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Opening and closing apparatus of an opening and closing lid of a box accommodating an object to be processed and a processing system of an object to be processed

US6419482B1 · kind B1 · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 18, 2000
Grant dateJul 16, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 18, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67772
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An opening and closing apparatus (52, 54) opens and closes an opening and closing lid (10) which closes an opening part (4) of an accommodating box (2) for accommodating an object (W) to be processed and is locked by a locking mechanism (12). A key member (26) is mounted to a base table (90) via a bearing mechanism (92) in a state in which the key member is rotatable with respect to the base table (90) and movable in a vertical direction with respect to a front surface of the base table (90). A part of the opening and closing lid (10) is held by being put between the key member (26) and an elastic member (98) provided on a front surface of the base table. Thereby, the opening and closing lid (10) is prevented from being displaced with respect to the base table (90) when the opening and closing lid (10) is removed from the accommodation box (2).

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