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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7465142 | Method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape A method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, a method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape are provided. Air may be blown through air holes in a dicing tape to at least pa... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7367773 | Apparatus for combining or separating disk pairs simultaneously Various methods and apparatus are provided for merging and demerging pairs of disks. In one embodiment, pairs of merged disks are first separated and then transferred to separate cassettes such that all of the disks in the separate cassettes are oriented in the same... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7337792 | Liquid processing apparatus and liquid processing method A cleaning apparatus 1 includes a foup loading/unloading part 2 for mounting foups F each accommodating a plurality of wafers W at intervals of a constant pitch (normal pitch), a rotor 34 capable of holding the wafers W at half the normal pitch ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322098 | Method of simultaneous two-disk processing of single-sided magnetic recording disks Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously processing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. Disks are positioned in pairs, with one surface of one disk positioned adjacent one surface of the second disk, with the disk surfaces touching or with a slig... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309203 | Multi-modal container handling system A multi-modal container handling system includes a tool presentation platform mounted to a multi-axis robot. The platform has a number of mechanically locking collets for handling either empty or full containers, and a number of multi-jawed grippers telescopically m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308779 | Method and device for packing tubes Tubes (T), coming from a production line, are supplied by means of a grouping unit (1). The grouping unit comprises a conveyor belt (10), with product holders (11) and the tubes are supplied in groups by means of a stepping motor (12). A ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284941 | Method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape A method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, a method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape are provided. Air may be blown through air holes in a dicing tape to at least pa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7180709 | Information-storage media with dissimilar outer diameter and/or inner diameter chamfer designs on two sides A single-sided magnetic hard disk 200 is provided that includes opposing first and second sides 300 and 308 having opposing first and second chamfers 408 and 412, respectively. The first chamfer 408 is dissimilar (or differe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168153 | Method for manufacturing single-sided hard memory disks Various apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and handling single-sided hard memory disks. A disk carrier is provided with ribs formed on the inside surface of opposing side walls. The ribs form disk receiving grooves or channels. The ribs further compr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165308 | Dual disk transport mechanism processing two disks tilted toward each other Various apparatus and methods are provided for handling and transporting pairs of gap merge disks. A transfer member is provided in one embodiment which engages the outer perimeter of a pair of disks at three locations. The transfer member is configured to induce an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159373 | Installation for hydraulically filling crates with floating objects such as fruits and having a single double-acting pump The invention relates to an installation for hydraulically filling crates (1) with floating objects such as fruits, comprising a tank (2) for receiving at least one crate (1), a device (3) for loading/unloading a crate/crates into/from th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7083376 | Automated merge nest for pairs of magnetic storage disks Various methods and apparatus for handling a plurality of disks and repositioning them into pairs is provided. In one embodiment, a nest is configured to hold a cassette and includes a nest. The nest includes a curved surface with ribs or teeth extending therefrom w... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083502 | Method for simultaneous two-disk texturing Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously texturing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. The two disks are placed in a concentric contact merge orientation such that the outwardly facing surface of each disk may be simultaneously subjected to textu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083871 | Single-sided sputtered magnetic recording disks An information-storage media is provided that includes: (a) a substrate disk 312 having first and second opposing surfaces; (b) a first selected layer 304 on the first surface, the first selected sele... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070729 | Pressware die set with product ejectors at outer forming surfaces An improved pressware die set includes mechanical ejectors for removing formed product from the punch. A preferred embodiment includes rocker-style ejectors free from edges or other asperities which may tend to snag and mar the product during the production process.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067018 | Automated system for handling and processing wafers within a carrier A workpiece handling and processing system has a interface section for loading wafers from cassettes into carriers. The wafers are lifted out of cassettes by a buffer elevator and moved into a position over an open carrier by a buffer robot. A comb elevator lifts co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052739 | Method of lubricating multiple magnetic storage disks in close proximity Various apparatus and methods are provided for lubricating hard memory disks. A mandrel is provided in one embodiment with three rows of teeth and provides a stable, three-point engagement with the inside edge of the disks at the center aperture. When removing disks... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7027246 | Method for servo pattern application on single-side processed disks in a merged state Methods and apparatus are provided for creating servo-tracks on the R-side of single-sided hard memory disks. The method includes placing two single-sided disks in a concentric contact merge orientation with the R-side of each disk facing outwardly. Two independent ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021886 | Paper supply system and cart for a high-speed sheet feeder A method and system are disclosed for delivering and feeding a stack of paper to a high-speed sheet feeder. A sheet handling cart is removably connectable to a docking station attached to the high-speed sheet feeder. The sheet handling cart comprises a paper trough ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000648 | Device picker in handler A device picker in a handler includes a vertical plate installed on the installation rest to be movable, a plurality of variable pitch blocks installed in parallel with each other on a lower end of the vertical plate through guide members to be movable in right and ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997782 | Polishing apparatus and a method of polishing and cleaning and drying a wafer A polishing apparatus for polishing a surface of a workpiece includes a housing unit, a partition wall partitioning an interior of the housing unit into a first chamber and a second chamber, a polishing section disposed in the first chamber and having a turntable wi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6869264 | Method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape A method and apparatus for picking up a semiconductor chip, a method and apparatus for removing a semiconductor chip from a dicing tape, and a method of forming a perforated dicing tape are provided. Air may be blown through air holes in a dicing tape to at least pa... