Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110253181 | DEVICE FOR TREATING DISC-LIKE ARTICLES - A device for treating a disc-like article with a fluid, includes elements for dispensing a fluid onto the article and a chuck for holding and rotating the article around an axis perpendicular thereto. The chuck includes a base body, a drive ring, and gripping members for contacting the article at its edge. The gripping members are eccentrically movable with respect to the center of the article. The eccentric movement of the gripping members is driven by a drive ring rotatably mounted to the base body, so that the drive ring is rotatable against the base body around the axis. The relative rotational movement of the drive ring against the base body is carried out by either holding the base body and rotating the drive ring or by holding the drive ring and rotating the base body, whereby the to-be-held-part (drive ring or base body) is held without touching the respective to-be-held-part by magnetic force. | 10-20-2011 |
20110304107 | DEVICE FOR TREATING DISC-LIKE ARTICLES - A device for treating a disc-like article with a fluid, includes elements for dispensing a fluid onto the article and a chuck for holding and rotating the article around an axis perpendicular thereto. The chuck includes a base body, a drive ring, and gripping members for contacting the article at its edge. The gripping members are eccentrically movable with respect to the center of the article. The eccentric movement of the gripping members is driven by a drive ring rotatably mounted to the base body, so that the drive ring is rotatable against the base body around the axis. The relative rotational movement of the drive ring against the base body is carried out by either holding the base body and rotating the drive ring or by holding the drive ring and rotating the base body, whereby the to-be-held-part (drive ring or base body) is held without touching the respective to-be-held-part by magnetic force. | 12-15-2011 |
20120018940 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING WAFER SHAPED ARTICLES - A device for holding wafer-shaped articles, such as semiconductor wafers, is equipped with a series of pins that are brought into contact with a peripheral edge of the wafer-shaped article, under control of a common gear ring or a series of conjointly operated gear sectors. In the regions of the gear ring or gear sectors engaging the pin assemblies, those elements are designed to yield more readily than other regions of the gear ring or gear sectors, to accommodate differential thermal expansion of the chuck components in the vicinity of the pin assemblies. | 01-26-2012 |
20130154203 | DEVICE FOR TREATING SURFACES OF WAFER-SHAPED ARTICLES AND GRIPPING PIN FOR USE IN THE DEVICE - A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a rotary chuck having a series of pins adapted to hold a wafer shaped article on the rotary chuck. Each of the pins comprises a cylindrical body and a projecting gripping portion formed integrally therewith. The cylindrical body and gripping portion are made from a ceramic material. The gripping portion comprises cylindrical surfaces having a common generatrix with surfaces of the cylindrical body. | 06-20-2013 |
20130233356 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SURFACES OF WAFER-SHAPED ARTICLES - An apparatus and method for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises an array of nozzles that are stationary in use, and are individually controlled to simulate the action of a moving boom arm without the actual need for such an arm. Preferably three such arrays are provided, for dispensing three different types of liquid at various process stages. The computer control of the nozzle valves may cause only one nozzle of each array to be open at any given time, or may cause a pair of adjacent nozzles to be open simultaneously. | 09-12-2013 |