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US 2003/0155355 A1Published application
Assembly
OwnerNeil Cocker, Francis Leachinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a containment assembly (eg a down flow containment assembly) for containing powder handling equipment comprising an isolator with a pivotally mounted framework supporting part of an at least partially flexible sheet, and to the isolator itself which is particularly useful in containing large powder handling equipment such as a centrifuge (or a part thereof).
Claims30
A containment assembly comprising:
- a powder handling apparatus;
- and
- an isolator comprising (1) a sheet at least a first part of which is composed of flexible material and (2) a pivotally mounted framework capable of pivoting into each position in a pivoting range between an innermost position and an outermost position, said isolator being positioned adjacent to the powder handling apparatus or a part thereof to define a processing zone beyond the sheet in which is located the powder handling apparatus or a part thereof, wherein the first part of the sheet is adapted (or is adaptable) to permit an operator outside the processing zone to reach into the processing zone, wherein the pivotally mounted framework is adapted to support the first part of the sheet at each position in the pivoting range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.