A method and apparatus for cleaning a source gas introduction pipe, which
can prevent strong adhesion of contaminant mainly containing carbon
powder on an outer surface of the source gas introduction pipe to easily
remove the contaminant in a short period of time. While compressed air is
sprayed toward the contaminant, the contaminant removed by the spray of
the compressed air is exhausted outside a system of a deposition chamber
by suction and exhausting device so that the contaminant is not
transferred to sides of the deposition chamber and a plastic container in
which a CVD film is formed, in a process for extracting the source gas
introduction pipe from the plastic container after the CVD film is formed
on an inner surface of the plastic container.