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US 12,060,649 B2Granted
Raw material supply unit, single-crystal silicon ingot growing apparatus comprising same and raw material supply method
AssigneeSK Siltron Co., Ltd.
InventorsYun Gwang Shin, Young Jung Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a raw material supply unit comprising: a body having a space filled with a raw material; a partition for dividing the body, in the longitudinal direction, into at least two areas; at least two valves each provided in the respective areas in the body divided by the partition so as to open/close the lower portion of the body; and a drive unit for raising, in the vertical direction, each of the valves independently of each other.
Claims5
A raw material supply unit comprising:
- a body having a space configured to be filled with a raw material;
- a partition configured to divide the body into at least two regions in a longitudinal direction;
- at least two valves provided in the regions of the body divided by the partition, the at least two valves being configured to open and close a lower part of the body;
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- a driving unit configured to independently move the at least two valves in an upward-downward direction,
- wherein the driving unit comprises rods connected to the respective valves and rotary drums provided above the rods,
- wherein each of the valves forms a part of a conical shape, and each of the rods is connected to an upper part of a corresponding one of the valves, and
- wherein each valve is separately provided at the lower part of a corresponding one of the different at least two regions.
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