Connection device
AssigneeLeybold Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHeinrich Engländer
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Abstract
A connection device serves for connecting a first tube end, which can be connected to a vacuum pump, to a second tube end which can be connected to a chamber to be evacuated. To this end, the connection element has a tube element for fluidically connecting the vacuum pump to the chamber to be evacuated. The tube element is connected on each side via a connection element to the respective tube end. At least one of the two connection elements is configured here in such a way that it is exclusively suitable for transmitting torques. Furthermore, a decoupling element is provided for mechanically decoupling the at least one connection element, which is exclusively suitable for transmitting torques, from the corresponding tube end.
Claims20
A connection device for connecting a first tube end adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump to a second tube end adapted to be connected to a chamber to be evacuated, comprising:
- a tube element for fluidically connecting said vacuum pump to said chamber to be evacuated,
- wherein said tube element comprises a first connection element on one side of the tube element and a second connection element on a second side of the tube element, wherein the first connection element is configured to connect to the first tube end and the second connection element is configured to connect to the second tube end,
- wherein at least one of the first and second connection elements is exclusively suitable for transmitting torques, and
- a decoupling element for mechanically decoupling the at least one of the first and second connection elements from the first and second tube end, respectively,
- wherein the decoupling element comprises at least one fluid chamber.
A connection device for connecting a first tube end adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump to a second tube end adapted to be connected to a chamber to be evacuated, comprising:
- a tube element for fluidically connecting said vacuum pump to said chamber to be evacuated,
- wherein said tube element comprises a first connection element on one side of the tube element and a second connection element on a second side of the tube element, wherein the first connection element is configured to connect to the first tube end and the second connection element is configured to connect to the second tube end,
- wherein at least one of the first and second connection elements is exclusively suitable for transmitting torques, and
- a decoupling element for mechanically decoupling the at least one of the first and second connection elements from the first and second tube end, respectively,
- wherein a force generated by the decoupling element is adjustable.
A connection device for connecting a first tube end adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump to a second tube end adapted to be connected to a chamber to be evacuated, comprising:
- a tube element for fluidically connecting said vacuum pump to said chamber to be evacuated,
- wherein said tube element comprises a first connection element on one side of the tube element and a second connection element on a second side of the tube element, wherein the first connection element is configured to connect to the first tube end and the second connection element is configured to connect to the second tube end,
- wherein at least one of the first and second connection elements is exclusively suitable for transmitting torques, and
- a decoupling element for mechanically decoupling the at least one of the first and second connection elements from the first and second tube end, respectively,
- wherein the first and second connection elements are exclusively suitable for transmitting torques.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.