To provide a supporting device of a surface plate which can keep the positioning accuracy of a movable stage even when a load on the top surface of the surface plate changes with the movement of the movable stage on the surface plate or even when a pedestal or a floor for bearing the surface plate is deformed.
A surface plate 2 is supported by one or more fixed-position supporting portions 20a to 20c which support the undersurface of the surface plate 2 via fixed support points and fixed-load supporting portions 40a to 40d which support points where the surface plate 2 is bent by the support of the fixed-position supporting portions 20a to 20c. The fixed-load supporting portions 40a to 40d reduce fluctuations in supporting load by expansion and contraction.
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CHIBA KIYOTAKA
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Ryu Kobayashi
Shimichi Akihisa