Patent ID: 7757626

Claim:
A processing apparatus for a substrate on which a coating film is formed by application of a coating solution, comprising: a holding member for holding the substrate thereon in a treatment container; a heating member for heating the substrate held on said holding member; a plurality of pressing members for pressing the coating film on the substrate from above; and a controller for controlling operations of said heating member and said plurality of pressing members so that said plurality of pressing members intermittently press an upper surface of the coating film on the substrate heated by said heating member, wherein said plurality of pressing members comprise a first pressing member having an apex portion protruding downward on a lower surface thereof and a second pressing member having a flat lower surface, and wherein said controller conducts control such that said first pressing member having an apex portion presses the upper surface of the coating film on the substrate and then said second pressing member having a flat lower surface presses the upper surface of the coating film.