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Patent KR-20020009525-A (KR)
Inventor: SEO YUN SUCK
IPC: A01K87/00
Filed: 2001-10-12
Abstract: PURPOSE: Structure of a reel type fishing rod is provided to allow a user to use one fishing rod as a reel type fishing rod as well as a general fishing rod, thus to improve the convenience of carrying thereof. CONSTITUTION: The fishing rod is constructed by successively assembling a handle part(1), a first section(3), a second section(4), a third section(5), a tip part(2), and a distal protective cap(6) one by one. A fishing line(7) stored within the handle part is drawn from the end of the tip part. Since the fishing rod constructed as state above is able to be used as a reel fishing rod as well as a general fishing rod, it is possible to reduce the volume of a fishing equipage of a fisher.
Patent KR-20030033304-A (KR)
Title: Structure for holding a trunk lid of an automobile
Inventor: LEE BEOM JAE
IPC: B62D25/10
Filed: 2001-10-20
Abstract: PURPOSE: Structure for preventing moving of a trunk lid of a vehicle is provided to easily load goods and prevent an accident by preventing a trunk lid from moving even when the trunk lid isn't completely shut. CONSTITUTION: Structure for preventing moving of a trunk lid(300) of a vehicle comprises trunk hinges(200) rotatably coupled to a body panel(100) and fixed to the inner side of the trunk lid; a striker disposed on the back side of the body panel; a hook disposed on the back side of the trunk lid and selectively hooked to the striker; and a moving-preventive device(600) to prevent the trunk lid from moving when the hook and the striker are not hooked. Thus, an accident caused by the moving of the trunk lid is prevented.
Patent KR-20030037440-A (KR)
Title: Odorless acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin composition and method for preparing thereof
Inventor: CHAE JU BYEONG
IPC: C08L55/02
Filed: 2001-11-05
Abstract: PURPOSE: Provided are an odorless acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin composition, which effectively removes inherent odor of resin while retaining inherent property of resin, and a method for preparing the same. CONSTITUTION: The resin composition comprises (a) 0.1-5.0 parts by weight of cyclo oligosaccharide-based compound; and (b) 0.05-0.5 parts by weight of mercaptan-based molecular weight controller. Alternatively, the composition comprises (a) 0.1-5 parts by weight of cyclo oligosaccharide-based compound; (b) 0.05-0.2 parts by weight of mercaptan-based molecular weight controller; (c) 100 parts by weight of resin component comprising (i) 40-80 parts by weight of a mixture of one or two rubber latex of diene or alkyl acrylate component having rubber particle diameter of 2500-3500 angstrom and gel content of 65-95%, and (ii) 60-20 parts by weight of at least two monomers selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl monomer, a vinyl cyan monomer, and a maleic anhydride monomer; and (d) 0.1-2.0 parts by weight of reactive emulsifier.
Patent KR-20030039689-A (KR)
Title: radiator mounting structure of front engine rear drive vehicle
Inventor: YOON GI SU
IPC: F01P11/00
Filed: 2001-11-14
Abstract: PURPOSE: A structure for mounting a radiator of a front engine rear drive vehicle is provided to keep performance damping vertical and lateral external force and angular moment. CONSTITUTION: A structure comprises an upper dynamic damper(1) comprising a first dynamic damper(1a) and a second dynamic damper(1b) vertically mounted on both sides of an upper part of a radiator(R); and a lower dynamic damper(2) comprising a first dynamic damper(2a) and a second dynamic damper(2b) slopingly mounted on both sides of a lower part of the radiator. The dynamic dampers comprise mounting brackets(1a',1b',2a',2b'), damper masses(1a",1b",2a",2b") made of rubber, and fixing bolts(1a"',1b"',2a"',2b"') joined to each other, respectively. The dynamic dampers are horizontally mounted on both sides of an upper part of the radiator and slopingly mounted on both sides of a lower part of the radiator to support weight of the radiator to tune damping frequency against vertical and horizontal external force and turning moment following characteristic behavior of an engine placed in a rear wheel driving vehicle.
