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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Shuichi Hirasawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport apparatus for transporting a carrier with a plurality of works placed thereon includes a loader for loading the carrier into a processing unit for performing a predetermined process for the works and a transporter for receiving the carrier loaded by the loader and intermittently transporting the carrier such that the plurality of works are sequentially positioned at a process position of the processing unit one by one. In addition, an unloading mechanism receives the carrier from the transporter after all of the plurality of works are subjected to the predetermined process at the process position, and unloads the carrier outside the processing unit, wherein the work is processed in the state it is placed on the carrier.