Patent ID: 7327418

Claim:
An apparatus for processing anisotropic films, comprising: means for holding a substrate carrying an anisotropic film, a processing facility provided with at least one channel or a system of connected channels, wherein the channel or system of channels is provided with an input connected to means for supplying a working fluid and an output connected to a rarefaction or vacuum system, and at least a part of the channel or system of channels is open on the side of the film, wherein the channel or system of channels includes a plurality of extended walls surrounding the open part; and means for pressing the processing facility to the surface of the anisotropic film and/or substrate to form at least one working region or a system of working regions defined by the open part of the channel or system of channels and hermetically sealed by the plurality of extended walls, wherein the processing facility comprises a base plate and an elastic plate made of an elastic material mounted on the base plate, wherein the elastic plate has the plurality of extended walls and has a perimeter wall along the perimeter of the elastic plate, wherein the wall height of the perimeter wall is greater than the height of the plurality of extended walls by a value equal to the anisotropic film thickness.