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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Akira Sugiyama, Tenri, JP;
Tsuneo Nakamura, Soraku-gun, JP;
Tatsushi Yamamoto, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
While periphery or peripheries of workpiece(s) W lifted in floating fashion by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) between pair(s) of first and second, or upper and lower, transport stagesis/are retained by plurality of elevator pins, respective transport stage(s) is/are inverted vertically and workpiece(s) is/are transferred from upper first transport stage(s) to lower second transport stage(s) such that workpiece(s) W is/are lifted in floating fashion thereabove by simultaneous suction and expulsion of gas(es) in accompaniment to lowering of respective elevator pin(s) at said first transport stage(s).