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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1998
Atsushi Shiokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Matsutaro Miyamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Sobukawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiharu Nakazawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A turbomolecular pump comprising a rotor and a stator housed in a casing and forming an exhaust channel therebetween, and a suction port and a discharge port formed in the casing; wherein the turbomolecular pump has a valve body for opening and closing the suction port, the valve body is movable in an axial direction of the turbomolecular pump, a valve driving mechanism for driving the valve body via a valve body supporting member which extends through a throughhole formed in the rotor and/or the stator and magnetic bearing units for non-contactingly supporting the valve body supporting member within the throughhole, whereby a turbomolecular pump having a compact overall construction including valve units can be provided.