Process component
AssigneeGEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
InventorWolfgang Arnold
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Abstract
A process component having a longitudinal axis is provided. The process component includes a housing that surrounds an interior space and includes a first connector and a second connector, a tappet located in the interior space, a first magnet arrangement located on the tappet, and a second magnet arrangement that is magnetically coupled to the first magnet arrangement and is rotatable on the housing about the longitudinal axis. In order to create a process component that is easily scalable in size and can be easily cleaned, the tappet cooperates with a guide provided in the interior space, displacing the first magnet arrangement towards the second magnet arrangement to convert a rotary movement of the second magnet arrangement into an axial movement of the tappet.
Claims18
A process component having a longitudinal axis, the process component comprising:
- a housing that surrounds an interior space and comprises a first connector and a second connector;
- a tappet located in the interior space;
- a first magnet arrangement located on the tappet;
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- a second magnet arrangement that is magnetically coupled to the first magnet arrangement and is rotatable on the housing about the longitudinal axis, wherein the tappet cooperates with a guide provided in the interior space, displacing the first magnet arrangement towards the second magnet arrangement to convert a rotary movement of the second magnet arrangement into an axial movement of the tappet, wherein the guide includes two domes in a form of spherical sectors.
A process component having a longitudinal axis, the process component comprising:
- a housing that surrounds an interior space and comprises a first connector and a second connector;
- a tappet located in the interior space;
- a first magnet arrangement located on the tappet;
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- a second magnet arrangement that is magnetically coupled to the first magnet arrangement and is rotatable on the housing about the longitudinal axis, wherein the tappet cooperates with a guide provided in the interior space, displacing the first magnet arrangement towards the second magnet arrangement to convert a rotary movement of the second magnet arrangement into an axial movement of the tappet, wherein the first magnet arrangement includes at least two spherical magnets, between which a non-magnetic steel sphere is located, and a magnetization of which is aligned with a radial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.