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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Jeffrey P Gifford, Fishkill, NY (US);
David J. Pinckney, Newtown, CT (US);
Peter J. Shaffer, Brookfield, CT (US);
Uldis A. Ziemins, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Jeffrey P Gifford, Fishkill, NY (US);
David J. Pinckney, Newtown, CT (US);
Peter J. Shaffer, Brookfield, CT (US);
Uldis A. Ziemins, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage system for items such as substrate carriers includes at least one stocker including a plurality of storage areas each adapted to store at least one storage device. At least one movable support is arranged on the at least one stocker. A control controls movement of the at least one movable support at least between a first position wherein the at least one movable support receives the at least one storage device outside one of the storage areas and a second position wherein the at least one movable support is arranged substantially within the one of the storage areas.