Patent ID: 6543614
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A lens housing container for housing a plurality of lenses, comprising:(a) a long carrier tape having a plurality of supporting portions each for supporting one ring-shaped surface of a flange portion of each of the plurality of lenses, and a plurality of lens housing portions; and (b) a long cover tape which is stuck on the carrier tape so as to cover each of the plurality of lenses housed in each of the plurality of lens housing portions, wherein each of the plurality of supporting portions supports the one ring-shaped surface of the flange portion of the lens, so as not to come into contact with the one lens surface of each lens, each of the plurality of lens housing portions houses each lens so that a part of the other lens surface of each lens is projected from or is flush with the upper surface of the carrier tape, the cover tape restrains each lens housed in the plurality of lens housing portions from moving in an optical axis direction thereof, the carrier tape has projections, and in order to make a clearance, in the state that the carrier tape having the cover tape stuck thereon is wound round, between a portion of the cover tape facing the other lens surface of each lens housed in the plurality of lens housing portions and a portion of the carrier tape which is wound outside thereof, the projections of the carrier tape which is wound outside come into contact with the portion of the carrier tape or the cover tape which is wound inside.