Patent ID: 7112027

Claim:
A pod cover removing-installing apparatus to remove and install a cover for an opening of a pod, the inside of which is kept extremely clean, by causing the cover to engage a door for an opening of a high cleanliness room, while maintaining high cleanliness of the pod and the room by closely attaching the circumference of the two openings, the pod cover removing-installing apparatus comprising: a positioning member to determine the position of the cover, a fine adjustment mechanism to finely adjust the position of the positioning member, and a holding mechanism to hold the position of the cover mated with the door by the positioning member, wherein the door is provided with a base member and a coplanar position adjusting member movable within a plane of the base member, the positioning member is provided in the position adjusting member, the fine adjustment mechanism is provided in the base member and supports the position adjusting member movable within the plane of the base member, and the holding member being supported by the base member and holding the position of the position adjusting member relative to said base member.