Patent ID: 6392737
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A processing apparatus that processes an object to be processed, and includes at least first and second processing devices that are separated from each other by a partition, comprising:(A) a first housing that covers the first processing device; (B) a second housing that covers the second processing device, the second housing having a first door device that is capable of opening the second housing; (C) a conveyor that conveys the object between the first processing device and the second processing device, the first housing covering at least a part of the conveyor; and (D) a controller having a CPU to control the first and second processing devices in accordance with a state of the first door device, the controller stopping at least a part of the second processing device and the conveyor, and not stopping at least a part of the first processing device while the first door device is opening the second housing.