Patent KR-20030040779-A (KR)
Title: Device for supporting door basket for refrigerator
Inventor: LEE CHANG U
IPC: F25D23/04
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: PURPOSE: A device is provided to achieve improved space utilization of door basket by allowing a user to set the door basket in the desired height. CONSTITUTION: A device comprises a pair of support rods(22a,22b) mounted in a vertical direction at both sides of the rear surface of a door(10); door baskets(20a,20b) having support holes formed at the outer surfaces of the door baskets, respectively, such that the support rods are inserted into the support holes of the door baskets, wherein the door baskets are rotatable in a horizontal direction centering from the support rods; a fixing unit for maintaining position of the door baskets at the state where the door baskets tightly contact the rear surface of the door; and a holder(32) mounted to the support rods such that the holder is rotatable, which supports the front portion of the food stuff stored in the door basket. The fixing unit includes a fixing groove and a fixing protrusion formed at the rear surface of the door, and a fixing protrusion and a fixing groove formed at the rear surface of the door baskets and coupled to the fixing groove and fixing protrusion of the door, respectively.
Patent KR-20030045467-A (KR)
Title: Method for forming a metal line of semiconductor device
Inventor: KIM GIL HO
IPC: H01L21/3205
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a multilayer metal interconnection of a semiconductor device is provided to improve an electrical contact between a metal interconnection and a tungsten plug by forming a tungsten pad on a contact hole and an interlayer dielectric such that the tungsten plug is a structure overlapping the contact hole. CONSTITUTION: The interlayer dielectric having the contact hole is formed on a substrate(31). A conductive pad is formed on the interlayer dielectric at both sides of the contact hole to form a plug filling the contact hole. A conductive layer is formed on the resultant structure including the plug. The conductive layer is etched by using a mask for the metal interconnection to form the metal interconnection electrically connected to the plug.
Patent KR-20020001697-A (KR)
Inventor: DONG WON IL
IPC: E05C17/00
Filed: 2001-12-04
Abstract: PURPOSE: A door suspension device is provided to prevent the breakage of a finger or a foot of a child when a door is opened and closed and to ventilate the indoor air by fully opening a door in summer. CONSTITUTION: A door suspension device has at least one of fitting grooves(1,9) to fix a door by being fitted in a shoulder portion of a door suspension face or a door frame suspension face of a hinge door. One face of the door suspension device is placed on the inner face or the outer face when the door suspension face and the door frame suspension face are folded. Thus, the door suspension device performs as a hinge suspension support(5). With the door suspension device, the door is suspended in the open state. Therefore, the breakage of a finger or a foot of a child is avoided.
Patent KR-20030046776-A (KR)
Title: New method for preparing dibenzothiepin derivatives
Inventor: CHO EUN JEONG
IPC: C07D337/14
Filed: 2001-12-06
Abstract: PURPOSE: A process for preparing dibenzothiepin derivatives is provided, thereby preparing 2-(10,11-dihydro-10-oxobenzo £b,f|thiepin-2-yl) propionic acid in higher purity and yield more simply than the prior methods. CONSTITUTION: A process for preparing 2-(10,11-dihydro-10-oxobenzo £b,f|thiepin-2-yl) propionic acid comprises the steps of: (a) substituting a compound of formula(5) with sodium salt, Grignard reacting of the substituted compound by adding methylmagnesium halide into the substituted compound to prepare 5-(1-carboxyethyl)2-phenylthiophenyl-acetic acid of formula(2); and (b) cyclization of 5-(1-carboxyethyl)2-phenylthiophenyl-acetic acid of formula(2) to prepare 2-(10,11-dihydro-10-oxobenzo £b,f|thiepin-2-yl) propionic acid of formula(1), wherein R is methyl, ethyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl.
Patent KR-20030047398-A (KR)
Inventor: LEE GYEONG GU
IPC: H01H61/00
Filed: 2001-12-10
Abstract: PURPOSE: A test button device is provided to be capable of improving a user convenience by enabling a test operation at once without a complicate operating procedure. CONSTITUTION: A push part(20c) is formed at a projection part(20b) of a test button(20) so as to have a predetermined length. The push part(20c) is configured to be contact with one side of the second fixing terminal(16). When a user pushes the test button(20) downward, the second fixing terminal(16) is moved downward by a pressure of the push part(20) so as to be separated from the second moving terminal(15). The second fixing terminal(16) contacted with the push part(20c) is elastically configured to be moved upward and downward.
