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Automation for rotary sorters

US10406562B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Applied Materials, Inc. · US

Inventors

Markus J. Stopper · Hergolding, DE
Asaf Schlezinger · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB07C2501/0063
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In one example, a sorting unit includes a sorting system and a plurality of bins into which substrates are sorted. The sorting unit includes a bin handler having a first end effector for receiving one bin of the plurality of bins, and second end effector for disposing an empty bin in the previous location of the received bin. In one example, a method of operating a sorting unit is also provided.

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