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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1998
Masato Hosoi, Itoigawa, JP;
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A container has a storage case for storing silicon wafers in alignment which is of a box-like configuration having an opening on its front side, with a multiple-number of fitting slots formed on the inner top and bottom faces near the front opening. The container further has a FIMS door for opening and closing off the front opening of the storage case, a gasket attached to the rim of the FIMS door, a latching mechanism provided in the FIMS door for causing engaging claws to fit into corresponding fitting slots when the FIMS door is attached and releasing the engagement of the engaging claws with the fitting slots when the FIMS door is removed, and an outer door for shipping, fitted on the front side where the storage case has been confined with the FIMS door, for covering the FIMS door.