Patent ID: 7984690
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: G03F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A liquid treatment apparatus treating a surface of a substrate held generally horizontally on a stage in a housing by supplying a treating liquid to said surface from a supply nozzle, comprising: a cup body provided so as to surround said substrate held in said stage laterally, said cup body being mounted detachably to a base inside said housing from an upward direction thereof; a cup body holding part holding said cup body detachably; and an elevating mechanism moving said cup body holding part up and down between a first position at which said cup body is mounted upon said base and a second position located above said first position, wherein said second position is set to a height in which said cup body dismounted from said cup body holding part is taken out straight from an opening formed at a sidewall of said housing without causing interference with other devices.