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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Barry Kitazumi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael D. Brain, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Mihir Parikh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Barry Kitazumi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael D. Brain, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Mihir Parikh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Aquest Systems Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A transport system for conveying articles along conveyance paths including straight, curvilinear, horizontal, inclined and declined conveyance sections. The articles are conveyed between a pair of vertical belts while being supported by protrusions extending from the vertical belts. The vertical belts are guided using a multiplicity of vertical rollers that are configurable into straight, curvilinear and dynamically changing conveyance sections. Multiple conveyance sections can be joined end to end to transport articles over complex paths and over long distances. The articles conveyed may include semiconductor wafers.