Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6960057 | Substrate transport apparatus A substrate transport apparatus comprising a drive section and a robot transport arm. The robot transport arm is mounted to the drive section. The robot transport arm has a wrist and an end effector to hold the substrate thereon. The end effector is rotatably mounte... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 5725347 | Carousel pin stacker Automation of stacking of lamina included in a modular circuit package is provided by use of a plurality of heads carried on a preferably rotating head transport assembly. The head transport assembly is movable between two locations in which heads simulta... | 03/10/1998 |
| 4781512 | Pallet changing system for a machine tool A pallet changing system for a machine tool including a pallet changing device which is horizontally rotatable for exchanging a pallet on the work table of the tool with another pallet in a standby station. A plurality of pallet storing shelves are arrang... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4278380 | Lock and elevator arrangement for loading workpieces into the work chamber of an electron beam lithography system In apparatus having a work chamber in which workpieces are treated under high vacuum, that improvement comprising an inner chamber having a capacity for a plurality of workpieces, an outer chamber, vacuum means for evacuating the inner and outer chambers,... | 07/14/1981 |
