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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Peter L. Kellerman, Essex, MA (US);
Frederick Carlson, Potsdam, NY (US);
Peter L. Kellerman, Essex, MA (US);
Frederick Carlson, Potsdam, NY (US);
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to a sheet production apparatus. A vessel is configured to hold a melt of a material and a cooling plate is disposed proximate the melt. This cooling plate configured to form a sheet of the material on the melt. A pump is used. In one instance, this pump includes a gas source and a conduit in fluid communication with the gas source. In another instance, this pump injects a gas into a melt. The gas can raise the melt or provide momentum to the melt.
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