Assembly having a self-clamping skirt for closing an annular collar or connecting to same, which can be rapidly positioned and removed, and used in the biopharmaceutical field
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-043/02
B65D-041/16
출원번호
US-0254917
(2010-03-05)
등록번호
US-8746500
(2014-06-10)
우선권정보
FR-09 51428 (2009-03-06)
국제출원번호
PCT/FR2010/050382
(2010-03-05)
§371/§102 date
20111014
(20111014)
국제공개번호
WO2010/100387
(2010-09-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Bernard, Frederic
Chevalier, Eric
출원인 / 주소
Sartorius Stedim FMT S.A.S.
대리인 / 주소
Young & Thompson
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
1인용 특허 :
10
초록▼
A mounting assembly is provided including a first piece mounted in a fixed, detachable, and sealed manner, on a rigid, annular collar of a second piece having an end opening. The first piece includes an annular peripheral wall having an inner face configured to contact an outer face of the collar. T
A mounting assembly is provided including a first piece mounted in a fixed, detachable, and sealed manner, on a rigid, annular collar of a second piece having an end opening. The first piece includes an annular peripheral wall having an inner face configured to contact an outer face of the collar. The first piece includes a transverse wall that can enter the opening, and an annular wall forming a skirt, the inner face of the skirt including a larger diameter part, a smaller diameter part, and an intermediate part configured to contact with conjugated parts of the outer face by clamping. The transverse wall and the skirt form one component and are made of a highly flexible material enabling the first piece to be brought into an intermediate state in which the first piece is enlarged to be removed from the second piece, while retaining elastic deformation.
대표청구항▼
1. A mounting assembly for use in the biopharmaceutical field, the mounting assembly comprising: a first piece configured to be mounted in a removable and airtight manner, on a rigid annular collar of a second piece having one end opening, the first piece, with respect to a central longitudinal axis
1. A mounting assembly for use in the biopharmaceutical field, the mounting assembly comprising: a first piece configured to be mounted in a removable and airtight manner, on a rigid annular collar of a second piece having one end opening, the first piece, with respect to a central longitudinal axis, comprising: a transverse wall configured to be received on the one end opening, anda peripheral annular wall that forms a skirt, an interior surface of the peripheral annular wall being configured to come into contact with an exterior surface of the collar, the transverse wall and the skirt, in one piece, being made of a material that offers an inherent sealing for the biopharmaceutical field and having a high degree of flexibility such that, in an inactive state, the first piece has a specified natural shape to be curved without being degraded such that starting from the inactive state, the first piece is configured to be stretched transversely and expanded to be able to be slipped onto or slipped off of the second piece, whereinan interior surface of the transverse wall, which is one of continuous and solid, and having at least one passage opening comprises a flat central zone, anda marginal zone positioned on a periphery of the first piece, when the first piece is combined with the second piece, the central zone of the interior surface of the transverse wall being essentially flat, and the marginal zone of the interior surface of the transverse wall having an essentially flat continuity relative to the central zone so as to form a part that is mated with an end edge of the collar that can be applied against the part and that is configured to contribute to sealing between the first and second pieces, wherein an interior surface of the skirt comprises a cylindrical part of larger diameter adjacent to the transverse wall,a cylindrical part of smaller diameter that is separated from the transverse wall, anda tilted, tapered intermediate part, in the active state where the first piece is mounted on the second piece, the parts of the skirt respectively contacting with elastic holding, tightening, and sealing on mating parts of the exterior surface of the collar of the second piece;wherein the first piece, with quick installation and removal, seals the second piece when the transverse wall is one of continuous and solid and connected with communication to the second piece, when the transverse wall comprises the passage opening. 2. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate part of the interior surface of the skirt has a tapered shape, having a tilt of 45° with respect to the central axis. 3. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the transverse wall has a smaller thickness than that of the skirt and/or the thickness of the skirt facing the cylindrical part of larger diameter is greater than the thickness facing the cylindrical part of smaller diameter. 4. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the transverse wall comprises the passage opening, anda tubular piece, delimiting the passage opening, the tubular piece being made integral with the transverse wall to form a rigid unit that extends toward an exterior and/or an interior of the transverse wall, andwherein the first piece, equipped with the tubular piece, ensures a function of connection and rigid attachment and passage or transfer, the tubular piece extending toward the exterior of the transverse wall and configured to accommodate and to attach, rigidly and in an airtight manner, an annular end part of a third piece. 5. The mounting assembly according to claim 4, further comprising a tubular piece that extends toward the exterior of the transverse wall, the tubular piece comprising a tubular wall for the accommodation and the rigid and airtight attachment of the annular end part of the third piece at an end of the tubular wall, with a collar for the rigid attachment to the part of the transverse wall forming the edge of the opening. 6. The mounting assembly according to claim 5, wherein the tubular piece comprises, toward an exterior of the tubular wall, an exterior cylindrical wall, the exterior cylindrical wall providing with the tubular wall an annular cylindrical housing that can accommodate the annular end part of the third piece or the tubular piece forming a rigid unit with a transverse collar, directed toward the exterior, the transverse collar being a means for suspension configured to suspend the third piece, the transverse collar working with a support wall that is provided with a hole. 7. