Patent ID: 9230844
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H01L,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A carrier transfer facilitating device adapted for a load port having a carrier table to place thereon a carrier to be transported by a carrier transporting mechanism that travels along a track, the device comprising: a temporary table to temporarily place the carrier thereon, the temporary table located directly below the track and without overlapping the carrier table in a vertical direction; a carrier transferring carriage configured to transfer the carrier between the carrier table and the temporary table, the carrier transferring carriage travelling in a horizontal direction above the carrier table and the temporary table, and lifting up and down the carrier from and onto the temporary table and the carrier table; a supporting member configured to support the temporary table and the carrier transferring carriage; and a carriage controller configured to control the carrier transferring carriage such that a position of the carrier transferring carriage does not interfere with the carrier when the carrier is transferred between the carrier table or the temporary table and the carrier transporting mechanism, wherein the carrier table is located directly below the track, and wherein a height of a bottom surface of the carrier is higher than an upper surface of the carrier transferring carriage when the carrier is held by the carrier transporting mechanism travelling on the track; wherein the carrier transferring carriage travels in a horizontal direction on a second track directly above the carrier table and the temporary table.