Patent ID: 7367601

Claim:
A substrate carrying apparatus configured for carrying a substrate with electronic parts mounted thereon, said substrate carrying apparatus comprising: an arm body; a first support mechanism provided on the arm body and adapted to support a substrate to be carried, from above the same; and a second support mechanism provided on the arm body and adapted to support electronic parts mounted on the substrate, from above the same, wherein the first support mechanism includes a plurality of first support members arranged so as to correspond to the substrate, wherein the first support members include suction members adapted to stick to an upper surface of the substrate by suction to hold the substrate, wherein the second support mechanism includes a plurality of second support members arranged so as to correspond to the electronic parts, wherein the second support members include suction members extending above the respective electronic parts and adapted to stick to respective upper surfaces of the electronic parts by suction to hold the respective electronic parts, and wherein the suction members of the second support members are positioned outside the suction members of the first support members in such that a positioning area of the suction members of the second support members surrounds a positioning area of the suction members of the first support members in a plan view thereof, and the suction members of the second support members are continuously positioned below the suction members of the first support members in elevation so that the suction members of the first support members and the suction members of the second support members securely stick to the upper surface of the substrate and the respective upper surfaces of the electric parts respectively.