Patent ID: 7654786
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B65G,G02F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A shuttle comprising: a body; a plurality of first and second support pins adapted to support opposing sides of a substrate; first and second shuttle arms provided to opposing sides of the body to rotate in an axial direction and to move in a right-to-left direction, the first and second support pins mounted on the first and second shuttle arms, respectively; a pair of center supports adapted to support center parts of sides of the substrate not supported by the first and second support pins; a main frame to which the center supports are movably coupled in a front-to-rear direction; a driving unit for rotating and additionally linearly moving and rotating the first and second shuttle arms in the right-to-left direction relative to the center supports, the driving unit moving the center supports in the front-to-rear direction using the main frame; and a vacuum instrument assembly provided to each of the first and second support pins adapted to hold the substrate by a vacuum force.