Apparatus for feeding raw material into a quartz crucible and method of feeding the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6007621
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09158518

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The invention is to provide a method for automatically and rapidly feeding raw material into a quartz crucible in manufacture of single-crystal silicon by CZ method. For example, after a draining hose 203 is disposed in a quartz crucible 201, pure water is supplied from a water supply hose 204, and the quartz crucible 201 is conveyed onto a turn table 213 installed under a container 210. At this time, the quartz crucible 201 is rotated, and lump raw material 209 is fed into the quartz crucible 201. Since buoyancy of the pure water is applied to the lump material 209, impacts caused by the falling lump material can be moderated, and therefore, damages to the quartz crucible 201 can be prevented. After feeding raw material is finished, the pure water is discharged through a draining hose 203, and then the draining hose 203 is retracted from the quartz crucible 201. Thereafter, the quartz crucible 201 is conveyed into a microwave oven 211 for drying.

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KOMATSU ELCTRONIC METALS CO LTDKANAGAWA

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Yatsurugi, Yoshifumi Kanagawa, JP 10 77

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