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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175579 | Machine tool with gripper and/or tool magazine system A tool magazine system and a gripper for a machining spindle. The gripper is fed to the tool laterally with respect to the rotational or longitudinal axes of the tool, particularly substantially at right angles to the axis, and should grasp the tool. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6517691 | Substrate processing system A substrate processing system includes a primary processing assembly and secondary processing assembly. The secondary processing assembly has one or more interconnected modules and includes one or more process stations. The primary and secondary processin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6171049 | Method and device for receiving, orientating and assembling of components Workpieces such as chips are removed from a receiving plane by a transfer unit, which carries them to a delivery plane. The workpieces are transported in two segments during two phases, each workpiece being deposited between the phases on an intermediate ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6099230 | Automated labware storage system An apparatus for storing and retrieving labware comprises at least one labware hotel having a frame, a plurality of support arms for receiving and supporting labware, and an elevator capable of moving the support arms in unison. The support arms are perio... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5779426 | Loading and unloading unit for polishing apparatus A polishing apparatus has a turntable and a top ring for gripping a semiconductor wafer to be polished by an abrasive cloth on the turntable. The polishing apparatus incorporates a loading and unloading unit having a supply holder for holding and supplyin... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5451130 | Method and apparatus for the step-by-step and automatic loading and unloading of a coating apparatus A first turntable (4) has a plurality of posts (6) equidistantly distributed and arranged in a circle on the turntable (4), wherein a plurality of substrates (7) can be stacked on each post (6). Stationary loading (9) and unloading stations (10 11) are pr... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5391036 | Magnetic transfer device A transfer device especially suitable for transferring a minute electronic component part from a first location and position to a second location and position, the component part having critical facet sides of high integrity and at least one non-critical ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5386318 | Apparatus for handling biological specimens Apparatus for handling biological specimens for a diagnostic device and an apparatus to load the diagnostic device, the diagnostic device including a transport system and a carousel bearing several cassettes containing biological specimens. By means of th... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5336029 | Loading apparatus having a suction-hold mechanism A suction head having plural suction pads on both surfaces thereof is used to transfer a substrate of a compack disk and the like from one position to another for loading. The suction head is connected to a rotating shaft rotatable and movable in a vertic... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5331731 | Cycloid motion work mounting apparatus A work mounting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a rotating drum divided into upper and lower drums, a head unit arranged on the outer periphery of the rotating drum or the lower drum, a circular work head attached to the head unit, ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5082519 | Tire carcass transfer robot A transfer robot comprises a carriage mounted headstock assembly, a main support disk mounted to the rotatable spindle of a headstock, an extention slide mounted to the support disk for motion transverse to the spindle, and a carrying fixture mounted to t... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4843712 | Method and apparatus for handling parts Individual components (12) in a tube (14) are successively removed and then riented for pickup by first positioning the tube, whose ends are opened, in a horizontal orientation such that the components in the tube are upside down. Thereafter, a component i... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4767252 | Manipulator for automatically supplying machines for the centrifugation of bobbins of yarns This invention is directed to a manipulator for automatically supplying centrifuge machines for rotating bobbins of yarn in which the manipulator includes a carriage equipped with stop wings and tightening arms which grip the bobbins conducted to the carr... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4556362 | Methods of and apparatus for handling semiconductor devices Apparatus (11) for handling articles (12), such as semiconductor devices, temporarily mounted to an adhesively coated surface of a diaphragm (29) of a mounting frame (21) includes an index table (31) for positioning a selected one of the articles (12) at ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4464846 | Hydro-extracting apparatus for cheeses of yarn A hydro-extracting apparatus for drying cheeses of yarn comprises a rotary table having a plurality of spindles mounted thereon, on which spindles cheeses of dyed yarn are mounted vertically, a device for holding and conveying the cheeses one by one, whic... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4311031 | Pipe bending machine A pipe bending machine has a pipe bending mechanism which receives lengths of pipe to be bent from a pipe magazine located laterally of one side of the mechanism. A pipe transfer device is interposed between the bending mechanism and the magazine and tran... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4288192 | Tool-changing mechanism A tool-changing mechanism for machine tools of the kind in which tools can be inserted into a spindle. A tool magazine receives several tools and a double-ended tool-changing arm is provided on each of its two ends with gripping mechanisms. The tool-chang... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4208159 | Apparatus for the treatment of a wafer by plasma reaction An improved apparatus for the automatic handling of wafer materials is proposed for the plasma treatment of the wafers such as high-purity silicon semiconductor wafers. In this apparatus, the wafer carried by a carrier means to a position neighboring to a... | 06/17/1980 |
