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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7317311 | Wafer handling checker A plurality of wafers each having a conductive film on each face thereof are housed in slots of a cassette, and a potential of “H” level is applied from a control box to each wafer via an electrode. A conductive suction part of a vacuum pincette is connected to ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7255238 | Transporting apparatus having vertically movable holding portion The present invention provides a transporting apparatus provided with a sensor for detecting information relating to a relative position in the vertical direction between an article to be transported and a holding portion for holding the article, and a controller th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7160417 | Cassette for a load-lock A cassette for holding substrate in a load-lock comprising an outer casing having a front surface with multiple slots and two sidewalls having holes at the bottom section thereof. Braces are set at the corner edges inside the outer casing and side plates are attache... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6929440 | Method and storage loading system for loading and unloading loads in storage The invention relates to a particularly effective method for loading and unloading loads in a rack storage facility with several rack bays and aisles which are located between the rack bays. According to the method, a load is transported to a front end of a rack bay... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6903136 | Food supplements containing 4-hydroxyisoleucine and creatine The present invention provides a dietary or food supplement for healthy humans that includes a combination of 4-hydroxyisoleucine and creatine, or nutraceutically acceptable derivatives of these two compounds. The supplement may include additives such as carbohydrat... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6826453 | Method and system for emission suppression in detection of data cartridge labels A system and method for minimizing electromagnetic radiation emissions from a data cartridge handling library employs intermittent operation of the video camera to ascertain correct bin locations and verify automated access between bin locations. This intermittent o... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6816332 | Vertical and horizontal path sensing within a data storage and retrieval system An accessor moveably disposed within a data storage and retrieval system which includes at least one electromagnetic radiation emitter and at least one electromagnetic radiation detector, where each emitter/detector combination have a facing relationship. A data sto... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6691001 | Diagnostic port between independent robots An automated storage library structure, a structure of at least one robot operating within the automated storage library, and a method of connecting the robot to test equipment to facilitate testing. The robot is operative to move about the automated stor... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6540467 | Apparatus and method of semiconductor wafer protection A system and a method are provided for preventing damage to wafers arranged in a wafer cassette. In particular, an apparatus is provided to protect wafers arranged in a wafer cassette during insertion of a wafer into the cassette. In one embodiment, the a... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536559 | Goods lift A storage lift has two columns, and a hoisting shaft for a conveyor unit (2) movable up and down between the two columns. A light grille (5) is arranged in the storage lift on the end of the conveyor unit (2) facing a charging and discharging opening (1).... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530735 | Gripper assembly A controlled material transport system (MTS) for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes a rigid robot vehicle mountable to a passive track system,... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520735 | Method of automation for flow through storage An autonomous remote controlled vehicle for use in the automation of an existing refrigerated flow through storage facility food processing application. The remote vehicle is specifically designed to operate within a network of centrally controlled remote... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6393335 | Synchronous mounting and dismounting method and system for multiple accessor storage libraries An automated storage library for the storage and retrieval of cartridges and an associated method includes a frame having cartridge storage cells for storing cartridges and at least one cartridge player for playing a cartridge. At least two robotic mechan... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6219313 | System and method for adaptive cartridge engagement in an automated cartridge library A system and method of adaptively engaging cartridges stored in an automated cartridge library are provided. Upon receiving a request to extend a reach mechanism of a robot arm to engage a cartridge stored in a selected cell, a library controller initiate... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213705 | Tape storage library apparatus having integrated camera, proximity sensor, and reach safe sensor A tape storage library apparatus includes a gripper for handling tape cartridges and an integrated camera, proximity sensor, and reach safe sensor operable with a common light source for performing multiple tape cartridge sensing functions. The camera rea... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6192301 | Self-diagnostic method for a forklift truck A self-diagnostic method is provided capable of testing condition of various components for a forklift truck selectively, displaying the result test codes collectively on a display after completing the test, and initiating a quick test mode during a run m... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5927926 | Carriage for storage-retrieval system with locking-engaging members A carriage is provided for a storage-retrieval system including a shelf assembly. The carriage includes a base member, at least one carrier region above the base member for supporting an object to be transferred, at least one pair of shifting units flanki... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5798920 | Storage and retrieval machine control system having an encoder and an optical distance meter A storage and retrieval machine comprises a base, a carriage, and a control system. The control system is used to control the movement of the carriage in the vertical direction and/or the movement of the base in the horizontal direction. The control syste... