Patent ID: 6098808
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A cassette case for holding a plurality of substrates therein, comprising:(a) a rectangular upper frame portion;(b) a lower frame portion having the same shape as that of said upper frame portion;(c) a plurality of pillar members for connecting said upper and lower frame portions to each other therethrough with said upper and lower frame portions being spaced away from each other by a certain distance;(d) a pair of upper slide shafts carried in parallel between facing sides of said upper frame portions;(e) a pair of lower slide shafts carried in parallel between facing sides of said lower frame portions;(f) a pair of upper support members carried at said upper slide shafts;(g) a pair of lower support members carried at said lower slide shafts;(h) a pair of substrate support members each carried between said upper and lower support members, said substrate support members including planes facing with each other which planes are formed with a plurality of grooves into which substrates are inserted to thereby be supported therebetween, said substrate support members being spaced away from each other by a distance by which a substrate is inserted therebetween; and(i) second support members formed with at least one opening extending in a length-wise direction of said substrate support members and having a greater length than that of said substrate support members, said second support members being carried by said upper and lower support members,said substrate support members being carried at said second support members in said opening so that said substrate support members are able to expand or contract in a length-wise direction thereof.