To improve the throughput of a treatment apparatus for treating an object to be treated within a treatment space kept at a predetermined cleanliness, to improve a degree of freedom of the design of a machine used in the treatment apparatus and also to improve a degree of freedom of the selection of a disinfectant or a sterilization agent used in the treatment apparatus.
The treatment apparatus is provided for treating the object X to be treated within the treatment space having the predetermined cleanliness, and for disinfecting or sterilizing the treatment space periodically using the predetermined disinfectant or sterilization agent Y. The apparatus has a treatment chamber 2 kept at the predetermined cleanliness, a machine chamber 3 connected to the treatment chamber 2, a hand section 51 for holding or supporting the object X to be treated within the treatment chamber 2, a mechanism section 52 arranged within the machine chamber 3 for manipulating the hand section 51, and prevention means 4 and 6 for preventing the disinfectant or the sterilization agent Y from flowing into the machine chamber 3 during the disinfection treatment or the sterilization treatment.
SHIMIZU MASAKI
MIZUNO TOMOO
TAKAHASHI RYOJI
Takashi Watanabe