Patent ID: 8328255

Claim:
An apparatus for the contamination-free transfer of thin, shock-sensitive crystalline plates from a horizontal position into a defined vertical position, said apparatus comprising: a) a plurality of horizontally extending rollers, b) a transfer fork with suction head support struts ( 7 ) fastened perpendicularly to the transfer fork, a top side of the struts ( 7 ) having suction heads ( 8 ) distributed over a length of the struts ( 7 ), wherein the suction heads ( 8 ) have suction elements ( 15 ) for the attraction by suction of a glass plate ( 11 ), c) a lower deflection gear mechanism ( 3 ) for pivoting the transfer fork between a horizontal position and a vertical position, wherein said suction head support struts pass through free space between said rollers when said transfer fork is pivoted between said horizontal position and said vertical position, and d) an upper deflection gear mechanism ( 4 ) for fine adjustment and for setting down a glass plate in a setting-down apparatus ( 12 ).