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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2006
Tatsuhiko Nagata, Saitama ken, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nagata, Saitama ken, JP;
Right Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pod cover removing-installing apparatus can open and close any covers for a variety of pods made by a various manufactures, can satisfy an allowable distortion error capable of being normally operated even if conditions such as temperature, humidity, and can remove and install the cover without causing it to collide with any one of the parts of the pods. The pod cover removing-installing apparatus to remove and install a cover for an opening of a pod, the inside of which is kept extremely clean, by causing the cover to engage a door for an opening of a high cleanliness room, while maintaining high cleanliness of the pod and the room by closely attaching the circumference of the two openings. The apparatus is provided with positioning pins for positioning the cover, a fine adjustment mechanism for fine adjustment of the positioning pins, and a holding mechanism for holding the position of the cover engaging the positioning pins.