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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Yoichi Motoori, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0407 (2013.01); B65G 1/0457 (2013.01); B65G 1/06 (2013.01); H01L 21/67733 (2013.01); H01L 21/67736 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transport system includes a stocker including a crane overhead track and a suspension crane that transports an article between storages and a delivery port, an overhead-transport-vehicle overhead track outside of a stocker area and alongside the delivery port and a load port of a processing tool and extending to a stocker area, an overhead transport vehicle to transport the article between the delivery port and the load port, and a joint track. A crane runner can enter the overhead-transport-vehicle overhead track from the crane overhead track via the joint track to the stocker area.