Patent ID: 7162835
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: E05F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, for manufacturing or inspecting semiconductors, having a safety door, the apparatus comprising: a main body for manufacturing or inspecting the semiconductors; an opening arranged in said main body; and said safety door comprising: a first door for covering a first part of the opening, said first door having a movement direction along which said first door is driven by a driving device; and a second door for covering a second part of said opening, said second door not being operatively connected to said first door and being urged toward said first door by an external force, the external force being substantially the force of gravity, and wherein substantially only said external force resists movement of the second door parallel with the movement direction of the first door due to a force applied on the second door by a part of a person's body is trapped between the first and second doors, said second door comprising a guide for guiding said second door along the movement direction of said first door, and said second door being urged toward said first door by said external force, wherein said first door cooperates with said second door to close the whole of said opening when said first and second doors are in a closed position.