Patent ID: 8740536

Claim:
A chamber comprising a lock ( 2 ) with a removable lock cover ( 18 ) and a device for introducing substrates ( 5 ) into the chamber ( 1 ) and/or for removing substrates ( 5 ) from the chamber ( 1 ) as well as for collecting substrate fragments ( 19 ), the device comprising: a transport means ( 4 ) for transporting the substrate ( 5 ) in a horizontal XY-plane, inside the chamber ( 1 ) to an area of the lock; a sealing frame ( 6 ) held in the transport means ( 4 ) and being movable in a Z-direction perpendicular to the XY-plane; a substrate support ( 7 ) for sealing the substrates ( 5 ), being engageable with the sealing frame ( 6 ) and liftable in a Z-direction from the sealing frame; a closure means ( 16 ) for closing and opening a lower side of the sealing frame ( 6 ) and for lifting and lowering the sealing frame ( 6 ) relative to the transport means ( 4 ), the closure means being movable in the Z-direction via a lifting means ( 17 ); and a collection container ( 3 ) positioned below the substrate support ( 7 ) and being movable together with the closure means ( 16 ) to be lifted or lowered in the Z-direction for lifting and lowering the substrate support ( 7 ) and for releasably connecting the collection container ( 3 ) with the lock cover ( 18 ).