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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1996
Donald R Briner, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher D Laramore, San Jose, CA (US);
Bye/Oasis Engineering Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for opening a Standardized Mechanical Interface transport box and facilitating access to the articles within the transport box by mechanisms inside a pressurized, isolated, controlled environment while maintaining isolated, controlled environment conditions, the apparatus comprising: a base for opening the transport box and supporting the box port and articles within, a platform for lifting the remainder of the transport box, a mechanism for lifting the platform, a flexible seal between the base and platform with devices for controlling contamination by use of the controlled environment pressurization and a pocket-style door providing isolation to the controlled environment when the transport box is either closed or not present. The apparatus further includes a base extender slidably movable into the controlled environment and devices for sensing mispositioned articles following return of the articles from the controlled environment to the base of the transport box.