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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiko Amikura, Miyagi, JP;
Masatomo Kita, Miyagi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer arm, an irradiator, a light receiver, and a controller. The transfer arm transfers the member. The irradiator irradiates light obliquely onto a passage area, through which the member passes, when the member is transferred by the transfer arm. The light receiver receives the light, which is irradiated from the irradiator and reflected from the member, when the member passes through the passage area. The controller determines whether the member has passed through the passage area according to whether the light irradiated from the irradiator is received by the light receiver.