Patents by Inventor Jerry E. Tong

Jerry E. Tong 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).

  • Article handling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4557657
    Abstract: An article handling device which is particularly well suited for loading articles into a reactor furnace for processing and subsequently unloading the processed articles. The article handling device is supported and vertically movable into alignment with the reactor furnace and includes an article moving device which is reciprocally vertically elevatable and reciprocally horizontally extensible for loading the articles into the reactor furnace and subsequent unloading thereof with minimal disturbing of the reactor process residue which is inherently deposited in the interior of the reactor furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Materials America, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald M. Olson, Norman L. Jackson, Jerry E. Tong