Transporting means and vacuum coating installation for substrates of different sizes

US8092607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Pollack · Coswig, DE
• Andrej Wolf · Dresden, DE
• Matthias Klooss · Dresden, DE
• Johannes Struempfel · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2249/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vacuum coating installation to coat planar substrates, comprising a vacuum chamber and a transport device arranged in the vacuum chamber for transporting the substrates along a transportation path through the vacuum chamber, with the transport device comprising a multitude of transport rollers arranged successively along the transportation path, each transport roller is adapted to be mounted at least at two different positions, vertically distanced from each other. A carrier frame has a substrate accepting structure and a guiding rod arranged at the bottom of the carrier frame in the direction of transportation to create a friction connection with the transportation device, connected to the carrier frame at the connection points, with the guiding rod being connected at least at one connection point to the carrier frame such that a relative displacement is possible of the guiding rod relative to the carrier frame in the direction of transportation.