Patent ID: 8590557

Claim:
A dual flap device for an environmentally tight connection of two receptacles, comprising: two housing halves having a releasable connection therebetween; one flap per housing half, said flap being mounted pivotably in the associated housing half using a half shaft, wherein, in a connecting position of the dual flap device, the housing halves and the flaps bear against each other and are braced against each other, wherein the half shafts of the two flaps coincide to form a common shaft having an axis of rotation such that both flaps are pivotable using an adjusting device via the common shaft between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the open position, a flowable product is transferable in a flow direction from a first into a second of the receptacles, wherein, in an axial extension of the respective half shaft, a first of the housing halves has, at least on one side of the respective flap, a locking device, wherein the locking device enables adjustment of the dual flap device between an unlocking position and a locking position, and wherein the locking device produces the releasable connection between the housing halves and braces the housing halves against each other.