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Polishing apparatus and polishing method

US7744445B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateOct 12, 2005
Grant dateJun 29, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B21/002
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A polishing apparatus has a polishing tape (21), a supply reel (22) for supplying the polishing tape (21) to a contact portion (30) at which the polishing tape (21) is brought into contact with a notch portion (11) of a substrate (10), and a take-up reel (23) for winding up the polishing tape (21) from the contact portion (30). The polishing apparatus also has a first guide portion (24) having as guide surface (241) for supplying the polishing tape (21) directly to the contact portion (30), and a second guide portion (25) having a guide surface for supplying the polishing tape (21) tot the take-up reel (23). The guide surface (241) of the first guide portion (24) and/or the guide surface of the second guide portion (25) has a shape corresponding to a shape of the notch portion (11) of the substrate (10).

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