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        <date>20250919</date>
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        <doc-number>2024-169153</doc-number>
        <date>20240927</date>
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            <name>HIRATA CORPORATION</name>
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              <address-1>111 Hitotsugi, Ueki-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken</address-1>
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            <name>Yasuaki KUROKI</name>
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              <address-1>c/o HIRATA CORPORATION, 111 Hitotsugi, Ueki-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken</address-1>
              <country>JP</country>
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            <name>Takuya TOJO</name>
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              <address-1>c/o HIRATA CORPORATION, 111 Hitotsugi, Ueki-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken</address-1>
              <country>JP</country>
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            <name>Yasuaki ODA</name>
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              <address-1>c/o HIRATA CORPORATION, 111 Hitotsugi, Ueki-machi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken</address-1>
              <country>JP</country>
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            <name>TIMOTHY SIAW YEAN HWA</name>
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              <address-1>C/O SHEARN DELAMORE &amp; CO., 7TH FLOOR, WISMA HAMZAH-KWONG HING, NO. 1, LEBOH AMPANG 50100 KUALA LUMPUR</address-1>
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    <invention-title lang="en">WORK APPARATUS AND CARRY-IN/OUT APPARATUS</invention-title>
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      <wo-national-office-event-date>
        <date>20250919</date>
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      <wo-national-office-event-date>
        <date>20260327</date>
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  <abstract lang="en">
    <p num="0001">A work apparatus comprises a carry-in/out mechanism and a moving mechanism for moving the carry-in/out mechanism, wherein the carry-in/out mechanism includes a substrate support member for supporting a substrate, an advancement/retraction mechanism configured to advance/retract the substrate support member, a substrate conveyance mechanism for conveying the substrate, and a lifting/lowering mechanism configured to lift/lower the substrate conveyance mechanism, the advancement/retraction mechanism includes a base end portion support member for supporting a base end portion of the substrate support member, and a drive portion for moving the base end portion support member, the base end portion is provided at an end portion of the substrate support member, and the lifting/lowering mechanism lifts/lowers the substrate conveyance mechanism and thereby the substrate is transferred between the substrate support member and the substrate conveyance mechanism. Figure 1.</p>
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