Coupling closure, and docking device comprising two of said coupling closures

US8596316B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Pharma Systems Limited · CH

Inventors

• Martin Koch · Neuenbürg, DE
• Peter Lais · Memmingen, DE
• Gunter Philipp · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Joachim Stoye · Zetel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/87973
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a coupling closure for a docking device used for decanting, filling, and/or emptying containers, particularly in an environmentally isolated manner. The coupling closure has a closure side and a container side and comprises a nozzle stub and a cap which is mounted in the nozzle stub so as to be pivotable about an axis and has an external side that faces the closure side in the closed position. The invention further relates to a docking device for decanting, filling, and/or emptying containers, particularly in an environmentally isolated manner. The docking device comprises first and second disclosed coupling closures which can be placed flush against each other by the respective closure sides thereof. The invention also relates to a working platform, a locking unit for a docking device, and a method for decanting, filling, and/or emptying containers, particularly in an environmentally isolated manner.