Patent ID: 7497333
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A thin plate supporting container comprising: a container body for housing therein a plurality of thin plates, the container body having side walls extending from a bottom plate to an opening, a lid unit for closing the opening of the container body, slotted plates respectively fixed on a pair of the side walls facing each other in the container body and supporting the thin plates housed on the inside from opposing sides, upper fitting means for supporting an upper portion of each slotted plate on the container body with the opening facing upward, and lower fitting means for supporting a lower portion of the slotted plate on the container body with the opening facing upward, wherein the upper fitting means comprises upper fitting pieces fixed, at least at horizontally opposed ends of each of the pair of the side walls facing each other in the container body with the opening facing upward, and an upper receiving member fixed to each of the slotted plates in a position facing the upper fitting pieces, wherein each upper fitting piece protrudes from a side wall and has a flat contact face spaced from the side wall from which the upper fitting piece protrudes for contact with the slotted plate, and wherein each upper receiving member receives an upper fitting piece and has a flat contact face for face-to-face contact with the flat contact face of an upper fitting piece, the face-to-face contact positioning the slotted plate spaced relative to the side wall from which the upper fitting piece protrudes and preventing rotation of the slotted plate.