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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Junichi Uehara, Otsu, JP;
Takashi Iwade, Otsu, JP;
Junichi Uehara, Otsu, JP;
Takashi Iwade, Otsu, JP;
Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An applicator device comprises a reservoir tank trapping embrocation, a stage holding a substrate, a ferrule having a slit-shaped opening section above the stage, a fluid transfer pump guiding the embrocation within the reservoir tank to the ferrule, a first opening and closing valve between a suction opening of the fluid transfer pump and the reservoir tank, opening when a suction operation is carried out and closing when a discharge operation is carried out, a second opening and closing valve between a discharge opening of the fluid transfer pump and the ferrule, opening when a discharge operation is carried out and closing when a suction operation is carried out, and driving means relatively moving the ferrule and/or substrate when the slit-shaped opening section and the substrate are adjacent to one another, wherein the fluid transfer pump comprises a membranous sealing member sealing a gap between a cylinder and a plunger.