Patent ID: 7654291
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A purging apparatus for purging objects housed in a pod including, a body including an opening and a plurality of shelves arranged in a predetermined direction on which the objects to be housed are mounted, and a lid configured to be removed from the body and to close the opening, the purging apparatus purging the objects by spraying a predetermined gas on the objects to be housed, comprising: a frame configured to move relative to the front of the opening in the predetermined direction while the lid is separated from the body; a door configured to hold the lid, to separate the lid from the body, and to couple the lid to the body by moving independently from and relative to the movement of the frame; and a gas supply nozzle movable in the predetermined direction by keeping a predetermined positional relation with the frame, wherein the frame holds a sensor for mapping the object housed in the pod, and the frame inserts the gas supply nozzle into the body of the pod when the door separates the lid from the body.