Patent ID: 6294226
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B29C,B29L,C23C

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a plastic container coated with a diamond-like carbon film, comprising:an outer electrode having a chamber with a shape comparable to an outline of the plastic container, the plastic container being received in the chamber, and an inner surface of the chamber of the outer electrode having a shape in which the plastic container having a protrusion can be received within the chamber;an inner electrode inserted into the plastic container which is received within the chamber of the outer electrode; andan attaching member having an inner surface with a shape comparable to the outline of the plastic container, the attaching member covering an area where the protrusion is formed when the attaching member is attached to the plastic container, the attaching member configured to be received within the chamber of the outer electrode in company with the plastic container in a state where the attaching member is attached to the plastic container, the attaching member being electrically conductive,wherein the diamond-like carbon film if formed on an inner surface of the plastic container received in the chamber by generating plasma between the outer electrode and the inner electrode after the chamber is evacuated and gas as a carbon source is supplied into the chamber, andwherein the attaching member is set in a space formed between the inner surface of the chamber of the outer electrode and an outer surface of the plastic container received in the chamber.