Patent ID: 6053668
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A water slide for transferring at least one wafer from a conveyor to a wafer cassette comprising:an elongated body having a first end positioned adjacent to the conveyor and a second end positioned adjacent to the cassette, the body being downwardly inclined relative to horizontal from the first end to the second end;the body including first and second upwardly projecting sidewalls which define a wafer guide channel therebetween having a bottom, the body also including an upper major surface which defines the bottom of the wafer guide channel; anda plurality of elongated water carrying grooves extending lengthwise along the body, the grooves being operable to channel a flow of water within the grooves with a meniscus of the water projecting upwardly from the grooves in the absence of the wafer and with the meniscus flowing from the grooves and wetting the upper major surface beneath the wafer when the wafer passes along the water slide and within the wafer guide channel.