Packing gland for TiCl.sub.4 inlet to oxidizer reactor
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorPeter Joseph Preston
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Abstract
A fabricated packed pipe coupling gland suitable for a connection where there is at least one brittle pipe, the coupling forming a pressure tight, leak proof coupling which is semi-rigid. The coupling is particularly useful for coupling glass pipe to metal pipe for conveying highly corrosive vapors at high temperature, for example heated titanium tetrachloride vapors to a reactor for forming titanium dioxide.
Claims7
A coupling for a U-bend in a brittle pipe comprising a flanged housing means for a brittle U-bend of pipe, a flanged follower plate removably secured to said housing flange, said flanged follower plate having follower sleeves opposite the ends of said pipe U-bend, a flanged plate carrying two packed sleeves and adapted to fit over said follower and be secured to said follower plate, said packed sleeves containing packing rings, each packed sleeve containing a brittle pipe, and means to urge said follower flange toward said packed sleeve flange such that said packing is compressed and holds said brittle pipes.
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