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7374393 Method of retaining a substrate during a substrate transferring process  
A method and apparatus for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system, or cluster tool, that has an increased system throughput, increased system reliability, improved device...
7366585 Method and apparatus for moving a handling system  
A method for moving a multi-axis or multi-axle handling system, particularly for orienting a hand of an industrial robot, with a gripping tool connected to a hand is characterized in that the...
7364397 Method and machine for separating profiled elements  
A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure...
7318698 Lift/transporter for small vehicle  
A tow lift apparatus for a towing vehicle includes a pair of vertically aligned and horizontally and fore-to aft oriented receiver hitches fixedly secured to the rear of the towing vehicle; a lift...
7290976 Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with a passive substrate gripper  
According to one aspect of the present invention, a passive substrate gripper, including first and second segments, is provided. The second segment may be connected to the first segment, and the...
7234911 Method and machine for separating profiled elements  
A method and machine separates profiled elements from a plurality of profiled elements. The machine includes a structure having opposed first and second ends and opposed sides, the structure...
7204669 Semiconductor substrate damage protection system  
A method and apparatus for preventing substrate damage in a factory interface. In one embodiment, a method for preventing substrate damage in a factory interface includes the steps of receiving an...
7201553 Method and device for feeding reels to a machine  
A device ( 2 ) for feeding reels ( 3 ) has a manipulator ( 14 ) having a gripping member ( 19 ) for picking up one reel ( 3 ) at a time off a pallet ( 16 ) and transferring the reel ( 3 ) to an...
7195801 Manufacturing process for storing and transferring evaporation material  
A manufacturing system capable of enhancing reliability and luminance of a light emitting element is provided which uses an EL material of very high purity in evaporation. The system is also...
7153082 Wheel lift with laterally movable, rotatable swivel arm wheel scoops  
Wheel lift tow device for a tow truck includes a centrally located extendable support beam having a cross bar pivotably attached to it, so that it can be oriented obliquely for towing obliquely...
7144056 Detection and handling of semiconductor wafers and wafers-like objects  
An end-effector includes multiple vortex chucks for supporting a wafer. Vortex chucks are located along the periphery of the end-effector to help prevent a flexible wafer from curling. The...
7104745 Elongated front end loader attachment  
A front end loader attachment with a deck of exaggerated length, low height, and narrow width which remains constant in proportion from the front to the back. The attachment has a backplate that...
7063319 Printing plate stacking device and method of judging authenticity of sheet member detecting state  
An intermediate guide member is provided attachable and removable between a head portion and a supporting frame of a stocker for printing plates. A number of intermediate guide members is an...
7008165 Door lifting apparatus and method  
A door lifting apparatus includes a frame and a lift mechanism. The lift mechanism includes a slide assembly and a lever assembly. The slide assembly includes a vertical bar, a door support beam...
6957942 Autonomous cask translocation crane  
An apparatus and method for transferring spent nuclear fuel within a nuclear power plant. In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus for transferring a cask from a first position to a second...
6942442 Root ball preserving and transplant facilitating horticultural container and method  
A low-profile container with a wide flat bottom for use in transplanting trees and other large plants with minimal disruption to the root ball. It typically has a diameter dimension of...
6930050 Multi-chamber system having compact installation set-up for an etching facility for semiconductor device manufacturing  
A multi-chamber system of an etching facility for manufacturing semiconductor devices occupies a minimum amount of floor space in a cleanroom by installing a plurality of processing chambers in...
6902762 Method and device for processing substrate  
A substrate processing method comprises stopping the transfer of a head substrate of a succeeding lot for a period which is an integral multiple of a cycle time after a last substrate of a...
6853874 Variable-width substrate conveyor, method of changing width of the same, and method of matching widths of two adjacent substrate conveyors  
A method of changing a width of a variable-width substrate conveyor including a feeding device for feeding a circuit substrate along the guide rails, a pair of guide rails having guide surfaces for...
6851921 Automated parking garage  
An automated parking garage. The garage comprises a multi-floor building having a plurality of vehicle storage racks in a storage area for storing a loaded pallet or an unloaded pallet. An...
6837662 Device and method for handling molded articles  
Non-symmetrical molded articles, such as large preforms, are handled by a handling system into which an array of molded articles are transferred from a mold having a pitch separation The handling...
6821081 Loader with extending bucket and counter balance  
A small loader machine of the skid-steered type having a counterweight to balance heavy loads in the loader bucket. The bucket is automatically extended forward as the counterweight is extended in...
6802687 Method for controlling a raise/extend function of a work machine  
A method for controlling the raise/extend function of a work machine is provided. The method comprises sensing the lateral orientation of the work machine, comparing the sensed orientation to a...
6799939 Multiple independent robot assembly and apparatus for processing and transferring semiconductor wafers  
A robot assembly including multiple independently operable robot assemblies are provided for use in semiconductor wafer processing. The robot assembly includes independent co-axial upper and lower...
