Abstract:
The invention is directed to a method for improving the mechanical behavior of a metallic body (4) comprising an internal volume for a fluid and at least one threaded connecting port (6, 8) to said internal volume, the method comprising a step of treatment by autofrettage of the internal volume by applying a pressure to a liquid inside said volume. The autofrettage step comprises closing the internal volume by screwing a plug (28) to each the at least one threaded connecting port (8), so that the thread(s) of said port(s) is/are also subject to the autofrettage treatment. The invention is also directed to a body (4) resulting from such a treatment, with compressive stresses at the root of one of the most carrying turns of the thread of each of the connecting ports. The compressive stresses improve the fatigue behavior of the body.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a valve actuating device comprising a body with a bore and a bottom, an actuating element sealingly housed in the bore of the body and forming a first chamber with the body, a piston sealingly extending through a bore in the actuating element, the piston and bore delimiting a second actuating chamber, a passage for an auxiliary fluid between the first and second chambers so that a movement of the piston in the bore of the actuating member can increase the pressure in the first chamber and move the actuating element. The fluid passage comprises a restriction and a check-valve, both arranged in parallel, so as to limit the flow of the auxiliary fluid from the second chamber to the first chamber.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a device (2) for regulating the pressure and/or flow of pressurized gas, comprising a body (4) with a gas inlet (6), a gas outlet (8) and a gas passage (10, 26) connecting the outlet (8) with the inlet (6), a gas shut-off device comprising a seat (22) in the passage (10) and a movable closure element (24) cooperating with said seat (22) and a piston (12) carrying the closure element (24) and delimiting with the body (4) a low pressure chamber (28) downstream of the shut-off device (22, 24). The body (4) comprises a first portion (41) with the seat (22) and the inlet (6) and a second portion (42) housing the piston (12) and delimiting the low pressure chamber (28). The second portion (42) is movable relative to the first portion (41) between a closed position, and an open position.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a device (1) and a process for dissolving a gas into a liquid like carbonating a water based beverage, comprising a pump (4) for the liquid, a mixing venture nozzle (8) with a main inlet (10) fluidly connected to the pump (4), at least one side inlet (14) connectable to a source of pressurized gas (6), and an outlet. The device (1) comprises also a conical flow restrictor (24) fluidly downstream of the mixing venture nozzle (8), and a pipe (20) of a length of at least 0.5 m fluidly interconnected between the mixing venture nozzle (8) and the flow restrictor (24).
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a closing member of a valve, for example of a gas valve, comprising a body generally circular around a longitudinal axis and with a shoulder, a rubber seal packing disposed around the body on the shoulder and a sleeve disposed around the seal packing and the shoulder. The body comprises a longitudinally extending surface adjacent the shoulder and receiving the seal packing, the surface comprising at least one recess filled by the seal packing.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a valve for a compressed gas cylinder, comprising: a valve body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage connecting the inlet with the outlet; a shut-off device of the passage with an actuating pin extending in the passage; a check-valve between the shut-off device and the inlet, the check valve comprising a seat and a movable closing member initially held at a position distant from the seat by contact with a guiding surface and movable past the position by the pin so as to cooperate with the seat and prevent a refilling flow of gas from the outlet to the inlet. The guiding surface is on a tubular portion fixed to the valve body and comprising at least one radial aperture so as to allow the refilling flow of gas to by-pass the closing member when in the distant position.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for regulating the flow rate and/or pressure of a fluid, such as valve for a pressure gas cylinder, comprising a reducing valve including a first plug designed to be moved in the normal flow direction of the fluid during closure. The reducing valve also comprises a plunger to which the plug is coupled. The face of the plunger that is oriented towards the first plug defines a regulation chamber together with the body. The aforementioned face also comprises a seal that engages with a corresponding surface of the body such as to form a second plug for maintaining residual pressure. The regulation device also comprises a means for preloading and releasing a spring acting on the opposite face of the plunger.
Abstract:
A valve for compressed gas, comprising a body extending longitudinally, with a gas inlet at a lower end of the body, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the gas inlet and the gas outlet; a shut-off device housed in the body and configured for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage; a lever pivotally mounted on the body, at an upper end of the body, and configured for actuating the shut-off device; a hook pivotally mounted on the lever for engaging with a counter-shape on the body and thereby holding the lever in a folded position along the body; wherein the upper end of the body comprises a cylindrical wall delimiting an upper bore, the counter-shape being an upper edge of the cylindrical wall.
Abstract:
An electric generator comprising a rotor with permanent magnets, configured for rotating about a rotation axis; a stator comprising at least one magnetic yoke with arms extending axially inside or outside of the rotor so as to be adjacent to a radial inner or outer side, respectively, of the rotor; wherein the arms of the at least one magnetic yoke are circumferentially distributed so as to form a slot between each pair of adjacent arms, each slot and each arm showing a width. The widths of the arms and/or the widths of the slots have different values distributed along the circumference. The invention is also directed to a valve comprising the electric generator equipped with a turbine wheel for being driven by a flow of gas in the valve.
Abstract:
A method for calculating the remaining usage time of a gas cylinder equipped with a pressure reducer, the method comprising the following steps: (a) measuring the pressure of the gas in the cylin-der; (b) calculating the variation of pressure of the gas in the cylinder over time while gas is out-putted; (c) calculating a remaining usage time Tr based on the measured pressure in the cylinder and the calculated variation of pressure. Step (c) takes into account characteristics of the pressure reducer relative to variations of its nominal flow rate along the decrease of its inlet pressure while emptying the cylinder.