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US 2014/0174670 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for removing a cmp pad from a platen
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Bandy, Graham M. Bates, Jeffery A. Brigante
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing a pad adhesively secured to a platen. The apparatus includes a barrel assembly having a clamp assembly fixedly attached to a perimeter of the barrel assembly; a rotatable handle assembly nested within the barrel assembly; and a ratchet assembly nested between the handle assemble and the barrel assembly the ratchet assembly configured to engage the rotatable handle assembly.
Claims12
An apparatus, comprising:
- a barrel assembly having a clamp assembly fixedly attached to a perimeter of said barrel assembly;
- a rotatable handle assembly nested within said barrel assembly;
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- a ratchet assembly nested between a portion of said rotatable handle assembly that is nested within said barrel assembly, said ratchet assembly configured to engage said handle assembly.
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