Patent · US Expired

Storage box

US4709834A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
3References
4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 1987
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67373
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Storage box including a box, a box door, a spring biased wafer retainer, and two locking clips. The storage box is used with standard mechanical interface (SMIF) transfer equipment, and is sealable, dust proof, and stackable. The box door includes cross-bar locators for cross-bar wafer cassettes. The box door will also accept other types of wafer processing cassettes. Each of the locking clips engage into a clip enclosure outboard of the box, and includes a locking slot for the locking clip, as well as a latch pin opening which provides for movement of the latch pin. A spring bar including parallel contact bars and configured spring bar ends positions to secure wafers in a contained wafer processing cassette.

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