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Title: Glove port retrofit assembly and method of replacing components

Abstract

What is disclosed is a system for retrofitting a sealed enclosure for performing work therein having an outer enclosure assembly configured to be clamped to the outer annular face of a port ring and form a sealed engagement with the outer annular surface of the port ring, a change assembly having an inner ring and an access element wherein the inner ring has a first annular cylinder body that is sized to be slidably received by the port ring and the access element is configured to be sealably and slidably positioned within the first annular cylinder body of the inner ring.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1164044
Patent Number(s):
8887365
Application Number:
12/607,457
Assignee:
Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B25 - HAND TOOLS B25J - MANIPULATORS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC51-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

Citation Formats

Giesen, Isaac M, Cournoyer, Michael E, and Rael, David G. Glove port retrofit assembly and method of replacing components. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Giesen, Isaac M, Cournoyer, Michael E, & Rael, David G. Glove port retrofit assembly and method of replacing components. United States.
Giesen, Isaac M, Cournoyer, Michael E, and Rael, David G. Tue . "Glove port retrofit assembly and method of replacing components". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1164044.
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