Patent ID: 6244812
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An automated door removal and replacement system for a fabrication facility comprising:means for securing a disk-supporting device in a substantially fixed position such that a door of said device has a particular orientation;a door-contacting assembly having a rest position below a level of said device when said device is in said substantially fixed position;rotation means for rotating said door-contacting assembly between said rest position below said level of said device and a second position adjacent to said door having said particular orientation; andlinear means for linearly displacing said door-contacting assembly between said second position and a third position in engagement with said door when said device is in said substantially fixed position;wherein combined rotation and linear movement of said door-contacting assembly moves said door between said particular orientation in contact with said device and said rest position of said door-contacting assembly below said level of said device.