发明名称 Conveyor and deposition apparatus, and maintenance method thereof
摘要 A conveyor and a deposition apparatus, and a maintenance method thereof are disclosed. The conveyor includes a frame; a lower support mechanism for supporting a carrier on which is longitudinally mounted a substrate and for transferring the carrier; and an upper support mechanism for supporting the carrier, in which the frame comprises a lower frame and an upper frame, and in which the lower support mechanism is provided on the lower frame and the upper support mechanism is provided on the upper frame, the upper frame and the lower frame being configured to be separately movable. Therefore, with the rotational movement of the upper frame, it is possible to arrange a cathode member in a space formed above the lower frame. This can make the spacing between the deposition treatment passage and the carrier transfer passage small. As a result, it is possible to make an inner court of the deposition apparatus narrow. Therefore, in the conveyor capable of transferring a carrier and in the deposition apparatus including the conveyor and further including a vacuum treatment apparatus and a transfer system, it is possible to make the installation area thereof small and narrow.
申请公布号 US8740205(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.03
申请号 US20080596264 申请日期 2008.04.15
申请人 Ulvac, Inc. 发明人 Ishino Koji;Nakamura Hajime;Matsuda Mayako;Shindou Takaaki;Koshimizu Takaharu
分类号 B25B11/00 主分类号 B25B11/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A conveyor for transferring a carrier which holds a substrate, comprising: a frame having a lower frame and an upper frame; a lower support mechanism provided on an upper surface of the lower frame for supporting a bottom edge portion of the carrier from below; and an upper support mechanism provided on a lower surface of the upper frame for supporting a top edge portion of the carrier from above; lower support mechanism and the upper support mechanism hold the carrier substantially upright therebetween; and wherein the upper frame and the lower frame being configured to be separately rotatable in a horizontal direction.
地址 Chigasaki-Shi JP