Patent ID: 8328946
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B65G,C23C

Abstract:
1. A conveyor assembly for conveying substrates through a vapor deposition system, said conveyor assembly comprising: a first carriage rail disposed at a drive side of said conveyor assembly, and a second carriage rail disposed at an opposite side of said conveyor assembly; said first carriage rail and said second carriage rail comprising a plurality of roller positions spaced longitudinally therealong; said first carriage rail and said second carriage rail further comprising a pair of wheels at each of said roller positions, said wheels spaced apart so as to define a cradle at said respective roller position; a plurality of said roller positions on said first carriage rail being drive positions wherein at least one of said wheels at said roller position is a driven wheel; and, a plurality of rollers extending between said first carriage rail and said second carriage rail, said rollers having ends that drop into said cradles at said roller positions such that said rollers are removable from said first carriage rail and said second carriage rail by being lifted out of said cradles at said roller positions, wherein said driven wheel is configured to rotate said roller in the drive position such that substrates positioned thereon are conveyed longitudinally therealong the conveyor assembly.