Patent ID: 6651708
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B60P,B61D,B65D

Abstract:
Closing device for a filling pipe for charging powder-like or granular bulk material comprising;at least one filling pipe adapted to be arranged on a container for transport to a loading station, said pipe provided with an inlet opening in communication with an interior of the container and closeable on the outside by a cover; a closure element adapted to be supported in the container interior by a carrier arm and configured for engagement in and disengagement from a circular ring shaped sealing surface associated to the inlet opening and in dependence on a pivot movement of the carrier arm, said pivot movement is oriented in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein the sealing surface is provided on one of an end of a hollow cylindrical insert member which is in coaxial relationship to the filling pipe, or on an end of the filling pipe which projects into the container interior.