Environmentally sealed docking device and method, having a zipper and a slide

A method for the environmentally sealed connection of a first receptacle to a second receptacle in a closed docking position and for the environmentally sealed guidance of a throughflow in a throughflow direction through the closure from the first receptacle into the second receptacle in an opened docking position, the method comprising:

• closing the receptacles by way of respective closures of each of the receptacles;
• connecting the closures by laterally pushing the closures together so that corresponding closure elements engage in one another;
• and
• actuating an actuator to switch from the closed docking position into the opened docking position,
• wherein each of the respective closures includes two profile strips for the environmentally sealed connection of the first receptacle to the second receptacle in the closed docking position and for the environmentally sealed guidance of a throughflow in a throughflow direction from the first receptacle into the second receptacle in the opened docking position,
• wherein the respective closure of the first receptacle is a first closure, and wherein the respective closure of the second receptacle is an identical closure facing the first receptacle, said identical closure being engaged with the first closure of the first receptacle in the opened docking position and forming, together with the first closure of the first receptacle, a channel for the throughflow in the throughflow direction,
• wherein the profile strips arranged opposite one another close the respective receptacle in a manner held between one another,
• wherein a first profile strip extends in the throughflow direction beyond the respective receptacle and the first profile strip is formed with at least one first and one second closure element on a first inner side facing the respective receptacle and all of the closure elements are arranged exclusively in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the inward direction with respect to the channel,
• wherein a second profile strip is formed with at least one third closure element on a second inner side facing the respective receptacle, wherein the at least one third closure element is arranged in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the inward direction with respect to the channel, and is formed with at least one fourth closure element on an outer side facing away from the respective receptacle, wherein the at least one fourth closure element is arranged exclusively in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the outward direction with respect to the channel,
• wherein the first inner side of the first profile strip has in the throughflow direction a first contact region and a second contact region,
• wherein the second and the third closure element close the first receptacle in the first contact region, in which the second closure element and the third closure element engage in one another,
• wherein the second contact region extends beyond the first receptacle and the opposite second profile strip, and
• wherein the first closure of the first receptacle can be connected in the second contact region to the identical closure of the second receptacle, in that the first closure element of the closure and the fourth closure element of the identical closure engage in one another.

A closure system, comprising:

• at least one closure;
• and
• a slide for the at least one closure, said slide being suitable for connecting a first receptacle and a second receptacle laterally together by way of the at least one closure and/or for closing a respective one of the receptacles,
• wherein the at least one closure includes two profile strips for the environmentally sealed connection of the first receptacle to the second receptacle in a closed docking position and for the environmentally sealed guidance of a throughflow in a throughflow direction through the at least one closure from the first receptacle into the second receptacle in an opened docking position,
• wherein the at least one closure includes a first closure, and wherein the second receptacle has an identical closure facing the first receptacle, said identical closure being engaged with the first closure of the first receptacle in the opened docking position and forming, together with the first closure of the first receptacle, a channel for the throughflow in the throughflow direction,
• wherein the profile strips arranged opposite one another close the respective receptacle in a manner held between one another,
• wherein a first profile strip extends in the throughflow direction beyond the respective receptacle and the first profile strip is formed with at least one first and one second closure element on a first inner side facing the respective receptacle and all of the closure elements are arranged exclusively in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the inward direction with respect to the channel,
• wherein a second profile strip is formed with at least one third closure element on a second inner side facing the respective receptacle, wherein the at least one third closure element is arranged in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the inward direction with respect to the channel, and is formed with at least one fourth closure element on an outer side facing away from the respective receptacle, wherein the at least one fourth closure element is arranged exclusively in a manner oriented transversely to the throughflow direction and in the outward direction with respect to the channel,
• wherein the first inner side of the first profile strip has in the throughflow direction a first contact region and a second contact region,
• wherein the second and the third closure element close the first receptacle in the first contact region, in which the second closure element and the third closure element engage in one another,
• wherein the second contact region extends beyond the first receptacle and the opposite second profile strip, and
• wherein the first closure of the first receptacle can be connected in the second contact region to the identical closure of the second receptacle, in that the first closure element of the closure and the fourth closure element of the identical closure engage in one another.