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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation, Yokohama-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Yuichi Imaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Akinori Iso, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION, Yokohama-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 49/06 (2006.01); B65G 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 49/07 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); C03C 21/00 (2006.01); B65G 51/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 49/063 (2013.01); B65G 9/002 (2013.01); B65G 49/065 (2013.01); B65G 49/069 (2013.01); B65G 49/07 (2013.01); C03C 21/001 (2013.01); H01L 21/677 (2013.01); H01L 21/67784 (2013.01); B65G 51/03 (2013.01); B65G 2249/045 (2013.01); B65G 2812/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a floating conveyor is configured to convey a substrate while floating the substrate. The floating conveyor includes a lower floating section and an upper floating section with a conveying path of the substrate therebetween. A plurality of floating blocks that constitute at least one of the lower floating section and the upper floating section are arranged to be separated by a space, and a floating block that constitutes the other is arranged to face the space.