Patent ID: 7513953
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of gas inlets; a top plate mounted to an axle; mandrel assemblies for supporting said gas inlets mounted in mandrel cutouts of said top plate; a bottle lift mechanism for lifting bottles around said gas inlets and into said mandrel assemblies; a U-channel having a cylindrical shape such that a radius to a center of said U-channel equals a distance of said gas inlets from said axle, said U-channel comprising a vertical cylindrical outer sidewall concentric with said center of said U-channel and having a first radius from said axle, a vertical cylindrical inner sidewall concentric with said outer sidewall and having a second radius from said axle less than said first radius, and a horizontal annular base extending from said inner sidewall to said outer sidewall.