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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Disco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing apparatus includes a chuck table having a holding surface for holding a workpiece thereon, a spindle having a distal end portion to which a mount for supporting the processing tool mounted thereon is fixed, and a seat structure disposed around the chuck table. A jig that is used when the processing tool is to be mounted on the mount includes a first support for supporting the processing tool thereon, a second support positioned below the first support and supported on the seat structure, and a main body disposed between the first support and the second support. The main body includes a balloon that is expandable when gas is introduced thereinto and that is collapsible when the gas is discharged therefrom. The balloon with the processing tool supported on the first support is able to be expanded to move the processing tool toward the mount.