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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Hideo Okamoto, Takefu, JP;
Toshiharu Uesugi, Sabae, JP;
Atsushi Iwasaki, Vancouver, WA (US);
Tetsuhiro Oda, Nishishirakawa, JP;
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and a mechanism for lifting a gas flow-guide cylinder of a crystal pulling apparatus are disclosed. The crystal pulling apparatus includes a crucible for accommodating a crystalline material and for melting the crystalline material through heating, and a gas flow-guide cylinder capable of being moved upward/downward above the crucible. The crystal pulling apparatus is operated to grow a single crystal from the crystalline material by a pulling method. When a solid crystalline material is to be placed in the crucible, the gas flow-guide cylinder is moved upward to thereby separate the bottom end of the gas flow-guide cylinder away from the top portion of the crucible. This prevents the crystalline material from coming into contact with the gas flow-guide cylinder.