Patent ID: 6364317
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: D01D,Y10T

Abstract:
A sealing system for sealing a chamber at an opening where equipment is installed wherein the equipment must, at times, be replaced, the sealing system comprising:a first sealing element comprising a channel formed of a generally vertically upright inner wall arranged to approximately circumscribe the opening in the chamber, a generally concentric outer wall spaced from the periphery of said inner wall and a closed bottom between said inner and outer wall; a liquid sealing agent filling a substantial portion of said channel; a second sealing element comprising a skirt arranged to fit into the channel of the first sealing element and into said liquid sealing agent; wherein one of said first and second sealing element is attached to said chamber about said opening and the other of said sealing elements is attached to the equipment such that the skirt and the channel form a seal when the equipment is brought to the opening in the chamber and a gate for closing the opening from within the chamber.