摘要 |
In a device for vacuum coating of a sheet such as a glass plate, especially by reactive cathode sputtering, with a film made from a semiconductor, a metal oxide or another metal compound, the parts within the coating chamber adjacent to the sheet (2) which are exposed to a particle stream coming from cathode (4) for example, screen or shielding plates (10), electrodes (8) and/or shielding plates (12), are provided with end areas (10') and/or protrusions that are shaped like a knife edge. Such an edge has been found to promote cracking along the edge which relieves stresses and reduces chipping and resultant damage to the coating being deposited on that sheet.
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