Patent ID: 8789312

Claim:
A loading station comprising a loading region ( 1 ) which is accessible from a loading side ( 2 ) and machine side ( 3 ′), comprising: two door elements ( 4 , 5 ), each of the door elements spanning at least a third of a circle and having a ring gear positioned at a lower edge thereof; a guide ( 3 ) on which the door elements ( 4 , 5 ) are movably mounted and configured to simultaneously move the door elements about a common axis to one of a machine position in which the door elements ( 4 , 5 ) open the machine side ( 3 ′) and close the loading side ( 2 ) and a loading position in which the door elements ( 4 , 5 ) open the loading side ( 2 ) and close the machine side ( 3 ′), and a coupling element coupling the movement of the door elements to each other, the coupling element having a first mesh gear and a second mesh gear positioned at opposing ends of an axel having a longitudinal axis traverse to the common axis about which the door elements move, the first mesh gear engaged with the ring gear of a first of the two door elements and the second mesh gear engaged with the ring gear of a second of the two door elements, the coupling element ensuring the door elements ( 4 , 5 ) at least partially open only the machine side ( 3 ′) or loading side ( 2 ) at any one time by controlling the door elements ( 4 , 5 ) to at least partially overlap in the loading position or the machine position such that the machine side or the loading side ( 3 ′, 2 ) only starts to open when the respective other side ( 2 , 3 ′) has closed at least partially, wherein each of the door elements is moved, on the movement from the loading position into the machine position, more than 90°.