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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7384228 | Insertion device, lithographic apparatus with said insertion device and device manufacturing method A robot arm is configured to insert and remove an object from a conditioned environment using a carrier connected to the robot arm. The robot arm is positioned in a conditionable vessel, a wall of which vessel may deform when the interior is conditioned. Since the t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7314344 | Substrate-transporting device The present invention relates to a substrate-transporting device, including a base, a substrate carrier unit and a shaft unit mounted between the base and the substrate carrier unit. The shaft unit has a supporting shaft and a shaft base to support and control rotat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7279067 | Port structure in semiconductor processing system In a port structure 16A in a semiconductor processing system 2, a door 20A is disposed in a port 12A defined by upright wall 52 and 54. A table 48 opposed to the port is disposed outside the system. Defined on the tab... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274300 | Zone specific remote master control panel for loading dock equipment A loading dock apparatus remote control is provided. Some embodiments of the invention include a zone specific remote control for loading dock apparatus. Some optional embodiments include a selector switch to select which apparatus the single set of controls will co... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7246984 | Method and apparatus for transferring an article to be processed and processing apparatus A transferring apparatus transfers an article to be processed, which is carried by a carrier device, to a holder provided in a processing chamber defined by a processing vessel and adapted to hold the article at a specified processing position. The transferring appa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7160416 | Substrate treating apparatus A substrate treating apparatus for treating substrates as immersed in a treating solution includes a treating tank for storing the treating solution and accommodating the substrates, a holding mechanism for holding a plurality of substrates in upstanding posture in ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156646 | Apparatus and method for handling lens carriers Novel methods and apparatus are disclosed for handling carriers for soft contact lenses in a lens manufacturing system. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, article handling devices are located beneath a pre-cure station and a curing station of the sy... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153087 | Centering mechanism, centering unit, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and centering method A centering unit comprises a plate, centering mechanism, link mechanism, and cylinder mechanism. The plate vertically divides the interior of a frame. The support table is located substantially on the center of the plate. The centering mechanism can center each wafe... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137309 | High precision gas bearing split-axis stage for transport and constraint of large flat flexible media during processing A modular split-axis stage is used to inspect and/or repair large flat glass media suitable for LCD/TFT applications. Low-precision air table sections are detachably mounted to a centrally located, high-precision granite inspection/repair section. Glass media held b... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7077019 | High precision gas bearing split-axis stage for transport and constraint of large flat flexible media during processing A modular split-axis stage is used to inspect and/or repair large flat glass media suitable for LCD/TFT applications. Low-precision air table sections are detachably mounted to a centrally located, high-precision granite inspection/repair section. Glass media held b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7052229 | Alignment of semiconductor wafers and other articles A wafer or some other article is aligned while being held by an end-effector. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040886 | Apparatus and method for handling lens carriers Novel methods and apparatus are disclosed for handling carriers for soft contact lenses in a lens manufacturing system. In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, article handling devices are located beneath a pre-cure station and a curing station of the sy... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033471 | Sputter chamber as well as vacuum transport chamber and vacuum handling apparatus with such chambers A Vacuum transport chamber for disk-shaped substrates, has a base plate structure has an interior surface which borders an interior of the chamber on one side thereof. A covering structure is situated parallel and opposite an interior surface of the base plate struc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011202 | Conveyor for moving flat battery components A conveyor system is disclosed for sequentially moving a plurality of flat battery components. The conveyor has a plurality of separators for receiving a flat battery component between each of the adjacent separators. The conveyor supports an end of each flat batter... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6948898 | Alignment of semiconductor wafers and other articles A wafer or some other article is aligned while being held by an end-effector. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6830651 | Load port capable of coping with different types of cassette containing substrates to be processed A load port which can selectively receive plural types of cassette having substrate which are to be processed accommodated therein is disclosed. The load port has the following constituents. That is, the load port includes a main body, an opening portion (which has ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824613 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus can efficiently form, e.g. by electroless plating, an interconnects-protective layer on the surface of a substrate at a low initial cost for the apparatus and a low running cost without the need for a wide installation space. The sub... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6708397 | Inlay station with alignment assemblies and transfer tubes In a soft contact lens manufacturing process, an injection molding machine (IMM) produces many thermoplastic injection molded front curve (FC) and back curve (BC) mold parts, each of which mold parts is subsequently used only once to mold a single soft contact lens.... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6655045 | Apparatus and method for pick and place handling This invention relates to a method and apparatus for pick and place handling of electronic components that have been formed on a common substrate and then separated on a cutting chuck. A transferring means is provided formed with openings for receiving se... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6637998 | Self evacuating micro environment system A mobile, self-evacuating, micro-environment system for transit and storage of substrates between two or more processing chambers in the manufacture of semiconductor devices is provided where the system includes a mobile cart, a vacuum sealable container ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6536131 | Wafer handling system A semiconductor wafer processing system has a carrier including wafer slots. A process robot engages the carrier and installs the carrier into a rotor within a process chamber. The rotor has a tapered or stepped inside surface matching a tapered or steppe... