Patent ID: 7081166

Claim:
A vacuum treatment planet system workpiece support for vacuum treatment installation, comprising: a sun system ( 9 , 9 ′) rotatable with respect to the installation about a sun system axis ( 7 ) which can be coupled to a drive ( 1 ), the sun system having a sun wheel ( 9 ); at least one planet system ( 17 , 17 ′) rotatably coupled to said sun system to rotate about said sun system axis ( 7 ) and rotatable about a planet axis ( 11 ) and having a driving coupling ( 15 , 13 ) for driving the planet system about said planet axis; and at least one moon system ( 29 , 31 ) supported on the planet system ( 17 ) and rotatable about a moon axis ( 19 ) and having a driving connection to the sun system ( 7 , 9 , 9 ′); said moon system having at least two moon wheels ( 29 ) staggered one upon the other along said moon axis ( 19 ) and mutually distant, each of said moon wheels ( 29 ) having a receiver for at least one workpiece, and wherein the driving connection of said moon system to said sun system, at least during operation, is established uninterruptedly.