Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Utilizing fluid pressure – Venturi effect
Patent
1997-05-23
1998-09-01
Kramer, Dean
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Utilizing fluid pressure
Venturi effect
B25J 1506
Patent
active
057999945
ABSTRACT:
A hand operated tool for picking up a semiconductor wafer includes a vacuum cylinder with a piston. The user first pushes the piston to its forward most position against the force of a spring and a catch mechanism locks the piston in this position. Later, the user presses a button to release the catch mechanism and allow the piston to move to its rear most position in response to the force of the spring. The motion of the piston creates a suitable vacuum in the front part of the cylinder. A vacuum head is attached to the forward end of the cylinder. It has a generally square flat surface with sides about one third the diameter of a wafer. The user positions this surface in contact with a wafer and then pushes the button to releases the piston and apply a vacuum to grasp the wafer. The user moves the wafer to its destination and then presses a second button to allow air to enter the vacuum side of the cylinder and thereby release the grasp on the wafer.
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Lin Y. F.
Liu Te Yun
Tsai Poyueh
Wang Rea-Chang
Ackerman Stephen B.
Kramer Dean
Robertson William S.
Saile George O.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company , Ltd.
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