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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7375041 | Transfer chamber for cluster system A transfer chamber for a cluster system includes a first body, a second body attached at one side of the first body, and a cover combined with an upper portion of the first body. The transfer chamber further includes a third body at another side of the first body, w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7282460 | Transfer chamber for cluster system A transfer chamber for a cluster system includes a first body, a second body attached at one side of the first body, and a cover combined with an upper portion of the first body. The transfer chamber further includes a third body at another side of the first body, w... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7232286 | Seal device and method for operating the same and substrate processing apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber The present invention provides a seal device comprising a sealing passage which allows communication between a first space and a second space, and evacuation lines individually connected to the first space and the sealing passage. A gas feed line for feeding dry gas... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6994497 | Method and apparatus for treating high pressure particulate material An apparatus for pneumatically conveying particulate material containing reaction products of a high pressure reactor from a supply vessel at a pressure of at least two bar to a receiving vessel at a considerably lower pressure. The apparatus includes a conveyor lin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6910285 | Process to produce dried singulated cellulose pulp fibers This invention provides a dried singulated cellulose pulp fiber product as well as an apparatus and a method for forming singulated and dried fibers. In accordance with the process a feed pulp is delivered to a jet drier. The jet drier singulates and dries the feed ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6750155 | Methods to minimize moisture condensation over a substrate in a rapid cycle chamber A chamber for transitioning a semiconductor substrate between modules operating at different pressures is provided. The chamber includes a base defining an outlet. The outlet permits removal of an atmosphere within the chamber to create a vacuum. A substrate support... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6601365 | Component handling apparatus and method of handling the same An apparatus for measuring a component that can carry out processes such as visual inspection, characteristic measurement, screening, and taping efficiently while transporting the electronic component at high speed. In order to transport the electronic co... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6585941 | Apparatus and process for filling and emptying a vessel charged with flammable and aggressive gas An apparatus safely fills and empties a pressurized vessel charged with flammable and/or reactive gas. The apparatus features an upper flap combination, an intermediate lock vessel having a flushing apparatus, and a lower flap combination. The present inv... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6286230 | Method of controlling gas flow in a substrate processing system A method of transferring and processing a substrate in an evacuable chamber which is located adjacent a process chamber and back-to-back process chambers, and other combinations of evacuable chambers and process chambers. The method includes the use of va... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6196154 | Air lock for introducing substrates to and/or removing them from a treatment chamber In an air lock for continuous introduction into and/or removal of workpieces from spaces (1,4) separated atmospherically, the individual substrates (3,13) are transported through a transfer channel (24). At least one lock chamber (7a-7m) serving to accomm... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6090176 | Sample transferring method and sample transfer supporting apparatus A method of transferring a sample to and from a treating chamber kept in a vacuum atmosphere through a pressure regulative preparatory chamber. The sample is contained in the sample transfer container, which is kept air-permeable by a dust filtering filte... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6045009 | Rotary valve The present invention relates to a rotary valve for conveying and metering bulk material into a pneumatic conveying conduit. Exemplary embodiments include a housing with a supply opening, a discharge opening and a cellular wheel supported rotatably about ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6007675 | Wafer transfer system and method of using the same An apparatus and method are described for stripping the photoresist from a wafer while in a substantially parallel manner, another wafer is being transferred between a load lock chamber and a transfer chamber, where the processing occurs. Further, a syste... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5944940 | Wafer transfer system and method of using the same A wafer transfer system is described for transferring a wafer while at substantially the same time another wafer is being processed. The wafer transfer system comprises, in one embodiment, a transfer chamber having a wafer transfer blade, a load lock cham... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5900105 | Wafer transfer system and method of using the same A wafer transfer system is described for transferring a wafer while at substantially the same time another wafer is being processed. The wafer transfer system comprises, in one embodiment, a transfer chamber having a wafer transfer blade, a load lock cham... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5793050 | Ion implantation system for implanting workpieces An ion implantation system that rapidly and efficiently processes large quantities of workpieces, such as flat panel displays. The ion implantation system includes a high vacuum process chamber that mounts an ion source, a single workpiece translating sta... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5678971 | Pressure-tight sluice A pressure-tight sluice includes a housing having an inside wall shaped substantially as a torus with a superelliptical cross section. The housing has an inlet and an outlet. A rotor includes an axle rotatable within the housing and a plurality of lamella... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5470473 | Rotary vacuum filtration drum with valved hopper cake treatment means An assembly for recovering crystals from a slurry comprises a filtration unit including a rotatably mounted cylindrical filter, a slurry input for receiving slurry pressurized by a pump. The filtration unit has an outlet for discharging crystalline materi... