Transfer system for a sealed enclosure having a sealed connection device for connecting to an enclosed volume
AssigneeGetinge Life Science France
InventorsEmmanuel Mottier, Florentin Cordier
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Abstract
A transfer system for a sealed enclosure, the sealed enclosure defining a first closed volume and having at least one device for sealed connection to a second closed volume, the transfer system being intended to be disposed in the enclosure and to be fastened to a wall of the latter, the transfer system including a chute and a hinge device fastened inside the enclosure, the hinge device including two arms and three pivot hinges and three motors.
Claims14
A transfer system for a sealed enclosure, said sealed enclosure defining a first closed volume and including at least one sealed connection device with an axis (X1) intended to connect the first closed volume to a second closed volume, said transfer system being intended to be disposed in said enclosure, said transfer system including:
- a chute (14), said chute (14) including:
- a docking end (17) with a longitudinal axis (X2) configured to cooperate with the sealed connection device;
- and
- a spill end (18),
- a device for actuating the chute intended to move the chute inside the first closed volume, said hinge device including a first arm (22) and a second arm (24), a first pivot hinge (26) between a first end of the first arm and a first end of the second arm (24), a second pivot hinge (28) on a second longitudinal end of the first arm (22) intended to enable a rotational movement of the first arm (22) relative to the interior of the first closed volume,
- a first electric motor (M1) for moving the second arm (24) in rotation relative to the first arm (22),
- a second electric motor (M2) for moving the first arm (22) in rotation relative to the enclosure,
- means (UC) for controlling at least of the first (M1) and second (M2) motors configured so that the trajectory of the chute (14) includes, at least at the end of the phase of approaching the connection device (D) and at the beginning of the phase of moving away from the connection device (D), a portion of a translational movement over a non-zero distance during which the axis (X2) of the docking end and the axis (X1) of the device connection are collinear.
An enclosure defining a first closed volume and including a transfer system according to one of the preceding claims and a device (D) for sealed connection to a second closed volume, said connection device (D) being mounted in a wall (4) of said enclosure, said connection device including a flange and a door.
A method for actuating a transfer system for a sealed enclosure, said sealed enclosure defining a first closed volume and including at least one sealed connection device with an axis (X1) intended to connect the first closed volume to a second closed volume, said transfer system being intended to be disposed in said enclosure, said transfer system including:
- a chute (14), said chute (14) including:
- a docking end (17) with a longitudinal axis (X2) configured to cooperate with the sealed connection device;
- and
- a spill end (18),
- a device for actuating the chute intended to move the chute inside the first closed volume, said hinge device including a first arm and a second arm, a first pivot hinge between a first end of the first arm and a first end of the second arm, a second pivot hinge on a second longitudinal end of the first arm intended to enable a rotational movement of the first arm relative to the interior of the first closed volume,
- a first electric motor for moving the second arm in rotation relative to the first arm,
- a second electric motor for moving the first arm in rotation relative to the enclosure,
- said actuation method including a phase of approaching the chute (14) of the connection device to set the chute (14) in a docking position, and a phase of moving the chute (14) away from the connection device (D) to set the chute (14) in a rest position, the chute being moved in translation over a non-zero distance so that the axis (X2) of the docking end of the chute is collinear with the axis (X1) of the connection device at the end of the approach phase and at the beginning of the separation phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.