Patent ID: 8221551

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a reflector formed by depositing on a surface of a substrate a reflective layer, a coloring layer, and a protective layer in a predetermined order, comprising: a metal layer forming means for depositing the reflective layer; a pigment layer forming means for depositing the coloring layer; a protective layer forming means for depositing the protective layer; a vacuum chamber that has inside a single vacuum processing room including the metal layer forming means, the pigment layer forming means, and the protective layer forming means; and a drum-shaped substrate holder that simultaneously accommodates the metal layer forming means, the pigment layer forming means, and the protective layer forming means, the substrate holder being disposed rotatably inside the vacuum processing room and having an inner circumferential surface configured to be capable of supporting a plurality of substrates; wherein the substrate holder is structured to be detachable from the vacuum processing room; and wherein the vacuum chamber includes an open-end portion and an annular sealing member provided at the open-end portion, and the substrate holder includes a lid body that seals up, when the substrate holder is mounted to the vacuum chamber, the inside of the vacuum chamber by being brought into close contact with the open-end portion via the sealing member.