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5405231 | Conveyor with rotary airlock apparatus An apparatus for transferring objects from a first region to a second reg, the first and second regions having differing atmospheric environments. The apparatus includes a shell having an entrance and an exit, a conveyor belt running through the shell fr... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5314564 | Apparatus for attaching bar codes to reticle cases An apparatus for attaching a bar code to a reticle case has an elevating base which is movable up and down and is rotatable with the reticle case placed thereon. The reticle case contains therein a reticle so as to be taken in and taken out through an out... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5308989 | Fluid flow control method and apparatus for an ion implanter A fluid flow control for use with a process chamber. In the disclosed embodiment, the process chamber is for ion implantation of a workpiece such as a silicon wafer and the fluid flow control is to assure the flow rates are maintained at values which are ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5244019 | Vacuum fill system A vacuum fill system for continuously deaerating and compacting flowable materials for transportation and storage in containers includes a first rotatable chamber valve for receiving the flowable materials. Attached to the rotatable chamber valve is a fix... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5213775 | Device for passing objects between two environments separated from each other under sealed conditions, in particular for sterilization or pasteurization plants The device comprises an external fixed hollow casing (20) provided with a concave surface (21) of revolution about a central axis A and with two apertures (22') and (22") for passage of the objects, each aperture communicating with a respective environmen... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5109893 | Vacuum fill system A vacuum fill system for deaerating flowable material includes a cylindrical container partitioned into a plurality of chambers which rotate sequentially and which are connected to a vacuum pump for establishing a vacuum when filled with flowable material... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4946078 | Apparatus for feeding bulk material A rotary feeder includes a housing which accommodates a rotor extending between two lateral disk members. Bearing against the peripheral area of each disk member is a slide ring which is acted upon by a pressure fluid with a constant holding force by whic... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4943457 | Vacuum slice carrier A vacuum-tight wafer carrier. The wafers are supported at each side by a slightly sloping shelf, so that minimal contact (line contact) is made between the wafer surface and the surface of the shelf. This reduces generation of particulates by abrasion of ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4860669 | Energy efficient continuous flow ash lockhoper A continuous flow ash lockhopper includes an ash hopper at the outlet of a high temperature, high pressure reactor vessel containing heated high pressure gas, a fluidics control chamber having an input port connected to the ash hopper's output port and an... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4812101 | Method and apparatus for continuous throughput in a vacuum environment Disclosed is a method and apparatus for continuous introduction and exit of workpieces into and out of a vacuum. A first seal is provided between the atmosphere and a first pumping station. This seal comprises compliant members positioned within cavities ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4749328 | Auxiliary hoist grapple A crane and lift apparatus for controlling the operation of primary hoist and bridge structure, and gantry drive functions of the equipment. There is provided an auxiliary hoist grapple apparatus to unload containers stacked one above another from one loc... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4676884 | Wafer processing machine with evacuated wafer transporting and storage system An evacuable wafer processing machine includes a load-lock station, a wafer transfer station separated from the load-lock station by means of a gate-valve and a wafer coating station. Wafers contained within an evacuated wafer box are loaded into the load... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4558982 | Evacuate and backfill apparatus and method An apparatus and method for treatment of hollow articles by evacuating existing gas or gases therefrom and purging or backfilling the articles with a second gas such as helium. The apparatus includes a sealed enclosure having an article storage drum mount... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4462740 | Rotary charger A material-feeding apparatus having a casing provided with inlet and outlet openings. The casing encloses a rotor provided with circumferentially-arranged cylinders each fitted with a free piston. The cylinders progressively register with the inlet openin... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4455111 | Pressure conveyor for feeding pulverulent material into a pressurized air conveyor pipeline In a system for moving large quantities of pulverulent material from receiving hoppers, such as those of a fly ash precipitator, into a pressurized air conveyor pipeline, separate auger conveyors move material from a first line of receiving hoppers and fr... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4397657 | Gas lock system charging particles into a pressurized gasification reactor An apparatus is disclosed for feeding a continuous supply of carbonaceous material into a pressurized reactor for producing a product gas from the material and which contains toxic and flammable gases. The apparatus comprises a first rotary gas lock for r... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4156486 | Apparatus and method for processing food material utilizing out-of-phase feeding to a treating chamber The food material to be processed is alternately transferred from two sources to an elongated treating chamber. The apparatus for carrying out the method includes rotary valve means employing two pocket areas, each pocket area including a plurality of poc... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4148405 | Solid feeder and method This invention provides a housing containing a rotatable coal bucket that is sealed at its ends in the housing with a reciprocal plunger that is sealed in the bucket at one end and has an opposite cone-shaped end that wedges up against a closed end of the... | 04/10/1979 |
