Working chamber system and seal device
AssigneeSchlick Roto-Jet Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorReinhard Nadicksbernd
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Abstract
A sealing device is provided for a working chamber system with a robot hand (216) that extends into the working chamber (100) through an aperture (120) by means of which a seal may be established and removed by remote control. The sealing device includes: (a) a flexible sealing element (20) by means of which an inner pass-through ring element (40) is connected with the edge of the aperture (120); (b) at least two coupling elements that are attached to the pass-through ring element (40) and (c) at least one locking element that is connected with the robot hand (216) and that may be positioned by means of positioning elements for coupling of the robot hand (216) with the pass-through ring element (40) by means of the coupling elements.
Claims23
In a working chamber system comprising, in combination:
- a working chamber wall with at least one aperture;
- a robot hand inserted through the aperture into the working chamber;
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- a sealing device by means of which a seal of the aperture with the inserted robot hand may be established and removed by remote control;
- the improvement wherein the sealing device includes:
- (a) a flexible sealing element through which an inner pass-through ring element is connected with the edge of the aperture;
- (b) at least two coupling elements attached to at least one of the pass-through ring element and the robot hand;
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- (c) at least one locking element connected to at least one of the robot hand and the pass-through element, which locking element may be brought into engagement with the coupling elements by means of positioning elements for the purpose of coupling the robot hand with the pass-through ring element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.