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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Jeffry Alan Davis, Kalispell, MT (US);
Andro Ardiano Purnomohadi, Kalispell, MT (US);
Daniel Thomas Potter, Columbia Falls, MT (US);
Inventors:
Jeffry Alan Davis, Kalispell, MT (US);
Andro Ardiano Purnomohadi, Kalispell, MT (US);
Daniel Thomas Potter, Columbia Falls, MT (US);
Assignee:
Semitool, Inc., Kalispell, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for loading media carriers into a processing chamber, including a pivoting arm mechanism which accepts a carrier in at a lower position, locks it on the arm, and provides a power-assisted movement of the carrier lifting it into an upper position proximate the opening to the processing chamber, where the arm is locked in place, with the carrier then pushed along a ramp on the arm directly into the processing chamber.