Patent ID: 9616451
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B05B,H01L

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing a wafer-shaped article, comprising: a holder for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation; a dispense arm with a dispense nozzle for dispensing a fluid onto a wafer-shaped article held by the holder, the dispense arm being movable between at least one dispensing position overlying a wafer-shaped article held by the holder and a standby position; and a blow-off block adjacent to the dispense nozzle when the dispense arm is in the standby position, the blow-off block comprising at least one gas discharge opening directed toward an outer surface of the dispense nozzle when the dispense arm is in the standby position, so as to blow off any accumulated liquid droplets from an outer surface of the dispense nozzle; wherein said blow-off block is U-shaped and comprises a lateral opening that faces a central region of said holder so that said dispense nozzle can be received within said blow-off block by being moved laterally into said standby position without vertically moving said dispense nozzle.