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6517692 | Apparatus for flow-line treatment of articles in an artificial medium An apparatus for flow-line treatment of articles has two chambers. The first chamber is a vacuum working chamber to treat articles in an artificial atmosphere. First transport means transport articles through the first chamber and at least one lock at the... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6457929 | Apparatus and method for automatically transferring wafers between wafer holders in a liquid environment An apparatus for transferring wafers between wafer holders such as wafer cassettes, etching drums and the like includes a tank for containing a liquid transfer medium in which the wafers can be transferred. The apparatus includes a wafer transfer unit tha... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6430468 | Method and apparatus for accurate placement of semiconductor wafers onto respective platforms within a single reaction chamber Method and apparatus are provided for accurately placing first and second semiconductor wafers onto a first and a second platforms, respectively, in a single processing chamber despite changes in the exact positions of the platforms caused by variations i... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409448 | Ergonomic load port A load port module is mounted adjacent a process tool for loading semiconductor wafers to the process tool and unloading them from the process tool. The module includes a mounting frame having a charging opening therein for entry into the process tool, a ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6354794 | Method for automatically transferring wafers between wafer holders in a liquid environment An apparatus for transferring wafers between wafer holders such as wafer cassettes, etching drums and the like includes a tank for containing a liquid transfer medium in which the wafers can be transferred. The apparatus includes a wafer transfer unit tha... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6305898 | Wafer transfer mechanism A transfer mechanism is provided for placing a wafer at a prescribed position on an arm without any additional step. The transfer mechanism for transferring a workpiece into and from a storage section comprises an arm member for holding a workpiece having... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6138721 | Tilt and go load port interface alignment system A tilt and go assembly included as part of a load port interface assembly is disclosed for providing quick and easy attachment and adjustment of the load port interface assembly to a BOLTS interface. When a load port interface assembly according to the pr... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6136168 | Clean transfer method and apparatus therefor A clean transfer method and an apparatus therefor capable of receiving, storing and transferring a transferred object by means of a vacuum clean box while eliminating arrangement of any vacuum evacuation means and transfer means in the vacuum clean box, a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132160 | Substrate transferring apparatus A substrate transferring apparatus 8 for taking out a semiconductor substrate W to be processed housed in a container 6 from within the container 6 comprises support plates 9 and a positional error correcting member 23 on each support plate. Each support ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6051101 | Substrate processing apparatus, substrate transport apparatus and substrate transfer apparatus A unit arrangement part comprises a chemical cabinet on its lowermost part, while coating units for forming a resist film on a substrate and developing units for developing the substrate after exposure are arranged on four corners of an apparatus above th... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5921459 | Modular robotic welding station A modular robotic welding station comprises a base skid to which is mounted robotic welding equipment. The base skid defines one or more docking stations. Satellite modules can have either stationary tables or turn tables that hold the workpieces to be we... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5899653 | Two-stage vacuum bellows An apparatus for lifting an object in a sealed chamber and transferring an object from a robot to an operating member has a pair of concentrically mounted support members. A lower support member positioned within the chamber extends through an opening in ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5882403 | System for providing a controlled deposition on wafers A robotic arm assembly in a transport module is expansible to have an effector at its end receive a substrate in a cassette module and is then contracted and rotated with the effector to have the effector face a process module. Planets on a turntable in t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879460 | System for providing a controlled deposition on wafers A robotic arm assembly in a transport module is expansible to have an effector at its end receive a substrate in a cassette module and is then contracted and rotated with the effector to have the effector face a process module. Planets on a turntable in t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5374159 | Robotically loaded epitaxial deposition apparatus A susceptor carrying semiconductor wafers for processing is suspended from a compliant attachment at its upper end and is lowered into a reaction chamber for processing. At the completion of processing, the susceptor is withdrawn vertically to permit a ro... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5159867 | Core collecting tray provided with an in-built clipping system and adjustable cross travel allowing the core to be centered with the manipulator shaft A core collecting tray for a core blowing machine is provided which forms part of a slide which can reciprocally move longitudinally on tracks through sheaves, be lifted by a hydraulic cylinder that acts on a deck and with the assistance of vertical guide... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5037262 | Holding device for a disk and application therefor A holding device for semiconductor disks or wafers orients and secures the disk during transport to a working position. Shortly before the disk reaches a working position the device releases the surface to be worked or secures the disk position with the a... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5006028 | Cam lift and carry parts transfer apparatus A parts transfer apparatus for progressively advancing workpieces through successive work stations. A frame is movably mounted within a surrounding, rigid, support structure. Workpiece engaging devices are mounted on the frame for engaging a workpiece in ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4747479 | Device for the testing and/or processing of small component parts The device for testing or processing small electrical component parts having end face contacts includes an endless conveyor belt having a plurality of holes therein that are sized to fit the electrical components. The belt also includes a second parallel ... | 05/31/1988 |
