Patent ID: 8360226

Claim:
An apparatus for the contamination-free, precisely defined horizontal orientation and positioning of thin, shock-sensitive crystalline plates, in particular glass plates ( 11 ), in ultra-clean room conditions, said apparatus comprising: a) a roller conveyor with rollers ( 2 ) and a drive ( 3 ) common to all of the rollers, b) an orienting unit with a lifting frame ( 8 ) and an orienting frame ( 5 ) lying thereon, wherein the orienting frame ( 5 ) has longitudinally extending cross braces ( 4 ) which are connected thereto in an articulated manner such that they can rotate, have support elements and pass through the free space between the rollers ( 2 ), protrude beyond the support level of the rollers ( 2 ) and support the glass plate ( 9 ), c) two laterally moving slide elements which are operated by drives ( 6 ), which are each individually controllable, and each coupled to said cross braces via rotary joints ( 7 ).