Patents by Inventor Andrew Paul Lunday

Andrew Paul Lunday has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Box handling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5894711
    Abstract: A box handling apparatus having particular application in the packaging of semiconductor wafers, includes a box opening assembly which can unlatch a lid from a bottom of the box and separate the lid from the bottom. Arms can grip an article, such as a wafer cassette, in the bottom of the box and lift it out. The cassette can be loaded, or wafers already in the cassette unloaded. The apparatus can replace the loaded cassette in the bottom of the box and latchingly re-engage the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Davidson, Andrew Paul Lunday, Gordon P. Hampton, James C. Lenk, Gary L. Anderson, Larry W. Shive