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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Gwo-Jou Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ping-Yu Hu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ton-Li Lee, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chen-Shin Lin, Taichung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a support mechanism for laterally supporting an article on a platform by utilizing a stabilizing means such that when a support plate is in an upright position to laterally support an article situated on the platform, the stabilizing means is placed in a relaxed state for stabilizing the upright position of the support member. The stabilizing means can be advantageously an extensible spring or a compressible spring to be used to modify an existing loading/unloading apparatus and to achieve the desirable benefits of the present invention method and apparatus.