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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
EBARA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate while rotating the substrate and placing a cleaning member in contact with the rotating substrate is disclosed. The substrate cleaning apparatus comprises: a self-cleaning member mounted to an arm supporting the cleaning member, the self-cleaning member being configured to come into contact with the cleaning member to perform self-cleaning of the cleaning member; and a moving mechanism mounted to the arm supporting the cleaning member, the moving mechanism being configured to move the self-cleaning member between a position where the self-cleaning member is in contact with the cleaning member and a position where the self-cleaning member is separated from the cleaning member.