Patent ID: 7357258
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A thin-plate supporting container comprising: a container body for storing a plurality of thin plates therein, the container having a front side opening; a lid unit for closing the container body; a thin-plate supporting unit provided in the container body for supporting the thin plates stored therein at regular intervals; a thin-plate holding unit provided on the lid unit for pressing and supporting, from the lid unit side, the thin plates supported by the thin-plate supporting unit provided in the container body; and first V-shaped grooves provided in the thin-plate supporting unit and second V-shaped grooves provided in the thin-plate holding unit for fitting and supporting the thin plates, wherein the second V-shaped grooves of the thin-plate holding unit are defined by upper and lower surfaces extending from a groove bottom and inclined relative to the horizontal, when the container is positioned in a horizontal state with the front side opening facing in a horizontal direction and the V-shaped grooves lying in horizontal planes; and wherein the lower surfaces each have an area larger than the area of an upper surface.