# US 5,350,455 A · Device for holding disk-shaped substrates in the vacuum chamber of a coating or etching apparatus

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- Number: US 5,350,455 A
- Document ID: US5350455A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/160,927
- Filed: 1993-12-01
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1993-02-25
- Assignees: Leybold Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Peter Mahler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5350455A

## CPC

- C23C 14/50: Substrate holders
- C23C: COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D39/00, B23K; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B41/00; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q1/04)

## Abstract

A flat rectangular substrate bed (3) having opposed parallel endwalls (14) and parallel sidewalls (16) receives a pair of clamping jaws (4) each having an L-shaped cross-section with a short limb against each sidewall and a long limb extending halfway over the top surface of the substrate bed. The long limbs (6) have arcuate recesses (7) which cooperate to surround the substrates (2) and thereby center and hold them. The two clamping jaws (4) are held by end bars (11) which are tightly joined to the substrate bed (3) by means of pins (10) and (12) received in respective bores (9) in the jaws and (13) in the endwalls.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Apparatus for holding disk-shaped substrates, said apparatus comprising
a flat rectangular substrate bed having a top surface, parallel opposed endwalls, and parallel opposed sidewalls,
a pair of clamping jaws each having an L-shaped cross section with a short limb fitted against a respective sidewall, a long limb extending halfway over said top surface, and a pair of opposed ends, each said long limb having a plurality of semi-circular recesses which cooperate with respective said recesses of the other said limb to hold respective said substrates therebetween, and
means for positioning said clamping jaws firmly with respect to said substrate bed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said means for positioning comprises
a pair of end bars each fitted against an endwall of said substrate bed and an end of each said clamping jaw, and
bore and pin means cooperating between each said end bar and a respective said endwall and pair of ends.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

Apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said bore and pin means comprises four pins fixed to each said endwall, a pair of bores in each said endwall, and a bore in each said end, said ends being flush with said endwalls.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

Apparatus as in claim 3 further comprising a like plurality of substrate holding disks fixed in a row to said top surface of said bed, each said holding disk being positioned to receive a pair of opposed arcuate recesses therearound.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

Apparatus as in claim 4 wherein each said holding disk has a top surface to which a heat transfer medium has been applied.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said heat transfer medium is an indium-gallium preparation.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said top surface has groove means adjacent to each said sidewall and each said endwall.