B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
B
B65B 1/04 (2006.01) B01L 1/02 (2006.01) B65B 3/04 (2006.01) B67C 3/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2159641
A transfer port apparatus is provided for transferring an item (102) through a port (18) formed in a wall (12) of a housing and into an interior region (14) of the housing. The apparatus includes a door collar assembly (20> 22) formed to include an aperture (28, 30) therethrough, an arcuate groove surrounding the aperture (28, 30), and a mechanism (24, 26) for coupling the door collar assembly (20, 22) to the wall (12) of the housing so that the aperture (28, 30) is in communication with the port (18) to permit insertion of the item (102) into the interior region (14) of the housing. The apparatus also includes a door gasket (34) located in the arcuate groove of the door assembly, and a door (52) configured to be inserted into the aperture of the door collar assembly (20, 22). The door (52) has an outer peripheral surface (54) aligned with the door gasket (34). The apparatus further includes a spring band (32) for biasing the door gasket (34) against the outer peripheral surface (54) of the door (52) to retain the door (52) in the door collar assembly (20, 22) and to seal the door (52) in the door collar assembly (20, 22).
Francis Lee Ashley
Goudreau Gage Dubuc
La Calhene
Szatmary Michael A.
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