Patent ID: 6673195
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: C03C,H01L

Abstract:
An apparatus for etching a plurality of glass panels comprising:a panel holder of cubical shape formed of two side walls, a bottom wall and a back wall for holding a plurality of glass panels vertically therein, said holder having an open top and an open front each engaged by a frictional bar for frictionally engaging a first and a second adjacent edge of each of said plurality of panels, said back wall and said bottom wall each being further provided with a plurality of tracks for frictionally engaging a third and a fourth adjacent edges of each of said plurality of panels, said two side walls being provided with connecting means for connecting to a rotating means provided on a tank into which the holder is positioned; and a tank having a cavity for holding a volume of an etchant solution and said panel holder immersed in said volume of etchant solution, said tank being further equipped with support means and rotating means for supporting and rotating said panel holder in a plane of said plurality of panels at a predetermined rotational speed.