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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B32B 43/006 (2013.01); B65G 47/905 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveying apparatus for conveying a plate-shaped workpiece includes a holding unit that holds the plate-shaped workpiece under suction, a moving unit that moves in a vertical direction together with the holding unit, a detection unit that detects that the holding unit has moved downward and made contact with the plate-shaped workpiece, and a control unit that performs control to stop a downward movement of the moving unit when the detection unit detects that the holding unit has made contact with the plate-shaped workpiece.