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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Vinay K. Shah, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vinay K. Shah, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hudgens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/44 (2006.01); B65G 15/22 (2006.01); B65G 15/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conveyor apparatus adapted to transport and article is provided. The conveyor apparatus has a belt section including a plurality of slots and a plurality of T-shaped stiffeners extending in the slots. Respective belt sections may be spliced together using a plurality of T-shaped stiffeners extending through slots in diagonally-formed ends of each belt section. Methods of the invention are described as are numerous other aspects.