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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fabrice Buteau, Basse Goulaine, FR;
Bernard Ollivaud, Le Cellier, FR;
Assignee:
GEC Alsthom ACB, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422295 ; 99360 ; 99371 ;
Abstract
The installation, which includes a tubular enclosure, is provided with a plugging device at each end, each plugging device including a moving assembly that can be displaced perpendicularly to the axis .DELTA. of the enclosure. The moving assembly includes a plug of the stopper type provided with a seal, a spacer provided with a pull rod a drawer and a plugging body. The moving assembly is slidably mounted in a force take-up member. Via co-operation between sloping ramps carried by the plug and complementary sloping grooves in the drawer, the transverse displacement of the drawer causes the plug to be displaced axially.