Patent ID: 8308866

Claim:
A vapor deposition apparatus comprising: a vacuum chamber; a vacuum deposition vessel arranged inside the vacuum chamber, the vacuum deposition vessel having a plurality of discharge openings; a feeding unit in which a vapor deposition material is placed; a loading chamber connected to the vacuum deposition vessel and the feeding unit; a conveying unit configured to be movable between an interior of the loading chamber and that of the vacuum deposition vessel, the vapor deposition material being fed on the conveying unit from the feeding unit when the conveying unit is located inside the loading chamber, and the conveying unit conveying the vapor deposition material inside the vacuum deposition vessel; a heating unit configured to heat the vacuum deposition vessel in order to emit a material vapor from the vapor deposition material located inside the vacuum deposition vessel and to discharge the material vapor into the vacuum chamber through the plurality of discharge openings, wherein when the conveying unit is located inside the loading chamber, an interior of the loading chamber is shielded from an interior of the vacuum deposition vessel.