Device for generating a negative pressure in the sealed room of a tablet press and/or of an isolator

• US 7,749,053 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2006
• Issued: 07/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fette GmbH (LMT Leading Metalworking Technologies GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Fette GmbH (LMT Leading Metalworking Technologies GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: Behns, Holger, Zingler, Ralf, Heck, Linda, Gand, Enrico
• Primary Examiner(s): McAllister; Steve
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kosanovic; Helena
• Application Number:
  US11/612,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20070149108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• Field of Search: 454/184, 454/238, 425/DIG.60, 425/60
• US Class Current: 454/238
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 15/02 using chambers or hoods covering the area B08B15/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 15/0082 Dust eliminating means; Mould or press ram cleaning means
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/0001 for ventilation F24F11/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2011/0005 to create underpressure in a room, keeping contamination inside
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/40 Pressure, e.g. wind pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2140/10 Pressure

Abstract

A device for generating a negative pressure in the sealed room of a tablet press and/or of an isolator, with a fan connected to the sealed room and an air opening towards the sealed room, wherein the intake side of an ejector is connected with the sealed room, the working fluid connection of which is connectable with a compressed air source via a valve, with a sensor which is connected to a negative pressure control unit which opens the valve when the sensor measures a pressure in the sealed room which is above a predetermined negative pressure value, a second valve being assigned to the fresh air inlet opening, which depending on the embodiment remains opened or is triggered and closed by the negative pressure control unit.

Claims

1. A device for generating a negative pressure in a sealed chamber of a tablet press and/or a tablet isolator, comprising:

a motor-driven fan connected to the sealed chamber through a first conduit to extract air from the sealed chamber;

an inlet for the sealed chamber;

a first valve (20) in the inlet having a control input which is connected to a control unit;

a pressure sensor within the sealed chamber connected to the control unit;

a second conduit connected to a pressure source through a second valve (38a) which has a control input connected to the control unit;

a third valve (32) in the first conduit, the third valve having a control input connected to the second conduit;

an ejector pump with an intake connected to the sealed chamber through a fourth valve (28), and

the fourth valve having a control input connected to the second conduit, the elector pump having a driving inlet connected to the second conduit, the device working such that if the pressure sensor senses a negative pressure above a predetermined negative value the control unit closes the first valve and opens the second valve so that by pressure in the second conduit the third valve is closed and the fourth valve is opened and the ejector pump can evacuate the sealed chamber.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the actuating appliances (30, 34) of the valves (28 and 32) are fluid-actuated.

3. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the valve (38a) opens in the not triggered condition and the valve (20) adopts the position provided according to the embodiment, namely either opened or closed, in the not triggered condition.