Patent ID: 8485772
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for arranging disks in a processing cassette, comprising: a first conveyor configured to transfer a shipping cassette containing a plurality of disks to a first position; a comb assembly positioned within an aperture of the first conveyor, the comb assembly configured to displace one or more of the plurality of disks from the shipping cassette in the first position; a mandrel assembly configured to remove the one or more displaced disks from the comb assembly; a turntable assembly configured to rotate the comb assembly and the shipping cassette from the first position to a second position, wherein the mandrel assembly is further configured to return the one or more displaced disks to the comb assembly and the comb assembly is further configured to replace the one or more displaced disks in the shipping cassette in the second position; and a second conveyor configured to transfer a processing cassette to a load position, wherein the mandrel assembly is further configured to remove the plurality of disks from the shipping cassette in the second position and to load the plurality of disks into the processing cassette in the load position.