Patent ID: 6053694
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for handling a plurality of fabrication articles used in an electronics industry comprising:a support structure having an array of article-holding slots aligned in a generally parallel relationship to receive said fabrication articles, said support structure including slot walls that are configured to define each said article holding slot, said slot walls of each said article-holding slot being cooperative to form a seated position for one of said fabrication articles received in said article-holding slot;a plurality of cantilevered support members having first ends attached to said support structure, said support members being arranged to form article-receiving regions that are generally aligned with said article-holding slots;drive means for tilting said support structure such that said support members move between a horizontal condition and an upward-directed condition; anddisplaceable means having a first position for blocking each said fabrication article from said seated position when said support members are in said horizontal condition and having a second position for enabling access of said fabrication article into said seated position when said support members are in said upward-directed condition, said displaceable means being associated with said drive means to automatically move between said first position and said second position in response to said tilting of said support structure.