Patent ID: 7483123
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B82Y,G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate conveyor apparatus for carrying a substrate on which patterns are formed, the substrate conveyor apparatus comprising: a substrate removing position; a standby position; and a protective cover comprising a first cover member and a second cover member disposed so as to cover the substrate, wherein the protective cover protects the substrate when the substrate is covered by the protective cover, and the first cover member and the second cover member close to cover an inner surface of the protective cover when the substrate is removed from the protective cover, and wherein the substrate conveyor apparatus is configured to, after removing the second cover member from the first cover member and after carrying the substrate with the first cover member to the substrate removing position, return the first cover member to the standby position and, together with the second cover member, hold the protective cover in a closed state.