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US 2012/0222772 A1Published application
Device for connecting a storage vat to a feed and process for managing such connection
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InventorRégis GALLAND
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The device comprises a connecting pipe (18) having an inlet (18A) capable to be connected to the feed and an outlet (18B) capable to be connected to the storage vat (10), as well as a retaining chamber (20) which branches off from the connecting pipe (18) and which is equipped with a sampling valve (24). The connecting pipe comprises a charging valve (22), located between the retaining chamber and the outlet of the connecting pipe. After the product originating from the feed has been conveyed to the retaining chamber (20), and a sample of the product mixture present in the retaining chamber (20) has been taken to ascertain information relative to the nature of this mixture, and if the ascertained information corresponds to expected information, a charging valve (22) is opened to have the outlet of the connecting pipe (18) communicate with the vat (10).
A connection device of a storage vat for liquid or gaseous product to a feed, comprising a connecting pipe having an inlet capable of being connected to the feed and an outlet capable of be connected to the vat, characterised in that it comprises a retaining chamber, which branches off from the connecting pipe and which is equipped with a sampling valve and in that the connecting pipe comprises a charging valve, located between the retaining chamber and the outlet of the connecting pipe.
A process for managing the connection of a storage vat for liquid or gaseous product to a feed, in which the inlet of a connecting pipe is connected to the feed whereof the outlet is connected to the storage vat,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.