Patent ID: 7828488

Claim:
A developing apparatus, to which a substrate carrying means delivers a substrate coated with a solution, processed by an exposure process and to be processed by a developing process, comprising: a pair of rotating members disposed longitudinally opposite to each other such that the respective axes of rotation thereof are parallel to each other and horizontal; a carrying passage forming mechanism extended between the pair of rotating members so as to move along an orbital path and forming a carrying passage along which a substrate placed thereon is carried; a sending-in transfer unit disposed at an upstream end of the carrying passage to transfer a substrate from the substrate carrying means to the carrying passage forming mechanism; a sending-out transfer unit disposed at a downstream end of the carrying passage to transfer a substrate from the carrying passage forming mechanism to the substrate carrying means; and a developer pouring nozzle for pouring a developer onto a substrate, a cleaning nozzle for pouring a cleaning liquid onto a substrate and a gas nozzle for blowing a gas against a substrate arranged in that order in a direction in which a substrate mounted on the carrying passage forming mechanism moves.