Patent ID: 7393159

Claim:
An inline transfer system, comprising: a plurality of rotary conveyors each including a panel, and a plurality of air nozzles operably coupled to the panel, wherein the plurality of air nozzles inject air to move a substrate above the plurality of air nozzles without the plurality of air nozzles making contact with the substrate; at least one elevator operatively coupled between at least two of the rotary conveyors disposed on different vertical levels; at least two processing units operably coupled to at least one rotary conveyor, wherein the at least two processing units, each of the at least two processing devices includes an entrance and an exit for the substrate; a buffer module operably coupled to an entrance of each of the at least two processing units; wherein the substrate exiting a first process can be transferred by a rotary conveyor either to the buffer module at the entrance of a second processing unit or to the elevator depending on conditions set during manufacturing.