Device for sealed connection between two containment enclosures for improved sealing
AssigneeAbc Transfer
InventorsJulien Felix, Jean-Luc Schneider, Thierry Girard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for a sealed connection between two doors (2, 5) which are each provided with a coaxial complementary flange (3, 7), one of the doors (5) and the flange (3) of the other door (2) being provided with at least one peripheral seal (1, 4), wherein each of the peripheral seals (1, 4) comprises an annular seal body extended in the outer peripheral portion thereof by an annular bead (11, 41), and wherein the door and the flange having the seals comprise a tubular bearing surface (34, 54) that is complementary to the outer peripheral face (11, 44) of the seal body on the one hand and a circular groove for engagement with the bead on the other hand.
Claims13
A device for a sealed connection between a first enclosure and a second enclosure, said first enclosure comprising a first opening and said second enclosures comprising a second opening, said device comprising:
- a first door provided with a first coaxial complementary flange intended for delimiting said first opening of said enclosure,
- a second door provided with a second coaxial complementary flange intended for delimiting said second opening of said second enclosure,
- a first peripheral seal assembled with the first door and arranged between the first door and the first flange when the first door is closed off on the first flange,
- a second peripheral seal assembled with the second flange and arranged between the second door and the second flange when the second door is closed off on the second flange,
- wherein said first peripheral seal comprises a first annular seal body extended in the inner peripheral portion thereof by a first annular bead, said first annular seal body and said first annular bead defining an inner peripheral face forming a shoulder,
- wherein said second peripheral seal comprises a second annular seal body extended in the outer peripheral portion thereof by a second annular bead, said second annular seal body and said second annular bead defining an outer peripheral face forming a shoulder,
- wherein the first door comprises a tubular bearing surface that is complementary to the inner peripheral face of the first annular seal body of said first peripheral seal on the one hand and a circular groove in which the first annular bead of said first peripheral seal is engaged on the other hand,
- wherein the second flange comprises a tubular bearing surface that is complementary to the outer peripheral face of the second annular seal body of said second peripheral seal on the one hand and a circular groove in which the second annular bead of said second peripheral seal is engaged on the other hand,
- wherein the first annular seal body of the first peripheral seal comprises at least one non-smooth face which is in contact with said first flange and/or said second door,
- wherein the second annular seal body of the second peripheral seal comprises at least one non-smooth face which is in contact with said second flange and/or said first door.
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