US 12,214,491 B2
Transfer robot for transferring gas container, gas supply cabinet, and gas supply system including the same
Kyeongsup Byeon, Suwon-si (KR); Inwook Koo, Seoul (KR); Dongwon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Minyoung Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Yi Jin, Seoul (KR); Jongkyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jinho So, Seoul (KR); Byungjun An, Suwon-si (KR); Yinghu Xu, Suwon-si (KR); and Beomsoo Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,081.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0025968 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2021; application No. 10-2021-0101013 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0123173 (KR), filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274780 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 19/023 (2013.01) [B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0033 (2013.01); F17C 13/045 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); F17C 2201/032 (2013.01); F17C 2201/056 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0107 (2013.01); F17C 2205/013 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0188 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0308 (2013.01); F17C 2205/05 (2013.01); F17C 2205/054 (2013.01); F17C 2260/031 (2013.01); F17C 2260/042 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0518 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas supply system comprising:
a loading/unloading stage that includes a cradle loader where a cradle is loaded with a gas container, a test buffer chamber configured to test the gas container, and a loading/unloading robot configured to transfer the gas container between the cradle and the test buffer chamber; and
a gas supply stage that includes a storage queue for temporarily storing the gas container, a gas supply cabinet where the gas container is mounted, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the gas container between the test buffer chamber and the storage queue and between the storage queue and the gas supply cabinet,
wherein the gas supply cabinet includes,
a cabinet frame having a first internal space;
a first base plate on which the gas container is mounted;
a first gripper for gripping the gas container mounted on the first base plate;
a valve operation module for operating a valve structure of the gas container between an open position allowing release of gas through a valve nozzle of the valve structure and a closed position blocking release of gas through the valve nozzle of the valve structure; and
a Compressed Gas Association (CGA) holding module including an end cap holder for fastening and separating an end cap for opening and closing an outlet of the valve nozzle to and from the valve nozzle, and a connector holder detachably fastened to the valve nozzle and having a gas nozzle communicating with a flow path of the valve nozzle.