US 11,772,581 B2
Transfer ports for confinement gloveboxes and related methods
Aaron A. Balsmeier, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/61,333.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,887, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0101542 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 21/02 (2006.01); B60R 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 15/00 (2013.01) [B25J 21/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transfer port for a confinement glovebox, comprising:
a flange sized and shaped to be secured within an opening in a wall of a glovebox;
a sleeve secured to the flange and defining a passage through the flange;
a first cap removably secured to the sleeve on a first side of the flange and obstructing the passage on the first side; and
a second cap removably secured to the sleeve on a second, opposite side of the flange and obstructing the passage on the second side;
wherein the second cap comprises a tube extending longitudinally from a closed end of the second cap at least partially through the passage of the sleeve from the second side beyond the flange to the first side such that, when the second cap is removed from the sleeve, the tube is configured to be removed out of the passage.