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Non-contacting conveyance equipment

US9187256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2012
Grant dateNov 17, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/68728
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Non-contacting conveyance equipment for conveying a plate-like member in a non-contacting manner comprises a plate-like base body and a plurality of swirl flow-forming bodies provided at the base body. Each of the plurality of swirl flow-forming bodies includes a column-shaped main body, a cylindrical chamber formed inside the main body, that has an opening at one end, a flat end face formed at a surface of the main body, in which the cylindrical chamber is opened, a jetting port provided at an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical chamber, a fluid introduction port provided at an outer circumferential surface of the main body, and a fluid passage that connects the fluid introduction port to the jetting port.

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