Patent KR-20030050138-A (KR)
Title: Method of controlling idle speed actuator for lpg vehicles
Inventor: JANG JEONG MO
IPC: F02D9/02
Filed: 2001-12-18
Abstract: PURPOSE: A method for controlling an idle speed actuator of an LPG(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) vehicle is provided to solve the problem of engine stall due to the traveling wind in an LPG vehicle by increasing the amount of intake air. CONSTITUTION: A method for controlling an idle speed actuator of an LPG vehicle comprises the steps of deciding if a vehicle speed is over 40kph, a gear is in the neutral state, and a throttle valve is opened fully(110), compensating an ISA(Idle Speed Actuator) vehicle speed if the vehicle speed condition, gear state, and throttle valve state are satisfied(120), and determining a value obtained by adding a reference air amount to the ISA vehicle speed compensation value as an ISA duty(130).
Patent KR-20030050553-A (KR)
Title: Displaying device capable of displaying additional signal on black area of screen and a displying method thereof
Inventor: OH JI BYEONG
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2001-12-19
Abstract: PURPOSE: A video display device displaying a supplementary signal at a black area of a screen and a method for displaying the screen thereof are provided to protect a screen state of a video display unit. CONSTITUTION: A user selects a picture ratio conversion mode through an input unit(80). A brightness detecting unit(60) detects a brightness level of a complex video signal being output to a CRT(Cathode Ray Tube)(50). An OSD(On Screen Display)/OSG(On Screen Graphics) generating unit(70) generates a supplementary signal having a brightness level equal to the brightness level of the complex video signal corresponding to the detected brightness level. The generated supplementary signal is fed back to a Y/C signal processing unit(43) to be processed with the complex video signal of the current receiving broadcasting signals. Therefore, the supplementary signal equal to the complex video signal in the brightness level is output to a black area of a wide screen.
Patent KR-20030052326-A (KR)
Title: The removal method of aluminum in the pickling waste acid solution
Inventor: BAE U HYEON
IPC: C02F1/58
Filed: 2001-12-21
Abstract: PURPOSE: A method for removing aluminum in waste pickling solution by adding ferrous hydroxide into waste pickling solution while adjusting pH within optimal ranges under non oxidative condition is provided to reduce an adverse effect due to aluminum in the manufacture of soft ferrite materials with less iron loss. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises the steps of removing silica from waste pickling solution; injecting ferrous hydroxide into the waste pickling solution under non oxidative condition to adjust the waste pickling solution within pH range of 3 to 4.5, thereby forming ferrous hydroxide precipitate.
Patent KR-20030053157-A (KR)
Title: Method for forming interconnect structures of semiconductor device
Inventor: PYO SEONG GYU
IPC: H01L21/3205
Filed: 2001-12-22
Abstract: PURPOSE: A method for fabricating a metal interconnection of a semiconductor device is provided to improve a filling characteristic by selectively filling a metal material only in a contact hole and a trench through an electroless plating method. CONSTITUTION: A contact hole for a plug and a trench for an upper metal interconnection are formed on an insulation layer(21) on a lower metal interconnection(22). A barrier metal layer and a metal seed layer are sequentially formed on the resultant structure. The metal seed layer is eliminated through a chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) method. A metal layer(30) is formed in the contact hole and the trench. The metal layer is planarized.
Patent KR-20030054469-A (KR)
Title: Zn-Al-Mg Alloy Coating Steel Sheet Having Superior Corrosion Resistance And Plating Workability
Inventor: KIM HEUNG YUN
IPC: C23C28/00
Filed: 2001-12-26
Abstract: PURPOSE: A Zn-Al-Mg based alloy coated steel sheet having superior corrosion resistance and plating workability is provided. CONSTITUTION: The Zn-Al-Mg based alloy coated steel sheet is characterized in that Zn-Al-Mg layer comprises, on the basis of the weight of coated layer, Mg 0.5 to 20.0 wt.%, Al(wt.%)>=((1/9)xMg¬2+)+(0.4xMg), 0.02 to 3.0 wt.% of at least one element selected from Na and Ca, and a balance of Zn.
