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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yutaka Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Takanami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/047 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01);
Abstract
A movable piece includes a front arm and a rear arm. In a first process, the front arm retreats from a conveying path to permit forward movement of an n-th holder, and in a second process advances into the conveying path to restrict forward movement of an n+1-th holder. In the first process, the rear arm advances into the conveying path to restrict forward movement of the n-th holder, and in the second process retreats from the conveying pathto permit forward movement of the n-th holder. Midway through the second process, the n-th holderis positioned in a reference stopping position.