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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2001
Ralph R. Comulada, Jr., Rock Tavern, NY (US);
Robert Albert Meyen, Salt Point, NY (US);
Keith C. O'Neil, Hughsonville, NY (US);
Brenda Lee Peterson, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Thomas Ramundo, Albany, NY (US);
Kurt A. Smith, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for displacing an article including first and second pallets for holding and transporting an article between two process stations; an H-bar assembly for receiving the first and second pallets at one of the two process stations; wherein, in operation, a process is performed on the articles while the first and second pallets are received by the H-bar assembly, the pallets then being transported to the second process station where a second process is performed on the articles.