Patent ID: 8015983

Claim:
A surface treatment apparatus for sequentially carrying an introduced workpiece to a series of devices for operations in the respective devices, thereby obtaining the surface treated workpiece, wherein the surface treatment apparatus comprises: a supply device for supplying the introduced workpiece to the inside of a treatment cell of a subsequent surface treatment device; a surface treatment device for supplying a surface treatment liquid to the inside of the treatment cell while rotating the treatment cell, thereby performing a surface treatment on the workpiece; a workpiece collection device for inverting the treatment cell, and squirting the inside of the treatment cell with water from below to flow out the workpiece, thereby collecting the workpiece into a collection vessel; a drying device for receiving the collection vessel from the workpiece collection device, and exposing the workpiece within the collection vessel to air, thereby drying the workpiece; and a carrying device for carrying the treatment cell between the surface treatment devices, and between the surface treatment device and the workpiece collection device, and wherein the surface treatment apparatus comprises the one or more surface treatment devices.