Patent ID: 9299596
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B05C,B05D,F24F,G03F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A substrate treating apparatus comprising: a plurality of substrate treatment lines configured to carry out plural different treatments on substrates while transporting the substrates horizontally; and a controller programmed to change processes of treatment carried out on the substrates for each of the substrate treatment lines; wherein the plurality of substrate treatment lines are arranged vertically with an upper substrate treatment line arranged above a lower substrate treatment line, further wherein each substrate treatment line includes treating blocks extending along a horizontal path and said plurality of substrate treatment lines are disposed parallel to each other and separated from each other by a vertical distance; wherein each treating block includes treating units; wherein each of the substrate treatment lines includes a transporting space in each treating block and a main transport mechanism for transporting the substrates to and from the treating units, each main transport mechanism is located in the transporting space of each treating block; wherein each main transport mechanism further comprises: two third guide rails providing vertical guidance wherein the two third guide rails are fixed vertically and parallel to each other at one side of the transporting space in each treating block; a fourth guide rail providing horizontal guidance, wherein the fourth guide rail is vertically slidably attached to the two third guide rails; and a base for holding substrates, said base is horizontally slidable along the fourth guide rail between the two third guide rails, thereby enabling the base to move vertically and horizontally; wherein the controller is programmed to cause part of the substrate treatment lines to treat the substrates in a process in a normal operation, and other of the substrate treatment lines to treat the substrates in a process n a test run for testing, inspecting, checking or verifying treatment quality or for testing the treating units; and wherein the controller is programmed to cause the process in the normal operation in the part of