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US 8,936,425 B2Granted
Ancillary apparatus and method for loading glass substrates into a bracket
AssigneeTera Autotech Corporation
InventorYi-Lung Lee
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AssigneeTera Autotech Corporation
InventorYi-Lung Lee
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An ancillary apparatus for loading glass substrates into a bracket through a robotic arm includes a holding rack to hold a bracket, a guiding mechanism located above the bracket and a glass lifting mechanism located below the bracket. The robotic arm grips the glass substrate and moves the glass substrate above the bracket to be guided by the guiding mechanism and held by the glass lifting mechanism, and then the glass substrate is released from the robotic arm. The glass substrate is guided by the guiding mechanism and braced by the glass lifting mechanism, and then is lowered slowly into the bracket. Hence the robotic arm does not need to be entered the bracket to load the glass substrate, extra space to receive the robotic arm can be saved and thus more glass substrates can be loaded. The cost is reduced and productivity is improved to meet production requirements.
An ancillary apparatus for receiving glass substrates from a robotic arm and loading the glass substrates into a bracket in sequence along a placing direction to make the glass substrates be erected on the bracket along an aligning direction perpendicular to the placing direction, comprising:
A method for loading glass substrates gripped by a robotic arm into a bracket in sequence along a placing direction to make the glass substrates be erected on the bracket along an aligning direction perpendicular to the placing direction, comprising the steps of:
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