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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Kobe, JP;
Takayuki Fukushima, Takarazuka, JP;
Ryosuke Kanamaru, Kakogawa, JP;
Shinya Kinoshita, Akashi, JP;
Daiki Miyagawa, Akashi, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
An end effector has a hand base portion at least a part of which advances below a lowermost substrate or above an uppermost substrate of a plurality of substrates stored in a substrate storing portion, a substrate holding unit provided to the hand base portion so as to hold the two or more substrates including the lowermost substrate or the uppermost substrate, and a protrusion amount change unit for changing a protrusion amount of the substrate holding unit from a reference surface including the surface of the hand base portion opposed to the lowermost substrate or the uppermost substrate. The protrusion amount change unit has a single drive source applying a drive force to the whole substrate holding unit.