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Processing device and method of maintaining the device, mechanism and method for assembling processing device part, and lock mechanism and method for locking the lock mechanism

US6899786B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2001
Grant dateMay 31, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/32458
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processing device in which maintenance can be easily carried out and a burden on a worker can be reduced, and a method of maintaining the device are provided. An upper electrode unit 106 structuring a ceiling portion of a processing chamber 102 of an etching device 100 is structured from a lower assembly 128 at a processing chamber 102 side including an upper electrode 130, and an upper assembly 126 at a power supply side including an electro-body 144. A lock mechanism 156 is released, and after the upper assembly 126 is independently raised and removed by a lift mechanism 164, maintenance of the upper assembly 126 and/or the lower assembly 128 is carried out. The lock mechanism 156 is locked, and after the upper and lower assemblies 126, 128 are integrally raised and removed by the lift mechanism 164, maintenance of an interior of the processing chamber 102 is carried out.

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