Tee-tube pressure vessel
AssigneeEastern Machine, Inc.
InventorArmand Francart, Jr.
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Abstract
A pressure vessel apparatus according to exemplary aspects includes: a branched tube comprising a tube main body and three branches, wherein a side branch of the branches comprises a flared out portion connected to the tube main body; a liquid inlet opening disposed at a first branch of the branched tube; a liquid outlet opening disposed at a second branch of the branched tube; a gas inlet opening disposed at a third branch of the branched tube, wherein the third branch is the side branch; and a cover plate configured to mount a valve actuating mechanism in the branched tube, the cover plate configured to be joined to the branched tube at the third branch.
Claims18
A pressure vessel apparatus comprising:
- a branched tube comprising a substantially cylindrical tube main body and a side branch, wherein the side branch comprises a flared out portion orthogonally connected to the substantially cylindrical tube main body;
- a liquid inlet opening disposed at a first end of the branched tube;
- a liquid outlet opening disposed at a second end of the branched tube;
- a gas inlet opening disposed at the side branch of the branched tube;
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- a cover plate mounting a valve actuating mechanism in the branched tube, the cover plate being joined to the branched tube at the side branch,
- wherein the valve actuating mechanism comprises a float and a float arm housed within the substantially cylindrical tube main body,
- the float being positioned at an off-center position closer to one of the first end or the second end than to another of the first end or the second end,
- wherein at a lowest position of the float, the float is located entirely within the substantially cylindrical tube main body, and
- wherein at an upper triggering position of the float, at least a portion of the float is located within the side branch and positioned at least partially above a top of the substantially cylindrical tube main body.
A pressure vessel apparatus comprising:
- a branched tube comprising a substantially cylindrical tube main body and a side branch, wherein the side branch comprises a flared out portion orthogonally connected to the substantially cylindrical tube main body;
- a liquid inlet opening disposed at a first end of the branched tube;
- a liquid outlet opening disposed at a second end of the branched tube;
- a gas inlet opening disposed at the side branch of the branched tube;
- a valve actuating mechanism, wherein the valve actuating mechanism comprises a float and a float arm housed within the substantially cylindrical tube main body, the float being positioned at an off-center position closer to one of the first end or the second end than to another of the first branch or the second end;
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- a cover plate configured to mount the valve actuating mechanism in the branched tube, the cover plate being joined to the branched tube at the side branch,
- wherein the flared out portion comprises a trumpet shaped truncated cone section flaring out to form a smooth radiused connection with the substantially cylindrical tube main body,
- wherein at a lowest position of the float, the float is located entirely within the substantially cylindrical tube main body, and
- wherein at an upper triggering position of the float, at least a portion of the float is located within the side branch and positioned at least partially above a top of the substantially cylindrical tube main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.