Patent ID: 6468351
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H01J,H01L

Abstract:
A vacuum processing apparatus with a processing chamber for processing a work; comprising:a base; a work platform on said base; a lid member forming a processing chamber when put on said work platform; an actuator for lowering said lid member onto said work platform and raising from said work platform, said actuator being located over said lid member; a frame having supporting posts set up in the rear part of said base, said frame supporting said lid member from above; conveying means for delivering the work onto said work platform, and discharging from said work platform, said conveying means being disposed between said supporting posts and said lid member; a supply container for supplying the work to said conveying means, said supply container positioned at a first side of said vacuum processing apparatus; and a storage container for storing the work discharged from said conveying means, said storage container positioned at a second side of said vacuum processing apparatus opposite said first side.