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AssigneeVon Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
InventorsJohannes Struempfel, Reinhardt Bauer, Andreas Heisig, Hans-Christian Hecht, Hartmut Freitag, Heiko Richter, André Ulbricht, Falk Schwerdtfeger
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A transport device for transporting elongated substrates through a vacuum coating system comprises an essentially rectangular frame and two groups of holding elements, which are rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the frame in such a manner that any pair of opposite holding elements can be connected to both ends of a substrate. Furthermore, at least one retainer bar is provided that is operatively connected to a group of holding elements in such a manner that the holding elements of this group are moveable in order to increase or decrease by choice their distance from the holding elements of the other group. Also provided are a loading and unloading device for loading and unloading the transport device, and a method for loading and unloading the transport device.
Transport device for transporting elongated substrates having two ends through a vacuum coating system, comprising an essentially rectangular frame, a first group and a second group of linearly arrayed substrate holding inserts, rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the frame, defining mutually opposed pairs of substrate holding inserts, each pair of substrate holding inserts being connected to both ends of a respective intermediate substrate during substrate transport, and, at least one retainer bar operatively connected to the first group of inserts in such a manner that the inserts of the first group are moveable in order to increase or decrease their distance from the inserts of the second group.
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