Patent · US Expired

Container for flat panel

US5950817A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1998
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67383
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A container 2 for flat panel comprising: a lower end holding resilient member 38 disposed on a bottom end of a lower end bottom groove 32 to which a lower end of the flat panel 34 contained in the container 2 is inserted, and an upper end holding resilient member 50 having a belt shaped portion covering an upper end of the flat panel 34 along the longitudinal direction thereof. The upper end holding resilient member 50 has an U-shaped cross section, a pair of fitting rods extending along the longitudinal direction thereof are attached at both sides of both ends of the longitudinal direction thereof, and each end of each fitting rod 52 is attached removably in an engagement groove 58 of an adapter 56 attached in the container 2. In accordance with the container 2 for flat panel of the present invention, it is possible to take custody of or transport a plural of flat panels such as glass substrates used for flat display devices without destroying them and contaminating the surfaces of them.

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