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Closure device for the vacuum-tight closing of an opening in a wall

US7611122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 22, 2007
Grant dateNov 3, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K31/122
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A closure device for closing an opening in a wall in a vacuum-tight manner comprises a closure plate, a carrying unit which carries the closure plate and which has at least one longitudinal piston-cylinder unit, and a base unit which carries the carrying unit and has at least one transverse piston-cylinder unit. A closing cylinder space of the at least one longitudinal piston-cylinder unit is connected to a closing cylinder space of the transverse piston-cylinder unit, or of at least one of the transverse piston-cylinder units, by means of a closing pressure gas channel, and an opening cylinder space of the at least one longitudinal piston-cylinder unit is connected to an opening cylinder space of the transverse piston-cylinder unit, or of at least one of the transverse piston-cylinder units, by means of an opening pressure gas channel. The closing cylinder spaces and the opening cylinder spaces of the transverse piston-cylinder unit and longitudinal piston-cylinder unit are acted upon by pressure for closing the closure device, and only the opening cylinder spaces of the transverse piston-cylinder unit and longitudinal piston-cylinder unit are acted upon by pressure for opening th…

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