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4578001 Air conveying hopper  
An improved mechanism is disclosed for receiving a supply of randomly oriented articles and for continuously feeding the articles into a single file line in a feed chute. The mechanism includes a...
4561806 Vertical single filer conveyor system  
Air operated material handling equipment moves containers having elongated longitudinal axes from a mass in a bulk storage zone, wherein the longitudinal axes are disposed vertically and in...
4552069 Smear-free transfer cylinder for sheet-fed rotary printing machines  
Smear-free transfer cylinder for sheet-fed rotary printing machines having a cylindrical casing formed with blow holes distributed over the entire sheet-carrying peripheral surface of the cylinder,...
4538364 Apparatus having bottom air channels for air drying of grain in a drying store and for conveying the grain away from the store  
On the bottom surface of a store or silo for granular material is placed a system of air channels, which are at one end connected both with an outlet sluice for the grain material and with a blower...
4521268 Apparatus for deposition of fluid and gaseous media on substrates  
Apparatus (10) for deposition of fluid and gaseous media on substrates (18), comprising a cabin (32), in which series of segments (34, 36, 38 . . . 68) are located aside a central passage (80, 96)....
4508474 Air conveyor for particulate material  
A conveyor for particulate material consists of a plurality of channel shaped air deflectors mounted in overlapping engagement on support beams. Each air deflector has a short lower flange, a...
4504177 Emptying apparatus for a silo  
An emptying apparatus for removing the last contents of a silo includes an elevated floor supported by at least two support members above the bottom of the silo. The support members form at least...
4500229 Method and apparatus for forming cylindrical articles into a single line  
Method and apparatus for forming bulk conveyed or stored cylindrical articles, such as thin walled cans, into a single file conveyed row the apparatus being formed of two preferably mirror imaged...
4493548 Apparatus for supporting flexible members  
Apparatus for supporting and tentering a flexible member on a layer of a gaseous medium. A support member has an array of passages which exit at a surface and which are arranged in at least two...
4457434 Apparatus for orienting, singulating and sizing mushrooms and like objects  
Apparatus for orienting and sorting mushrooms includes an inclined plate along which the mushrooms move, a tunnel for erecting an air dam in the path of movement of the mushrooms to singulate the...
4444531 Air track apparatus  
In the air track system disclosed herein, reticles used in a microlithographic imaging system are transported on an air track and are guided from one side by means of vertically directed air jets...
4411674 Continuous clean bag filter apparatus and method  
A continuously cleaned bag filter provides a second filter stage for removing dust from air discharged from a cyclone or other primary separator. The primary separator removes the majority of...
4395165 Chip shuttle track  
A transport system is disclosed, including an air film shuttle conveyor for conveying semiconductor chips from a loading to an unloading station, the conveyor comprising a base plate and upstanding...
4392760 Surface flow air conveyor with plenum mounted fan wheel  
A surface flow air conveyor pressurized by a motor driven open wheel fan mounted within the plenum or in a separate pod housing attached to the plenum. The standard scroll housing is eliminated and...
4378182 Package collator with accelerating booster  
A device including a storage area for holding objects on one or a plurality of tracks; an air conveyor for constantly urging the objects along the tracks; a gate holding the objects from proceeding...
4371309 Air table  
An improved air table of the type having an article support surface with a plurality of holes therethrough, the holes being in communication with their respective air pipes which laterally project...
4369005 Air conveyor  
Air actuated conveyor for containers using air jets and utilizing the containers as valving means while providing a positive air pressure therebetween to maintain the containers separated during...
4365915 Fluid rail conveying apparatus  
An apparatus for conveying articles on a cushion of fluid including a longitudinally extending rail defined by a plurality of longitudinally extending members each having a supporting surface...
4352607 Automatic wafer processing system and method  
An automatic wafer processing system is modular in format and includes wafer treatment units, storage units and air bearing transport track units which are all operatively interconnected in a...
4348139 Gas film wafer transportation system  
A manufacturing processing system comprises a plurality of processing stations, preferably vacuum stations, interconnected by air track, preferably an axi-radial air track with novel sections...
4315705 Apparatus for handling and treating wafers  
A wafer processing system for spin processing photoresist liquid on a silicon wafer and automatically sequencing them through the processor includes a shuttle having upper and lower air bearing...
4306629 Pneumatic weighing device and method  
Disclosed is a device for detecting the weight of an article by measuring the amount of pressure required to support the article. The weighing device is characterized by a weighing table having a...
4305210 Apparatus for processing a powdered or particulate product  
The invention relates to an apparatus for processing a powdered or particulate product forming a vibrating fluidized bed supported by a thin, perforated bed plate which is vibrated while gas is...
4299518 Manufacturing work station  
Disclosed for use in a line for manufacturing an article is a manufacturing work station which operates at subatmospheric conditions. The work station comprises a housing which includes a base...
4293249 Material handling system and method for manufacturing line  
Disclosed for use in a manufacturing line is a material handling system which can be utilized for electronic component manufacturing, such as semiconductor slices, at subatmospheric conditions. The...
