Patent ID: 8441614

Claim:
A processing apparatus configured to process a substrate, the processing apparatus comprising: a movable stage which includes a chuck configured to hold the substrate and an elevating device configured to rise relative to the chuck to hold the substrate; and a movable hand configured to convey the substrate from the movable stage at a transfer position, wherein the movable stage moves to change from a first direction to a second direction at an angle between 30 degrees and 120 degrees via the transfer position in a state where the elevating device rises relative to the chuck, and wherein the movable hand has a shape such that: a) in a case where a delivery of the substrate from the chuck to the elevating device is completed before the movable stage reaches the transfer position, the movable stage and the substrate held by the elevating device, which reach the transfer position from the first direction, do not interfere with the movable hand positioned at the transfer position before the movable stage reaches the transfer position, and b) in a state, at the transfer position, where a delivery of the substrate from the elevating device to the movable hand is completed, and a height of a lower surface of the movable hand relative to the chuck is smaller than a height of an upper surface of the elevating device relative to the chuck, the movable stage, which starts moving to the second direction, does not interfere with the movable hand and the substrate held by the movable hand.