure while regulating the temperature of the object according to the measured value measured by the non-contact temperature measuring part whose setting of the emissivity is adjusted during the heating process to the preheating temperature. The pressure of the atmosphere is increased back to the atmospheric pressure while maintaining the heating temperature of the object. The temperature of the object is decreased under the atmospheric pressure. With this, in the process of heating an object under a lowered pressure, the actual temperature of the object is managed over the whole steps, and the object can be most suitably heated according to the actual temperature. | 05-13-2010 |
20100089720 | METHOD OF POSITIONING CONVEYANCE SECTION, AND CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A conveyance section positioning method has carrier pallets ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100054993 | Microplate Mounting Stand, and Analyte Testing/Observing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - [Objective] An object is to provide an analyte testing/observing apparatus which can prevent evaporation and drying of an analyte and a reagent accommodated, before being dispensed, in a plurality of wells formed in microplates, to thereby stabilize the reaction between the analyte and the reagent and improve the accuracy of analyte test, and which can reduce the required space. | 03-04-2010 |
20090325116 | Heating furnace and heating method employed by heating furnace - A hydrogen vacuum furnace ( | 12-31-2009 |
20090321219 | Overhead Transfer/Storage System and Overhead Transfer/Storage Method - In an overhead conveyance/storage system | 12-31-2009 |
20090300904 | Assembling Object/Component Mounting Pallet and Assembling Equipment - A carrier pallet | 12-10-2009 |
20090265031 | AUTOMATIC WAREHOUSE - An automatic warehouse | 10-22-2009 |
20090202331 | Storage Device - A storage device | 08-13-2009 |
20090183969 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A transport system of this invention includes a transport means for forming a plurality of transport paths from a transport source to a transport destination and transporting a work via a transport path selected from the plurality of transport paths, a control means for controlling the transport means, and a read means for, when the work has arrived at a branch point in the transport path, reading out, from a storage medium, transport path information representing a transport direction of the work at the branch point in the transport path, the storage medium being provided on the work and storing the transport path information. The control means controls the transport means to transport the work in the transport direction of the work at the branch point represented by the transport path information read out by the read means. | 07-23-2009 |
20090169345 | Tray Holding Device - A tray holding device includes a frame ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090099686 | Work transfer system, route setting method, and route setting program - A route setting method according to the present invention sets, in a work transfer system including a plurality of work transfer units which connect a plurality of loading places to a plurality of unloading places, a route of the work transfer units to pass a work between a planned loading place and a planned unloading place which are required to transfer the work in the plurality of loading places and the plurality of unloading places. The route setting method includes the steps of setting, based on layout information representing a layout of the plurality of work transfer units, a plurality of candidates of the route between the planned loading place and the planned unloading place, and selecting, based on a predetermined condition, one route from the plurality of candidates of the route set in the candidate setting step. | 04-16-2009 |
20090067955 | Foup Door Positioning Device for Foup Opener - The FOUP door positioning device of a FOUP opener is compatible with all kinds of FOUPs, is inexpensive, and has a simple positioning-ping adjustment mechanism. In a state in which a flange portion (a portion having a taper | 03-12-2009 |
20090045699 | Precise Positioning Apparatus - A precision positioning device | 02-19-2009 |