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Spindrier

US5435075A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 1993
Grant dateJul 25, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF26B5/08
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A spindrier comprises a box enclosing a plurality of wafers, a motor for rotating the wafers in the box, upper and lower clamp bars for holding the wafers face to face and substantially perpendicular to a rotating shaft of rotating means, and gas introducing and discharging mechanisms for generating a flow of clean gas in the box. A sectional area of an open bottom of the box is smaller than a sectional area of an open top of the box, and the gas flows from the open top to the open bottom.

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