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5768125 | Apparatus for transferring a substantially circular article An apparatus for transferring a substantially circular article from a first unloading position to a second loading position compensates for misalignment of the article on a support arm. During movement of the support arm the periphery of the circular arti... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5622470 | Method and apparatus for adaptive cartridge retrieval and insertion in a storage library subsystem A method and associated apparatus within a storage library subsystem for simply adapting the motion of a robotic mechanism for moving media cartridges to allow for mechanical misalignments. When retracting a cartridge from a slot in the library subsystem,... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5219258 | Illumination apparatus for a robotic object handling system The illumination system of the present invention is used with an object handling system to selectively illuminate a predefined target area in a manner that creates a dark area outside of the target area. This illumination system is used in conjunction wit... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5164928 | Error recovery in a cartridge handling system Disclosed is an optical disk handling system, called an autochanger, having two control systems to provide the six motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges from storage holding cells to an optical drive. Whenever the mechanisms are being moved, t... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5108254 | Method for controlling a vehicle parking structure There are defined a lift space (E) and multi-storied housing spaces (X,Y) provided on at least one side out of the left side, right side, front, side, and rear side of the lift space (E). A three dimensional housing apparatus comprises a liftable fork uni... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5064337 | Handling apparatus for transferring carriers and a method of transferring carriers A handling apparatus, used for handling a carrier of semiconductor wafers, comprises a first mechanism for transferring a carrier between a loader/unloader table and a storage compartment, and a second mechanism, for moving the first mechanism in both ver... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5059079 | Particle-free storage for articles Apparatus for storing articles including walls defining a bin enclosure having an opening for transporting articles therethrough, a support for supporting articles in an article storage region in the enclosure, and a source of pressurized particle-free ai... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5044913 | Device at multi platen presses A loading elevator for a multi-platen press is provided with a pusher which simultaneously transfers a number of transport plates loaded with stampings to the press. After press operations are completed, the plates are unloaded by an extractor to an unloa... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4950118 | System for loading and unloading trailers using automatic guided vehicles A system using free ranging automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) for loading and unloading material from a number of trailers is provided. The system employs a plurality of sensors for monitoring both pedestrian, operator driven vehicles and other AGV traffic... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4941794 | Automated loading/unloading equipment As automated loading/unloading system is shown, which uses a lift truck 10 for loading and unloading cargos and adpated to travel between a container 90 and a coneyor 50, a rotatably disposed turntable 60 for rotation about a vertical axis, the turntable ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4869635 | Apparatus for controllably positioning a lift mast assembly of a work vehicle An apparatus and method for controllably moving the carriage assembly of a automated load handling vehicle vertically and horizontally. The carriage assembly includes load detecting sensors which detect the opening in the load during movement of the carri... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4861223 | Automatic load push-pull slipsheet handler A load push-pull slipsheet handler is disclosed having automatic features adapting it particularly for use with driverless, automatically-guided vehicles. These features include proximity sensors which sense the distance between the slipsheet handler and ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4714399 | Automatically-guided vehicle having load clamp An automatically-guided, driverless vehicle for handling loads has a selectively openable and closeable load clamp. The clamp is equipped with various sensors for automatically sensing the load and other objects and surfaces surrounding the load, and cont... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4428708 | Apparatus and method for fine positioning a vehicle at a storage bin in an automatic storage and retrieval system An automatic storage and retrieval system including a storage bin, having a mechanism for positioning a vehicle at the storage bin including a rough positioning mechanism with an encoder having a rotatable member which rotates through an arc less than a c... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4266106 | Lift truck load position sensing device A load position sensing device for load carriers, such as the fork lift of a fork lift truck, wherein the load carrier includes vertical support means and horizontal load-carrying means extending forwardly therefrom, comprising a plate mounted pivotally o... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4212375 | Aligning apparatus for material handling system A material handling system (10) has a lifting element (12) and first apparatus (14) for moving the lifting element (12). The system (10) is, for example, a work vehicle having mast mounted implements, such as a lift truck (10) with forks (12) or a contain... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4010855 | Warehouse system with pan transfer apparatus A shuttle assembly for use on a computer operated crane in an automated warehouse system. The crane has an elevatable platform and is movable along an aisle with horizontal storage racks on each side of the aisle. The racks include a plurality of vertical... | 03/08/1977 |