Patent KR-20030059410-A (KR)
Title: Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
Inventor: LEE SANG WAN
IPC: H01L21/20
Filed: 2001-12-29
Abstract: PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided to be capable of easily obtaining a metal gate without damage of an oxide layer by using a dielectric film composed of an oxide layer and a nitride layer. CONSTITUTION: A nitride layer(206) is deposited on a silicon substrate(202). An oxide layer(204) is formed at interface between the silicon substrate(202) and the nitride layer(206) by oxidation processing. Then, a metal film(208) is deposited on the nitride layer(206). At the time, the oxide layer(204) is formed by wet-oxidation processing at the temperature of 700-800°C.
Patent KR-20030058077-A (KR)
Title: Tape for releasing static electricity and Liquid Crystal Display Device using the same
Inventor: LIM JI CHEOL
IPC: G02F1/13
Filed: 2001-12-29
Abstract: PURPOSE: An static electricity preventing tape and a liquid crystal display device using the same are provided to make a conductive material directly contact a liquid crystal display panel, thereby effectively emitting the static electricity of the liquid crystal display panel. CONSTITUTION: An static electricity preventing tape includes a conductive material layer(30) formed with a plurality of conductive protrusion structures(32), and an adhesion material layer(20) formed on the conductive material layer with holes for receiving the conductive protrusion structures. The conductive protrusion structures have horizontal sections in the shape of circle or polygon and vertical sections in the shape of triangle or rectangle.
Patent KR-20010075059-A (KR)
Title: 구조 규칙성을 갖는 물질, 그의 제조방법 및 응용
IPC: C09K19/54
Filed: 1999-08-12
Abstract: 네마틱 또는 콜레스테릭 구조와 같이 규칙성을 갖는 구조를 형성하기 위하여 액정분자들의 진성(Intrinsic) 자기집합 공정이나 정렬 공정을 이용하는 구조와 장치가 개시된다. 본 발명은 액정을 포함하는 구조로부터 조성물들을 추출하여 분자 단위의 몰드 또는 중합체 소지를 형성하는 것을 포함한다. 몰드에 임의 재료들을 첨가하거나 몰드로부터 임의 재료들을 제거하는 것에 의하여 액정 유사 구조가 얻어질 수도 있다. 이 구조는 모든 또는 적어도 약간의 비 액정물질을 포함하지만 액정의 특성을 일부 나타낸다. 액정유사구조는 온도 민감성과 기계적 불안정성과 같은 액정들의 단점을 극복한다.
Patent KR-20010075258-A (KR)
IPC: G06F9/32
Filed: 1999-04-02
Abstract: 본 발명은 예측된 다음 패치 주소들을 효율적으로 저장하고 결정하는 방법에 관한 것이다. 예측된 패치 주소들은 수많은 독립 소스들에 의해 생성된다. 간접 분기 명령들에 대한 예측된 패치 주소들은 간접 분기 목적지 캐시(58)에 저장된다. 직접 분기 명령들에 대한 예측된 패치 주소들은 "온-더-플라이" 직접 분기 가산기(56)을 사용함으로써 산정된다. 리턴 명령들에 대한 예측된 패치 주소들은 리턴 스택에 저장된다. 순차 명령들에 대한 예측된 패치 주소들은 순차 주소 가산기(52)을 온-더-프라이로 산정된다. 분기 선택기 행렬(50)은 상기 소스들 중의 어느 것이 상기 다음 예측된 패치 주소에 대하여 선택되었는가를 나타내는 선택기 비트들을 저장한다. 상기 선택기 비트들은 명령 캐시(16)에 저장된 특정의 명령 바이트들에 각각 대응한다. 분기 명령들과 명령 경계들을 나타내는 프리디코드 비트들은 명령 캐시(16)에 저장된다. 상기 방법을 채용한 마이크로프로세서(10)와 컴퓨터 시스템이 또한 개시된다.
Patent KR-20010080223-A (KR)
IPC: G06F13/24
Filed: 2000-07-31
Abstract: 프로세서가 서브루틴을 내장하고 서브루틴이 인터럽트를 디스에이이블시키고 인에이블할 때 발생할 수 있는 정보의 손상를 방지하기 위한 방법이 제공된다.
