Abstract:
The present invention is an automatic volume fill control apparatus to be used in conjunction with a recovering device which is operable upon being electrically connected to an electrical power source. The automatic control apparatus comprises a control unit electrically interconnected between the electrical power source and the recovering device. The control unit has an electrical circuit which includes an electrical relay switch and connects with a float switch installed in a recovered refrigerant tank. The float switch is normally closed when the refrigerant tank is less than 80% filled, which causes the relay switch to be closed to establish electrical connection between the power source and the recovering device, so the filling of the refrigerant tank continues. When the refrigerant in the tank reaches 80% in volume, the float switch will be opened, which causes the relay switch to open to cut-off the electrical connection between the power source and the recovering device, so the filling process stops. This ensures the safety of the refrigerant recovering and recycling process.
Abstract:
A storage structure, particularly for fluids but also useful for storing solids, which in one embodiment includes at least a portion thereof comprising a structural wall having opposing sides, at least one said side having an insulating and protecting built-up layered finish covering which retards heat transfer, the passage of water vapor through the insulation and/or the condensation of water on the one said side, the built-up layered finish covering including a layer of insulation positioned on the one said side of the wall; a solid unitary vapor barrier layer applied to the outer surface of the insulation board as a viscous liquid or paste which hardens into a solid layer; a reinforced stucco basecoat layer applied onto the vapor barrier layer; and a stucco topcoat layer applied onto the stucco basecoat layer.
Abstract:
A removable handle for gas cylinder hand trucks allows storage of the truck in a smaller space by decreasing the height of the truck. The invention is for trucks of the type having a tubular handle extending upward from the frame. The joint (or joints) where the handle removes is formed by making a cut in the tube, preferably just above the level of the top of the frame. This cut becomes a joint by adding to the cut a dowel and a bracket. The dowel is permanently fastened into the handle part of the tube, and snugly fits into the lower, or frame, end of the tube. The dowel both aligns and angularly braces the two tube sections. The bracket part consists of two plates, one fastened to the removable handle part and one fastened to the frame, which are bolted together when the joint is fastened. The plates are radially attached to adjoining parts of the handle tube and frame tube. Each plate has a hole for the bolt. The bolted plates prevent relative twisting of the two tubes and also reinforce the dowel. The invention is applicable to either a single-joint upright tubular handle or a double-joint U-shaped tubular handle.
Abstract:
A nested tank construction for pressurized materials comprises first and second cylindrical tanks connected together so that they are axially aligned. The first tank comprises a dome end which is inverted so that it extends inwardly into the first tank and is under compression loading when exposed to pressure within the first tank. The second tank comprises a dome end which extends outwardly from the second tank and is under tension loading when exposed to pressure within the second tank. The first and second tank dome ends have a matching geometry so that the second tank dome end is nested into the first tank dome end. The first tank dome end is a honeycomb sandwich structure comprising an aluminum membrane, a honeycomb core adhered to the concave face of the aluminum membrane, and a fiber composite face sheet adhered to the concave face of the honeycomb core. The honeycomb sandwich structure is co-cured under heat and pressure. A gap is provided between the face sheet of the composite sandwich structure and the second tank dome end. The tank construction is particularly useful for gaseous or liquid materials which are hypergolic when mixed, or which are maintained at cryogenic temperatures.
Abstract:
Fire resistant tank apparatus is adapted for transportation and for installation above-ground to receive and dispense a liquid hydrocarbon or hydrocarbons, or the like, and includes a metallic tank assembly having a lightweight, triple hulled, wall structure, defining inner, intermediate and outer walls which are spaced apart. Thermal barrier material is located in certain space between such walls, and in such manner that there is no direct heat conducting metallic path between such walls, as for example the intermediate and outer walls. In addition, fire resistant material may be applied to the outer side or sides of the outer walls and hardened to define a relatively lightweight shell enclosing the tank assembly. The structure resists severe heat invasion in the form of radiation, convection and conduction to maintain liquid hydrocarbon in the innermost tank isolated from such invasion. Also, the structure is bullet resistant.
Abstract:
A mobile carrier capable of carrying a number of gas cylinders comprises a generally horizontal first support surface with at least three wheel supports rigidly attached to it, each wheel support including a rotatably mounted wheel. The wheel supports are off-set laterally relative to the first support surface, the first support surface being below the top of at least one wheel support. An upright frame rigidly connected to the first support surface extends around three sides of the carrier. A second support surface is pivotally connected to an outside edge of the first support surface along a fourth open side of the carrier. The second support surface is pivotable between an upright position, where it may be secured to the frame, and a lowered position in which the second support surface is supported on another surface so that a gas cylinder may be moved between the mobile carrier and another surface by rolling the container about its axis between the first support surface and the other support surface along the second support surface.
Abstract:
Process for recovering acetone from used acetylene cylinders in order to make the cylinders disposable as a solid waste. A system is described for effecting the acetone recovery.
Abstract:
A fuel tank for a propane fuel tank includes an electrically insulative covering positioned in place over substantially the entire exposed surface of the tank to prevent transmission of electric current through the tank by contact of the tank with a source of current. The insulation on the tank also prevents penetration of the tank by arcing of electric current from a spaced apart current source and the tank. The fuel tank is cylindrical and the covering comprises an eight mil thick seamless tube of polyethylene secured by heat shrinking to the outer surfaces of the cylindrical tank. The method according to the invention comprises providing an electrically insulative material, placing the insulative material over the outer surfaces of the tank and bonding the insulative material to the outer surface of the tank.
Abstract:
A cold exchange system includes a Dewar flask having an inner vessel and an exterior vessel joined to and surrounding the inner vessel, defining an evacuable chamber therebetween. The flask includes an evacuation port through the inner and exterior vessels through which cryogenic gas contained in the inner vessel can evaporate during the cold exchange process. The exterior vessel includes a device port through which a device to be cooled extends. The device is housed in a housing that is engaged over the device port. A cold finger is in heat transfer contact with the inner vessel. A non-metallic flexible bellows is sealingly adhered to the cold finger at one open end of the bellows. The other open end of the non-metallic bellows is sealingly adhered at its other open end to a top plate which is vacuum fitted over the device port. The non-metallic bellows and device housing define a second evacuable chamber separate from the Dewar flask vacuum chamber. The separation of the vaccum chambers is maintained by the non-metallic bellows and adhesive joints between the bellows and the cold finger and top plate. The device to be cooled is mounted in direct mechanical contact with the cold finger within the device chamber defined by the non-metallic bellows. The joint between the non-metallic bellows and the metallic cold finger and top plate is formed by an adhesive compound essentially containing an admixture of an epoxy with fine grain beads. The beads each generally have the same outer diameter to create a uniform adhesive joint, to insure a vacuum tight seal, and to provide a uniform spacing of the bellows from the aluminum components to insure long-term vacuum integrity of the adhesive joint during repeated thermal cycling.
Abstract:
An all plastic one piece blow molded pressure vessel and sprayer combination shows a bottom closure with upwardly inclined feet. Internal pressure causes the upward and inward portion of the feet to descend such that the feet remain in good contact with a planar surface on which the vessel is resting, such that the bottom does not become bulged outwardly and rock.