# US 2019/0378630 A1 · Transfer system for sealed enclosure comprising a device for sealed connection with a closed volume > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0378630 A1 - Document ID: US20190378630A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/433,633 - Filed: 2019-06-06 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-11 - Assignees: Getinge La Calhene - Applicants: Getinge La Calhene - Inventors: Arthur AUBERT; Wenceslas DANIEL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190378630A1 ## CPC - G21F 7/005: Shielded passages through walls; Locks; Transferring devices between rooms (between glove-boxes G21F7/047) - B25J 1/08: movably mounted in a wall - B25J 21/00: Chambers provided with manipulation devices (constructional features of the mounting of the manipulator in the wall B25J1/08 {; glove-boxes for nuclear applications G21F7/04}) - B65B 7/2807: {Feeding closures} - B65B 35/32: by gravity - B65B 39/007: {Guides or funnels for introducing articles into containers or wrappers} - B65B 55/027: {Packaging in aseptic chambers} - B65B 65/02: Driving gear - G21F: PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR (radiation protection by pharmaceutical means A61K8/00, A61Q17/04; in cosmonautic vehicles B64G1/54; combined with a reactor G21C11/00; combined with X-ray tubes H01J35/16; combined with X-ray apparatus H05G1/02) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) ## Abstract Transfer system for sealed enclosure, said sealed enclosure defining a first closed volume and comprising at least one device for sealed connection to a second closed volume, said transfer system being intended to be arranged in said enclosure (E) and to be fixed to a wall thereof, said transfer system comprising at least one arm, a first rotating hinge between the arm intended to be arranged between the arm and said wall of the enclosure, said first rotating hinge comprising a first axis of rotation, a chute and a second rotating hinge between the arm and the chute, said second rotating hinge comprising a second axis of rotation, the chute comprising a docking edge configured to cooperate with the device for sealed connection. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Transfer system for sealed enclosure, said sealed enclosure defining a first closed volume and comprising at least one device for sealed connection intended to connect the first closed volume to a second closed volume, said transfer system being intended to be arranged in said enclosure, said transfer system comprising: at least one arm intended to be rotationally mounted on a wall of the sealed enclosure through a first rotating hinge comprising a first axis of rotation, a chute, said chute comprising: a docking edge configured to cooperate with the device for sealed connection; and a pouring edge, and a second rotating hinge between the arm and the chute, said second rotating hinge comprising a second axis of rotation, ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Transfer system according to claim 1, in which the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation are parallel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Transfer system according to claim 1, comprising orientation maintaining device for maintaining the orientation of the chute during its displacement in said enclosure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Transfer system according to claim 3, in which the docking edge comprising a longitudinal axis, the orientation maintaining device is configured such that the longitudinal axis of the docking edge is aligned with the axis of an opening of the connection device and/or perpendicular to the wall of the enclosure in which is mounted the device for sealed connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) Transfer system according to claim 3, in which the orientation maintaining device comprises mechanical elements between a first interior axis extending along a first axis of rotation, and a second interior axis extending along the second axis of rotation, said second interior axis being rotationally coupled to the chute. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Transfer system according to claim 5, in which the mechanical elements comprise an interior shaft connected to the first interior axis and to the second interior axis by angle transmissions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) Transfer system according to claim 5, in which the mechanical elements comprise a toothed belt or a chain meshing with the first interior axis and the second interior axis, the first interior axis and the second interior axis being splined. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Transfer system according to claim 1, comprising at least one actuator including at least one electric motor for rotating the system around the first axis of rotation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Transfer system according to claim 1, comprising a first electric motor for displacing the arm around the first axis of rotation and a second electric motor for displacing the chute around the second axis of rotation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Transfer system according to claim 1, comprising at least one detector for detecting the configuration of the transfer system and/or the opening state of the connection device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Enclosure defining a first closed volume and comprising a device for sealed connection to a second closed volume, said connection device being mounted in a wall of said enclosure, and comprising a transfer system according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Enclosure according to claim 11, in which the first rotating hinge of the transfer system is fixed on the wall in which is mounted the connection device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) Enclosure according to claim 11, in which the connection device comprises a bayonet connection device. ### Claim 14 Actuating method for actuating a transfer system mounted on a wall of an enclosure defining a first closed volume and comprising a device for sealed connection to a second closed volume, said device for sealed connection comprising an opening, said transfer system comprising a chute provided with a docking edge and hinged around a first axis of rotation and a second axis of rotation, said actuating method comprising a coming closer phase during which the chute comes closer to the connection device to place the chute in a docking position, and a coming away phase during which the chute comes away from the connection device to place the chute in a rest position, during each of the phases of coming closer and of moving away the chute being rotated around the first axis of rotation and around the second axis of rotation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) Actuating method according to claim 14, in which the chute is rotated simultaneously around the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation respectively. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) Actuating method according to claim 15, in which in the coming closer phase and in the moving away phase, the axis of the docking edge remains parallel to the axis of the connection device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) Actuating method according to claim 14, in which in rest position a pouring edge of the chute is oriented towards the interior of the enclosure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) Transfer method for transferring objects between a second volume and the first volume of the enclosure defining a first closed volume and comprising a device for sealed connection to a second closed volume, said connection device being mounted in a wall of said enclosure, and comprising a transfer system according to claim 1, said transfer method comprising: a connection of the second closed volume to the connection device, removal of the doors of the enclosure and the second closed volume, putting in place the chute, transfer of the objects from the second closed volume to the interior of the enclosure, removal of the chute, putting the doors back in place. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) Transfer method according to claim 18, in which the connection is obtained by rotation of the second closed volume with respect to the enclosure, so as to ensure a connection between the flanges of the second closed volume and the connection device and between a door of the second closed volume and the door of the enclosure. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) Transfer method according to claim 18, comprising a detection of the configuration of the transfer system and a detection of the position of the doors and an emission of a signal to the transfer system to bring closer or not the chute of the connection device.