Coupling seal docking device comprising two of said coupling seals and container comprising at least one of said coupling seals

US7487808B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Niro GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Stoye · Zetel, DE
• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE
• Peter Lais · Memmingen, DE
• Christian Greiner · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 10, 2009
• Expiry date: May 17, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B1/28
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A coupling seal includes a first sealing strip containing first and second bearing elements on opposing ends of a rabbet body and a second sealing strip containing first and second bearing elements on opposing ends of a rabbet body. Interior sides of the rabbet bodies seal against one another, at least in sections, such that the first bearing element of the first sealing strip is arranged adjacent to the second bearing element of the second sealing strip and the second bearing element of the first sealing strip is arranged adjacent to the first bearing element of the second sealing strip. A first flexible element extends between first and second fixing devices of the first sealing strip, and a second flexible element extends between first and second fixing devices of the second sealing strip. The first and second flexible elements, when installed, may have a pre-stress.