Patent ID: 8500977

Claim:
A coating apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a receiving space; a sputter mechanism facing a through hole; an evaporation mechanism facing the through hole; and a workpiece transport assembly comprising a fixing plate having the through hole, a first transport member, a first shaft, a second transport member, and a second shaft, wherein the fixing plate is secured to the housing and divides the receiving space into a sputter chamber and an evaporation chamber, the sputter mechanism is mounted in the sputter chamber, and the evaporation mechanism is mounted in the evaporation chamber, the sputter chamber communicates with the evaporation chamber via the through hole, the first transport member is configured to transport at least one workpiece between a first position and a second position, and the first shaft is secured to the first transport member and rotatably mounted to the fixing plate, the first shaft configured to rotate the first transport member containing the at least one workpiece to the first position to be coated by both the sputter mechanism and the evaporation mechanism via the through hole and move the first transport member containing the at least one workpiece to the second position to be coated by only the sputter mechanism or only the evaporation mechanism, the second transport member is configured to transport at least one workpiece between a first position and a second position, and the second shaft is secured to the second transport member and rotatably mounted to the fixing plate, the second shaft configured to rotate the second transport member containing the at least one workpiece to the first position to be coated by both the sputter mechanism and the evaporation mechanism via the through hole and move the first transport member containing the at least one workpiece to the second position to be coated by only the sputter mechanism or only the evaporation mechanism.