6788755 Safe lift and process for transporting canisters of spent nuclear fuel  
A system and method for moving a canister of spent nuclear fuel from a first location, which may be within a nuclear power generation facility to a second location such as a storage cask that is...
6749392 Quick connect/disconnect tank lifting brace and method of use  
A quick connect/disconnect tank lifting brace which lifts a tank from an overhang of it's top lid or cover. The brace includes a crossbar, preferably adjustable, with pivotal end clamps at opposite...
6748293 Methods and apparatus for high speed object handling  
Methods and apparatus for high speed workpiece handling are provided. The method for workpiece handling includes removing a workpiece from a first cassette with a first robot, transferring the...
6739827 Method and apparatus for effecting movement of an article by employing flowable particulate matter  
A method and apparatus for using a resultant field of force such as gravity operating on a constrained agglomeration of a flowable granular material, produces a useful force which can serve to move...
6729835 Handling assembly for fixturing ophthalmic lenses  
An assembly for orienting and fixturing an array of contact lenses in a lens-fixturing tray to enable automated picking of the lenses includes an array of tubes to which a first support tray having...
6721624 Method and system for delivering products for human consumption from a manufacturing center to passenger carrying vehicles  
A system for delivering products for human consumption from a manufacturing center to passenger carrying vehicles comprises packaging the products in a manufacturing center into carriers. Each...
6660104 Dual cassette centrifugal processor  
In a method for processing flat media, such as semiconductor wafers, first and second cassettes carrying wafers are loaded into a dual position rotor. The cassettes are restrained within the rotor...
6648587 Material delivery system for clean room-like environments  
A material delivery system is disclosed which is particularly useful for filtered environments, such as clean rooms, minienvironments, or the like. One aspect of this particular material delivery...
6638004 Article holders and article positioning methods  
An article holder has protrusions that contact the article. The friction between the protrusions and the article impedes the article movement relative to the holder yet allows the article to slide...
6632068 Wafer handling system  
A system for processing semiconductor wafers includes adaptations allowing the selective handling of cassettes for both 200-mm wafers and 300-mm wafers. The system is configured initially for...
6607341 Cabinet installation apparatus and associated methods  
Apparatus for facilitating the installation of a modular cabinet assembly on a wall includes two adjustable height lifting and leveling assemblies each having a base portion positionable on the...
6604305 Method and apparatus for controlling an extendable stick on a work machine  
A method and apparatus for automatically controlling the movement of an extendable stick on a work machine. The extendable stick is slidably connected to a stick, and the stick is pivotally...
6599082 Intermodal transport system for freight  
A system is provided for the integration of freight transportation from the producers work site to the freight carrier, including any intermediate carriers using carriers adapted for carrying motor...
6591161 Method for determining robot alignment  
A robot wafer alignment tool uses a reflector mounted on a multi-axis robot to determine the position of the robot or other objects within a chamber. The reflector reflects images to at least one...
6560507 Module classification approach for moving semiconductor wafers in a wafer processing system  
Each module of a wafer processing system is given a classification. Upon receipt of a command to move the wafer to one of the modules, a sequence enumerating the modules to be visited by the wafer...
6558111 System and method for unloading bulk powder from large bulk containers  
The present invention is directed to a system and a method to unload bulk powders from large bulk containers. The system and method are particularly useful for unloading bulk cohesive powders.
6540473 Robot vehicle for hot-line job  
A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end...
6511282 Modular and flexible service frame enclosure  
An earthquake resistant frame structure which is shippable in a fully populated condition has abase member, a plurality of support members extending from the base member, a top portion disposed...
6503630 Glass article, method for handling glass article and handling tool for glass article  
A glass article provided with an organic functional film on a surface thereof of the present invention is characterized in that a coating film removable with a solvent is formed on at least a...
6494669 Point-of-sales rug display device  
For a point-of-sales rug selection from a stack thereof, a method of working a raised stack from the bottom up so that a rug assuming successively the bottom position is permitted to descend, each...
6406250 Method of conveying trollies  
A method for facilitating movement of a plurality of nested trollies (including a leading trolley and a trailing trolley), the method comprising the steps of connecting an adjustable ratchet-type...
6406249 Freight container, system, and method for shipping freight  
A method of shipping freight directly from a customer's premises to the premises of the consignee. The method includes transporting to a customer's premises at least one freight container. The...
6387441 Optical lens coating apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus are provided for batch, continuous, or semi-continuous coating of optical lenses. The method and apparatus use a plurality of carriages which are reciprocally moved in the...
6368051 Multi-position load lock chamber  
A machine for manufacturing semiconductor devices has a processing chamber for processing the semiconductor wafer. A transfer chamber has at least two positions, one position to facilitate the...
6361263 Apparatus and method of inventorying packages on a storage device  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for inventorying packages on a storage device which consists of removing packages from the storage device with a variable pitch inventory...
6354791 Water lift mechanism with electrostatic pickup and method for transferring a workpiece  
A method and apparatus for transferring a semiconductor wafer in both a theta axis and a z-axis is provided. The apparatus is able to maintain maximum process and wafer throughput while minimizing...
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