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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1995
Hiroshi Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Nobuaki Doi, Hyogo, JP;
Masashi Omori, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroaki Ishikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoden Semiconductor System Engineering Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A steam drying apparatus in which a process chamber is fitted at a loading opening with a lid which is closed from above. The inner side wall surface of the process chamber has a first surface formed in the lower part thereof and is substantially in parallel with the inner wall surface of the lid, and a second surface extending from the upper end part of the first surface and bent outwards to face the inner wall surface of the lid. The second surface is provided with a steam supply port for supplying the processing solution vapor into the process chamber. To the steam supply port is connected a steam supply means for supplying the processing solution vapor into the process chamber.