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein the transverse wall comprises the passage opening, and a third piece that has an annular end part is configured to be attached directly to the part of the transverse wall that forms the edge of the opening, the third piece having either a shape of an open pocket or a not open pocket, opposite the annular end part, or a tube shape. 8. The mounting assembly according to claim 3, wherein a closing piece that is combined with the third piece, the closing piece being configured to open or close the passage that is formed by the annular end part. 9. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a first annular peripheral sealing means having a rounded bead shape in a transverse straight cross-section and located close to the skirt, anda second mating annular peripheral sealing means having a rounded groove shape in the transverse straight cross-section, provided on the end edge of the collar. 10. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, further comprising at least one exterior peripheral tab that is adjacent to a free edge of the skirt and integral with the skirt, the at least one exterior peripheral tab being configured to assist the installation and/or the removal of the first piece on and/or from the collar of the second piece. 11. The mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least the first piece is made of silicone or a material that has a Shore hardness on the order of 55 ShA and an elastic stretching capacity that is based on the size difference of the first piece between the inactive state and an intermediate state such that as much in the intermediate state as in the active state, the first piece has an elastic deformation relative to the inactive state where the first piece does not have an elastic deformation, and that in the active state, the elastic deformation is such that the first piece elastically tightens the collar of the second piece to ensure holding with sealing, the first piece being made of an antistatic material. 12. A unit designed for use in the biopharmaceutical field, comprising: the mounting assembly comprising the first mounting piece according to claim 1; andthe second piece on which the first mounting piece is mounted in a removable and airtight manner, the second, hollow piece comprising the end opening that is delimited by the rigid annular collar, a bulge at the side of the opening directed toward the exterior,wherein the exterior surface of the collar comprises a part of larger diameter toward the bulge and the opening,a part of smaller diameter separated from the bulge and the opening, andan intermediate part, andwherein in the active state where the first piece is mounted on the second piece, the parts of the skirt come into contact with elastic holding, tightening, and sealing on the mating parts of the exterior surface of the collar of the second piece, the first piece being configured for quick installation on and removal from the second piece. 13. The unit according to claim 12, further comprising a second sealing means formed as an annular groove provided on the end edge of the collar that forms the bulge, a first annular peripheral sealing means shaped as a rounded bead in a transverse straight cross-section and located close to the skirt configured to work with the second sealing means. 14. The unit according to claim 12, wherein the second piece is a port that is part of a storage or treatment receptacle, the receptacle comprising a pocket that has a bottom, an opening opposite the bottom that is configured to be combined rigidly with the second piece opposite the end opening, and a flexible lateral wall configured to be in two end states, respectively flat-folded and deployed, and in any intermediate state, the flexible lateral wall being configured to be deformed for passing from one state to another state. 15. The unit according to claim 14, wherein the receptacle further comprises means for treatment configured to treat contents of the receptacle, the means for treatment being integrated with the receptacle. 16. The unit according to claim 15, wherein the second piece that forms the port additionally constitutes means for protection configured to protect the treatment means, an active internal part of the treatment means being essentially arranged in the internal space of the second piece forming the port when the pocket is in the flat-folded state, a peripheral part of the internal space of the second piece forming the port that forms a chamber for protection of the pocket and the treatment means. 17. The unit according to claim 15, wherein the treatment means is arranged at least partly in an interior of the pocket by being adjacent to the bottom of the pocket, opposite the second piece that forms the port. 18. The unit according to claim 12, wherein the second piece is a tube. 19. The unit according to claim 12, wherein the transverse wall is continuous and solid, and the first piece is configured to seal the second piece. 20. The unit according to claim 12, wherein the transverse wall comprises the at least one passage opening, and the first piece is connected with communication to the second piece. 21. The unit according to claim 20, wherein further comprising a third piece comprising an annular end part that is connected in a rigid and airtight way to the first piece directly or by the tubular piece, anda closing piece combined with the annular end part of the third piece configured to open or close the passage that is formed by the annular end part. 22. A process for mounting or assembly of the first piece of the mounting assembly on the second piece of the unit according to claim 12, the process comprising: providing the first piece and the second piece separately such that the first piece and the second piece are not mounted or assembled with one another;expanding the first piece by providing external manual stress on at least the skirt of the first piece, the first piece being expanded by remaining in an elastic deformation range up to a diameter that is at least slightly larger than a maximum exterior diameter of the collar toward the opening;positioning the first piece opposite and in the axis of the second piece; anddisposing the skirt onto the collar, the first piece being positioned axially on the second piece in an unstressed position of the first piece;wherein in a position in which the first piece, in the active state, is mounted or assembled on the second piece, the parts of the skirt come into contact with elastic holding, tightening, and sealing on the mating parts of the exterior surface of the collar of the second piece. 