Patent ID: 11951660
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A shaping method, comprising:
dispensing formable material on a substrate at a first location while the substrate is held by a first substrate chuck;
moving the substrate having the dispensed formable material from the first location to a second location; and
while a plate is held by a plate chuck and while the substrate is held by a second substrate chuck at the second location, contacting the dispensed formable material on the substrate with the plate to form a film layer,
wherein, while the substrate having the dispensed formable material is moved from the first location to the second location, a cover having one or more walls is positioned to enclose the substrate and the dispensed formable material such that a ratio of a diameter of the substrate to a distance between the cover and the substrate is 80:1 to 30:1.