Patent ID: 8550520
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A device for manipulating a substrate having an inside diameter (ID), the device comprising: a handle portion having first and second ends, and a trigger portion slidably received, within the handle portion for movement along a longitudinal axis between first and second ends of the handle portion, the handle portion having an end cap disposed at the first end of the handle portion, the end cap having a first stop surface for limiting movement of the trigger portion in a first direction along the longitudinal axis; an alignment shaft disposed at the second end of the handle portion, the alignment shaft having a second stop surface for limiting movement of the trigger portion in a second direction along the longitudinal axis; a plurality of substrate supports engaged with the alignment shaft, the plurality of substrate supports having distal substrate engaging ends positioned radially away from the alignment shaft; and a plurality of substrate support actuators connected to the trigger portion, each of the plurality of substrate support actuators being associated with a respective one of the plurality of substrate supports, and wherein the plurality of substrate support actuators are disposed through a plurality of openings in the second stop surface of the alignment shaft; wherein the trigger portion is operable to move the plurality of substrate supports between a substrate engaging position and a substrate releasing position through selective engagement of the plurality of substrate supports by the plurality of substrate support actuators.