Coupling element and docking device comprising a coupling element

US7104293B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Buck Valve GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Lais · Memmingen, DE
• Joseph Sywalla · Zillisheim, FR
• Joachim Stoye · Zetel, DE
• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2006
• Expiry date: May 12, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/15
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a coupling element for decanting, filling, or emptying of containers, a first sealing strip a flank piece comprising elastic as a first mounting element at a first end defining a first inner space for retaining a first axis, and a second mounting element on a second opposite end defining a second inner space for retaining a second axis. A second sealing strip comprising elastic has a first mounting element on a first end which defines a first inner space for retaining the second axis, and a second mounting element on a second opposite end which defines the second inner space for retaining the first axis. Inner sides of the flank pieces of the first and second sealing strips are attachable to one another to form a seal. The first mounting element of the first strip in the second mounting element of the second strip are positioned adjacent one another to form a first articulated section, and the second mounting element of the first sealing strip and the first mounting element of the second sealing strip being adjacent to one another to form a second articulated section. The first articulated cap forming a pivot bearing is positioned at least partially over the first articulated se…