Contamination-free, flexible closure system for use on at least partially flexible containers

US10124931B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FLECOTEC AG · DE

Inventor

• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 2, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/158
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A closure (10, 20) has two profiled strips (11, 12; 21, 22) for an at least panially flexible container (1, 2) for connecting a first container (1) to a second container (2) in an environmentally sealed manner and in a closed docking position, and for conducting a flow in a flow direction (D) through the closure (10, 20) from the first container (1) into the second container (2) in an environmentally sealed manner and in an open docking position. The second container (2) has an identical closure (10, 20) facing the first container (1), and, in the open docking position, is in engagement with the closure (10, 20) of the first container (1). Together with the closure (10, 20) of the first container (1), a flow channel (3) is defined for the through flow in the flow direction (D). The closures (10, 20) can be docked to each other and opened jointly in a single step by a separate slider. Due to the dual functional nature of all the closure elements, no closure element (13, 14; 23, 24) is exposed in the channel-upward direction to the material to be transferred. A slider (30) connects and separates the closures (10, 20), and has an insenion side (31), on which the closures (10, 20) can …