23. A process for disassembly of the first piece of the mounting assembly from the second piece of the unit according to claim 12, the process comprising: expanding the first piece by providing an external manual stress at least on the skirt of the first piece, the first piece being expanded to a diameter that is at least slightly larger than a maximum exterior diameter of the collar toward the opening, when the first piece and the second piece are mounted or assembly with and on one another; andremoving the first piece off of the second piece to disassemble the first and second pieces from each other. 24. A process for using the unit according to claim 12, the process comprising: providing a receptacle for storage or treatment;in an initial state in which a pocket of the receptacle is in the flat-folded state, the end opening of the port of the receptacle that forms the second piece being concealed by the first piece arranged toward the top and mounted on the second piece positioning the pocket by the bottom of the pocket on the bottom of a container;gradually introducing a product into the receptacle through an opening that is opened and is configured to introduce the product from the receptacle, the pocket being simultaneously allowed to be deployed upward and to be expanded in volume by the container until a desired quantity of product has been introduced into the receptacle;disassembling the first piece from the second piece, the end opening of the second piece thereby being opened;introducing a product and/or a means of treatment and/or for measuring contents of the pocket the end opening having been opened into the pocket, andwherein after the product and/or the means of treatment and/or for measuring the contents of the pocket is introduced through the end opening, the first piece is mounted or assembled on and in the second piece. 25. The process for using the unit according to claim 24, wherein the receptacle comprises, treatment means integrated in the receptacle, the treatment means comprising mixing means arranged in an interior of the pocket by being adjacent to a bottom of the pocket, the process further comprising: introducing the desired quantity of the product into the receptacle, the end opening of the port of the receptacle that forms the second piece being concealed by the first piece, the opening for introducing the product of the receptacle being open;disassembling the first piece from the second piece, the end opening of the second piece thereby being opened; andintroducing the desired quantity of the product by the end opening into the pocket, the end opening of the second piece being opened;operating the mixing means;mounting or assembling the first piece on the second piece; andcontinuing implementation of the mixing means. 26. The process for using the unit according to claim 22, wherein the unit further comprises a third piece being an open pocket opposite an annular end part, configured to insert a product into a receptacle via the third piece, the process further comprising: providing the receptacle for storage or treatment, the receptacle comprising a pocket and the third connected in a rigid and airtight manner to the first piece;combining a closing piece with the end part of the third piece, the closing piece close a passage that is formed by the annular end part;introducing a desired quantity of the product into the third piece by the annular end part, the third piece being open opposite the closed annular end part;closing the opening of the third piece opposite the closed annular end part;mounting or assembling the first piece on the second piece, with no communication then existing between the pocket of the receptacle storage or treatment and the third piece;maneuvering the closing piece to open the passage that is formed by the annular end part, with communication then being established between the pocket of the receptacle for storage or treatment and the third piece; andproviding the product that is inserted into the third piece into the pocket of the receptacle for storage or treatment. 27. The process for using a unit according to claim 22, wherein the unit further comprises a third piece being a closed pocket opposite an annular end part, configured to insert a product into a receptacle via the third piece wherein the process further comprises: providing receptacle for storage or treatment, the receptacle comprising a pocket and the third piece connected in a rigid and airtight manner to the first piece;introducing a desired quantity of the product into the third piece by the annular end part, the third piece being open at the annular end part;combining a closing piece with the end part of the third piece, the closing piece being maneuvered for closing a passage that is formed by the annular end part;mounting or assembling the first piece on and in the second piece, with no communication then existing between the pocket of the receptacle for storage or treatment and the third piece containing the product;maneuvering the closing piece to open the passage formed by the annular end part, with communication then being established between the pocket of the receptacle for storage or treatment and the third piece; andproviding the product that is inserted into the third piece into the pocket of the receptacle for storage or treatment. 28. The mounting assembly according to claim 3, further comprising a third piece wherein a closing piece that is combined with the third piece and with the tubular piece, the closing piece being configured to open or close the passage that is formed by the annular end part. 29. The unit according to claim 20, further comprising a third piece comprising an annular end part that is connected in a rigid and airtight way to the first piece, directly or by the tubular piece, anda closing piece combined with the annular end part of the third piece and with the tubular piece, and configured to open or close the passage that is formed by the annular end part.
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