Patent ID: 6625835
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing a disk, comprising:a first pair of rollers configured for preparing the disk in a vertical orientation; a second pair of rollers configured for preparing the disk in a vertical orientation; a track configured to support the disk in the vertical orientation between the first pair of rollers and the second pair of rollers; and a pair of guiding rollers configured to transition the disk along the track from the first pair of rollers to the second pair of rollers, wherein each of the first pair of rollers and the second pair of rollers includes a first roller and a second roller, each first roller and second roller being oriented side by side and configured to rotate, an axis of rotation for each first and second roller being oriented parallel to a direction of movement along which the disk travels when transitioning along the track from the first pair of rollers to the second pair of rollers.