Vacuum chamber for flat substrates
AssigneeLeybold Systems GmbH
InventorsThomas Gebele, Gert Rödling
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Abstract
A vacuum chamber for flat substrates features transport rollers for transport of the substrates. These transport rollers are held from the sides in bearings and are additionally braced between the bearings by at least one middle bearing. These middle bearings are each located on a plunger which is guided hermetically through an opening in the bottom of the vacuum chamber and is braced against a support underneath the bottom.
Claims8
Vacuum chamber for flat substrates, in which transport rollers located above a bottom of the vacuum chamber and held at each of two ends by one bearing are provided for transport of the substrates, wherein the transport rollers are additionally supported between the outer bearings by at least one middle bearing, which is located on a plunger which is guided hermetically through an opening in the bottom of the vacuum chamber and is braced against a support underneath the bottom.
A transporting system for flat substrates in a vacuum chamber comprising:
- a plurality of transport rollers;
- end bearings, each supporting one end of one of the plurality of transport rollers;
- at least one middle bearing supporting at least one of the plurality of transport rollers between corresponding end bearings;
- a plunger supporting said middle bearing, said plunger extending through an opening in the bottom of a vacuum chamber and being braced against a fixed support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.