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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Yu Hirono, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiyasu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Yuichi Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveying device including: a storage unit storing two or more sheets of slide glasses to be subjected to a predetermined treatment; a stage holding only one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment; a supply arm by which one sheet of slide glass to be subjected to the treatment is picked up from the storage unit and supplied onto the stage; a discharge arm by which the slide glass mounted on the stage is picked up and discharged in the storage unit; a moving unit operable to move the supply arm and the discharge arm in an integral manner so as to bring the supply arm or the discharge arm into proximity to each of the storage unit and the stage; and a control unit operable to control the supply arm, the discharge arm and the moving unit.