Wafer handling and placement tool

Title: Wafer handling and placement tool

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A spring arm tool is provided for clamp engaging and supporting wafers while the tool is hand held. The tool includes a pair of relatively swingable jaw element supporting support arms and the jaw elements are notched to enjoy multiple point contact with a wafer peripheral portion. Also, one disclosed form of the tool includes remotely operable workpiece ejecting structure carried by the jaw elements thereof.

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Witherspoon, Linda L. ^[1]

(22 Cottonwood La., Los Lunas, NM 87031)

Issue Date:: 1988-01-05

OSTI Identifier:: 866462

Patent Number(s):: 4717190

Application Number:: 06/925,241

Assignee:: Witherspoon, Linda L. (22 Cottonwood La., Los Lunas, NM 87031) OSTI

DOE Contract Number:: 26-1631

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: wafer; handling; placement; tool; spring; arm; provided; clamp; engaging; supporting; wafers; hand; held; pair; relatively; swingable; jaw; element; support; arms; elements; notched; enjoy; multiple; contact; peripheral; portion; disclosed; form; remotely; operable; workpiece; ejecting; structure; carried; remotely operable; hand held; peripheral portion; closed form; jaw elements; support arm; /294/414/

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