IP Library Granted Patent US 8,579,387
Granted Patent B2
US 8,579,387 · App. 12/746,471 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Glove box

Inventor: Delong Zhang (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: Vigor Gas Separation Equipment Technologies (SIP) Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,579,387
App. No.
12/746,471
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A glove box with a leakage shielding space ( 4 ) comprises a main box body, a view window ( 8 ) placed on the main box body, glove ports installed on the view window ( 8 ), side panels attached to the main box body, and an antechamber ( 1 ) installed on a side panel. Wherein, on at least one of five interfaces, namely, between the main box body and the view window ( 8 ), between the main box body and the side panel, between the view window ( 8 ) and the glove port, between the glove port and the glove, between the side panel and the antechamber ( 1 ), a leakage shielding space ( 4 ) is formed, so as to ensure the purity in the operating space of the glove box and to prevent the external environment of the box body from being polluted.

Claims (2)

1. A glove box comprising a main box body, a view window placed on the main box body, glove ports installed on the view window, gloves attached to the glove ports, side panels attached to the main box body, and an antechamber installed on one of the side panels; the main box body, the side panels, the glove ports and the antechamber have contact surfaces sealed with sealing rings; on at least one of five interfaces, namely, between the main box body and the view window, between the main box body and the side panel, between the view window and the glove ports, between the side panels on which the antechamber is installed and the antechamber, between the glove ports and the gloves, characterized in that, a leakage shielding space is formed between the sealing rings, two through holes are opened to the leakage shielding space, and the two through holes are separated by a spacer, one of the through holes adapted to be connected to a high purity gas source and the other through hole serving as a vent to make the leakage shielding space full of flowing high purity gas.

2. A glove box comprising a main box body, a view window placed on the main box body, glove ports installed on the view window, gloves attached to the glove ports, side panels attached to the main box body, and an antechamber installed on one of the side panels; the main box body, the side panels, the glove ports and the antechamber have contact surfaces sealed with sealing rings; on at least one of five interfaces, namely, between the main box body and the view window, between the main box body and the side panels, between the view window and the glove port, between the side panel on which the antechamber is installed and the antechamber, between the glove ports and the gloves, characterized in that a leakage shielding space is formed between the sealing rings, a through hole is opened to the leakage shielding space, the through hole adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump to create a vacuum in the leakage shielding space.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2015
From: VIGOR GAS SEPARATION EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (SIP) CO., LTD.
To: VIGOR GAS PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036029/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2010
From: ZHANG, DELONG
To: VIGOR GAS SEPARATION EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES (SIP) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025104/0591 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2007 1 0191501 · Dec 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100259138A1 · Oct 14, 2010