US 7,347,312 B2
Distribution system and method of operating the same
Jae-Yong Han, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Jun-Ho Cheong, Gyeongsangnam-do (Korea, Republic of); and Byung-Woo Jung, Chungcheongnam-do (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Apr. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,992.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0024070 (KR), filed on Apr. 08, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0274588 A1, Dec. 15, 2005
Int. Cl. B65G 37/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 198—346.2  [198/346.3; 414/797] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distribution system, comprising:
a first transfer assembly for transferring substrates from a plate to a conveyer; and
a distribution assembly for distributing the substrates transferred by the conveyer to a first testing assembly or a second testing assembly,
wherein the distribution assembly includes a first sub-conveyer and a second sub-conveyer, an outlet of one of the first sub-conveyer and the second sub-conveyer corresponding to an inlet of one of the first testing assembly and the second testing assembly, wherein the first sub-conveyer and the second sub-conveyer of the distribution assembly are connected in parallel by a connection bar and adapted to be adjacent to one another.