F16J13/08

Fluid container with pressure seal
11662021 · 2023-05-30 ·

A container for exchanging fluids using pressurized air has a cylindrical tank with caps and seals at the tank's opposite ends. Grooves in the caps hold the seals, and the caps move between unsealed and sealed arrangements using a tie rod engaging threaded bores in the caps. When sealed, the seals are radially compressed between the flange and the tank's interior sidewall. The tie rod connects to threaded bores at the caps' centers. Rotating the caps relative to the tank axially moves the caps between the sealed and unsealed arrangements. The top cap has a fill port with a threaded plug. A process tube connects to either the outlet port for the fluid when the top cap has the outlet or the inlet port for the pressurized air when the bottom cap has the inlet. A float valve connects to the process tube's end for fluid flowing through the outlet.

Fluid container with pressure seal
11662021 · 2023-05-30 ·

A container for exchanging fluids using pressurized air has a cylindrical tank with caps and seals at the tank's opposite ends. Grooves in the caps hold the seals, and the caps move between unsealed and sealed arrangements using a tie rod engaging threaded bores in the caps. When sealed, the seals are radially compressed between the flange and the tank's interior sidewall. The tie rod connects to threaded bores at the caps' centers. Rotating the caps relative to the tank axially moves the caps between the sealed and unsealed arrangements. The top cap has a fill port with a threaded plug. A process tube connects to either the outlet port for the fluid when the top cap has the outlet or the inlet port for the pressurized air when the bottom cap has the inlet. A float valve connects to the process tube's end for fluid flowing through the outlet.

TRANSFER ASSEMBLY

An assembly for transferring an element from or towards the inside of a closed contaminated enclosure having an opening. The transfer assembly includes a first door closing substantially sealingly the opening of the contaminated enclosure and a transfer box delimiting an enclosed space and having an opening closed by a second door configured to pivot towards the inside of the transfer box, the first door and the second door each having at least one coupling member configured to allow the coupling of the first door and of the second door and configured to allow the first door and the second door, coupled to one another, to pivot towards the inside of the transfer box.

Pressure vessel closure
09726288 · 2017-08-08 · ·

A closure for a pressure vessel that includes a neck with a groove defined in the inner diameter, and a door assembly that pivots between opened and closed positions. The door assembly includes a door portion sized to be received in an opening of the neck, a guide plate connected to the door portion and rotatable between locked and unlocked positions, a first lock ring segment positioned radially outwardly of the guide plate and a handle. The guide plate includes a first cam path defined therein that receives a cam member of a first lug assembly that extends inwardly from the first lock ring segment. Rotation of the handle (and guide plate) from the unlocked to the locked position moves the first lock ring segment from a locked to an unlocked position. In the locked position, the first lock ring segment is received in the groove of the neck.

Pressure vessel closure
09726288 · 2017-08-08 · ·

A closure for a pressure vessel that includes a neck with a groove defined in the inner diameter, and a door assembly that pivots between opened and closed positions. The door assembly includes a door portion sized to be received in an opening of the neck, a guide plate connected to the door portion and rotatable between locked and unlocked positions, a first lock ring segment positioned radially outwardly of the guide plate and a handle. The guide plate includes a first cam path defined therein that receives a cam member of a first lug assembly that extends inwardly from the first lock ring segment. Rotation of the handle (and guide plate) from the unlocked to the locked position moves the first lock ring segment from a locked to an unlocked position. In the locked position, the first lock ring segment is received in the groove of the neck.

HEAT EXCHANGER CLOSURE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USING AND INSTALLING THE SAME

A heat exchanger assembly including an elongated tubular heat exchanger enclosure defining an interior chamber. A tube sheet is positioned within the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure separating the interior chamber into a shell side and a channel side. The interior portion is configured to removably receive a tube bundle positioned within the shell side of the interior chamber. An annular sleeve member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure. An annular elastic torsion member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger such that the sleeve member is positioned between the tube sheet and the elastic torsion member. The elastic torsion member has an inner circumference deflectable relative to its outer circumference for torsioning the elastic torsion member.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SOLID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM

Disclosed is an apparatus for assembling a solid hydrogen storage system. The apparatus includes a lower support installed to support a lower side of material blocks to be assembled, split covers assembled in multiple stages on an upper side of the lower support and forming therein a closed space in which the material blocks are capable of being assembled, the split covers being configured to be separated in a horizontal direction, and gas injection ports provided in the split covers to inject an inert gas into an inner space of the split covers.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SOLID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM

Disclosed is an apparatus for assembling a solid hydrogen storage system. The apparatus includes a lower support installed to support a lower side of material blocks to be assembled, split covers assembled in multiple stages on an upper side of the lower support and forming therein a closed space in which the material blocks are capable of being assembled, the split covers being configured to be separated in a horizontal direction, and gas injection ports provided in the split covers to inject an inert gas into an inner space of the split covers.

Heat exchanger closure assemblies and methods of using and installing the same

A heat exchanger assembly including an elongated tubular heat exchanger enclosure defining an interior chamber. A tube sheet is positioned within the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure separating the interior chamber into a shell side and a channel side. The interior portion is configured to removably receive a tube bundle positioned within the shell side of the interior chamber. An annular sleeve member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure. An annular elastic torsion member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger such that the sleeve member is positioned between the tube sheet and the elastic torsion member. The elastic torsion member has an inner circumference deflectable relative to its outer circumference for torsioning the elastic torsion member.