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Title: Glove port retrofit assembly and method of replacing components

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1164044
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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.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC51-06NA25396
Assignee:
Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Patent Number(s):
8,887,365
Application Number:
12/607,457
OSTI ID:
1164044
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

Sealing device patent March 1977
Device for the sealed fixing of an interchangeable member in a cell flange patent February 1992
Sealed transfer system patent October 1995
Easily sterilizable glove system patent September 1997
Process for the transfer of aseptic products between two enclosures and transportation container for performing this process patent March 2002
Method of mounting a piece of handling equipment to a containment chamber containing a sterile medium patent October 2007
Glove fitting device patent February 2008
Apparatus for transferring hazardous material patent June 2008
Mobile isolation glove box with disposable enclosure for investigations patent December 2008
In-Situ Leak Testing of Glovebox, Isolator, or Containment Unit Gloves patent-application August 2004
Lens exchanger apparatus patent-application October 2007
Powered Operation Device for a Glove Box and Glove Box Equipped with Such a Device patent-application April 2008
Glovebox for a double wall containment module patent-application December 2008
Instrumentation system to implement LEAK TEST PROGRAM conference January 1997

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