Patent ID: 7178674

Claim:
A container for storing and making available stacked foil or sheet materials ( 1 ) consisting of a tray ( 10 , 110 ) having an internal region receiving the stacked materials ( 1 ) with a bottom ( 11 ) and closed side walls ( 12 – 15 ) adjoining the bottom and a slide cover ( 30 , 130 ) which surrounds the tray ( 10 , 110 ) at least partly and closes it tightly, wherein the tray ( 10 , 110 ) and the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ) each have on both sides, parallel to their longitudinal direction ( 9 ), mutually parallel guide elements ( 21 ) and ( 51 ), the side walls ( 12 – 15 ) of the tray ( 10 , 110 ) have, facing the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ), a closed tray sealing surface ( 18 ) surrounding a tray opening ( 19 ), the front side wall ( 15 ) oriented in a sliding direction ( 9 ) to the front being a removal lip having a curved shape, the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ) grips around at least, partly or in regions, three side walls ( 12 – 14 ) of the tray ( 10 , 110 ) and the bottom ( 11 ) or corresponding guide elements ( 21 ), the two side walls ( 12 , 13 ) being oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction ( 9 ), the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ) being arched upward away from the tray ( 10 , 110 ) and bearing on its inner side a stop web ( 35 ), the lower edge of which, from the front edge of the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ) as far as the cover center, descends, forming a stop, to below the tray sealing surface ( 18 ), and a cover sealing surface ( 48 ), which lies on the tray sealing surface ( 18 ) when the container is closed, is designed in the slide cover ( 30 , 130 ).