Patent ID: 6647700
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B01L,B25J,G21F

Abstract:
A method for effecting transfer of material from an isolation chamber into a storage chamber, comprising:communicating between said isolation chamber and said storage carrier through a plastic conduit, said storage carrier being in hermetic relationship with said conduit and having an interior therein in communication with said isolation chamber through said conduit; transferring said material through said conduit into said interior of said storage carrier; inserting a plug into said conduit, said plug having an upper surface, a lower surface and a plastic circumferential wall connecting said upper surface and said lower surface; radially sealing said circumferential wall to said conduit to divide said conduit into a sealed first portion communicating with said storage container containing said material and a second portion hermetically isolated from said sealed first portion and in communication with said isolation chamber; and severing said conduit and said plug at a point between said upper surface and said lower surface of said plug to remove said scaled first portion of said storage carrier from said second portion to permit relocation of said material within said storage carrier.