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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1999
Akira Sato, Yamagata, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A jig for accommodating and transferring a carrier for carrying at least an article, the carrier having a first container with a first opening larger than the article, and the carrier having at least a first flange structure which extends from a peripheral portion of the first opening, and the first flange structure having a first size defined to be a distance between opposite edges of the first flange structure in a first direction, wherein the jig comprises a second container having a second opening with a second size larger than the first size of the first flange structure of the carrier, and the jig further has at least a second flange structure in an opposite side to a side provided with the second opening, and the second flange structure has a third size larger than the second size, and the jig also has at least a window structure which extends at least opposite sides and which is positioned adjacent to the second flange structure, so that the window structure is closer to the second opening than the second flange structure, wherein the first opening of the carrier is sealable with a part of an inner wall of the second container as the jig by making the first opening of the carrier into contact with the part of the inner wall of the second container as the jig, and wherein the window structure comprises a flexible sheet deformable by an externally applied force.