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6813543 | Substrate handling system for aligning and orienting substrates during a transfer operation A system is provided for sensing, orienting, and transporting wafers in an automated wafer handling process that reduces the generation of particles and contamination so that the wafer yield is increased. The system includes a robotic arm for moving a wafer from one... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6769856 | Plant for unloading stacks of thermoformed objects from a receiving cage to a removing conveyer A plant for unloading stacks (5) of thermoformed products from a cage (4) containing stacks (5), which comprises a support structure (2), at least one support plate (3) for a respective cage (4) containing stacks (5),... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6692219 | Reduced edge contact wafer handling system and method of retrofitting and using same A wafer handling system and a method of retrofitting the system to an existing wafer handling apparatus are provided that make possible a method of handling wafers by contacting only a narrow area of not more than two millimeters wide adjacent the edge of... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6669435 | Precision resistor tube feeder A system, method, and apparatus, for resistor tube feeding is disclosed. A tube magazine comprising a length of tubing and adapted for receiving precision resistor cores and compressed air is disclosed. The tube magazine may be connected to a laser spiral... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6543982 | Adjustable wafer transfer machine An adjustable wafer transfer machine that includes an adjusting mechanism for changing the spacing between adjacent wafers to accommodate placement of the wafers in either a smaller wafer carrier or a larger wafer carrier and a transfer mechanism for tran... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537283 | Intraocular lens shipping case and injection cartridge An intraocular lens cartridge having a distal injector portion and a proximal shipping portion. The injector portion and the shipping portion are join be a hinge that allows the shipping portion to be rotated so that the lens, when held in the shipping po... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6478136 | Method and apparatus for automatically transporting and precisely positioning work pieces at processing stations In a system and method for automatically transporting and precisely positioning a work piece at a station for processing, a relatively low precision transport mechanism is utilized to transfer a chuck that holds the work piece to and from the processing s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6468019 | Apparatus for use with waste compactor/baler machines An apparatus that is made integral with, attached to or attachable to machines for compacting and baling materials, particularly waste materials. The apparatus generally has a hopper compartment and a conveying assembly attached to a frame. The hopper com... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6447232 | Semiconductor wafer processing apparatus having improved wafer input/output handling system A processor for processing articles, such as semiconductor wafers, in a substantially clean atmosphere is set forth. The processor includes an enclosure defining a substantially enclosed clean processing chamber and at least one processing station dispose... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6438460 | Method of using a specimen sensing end effector to determine the thickness of a specimen Robot arm (16) end effectors,(10, 110, 210) rapidly and cleanly transfer semiconductor wafers (12) between a wafer cassette (14) and a processing station. The end effectors include fiber optic light transmission sensors (90, 102, 202, 214) for determining... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431320 | Manual wafer lift A wafer lift for lifting a series of vertically oriented wafers arranged parallel to one another in a cassette. The wafer lift includes a vertically movable ramp and a cassette guide positioned over the ramp. The ramp is raised to engage wafers in a casse... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6371717 | Device for mechanically gripping and loading cylindrical objects A device for mechanically gripping, transporting, loading and unloading cylindrical containers of various sizes for attachment to a robotic arm. The containers may be bottles including drinking water bottles. The device includes a plurality of gripping me... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368044 | Convertible wafer transfer machine A semiconductor wafer transfer machine for transferring first wafers having a first diameter from a first transferor carrier to a first receiver carrier and second wafers having a second diameter different from the first diameter from a second transferor ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6354445 | Rack holding device A rack-holding device with an attachment surface (1), which device has as least two side guides (2) and at least one stop (3), the stop (3) being arranged in each case in front of the at least two side guides (2), and the two side guides (2) being arrange... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6309166 | Wafer transfer device A wafer transfer apparatus for taking out a wafer from a wafer cassette having grooves on both ends for holding circumferential edges of a plurality of wafers by moving a wafer transfer arm in height directions and back and forth directions relative to th... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6213574 | Baseball dispenser A baseball dispenser for storing and dispensing a balls, comprising a cylindrical container which has an interior sized to hold a large supply of baseballs, softballs, and the like, and an opening at its top for receiving balls into the interior thereof. ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6206626 | Mechanism for transferring integrated circuit packages from a source site to a destination site with minimized moving parts A mechanism for transferring an integrated circuit package from a source site to a destination site with use of air to push the integrated circuit package to minimize use of moving parts. The integrated circuit package initially travels through an input p... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6092969 | Positioning device for at least one pallet A positioning device for at least one pallet that is deposited on a deposit area of a raiseable and lowerable container having at least one open side, especially for unloading ships, whereby the deposit area is larger than the pallets by a predetermined a... | 07/25/2000 |