Patent KR-20020013475-A (KR)
Title: β-L-2'-deoxy- nucleosides for the treatment of HIV infection
IPC: A61K31/70
Filed: 1999-11-05
Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions active againt HIV are provided, as is a method for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection in humans and other host animals is provided comprising administering an effective amount of a  beta -L-(2' or 3'-azido)-2',3'-dideoxy-5-fluorocytosine of formulae (I) and (II) wherein R is H, acyl, monophosphate, diphosphate, or triphosphate, or a stabilized phosphate derivative (to form a stabilized nucleotide prodrug), and R' is H, acyl, or alkyl.
Patent KR-20010080446-A (KR)
Title: Method and apparatus for calibrating a resistive ladder switching matrix
IPC: G06F3/02
Filed: 1999-11-12
Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating a resistive ladder switching matrix coupled to a keypad in a portable electronic device having a housing with a cover that may be positioned in an open state or a closed state. A first contact of a calibration element is coupled to a reference voltage and a second contact of the calibration element is coupled to ground by moving the cover from the open state to the closed state. When the first contact of the calibration element is coupled to the reference voltage and the second contact of the calibration element is coupled to ground, a calibration resistance across the calibration element is determined. The calibration resistance may correspond to an input impedance of the resistive ladder switching matrix when no buttons associated with the keypad are depressed. Signals from the resistive ladder switching network are calibrated when the cover is in the closed state in accordance with the calibration resistance.
Patent KR-20010101668-A (KR)
Title: Resonant panel-form loudspeakers
IPC: H04R7/04
Filed: 2000-01-27
Abstract: A method of making a vehicle interior trim panel having at least one integral resonant bending wave loudspeaker panel, comprising designing the trim panel to comprise at least one panel area capable of and intended to operate as a resonant bending wave loudspeaker, making a prototype trim panel to the design, optimising at least one parameter of the prototype panel as concerns its behaviour as a resonant bending wave loudspeaker by obtaining the standard deviation, as frequency is varied, of the mechanical impedance of the panel as a function of the at least one parameter, selecting a value or values of said at least one parameter that result in a minimum of said standard deviation of the mechanical impedance of the panel, and making a trim panel in which the at least one parameter to be optimised has the selected value or values.
Patent KR-20020065340-A (KR)
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2001-07-05
Abstract: 본 발명은 조합 배열(combinational array)을 사용하여 2-엔티티(2-entity) 또는 더 높은 차수의(higher order) 조합들을 생물학적 활성에 대하여 스크리닝(screening)하는 방법에 관한 것이다.   상기 방법은 다음의 단계들을 포함한다: (a) 엔티티들을 제공하는 단계, (b) 엔티티들의 조합 배열을 만드는 단계, (c) 하나 이상의 별개의 생물학적 단위체(moiety)들을 포함하는 시험 엘리먼트(test element)를 제공하는 단계, (d) 상기 엔티티들의 조합 배열을 각각의 엔티티/시험 엘리먼트의 접촉이 다른 것들로부터 격리되는 조건하에서 상기 시험 엘리먼트와 접촉시키는 단계, (e) 상기 시험 엘리먼트의 특성을 검출 또는 측정하는 단계, 및 (f) 상기 시험 엘리먼트의 특성에 그 조합의 한 엔티티 단독의 효과와는 상이한 효과를 미치는 엔티티들의 조합을 동정하는 단계.
Patent KR-20020009585-A (KR)
IPC: B60N3/10
Filed: 2000-03-27
Abstract: This invention provides a device for removably securing a wide variety of objects to different surfaces utilizing a partial vacuum. The device includes flexible material comprising one or more opening(s), wherein each opening is capable of forming a continuous seal with a portion of an object and the remaining material is capable of forming a continuous seal with a surface. The size of the opening and the size of the material can vary within the constraints that adequate material remains surrounding the opening to enable a continuous seal to be formed with a surface when an object is inserted into the opening. The device is used by inserting an object into an opening, thereby forming a continuous seal between the object and the opening and pressing the device against a surface, displacing air to create a partial vacuum in a manner that causes a continuous seal to form between the flexible material and the attachment surface, thereby removably securing the object to the surface.
