Patent ID: 8049768

Claim:
A processor for substrates that includes a housing having a lower wall surface, a processor mounted in the housing for processing substrates and having a portion spaced from the lower wall surface, a drawer slidably supported on said housing and having a portion in a space between the lower wall surface and the portion of the processor, the drawer including at least one ramp member pivotally mounted about an axis parallel to a direction of sliding movement of the drawer, the ramp member being pivotal from a first folded position wherein a side of the ramp member is adjacent a bottom of the drawer, to a second position wherein the ramp member is generally upright, the ramp member having a tapered surface for guiding substrates dropped on an upper side of the ramp member, and a camming surface on the ramp member engaging a portion of the processor when the drawer is moved from an extended position to a drawer retracted position, the camming surface acting to pivot the ramp member about its axis to the first folded position with the ramp member below the processor.