Patent ID: 8092604

Claim:
A solid organometallic compound-filled container comprising: a container having an interior separated by at least one partition in a vertical direction such that said interior of said container comprises at least two vertically extending compartments; a carrier gas inlet and a carrier gas outlet provided for said container for the supply of carrier gas to said container and the removal of carrier gas from said container; said at least one partition comprises one or more partitions having an opening provided such that carrier gas can flow through said opening between respective said compartments; said compartments each include a compartment inlet for carrier gas and a compartment outlet for carrier gas positioned such that gas will flow vertically through said compartments from one end of each of said compartments to the other, said compartment inlet and said compartment outlet in each of said compartments comprising one of said carrier gas inlet of said container, said carrier gas outlet of said container and said opening; wherein, for each said compartment, said compartment inlet is positioned at one of (a) a position lower than or equal to one third of the internal height of said container from an internal bottom of said container, and (b) a position more than or equal to two thirds of the internal height of said container from said internal bottom of said container, and said compartment outlet is positioned at the other of (a) the position lower than or equal to one third of the internal height of said container from said internal bottom of said container, and (b) the position more than or equal to two thirds of the internal height of said container from said internal bottom of said container; organometallic compound filled in each said compartment to a point at least above the lower of said compartment inlet and said compartment outlet; and a charging port provided for each said compartment for filling more of said organometallic compound in a solid state into each said compartment.