Passage for patients

Claim 1

A passage for patients formed in a wall separating a sterile room from a non-sterile room, comprising a substantially horizontal table-like plate for transferring the patients from one room to the other one, said plate being adapted to the width of the passage and having longitudinal sides extending on both sides of the wall, the edges of said longitudinal sides being adaptable each one to the bearing surface of the patients on its side of the wall, a lower wall part constructed as a closure member adapted to the width of the passage, means supporting said lower wall part upon the wall for vertical movement and for partially closing the passage, said table-like plate being mounted upon the top of said lower movable wall part for swinging movement relative to its edges, said edges being bent downwardly and having a thickness of a few millimeters, a second wall part situated above said first-mentioned wall part, and means supporting said secoNd wall part upon the wall for vertical movement against said first wall part for closing the passage, the second wall part being optically transparent, the means supporting said second wall part operating it independently from the means supporting said first wall part.