Method and apparatus for maintaining sensitive articles in a contaminant-free environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5628121
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08566075

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An apparatus and method for maintaining sensitive articles such as IC wafers or the like contaminant-free including a base member having a removable cover defining a sealed unit having an interior in which a plurality of sensitive articles are supported and through which a particle-free ionizing gas from a source on a wheeled table is continuously passed, the sealed unit being movable from a storage position on the table to an access position on associated processing without interruption of the ionized gas flow and at which the cover is removed and the supported articles continuously bathed with a particle-free, ionized gas to permit the articles to be sequentially moved to a fabricating position in the processing equipment and back to the access position while being continuously bathed with a particle-free ionized gas for subsequent assembly of the cover and base member and return of the sealed unit to the storage position.

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CONVEY INC3800 N LAMAR BLVD #210 AUSTIN TX 78756

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brooks, Ray G Irving, TX 18 916
Brooks, Timothy W Irving, TX 27 857

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