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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Johannes Struempfel, Dresden, DE;
Reinhardt Bauer, Dresden, DE;
Andreas Heisig, Dresden, DE;
Hans-christian Hecht, Weinboehla, DE;
Hartmut Freitag, Dresden, DE;
Heiko Richter, Pesterwitz, DE;
André Ulbricht, Dresden, DE;
Falk Schwerdtfeger, Dresden, DE;
Johannes Struempfel, Dresden, DE;
Reinhardt Bauer, Dresden, DE;
Andreas Heisig, Dresden, DE;
Hans-Christian Hecht, Weinboehla, DE;
Hartmut Freitag, Dresden, DE;
Heiko Richter, Pesterwitz, DE;
André Ulbricht, Dresden, DE;
Falk Schwerdtfeger, Dresden, DE;
Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH, Dresden, DE;
Abstract
A transport device for transporting elongated substrates through a vacuum coating system comprises an essentially rectangular frame and two groups of holding elements, which are rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the frame in such a manner that any pair of opposite holding elements can be connected to both ends of a substrate. Furthermore, at least one retainer bar is provided that is operatively connected to a group of holding elements in such a manner that the holding elements of this group are moveable in order to increase or decrease by choice their distance from the holding elements of the other group. Also provided are a loading and unloading device for loading and unloading the transport device, and a method for loading and unloading the transport device.