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Article storage house in a clean room

US5363867A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1993
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/14
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An article storage house in a clean room for airtightly accommodating a wafer cassette, etc. in which the wafer cassette carried in from the outside of an article carry-in/out portion is accommodated into a container by an automatic article delivery unit disposed in the article carry-in/out portion or it is carried in the article storage house while it is accommodated in the container and is stored in sections of the article storage house. An inert gas purge mechanism and an automatic container cleaning portion are disposed in the automatic article delivery unit or each section.

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