Patent ID: 7314068
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for replacing gas in a storage container which includes a storage container main body having a gas inlet and a lid unit blocking the storage container main body, the apparatus comprising: gas introducing means for introducing the gas into the storage container main body; gas evacuating means for evacuating the gas in the storage container main body; gas circulating means for circulating the gas in the storage container main body through a chemical adsorption; and a lid unit latching structure which connects the storage container main body and the lid unit; and storage container mounting means capable of mounting the storage container main body so that the lid unit is entirely accommodated in a gas replacing passage, wherein the gas introducing means introduces the gas from the gas inlet into the storage container main body, the gas evacuating means evacuates the gas in the storage container main body through the storage container mounting means, and the gas circulating means includes the chemical adsorption filter in the middle of a gas circulating passage formed between the storage container mounting means and the gas inlet while the gas circulating means sequentially circulates the gas among the storage container main body the storage container mounting means, and the gas inlet.