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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Tatsuaki Hirohata, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takashi Betsuyaku, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
There is disclosed a container for transporting precision substrates comprising a container body having an upper open periphery, a cassette accommodated in the container body for holding a plurality of the precision substrates in parallel, a top covering which is fitted to the open periphery of the container body via a gasket, and a substrate presser attached inside the top covering, wherein the container body has a skirt flange extending from a flange portion provided around the open periphery to the vicinity of a locking means for locking the top covering, and the flange portion is provided with a through hole or slit, or wherein the container body has the skirt flange, partition ribs are provided perpendicularly to the skirt flange in a space between the skirt flange and side wall of the container body, and each portion of the flange portion corresponding to each space partitioned by the partition ribs is provided with a through hole or slit. There is provided a high-quality transportation container suitable for automatic cleaning and reuse, which improves productivity by shortening a cleaning time and a drying time, and is provided at a low cost since it eliminates any need of special mechanism in cleaning and drying equipment or metallic molds to reduce cost of equipment.