Patent ID: 6264752
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B08B,H01L

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing a workpiece comprising:a first chamber member having an interior first chamber member wall;a second chamber member having an interior second chamber member wall, the first and second chamber members adapted for relative movement between a loading position in which the first and second chamber members are spaced apart from each other, and a processing position in which the first and second chamber members are engaged to each other, to define a processing chamber, and with the interior first and second chamber member walls parallel to each other in both the loading position and in the processing, position;at least one workpiece support assembly for supporting the workpiece, the at least one workpiece support assembly having a plurality of support members operable to space the workpiece a first distance from the interior first chamber member wall, when the first and second chamber members are in the loading position, and also operable to space the workpiece a second distance from the interior first chamber member wall, when the first and second chamber members are in the processing position, with the first distance greater than the second distance.