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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Solarcity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ben Chung, San Rafael, CA (US);
Pablo Gonzalez, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B65G 13/02 (2006.01); B65G 39/08 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/022 (2013.01); B65G 13/02 (2013.01); B65G 39/08 (2013.01); H01L 21/67051 (2013.01); H01L 21/67709 (2013.01); H01L 31/1876 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for processing solar cells is disclosed which includes a separation module for separating a processing frame from solar cells that are fed along a conveyance line. The processing frame can be separated without requiring manual lifting of the processing frame by feeding the processing frame and solar cells into a magnetic roller system. The magnetic roller system can gradually lift the processing frame away from the solar cells and divert the processing frame to a separate roller system. The solar cells can remain on the main conveyance line for further processing.