Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7108647 | Tool changer of machine tool The present invention provides a tool changer of a machine tool capable of suppressing cost increase and preventing size increase of the machine when a tool magazine is mounted. In a tool changer of a machine tool provided with a pallet change mechanism 10 in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032287 | Edge grip chuck An actuated edge grip chuck includes tabs with raised portions that press against the side of a substrate as opposed clamping on the top or bottom surfaces. The edge grip chuck includes a solid-state actuator to move a moveable tab into an open position. The solid-s... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6343905 | Edge gripped substrate lift mechanism A substrate lift mechanism includes a plurality of fingers mounted on a hoop controlled by an actuator to transfer a substrate, such as a wafer or a flat panel display, from an edge grip arm to a chuck on a processing tool, such as integrated metrology to... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6319373 | Substrate transfer apparatus of substrate processing system A substrate transfer system is used in an in-line film deposition system. The substrate transfer system is provided with an auxiliary vacuum chamber and a main vacuum chamber. The auxiliary vacuum chamber has a plurality of first substrate cassettes. The ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6190103 | Wafer transfer device and method A substrate handling apparatus includes a transfer elevator and a process station disposed inside a load lock chamber. The process station includes a top module, a bottom module, and a seal ring which is disposed between the top module and the bottom modu... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5765984 | Method and device for the automatic loading and discharge of pieces of sheet metal In order to load and discharge pieces of sheet metal automatically onto and from a machine tool having a horizontal table movable along a first horizontal axis, a horizontal discharge table and a horizontal loading table are provided in positions in which... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5660581 | Grinding apparatus There is provided a grinding apparatus which assures that a polishing cloth is automatically exchanged with a new one for a short time while suppressing the generation of abrasive grain and cut chips. The grinding apparatus includes a lower turn table rotatabl... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5525025 | Loading/unloading apparatus on a vehicle and method therefor A loading/unloading apparatus used in conjunction with stations from which or to which objects are loaded or unloaded. The loading/unloading apparatus includes a pickup/receiving member which is used in the transfer of objects to and from the stations. Th... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5445491 | Method for multichamber sheet-after-sheet type treatment In a multichamber type sheet-after-sheet type of treating apparatus, there are provided an inlet/outlet port capable of independently control pressure and atmosphere in the port, a platform connected to the inlet/outlet port, a plurality of treating chamb... | 08/29/1995 |
| 4770593 | Sample changer for X-ray diffractometer A sample changer for powder X-ray diffractometry includes a cylindrical dispensing container for holding a stack of pre-test sample holders, a cylindrical receiving container for holding a stack of post-test sample holders and a changer arm which automati... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4717306 | Hand-operated pallet changer A hand-operated work pallet changer for changing work pallets to be fed onto a pallet mounting portion of a machine tool, comprises a turntable (58) rotatably supported on a base unit and having at least two supporting portions (62, 63) for supporting the... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4596505 | Automatic loader/unloader for slitter When loading slit tape onto tape reels it is essential that empty reels be readily available. The present invention provides an assembly which substantially automatically transports empty reels to a loading station in a slitting machine, precisely positio... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4488717 | Apparatus for feeding material to and receiving material from a scanning system A scanning system receives and ejects material to be scanned in a given plane. There are first and second transports, each for holding material to be scanned. A table has a bed capable of holding one of the transports. Rails above the bed hold the other t... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4345866 | Loader-unloader system for work pieces A loader-unloader system for loading and unloading workpieces, into a machine tool wherein each workpiece is held in position for rotation about a longitudinal axis during which various machine operations may be performed. The tool comprising a loading ch... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4189277 | Supporting and handling device for use with a tire processing machine A supporting and handling device located adjacent a tire processing machine for positioning and/or removing a tire, either in its cured or uncured state, to or from the holding device of said machine. The device is provided with an adjustable contoured su... | 02/19/1980 |
| 3982635 | Feeding and discharging apparatus for blow molding operation Apparatus for feeding workpieces to and discharging formed articles from a blow mold station generally comprising base means reciprocally movable above a blow mold having one or more pairs of feed and discharge openings and including stop means for tempor... | 09/28/1976 |
