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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernhard Schoenherr, Offenbach, DE;
Karl-Heinrich Wenk, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Assignee:
Leybold Aktiengesellschaft, Hanau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118720 ; 118715 ; 118718 ; 118717 ; 118726 ; 118729 ;
Abstract
A high-vacuum coating apparatus for coating films has beneath its coating cylinder (7) a pivoting unit (8) which can turn on a pivot shaft (25). It has an adjustable mask (29) and thereunder a shutter (28) which can run from a position covering an evaporator to a position releasing it. Due to its ability to turn, the pivoting unit (8) together with its parts can easily be cleaned.