Housing and system and method of using the system
AssigneeIntermagnetics General Corporation
InventorJames Kralick
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Abstract
A housing can include a first member and a second member, wherein the first and second members can be rotated with respect to each other and joined at an acute angle. A system can include a valve assembly and a housing. The valve assembly can include an interface. The housing can include a first member and a second member. The valve assembly can be attached to the first member, and the interface of the valve assembly can be directly visible from the first opening of the second member. A method of using a system can allow a ruptureable member to be accessed without requiring a valve assembly to be removed, allow a more direct path between a fluid flow passed surfaces of an interface and an exhaust connection, or any combination thereof.
Claims21
A housing comprising:
- a first member including a first surface and a first opening having a first center point lying along a first centerline, wherein the first opening and the first surface are substantially fixed in their positions relative to each other;
- and
- a second member including a second surface, wherein:
- the second member and the first member are joined together, wherein at least one of the first and second members can be rotated with respect to an other of the first and second members along the first and second surfaces;
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- the first and second surfaces are substantially parallel to a first plane that intersects the first centerline at a first acute angle.
A system comprising:
- a valve assembly including an interface;
- and
- a housing including a first member and a second member, wherein:
- each of the first and second members includes a first opening and a second opening;
- the valve assembly is disposed within the first member and extends partly into the first opening of the first member;
- the second openings of the first and second members lie adjacent to each other;
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- the interface of the valve assembly is directly visible from the first opening of the second member.
A method of using a system comprising:
- operating the system at a first pressure that is at least a cracking pressure, wherein:
- the system includes a housing, a vessel, and a valve assembly;
- the housing includes a first member and a second member;
- each of the first and second members includes a first opening and a second opening;
- the valve assembly is disposed within the first member and extends partly into the first opening of the first member;
- the valve assembly includes a valve body having a surface;
- the first and second members are secured together, such that the second openings of the first and second members are adjacent to each other;
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- the first opening of the second member includes a first center point that lies along a centerline;
- opening the valve assembly;
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- reducing the first pressure to a second pressure, wherein a fluid passes from the vessel, through the valve assembly, and through the housing, such that, as the fluid passes along the surface, a first portion of the fluid travels along a first path from the surface of the valve body to the first opening of the second member, wherein the first path is substantially parallel to the centerline.
A method of servicing a system comprising:
- providing the system including a housing, a vessel, and a valve assembly, wherein:
- the housing includes a first member and a second member;
- the first member includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first member is attached to the vessel adjacent to the first surface, and the first surface lies substantially along a first plane;
- the second member includes a third surface, wherein the second member is secured to the first member, such that the second surface of the first member and third surface of the second member are substantially parallel to a second plane that intersects the first plane at an acute angle;
- the valve assembly includes a ruptureable member and a valve body, wherein the valve body is disposed within the first member of the housing;
- removing the second member of the housing from the first member of the housing;
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- performing service on the valve assembly while the first member of the housing remains attached to the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.