US 2014/0231305 A1Published application

Cassette assembly

AssigneeDisco Corporation

InventorsNobukazu Dejima, Masaya Takeuchi, Seiki Ohishi, Yuji Okimoto, Naoya Tokumitsu, Takeshi Komaba

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Abstract

A cassette assembly for storing a plurality of platelike workpieces. The cassette assembly includes a first cassette, a second cassette stacked on the first cassette, and a fixing unit for fixing the first cassette and the second cassette to each other in the stacked condition. Both of the cassettes include a first side plate having workpiece supporting grooves, and a second side plate arranged parallel to the first side plate. The second side plate has workpiece supporting grooves respectively opposed to the workpiece supporting grooves of the first side plate, a top plate for connecting the upper ends of the first and second side plates, a bottom plate for connecting the lower ends of the first and second side plates, and a load/unload opening formed near the front ends of the first and second side plates, the top plate, and the bottom plate for loading and unloading the workpieces.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A cassette assembly for storing a plurality of platelike workpieces, comprising:

a first cassette;
a second cassette stacked on said first cassette;
and
fixing means for fixing said first cassette and said second cassette to each other in the stacked condition of said first and second cassettes;
each of said first and second cassettes including:
a first side plate having a plurality of workpiece supporting grooves;
a second side plate arranged parallel to said first side plate with a predetermined space defined therebetween, said second side plate having a plurality of workpiece supporting grooves respectively opposed to said workpiece supporting grooves of said first side plate;
a top plate for connecting upper ends of said first and second side plates;
a bottom plate for connecting lower ends of said first and second side plates;
and
a load/unload opening formed near front ends of said first and second side plates, said top plate, and said bottom plate for loading and unloading said workpieces.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.