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US 8,517,657 B2Granted
Corner chamber with heater
AssigneeWD Media, LLC
InventorsJinliang Chen, Noe D. Taburaza
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Abstract
A disk processing system with a corner chamber having a heater assembly and a carrier rotary assembly configured to rotate the heater assembly.
Claims13
A disk processing system, comprising:
- a corner chamber comprising:
- a mounting assembly, comprising:
- a mounting plate;
- a mounting post coupled to the mounting plate;
- and
- a first heater holder coupled to the mounting post, wherein the first and second heater elements are coupled to the first heater holder;
- a heater assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the heater assembly comprise a first heating element, a second heating element, a third heating element and a fourth heating element;
- a first shield disposed between the first heating element and the first heater holder;
- a second shield disposed between the second heating element and the first heater holder;
- a mounting bracket coupled to the first heater holder;
- and
- a second heater holder coupled to the mounting bracket, wherein the third and fourth heating elements are coupled to the second heater holder in positions adjacent to the first and second heating elements, respectively, with a gap there between;
- and
- a carrier rotary assembly coupled to mounting plate of the mounting assembly, the carrier rotary assembly to rotate the heater assembly about a rotational axis of the carrier rotary assembly.
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A method, comprising:
- transporting a disk carrier securing one or more disks into a corner chamber;
- and
- heating, in the corner chamber, the one or more disks using a heater assembly, wherein the corner chamber comprises:
- a mounting assembly, comprising:
- a mounting plate;
- a mounting post coupled to the mounting plate;
- and
- a first heater holder coupled to the mounting post, wherein the first and second heater elements are coupled to the first heater holder;
- the heater assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the heater assembly comprise a first heating element, a second heating element, a third heating element and a fourth heating element;
- a first shield disposed between the first heating element and the first heater holder;
- a second shield disposed between the second heating element and the first heater holder;
- a mounting bracket coupled to the first heater holder;
- and
- a second heater holder coupled to the mounting bracket, wherein the third and fourth heating elements are coupled to the second heater holder in positions adjacent to the first and second heating elements, respectively, with a gap there between;
- and
- a carrier rotary assembly coupled to mounting plate of the mounting assembly, the carrier rotary assembly to rotate the heater assembly about a rotational axis of the carrier rotary assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.