Patent KR-20020002437-A (KR)
IPC: G01J3/46
Filed: 2001-02-22
Abstract: 견본품 등의 타겟색에 맞추는 CCM 조색이나 시감 조색 과정에서 작성되는 두 가지 이상의 샘플군을 가지고, 이 샘플색을 규정하는 착색제 등의 각 구성 성분이 CCM 장치에 등록되어 있는 조건에서, 상기 각 샘플색을 실측하여 얻어지는 분광 반사율(RST-n)과, 상기 샘플색의 배합에 대응하는 CCM 시뮬레이션에서 얻어지는 분광 반사율(RPR-n)과의 동일 n에서의 차분(△R-n)(n은 샘플 번호를 나타낸다)에 따라 상기 샘플군의 재현성의 평가를 행하여, 조색 작업을 계속 행할지 여부의 판단을 신속하고 또 간단하게 행한다. 한편, 이상 샘플이 확인된 경우, 특정식으로부터 얻어지는 상기 샘플의 차분(△R'-b)을 결정하여, 특정한 타겟색과 이것에 맞추는 CCM 시뮬레이션에서 얻어지는 조색 샘플의 색과의 차분의 비교에서, 상기 샘플에 혼입한 착색제 등의 구성 성분의 추정 및 그 혼입량을 추정한다.
Patent KR-20020000809-A (KR)
Title: 자동차의 객실 난방용 가열 시스템
IPC: F16K49/00
Filed: 2001-03-19
Abstract: 본 발명은 엔진 열을 반출하여 그 열을 자동차 실내로 이송하는 액체 순환 회로 및 그 액체 순환 회로에 액체 흐름 제어용 밸브 블록(7)이 마련되는 자동차 실내 난방용 가열 시스템에 관한 것이다.  밸브 블록(7)에는 전기 가열 장치가 통합되어 밸브 블록(7)을 통해 흐르는 액체를 가열하게 된다.
Patent KR-20020021133-A (KR)
Title: Composition and process for the solvent extraction of metals using aldoxime or ketoxime extractants
IPC: C22B15/00
Filed: 2000-05-30
Abstract: A solvent extraction composition is provided which comprises one or more orthohydroxyarylaldoxime or orthohydroxyarylketoxime and at least one dialkyl ester of an optionally substituted ethylene or polyethylene glycol and preferably a water immiscible organic solvent. The orthohydroxyarylaldoximes, or orthohydroxyarylketoximes commonly are of Formula (1),wherein R<1 >is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, and R<2 >is an ortho-hydroxyaryl group; and the dialkyl esters of an optionally substituted ethylene or polyethylene glycol commonly are of Formula (2),wherein R<7 >and R<8 >are each independently an optionally substituted alkyl group; R<9 >to R<20 >are each independently hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbyl; m, n and p are each independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 provided that m+n+p is greater than or equal to 1; and q is 1, 2 or 3. Preferred orthohydroxyarylaldoximes are 5-(C9 to C14alkyl)-2-hydroxybenzaldoximes and preferred orthohydroxyarylketoximes are 5-(C9 to C14alkyl)-2-hydroxyacetophenone oximes. Preferred dialkyl esters of an optionally substituted ethylene or polyethylene glycol are branched dialkyl esters comprising from 10 to 100 carbon atoms, wherein R<7 >or R<8 >are branched alkyl groups. Processes for the extraction of metal values from aqueous acidic and ammoniacal solutions are also provided.
Patent KR-20020057829-A (KR)
Title: Actuatable loadport system
Inventor: BACHRACH ROBERT Z
IPC: H01L21/677
Filed: 2002-01-05
Abstract: PURPOSE: An actuatable loadport system is provided to exchange wafer carriers between an overhead transfer mechanism and a platform by elevating the platform to disengage the wafer carrier from the overhead transfer mechanism so that the platform contacts the wafer carriers supported by the overhead transfer mechanism. CONSTITUTION: The wafer carrier(17) has at least one handle extending to the system. A transporter(21b) is coupled to the overhead transfer mechanism(19) and is adapted to move along the overhead transfer mechanism, having a wafer carrier coupling mechanism adapted to couple to the wafer carrier handle. The platform is positioned below the overhead transfer mechanism such that wafer carriers travel along the overhead transfer mechanism travel over the platform. An actuator is coupled to the platform and is adapted so as to elevate the platform to an elevation wherein the loading platform contacts the bottom of the wafer carrier coupled to the overhead transfer mechanism.