Patent ID: 9177844
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A transport system comprising: a process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus that transports a transport subject between corresponding two of a plurality of process lines, which includes a first process line and a second process line, each of the plurality of process lines includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses; a first transport vehicle that transports the transport subject between a first stocking apparatus and one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses of the first process line and between each corresponding two of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses of the first process line, the first stocking apparatus receives the transport subject from the process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus when the transport subject is transported by the process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus to the first process line; a second transport vehicle that transports the transport subject between a second stocking apparatus and one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses of the second process line and between each corresponding two of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses of the second process line, the second stocking apparatus receives the transport subject from the process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus when the transport subject is transported by the process-line-to-process-line transport apparatus to the second process line; and a relay stocking apparatus that receives the transport subject from one of the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle and passes the received transport subject to the other one of the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle, the relay stocking apparatus is placed between a transport path of the first transport vehicle and a transport path of the second transport vehicle; a receiving surface of the relay stocking apparatus receives thereon the transport subject when the transport subject is supplied from the one of the first transport vehicle and the second transport vehicle to the relay stocking apparatus; and the relay stocking apparatus rotates a plane of the receiving surface with the transport subject thereon about a single rotational axis with respect to the receiving surface, the single rotational axis intersects the receiving surface, the receiving surface rotates about the rotational axis for at least 180 degrees.