4247230 Device for transporting and delivering slide fasteners to a packing case  
An improved device for transporting and delivering slide fasteners or the like to a packing case comprises a horizontal transporting rail which is rotatable around its longitudinal axis by 180°,...
4229861 Material converger  
A material transporting device is disclosed wherein material is pneumatically moved along a louvered surface and converged to exit from the device in a narrowed pattern. Use of the device is...
4191499 Live storage system  
A live storage system for packages is provided in which a rack has a plurality of storage rows, each row having a slot along its base. An input lane for the packages extends along one side of the...
4177647 Air slide freezer system  
A method and system for preparing comestibles for frozen storage in which pressurized freezing air is utilized in conjunction with a substantially flat conveyance surface, both to aid in or...
4135767 Apparatus for dehumidifying solids being transported by a flowing gas  
A drying apparatus for solid materials such as granulated plastics materials comprise a plurality of conveying channels which are arranged in a stack in which the air travels from the bottom of the...
4131320 Conveyor device for letters, cards or other thin article  
Thin articles such as letters are conveyed over a supporting fluid layer formed against a track surface along which they move. This layer is built up by jets issuing from nozzles located on both...
4123113 Gas table  
A method is disclosed for moving an object which is floatable on a cushion of gas from a first station to a second station. A porous table over which the object is moved is divided into a plurality...
4095847 Pneumatic conveyor  
A first elongated hollow conveyor tube has one end in communication with the source of material to be conveyed and its other end in communication with the area to which the material is to be...
4081201 Wafer air film transportation system  
The transportation of semiconductor wafers along a track on an air film. The supporting air film is controlled by the track configuration and fluid relationships to eliminate the need of a wafer...
4021078 Gas jet plug assembly  
The gas jet plug assembly is adapted for introducing gas into a pipe and includes: a gas jet plug; a sleeve; and a holding cap. The sleeve is mounted on an outside surface of a wall of the pipe...
4015880 Multiple level fluid bearing track assembly  
A multiple level fluid bearing track assembly having a plurality of shoulders thereon to form an upper and lower level for transporting articles of various sizes. A plurality of fluid jet inserts...
4014576 Article carrier  
A portable carrier for a semiconductor wafer is detachably connected to an air slide so that the wafer can be propelled from the carrier to the air slide and vice versa by air from the air slide....
4010981 Air conveyor with tunnel guide  
An air conveyor includes a plenum and a perforated deck plate for communicating air to the surface of the deck plate for moving articles along the deck plate surface. A tunnel member confronts the...
4004349 Method for fluid conveyance of articles  
A process for conveying thin-walled cup-shaped circular cylindrical articles on a cushion of fluid by positioning them between a plurality of longitudinally-extending members formed with opposing...
3999806 Air conveyor with passive divert  
An air conveyor is disclosed for conveying disc or cup shaped articles. The air conveyor includes a conveying surface comprising a deck plate having propulsion slots extending therethrough for...
3982790 Aerodynamic product unscrambling system and methods of constructing and utilizing same  
An aerodynamic product unscrambler which automatically separates, meters, and indexes individual products into a desired arrangement. The products to be separated and arranged are brought into the...
3980024 Air propelled vehicle transportation system  
A low pressure transportation system for moving a vehicle between stations which are at atmospheric pressure without the use of valves in the vehicle conduit and without any substantial movement of...
3976330 Transport system for semiconductor wafer multiprocessing station system  
The teaching discloses a dual bidirectional minimum volume self-centering air tract system for transporting semiconductor wafers or geometrically similar parts-in-process to and from processing...
3975057 Stopping device for air conveyor  
Disclosed is an air conveyor comprised of a deck having multiple openings and an underlying plenum containing air under pressure. The air from the plenum issues through the openings as jets to lift...
3960277 Mask plate handling apparatus  
Apparatus and method for handling articles, such as glass or ceramic plates, commonly referred to as masks, employed in the manufacture of semi-conductor devices. The masks are transported between...
3953076 Bottle conveyor  
An air conveyor is disclosed including a conveyor path defined by a perforated deck plate which issues air jets for moving articles along the conveyor. A guide system constrains the article for...
3948564 Fluid bearing apparatus and method utilizing selective turntable diverter structure  
Apparatus and method for handling articles, such as silicon and like wafers used in producing electronic devices. Articles are transferred between two predetermined stations on a fluid bearing...
3947236 Fluid bearing transfer and heat treating apparatus and method  
An improved apparatus and method for transferring articles, such as silicon and like wafers used in making electronic devices from one station to another at variable rates of movement utilizing a...
3931974 Air table game apparatus  
An improved air table for use in playing a game. The table has a perforated horizontal surface and means coupled to the underside of the surface to form an air chamber. This means may be in the...
3930684 Automatic wafer feeding and pre-alignment apparatus and method  
Improved apparatus and method for automatically withdrawing silicon wafers or like articles from a supply magazine, transporting the same on a fluid bearing to a station where such articles are...
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