Device for handling wafers

摘要

The present invention provides a device for handling wafers with every group of more than one that is built in a cassette-less automatic wafer cleaning apparatus, wherein the group of wafers are washed at a time which does not require very high accuracy in positioning the wafers and may accommodate the wafers of any different diameters, the device for handling wafers (20) comprising: external hollow shafts (23) and internal shafts (24) inserted and freely slidable within the inside of the external hollow shafts (23); a drive mechanism, wherein each pair of the external hollow shafts (23) and the internal shafts (24) are movable in their respective opposed directions by the same distances with a timing belt (38) and a drive motor (36) for driving the timing belt (38); a pair of handling members (27), (28) respectively held fast at pairs of ends side by side of each pair of the external hollow shafts (23) and the internal shafts (24); and a plurality of supporting structures (31) holding the wafers provided on the respective opposed surfaces of handling members (27), (28).