PURPOSE: To provide an upright heat treatment device capable of keeping on standing even in case of an earthquake by providing a mechanism attached to an upper portion of an upright boat to prevent the wafer-loaded boat on standby from rocking.
CONSTITUTION: A boat stage 42 includes a base 44 that is engaged with the bottom of a boat 4 to support it upright. The base 44 is capable of translation on a rail 46 by a motor and a ball screw. A plate 100 with a U-groove 102 is provided above one end of the rail. When the base 44 with the boat 4 on it is moved to the end of the rail, the U-groove 102 receives a projection 104 that is provided on the top of the boat. Therefore, the boat is prevented from falling oven even if there are shocks, for example, due to an earthquake.