Abstract:
A non-metallic pressure vessel is disclosed that includes a bottom dome having an upper wall defining an interface channel, a top dome having a lower wall defining a downwardly projecting securement flange dimensioned and aligned for vertical engagement within the interface channel of the bottom dome, and a flexible diaphragm retained within the interface channel of the bottom dome by the downwardly projecting flange of the upper dome.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hydraulic accumulator, comprising an accumulator housing (1), in which a bellows (21) having a selectable number of pleats (23) forms a mobile separation element between the gas side (25) and the fluid side (13), characterized in that a distancing device (33) is provided arranged inside the accumulator housing (1), and is fluidically connected to the inside of the bellows (21) or abuts to the bellows (21), thus forming an additional medium chamber.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hydropneumatic pressure reservoir (1) with a housing formed from at least two housing shells (3, 5) which may be connected together. At least the end region of the one housing shell (5) comprises an outwardly-extending, funnel-like guide surface between the free end thereof and a sealing element for bringing together the two housing shells (3, 5). At least one elastic sealing element (41) is provided on at least one retaining surface for generation of a tensioning force on the boundary region (21) of the membrane (13). A simplified construction with improved sealing in the critical connection region of the pressure reservoir may thus be achieved.
Abstract:
A pneumatic sphere includes a rigid envelope and a deformable flexible membrane disposed inside the envelope to define an upper chamber containing a gas and a lower chamber containing a liquid. In the upper chamber, a device associated with one of the envelope and the membrane punctures the membrane in response to an excessive pressure in the lower chamber, displacing the membrane to reduce the pressure in the lower chamber.
Abstract:
An accumulator comprising: (a) a vessel body having an inner space; (b) a deformable partition member fixedly disposed in the inner space so as to fluid-tightly divide the inner space into a gas chamber charged with a suitable pressurized gas, and a fluid chamber connectable through a communicating passage with a piping system for permitting flows of a working fluid through the communicating passage between the piping system and the fluid chamber in response to variations of the pressure of the working fluid, so as to minimize the variations; and (c) an opening and closing device disposed in the communicating passage, the opening and closing device opening the communicating passage thereby to permit the flows of the working fluid except when a rate of increase of the pressure of the working fluid is higher than a predetermined upper limit, the opening and closing device closing the communicating passage thereby to inhibit the flows of the working fluid when the rate is higher than the predetermined upper limit.
Abstract:
A shell is constituted by an outer shell and an end plate. The end plate has a port in communication with a liquid chamber. A bladder divides an internal space of the shell into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber. A gas is introduced into the gas chamber without the provision of a gas inlet hole in the outer shell located on the side of the gas chamber. For example, an accumulator is assembled by combining the outer shell, the end plate and bladder under atmosphere of a high pressure gas.
Abstract:
A shell constituted by an outer shell and an end plate. The end plate has a port in communication with a liquid chamber. A bladder divides an internal space of the shell into a liquid chamber and a gas chamber. A gas is introduced into the gas chamber without the provision of a gas inlet in the outer shell located on the side of the gas chamber. For example, an accumulator is assembled by combining the outer shell, the end plate and bladder under atmosphere of a high pressure gas.
Abstract:
An accumulator including a shell (1) divided into a gas chamber (a) and a fluid inflow chamber (b) by a bladder (32) made of a cold-resistant and gas-barrier laminated sheet which includes a polyvinyl alcohol type resin film (20) containing a polyol type plasticizer in an amount of 15% to 50% by weight, a rubber sheet layer (21) laminated at least one side of the polyvinyl alcohol type resin film and a film (23) disposed therebetween of a non-vapor- and non-plasticizer-permeable resin film.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a hydropneumatic accumulator including a metal sheet casing and an elastomer membrane which separates the inside of the casing into a first chamber containing a pressurized gas and a second chamber containing a liquid, this membrane being fixed to the casing by a cup, in which method a sheet metal disk is cold deformed in two operations, namely a first operation for obtaining a cylindrical or conical blank, one end of which has a convex bottom and provided with an orifice for filling the first chamber with gas, and a second operation in which, after the membrane has been fixed in the casing by means of the cup, the cylindrical part of the blank is hammered so as to give it a spherical shape with an axial orifice in which a connection is crimped and welded for feeding liquid into the second chamber, wherein said cup is fixed to the bottom of the casing by irremovable means and the first deformation operation is carried out so that the blank has a form such that the membrane may be engaged between it and the cup, clamping of the membrane between the cup and the casing being obtained during the second spherical hammering operation.