Patent ID: 6655423
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A front-opening unified pod quick-opening apparatus positioned in a front-opening unified pod loading system, when a front-opening unified pod being located on the loading system, a cover of the front-opening unified pod being secured on a gate of a backboard of the loading system such that the front-opening unified pod quick-opening apparatus moving the gate with the cover upward and downward, the front-opening unified pod quick-opening apparatus comprising:a rail positioned vertically on the backboard; a slide slidably mounted on the rail, providing a movement along the rail; a short linking rod having a first end rotatably fixed on the slide to drive the slide to move along the rail; a long rocker arm having a first end rotatably fixed on a second end of the short linking rod, and a second end rotatably fixed on a pin on the backboard; and a power source adapted to drive the long rocker arm to rotate around the pin on the backboard; wherein when the power source drives the long rocker arm to rotate upward round the pin on the backboard, the long rocker arm leads the short linking rod, and the short linking rod drives the slide to move upward along the rail then results in an upward rectilinear motion; and when the power source drives the long rocker arm to rotate downward round the pin on the backboard, the slide is driven to move downward along the rail then results in a downward rectilinear motion.