Unloading jig, unloading method, and method for producing silicon rod

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958723-B2
Application number	US-202017602905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2020
Priority date	May 21, 2019
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

A takeout jig ( 1 ) includes: a support part ( 20 ) which is configured to be pulled up to take out a silicon rod ( 10 ) and which is configured to support the silicon rod ( 10 ) by clamping one or more end portions ( 15 ) of the silicon rod ( 10 ); one or more first cords ( 30 ) which are equal in number to or greater in number than the silicon rod ( 10 ) and which are configured to pull up the support part ( 20 ); and one or more second cords ( 40 ) which are configured to hold the silicon rod ( 10 ) by wrapping around the silicon rod ( 10 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A takeout jig comprising:
a support part which is configured to be pulled up to take out a silicon rod including one or more straight barrel portions and which is configured to support the silicon rod by clamping one or more end portions of the silicon rod;
one or more first cords which are connected to the support part, which are equal in number to or greater in number than the silicon rod, and which are configured to pull up the support part; and
one or more second cords which are connected to the one or more first cords and which are configured to hold the silicon rod by wrapping around the silicon rod.

2. The takeout jig as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the silicon rod to be taken out has a letter U shape made up of two of the straight barrel portions united at their top;
the support part has two openings within which respective two of the end portions of the silicon rod in the letter U shape fit when the two end portions are clamped with the support part; and
the two openings each have a shape whose longitudinal direction is identical to a direction along which the two end portions are arranged.

3. The takeout jig as set forth in claim 2 , wherein each of the two openings is formed in the support part such that each of the two openings at least has a portion that tapers with increasing distance from a first surface of the support part and decreasing distance from a second surface of the support part, the first surface being located on a side where the silicon rod is supported, the second surface being located on an opposite side of the support part from the first surface.

4. The takeout jig as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
the support part is composed of two plate parts configured to clamp the one or more end portions therebetween; and
the takeout jig further comprises a fixing member configured to fix a distance between the two plate parts.

5. The takeout jig as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a first cord connecting part which is located higher than the silicon rod and to which a plurality of the first cords are connected such that each of the plurality of first cords is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the one or more straight barrel portions.

6. The takeout jig as set forth in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the second cords, wherein at least one of the plurality of second cords holds the silicon rod with a protective member between the at least one of the plurality of second cords and the silicon rod.

7. A takeout method comprising the steps of:
connecting, to a support part, one or more first cords which are configured to pull up the support part and which are equal in number to or greater in number than a silicon rod including one or more straight barrel portions, the support part being used to support the silicon rod so as to take out the silicon rod;
pulling up the support part;
supporting the silicon rod by clamping one or more end portions of the silicon rod with the support part; and
holding the silicon rod by wrapping one or more second cords around the silicon rod, the one or more second cords being connected to the one or more first cords.

8. A method of producing a silicon rod, comprising the steps of:
obtaining a silicon rod including one or more straight barrel portions by allowing silicon to be deposited on a silicon filament by passing electric current through the silicon filament in a reactor which includes at least a pair of electrodes and which is supplied with a source gas for silicon deposition, the silicon filament being connected to the pair of electrodes at both ends thereof;
connecting, to a support part, one or more first cords which are configured to pull up the support part and which are equal in number to or greater in number than a silicon rod, the support part being used to support the silicon rod so as to take the silicon rod out of the reactor;
pulling up the support part;
supporting the silicon rod by clamping one or more end portions of the silicon rod with the support part; and
holding the silicon rod by wrapping one or more second cords around the silicon rod, the one or more second cords being connected to the one or more first cords.

Assignees

• Tokuyama Corp

Inventors

• Sakai Junya
• Kawaguchi Kazuhiro

Classifications

• B66C1/16 Primary

  Slings with load-engaging platforms or frameworks · CPC title

• C01B33/035 Primary

  by decomposition or reduction of gaseous or vaporised silicon compounds in the presence of heated filaments of silicon, carbon or a refractory metal, e.g. tantalum or tungsten, or in the presence of heated silicon rods on which the formed silicon is deposited, a silicon rod being obtained, e.g. Siemens process · CPC title