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Patent No.:

US 11232964 B1

Date of Patent:

Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2020

Pod opener

Applicant:

Rorze Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventor:

Katsunori Sakata, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

RORZE CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ronald P Jarrett

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/673 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B67B 7/12 (2006.01); B67B 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H01L 21/67379 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B67B 7/12 (2013.01); B67B 7/20 (2013.01); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); H01L 21/67389 (2013.01); H01L 21/67706 (2013.01); H01L 21/67712 (2013.01);

Abstract

A pod opener includes an elevating mechanism elevating the cassette in a vertical direction, a first hook member engaging with an engagement means of the cassette and supporting the cassette, a second hook member supported by the first hook member, a forward and backward movement mechanism moving the first hook member and the second hook member forward and backward with respect to the cassette, an urging member urging the second hook member upward, and an atmosphere maintaining device maintaining an internal space having the cassette disposed therein in a predetermined atmosphere and the second hook member is displaceable with respect to the first hook member.

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