Arrangement for mounting tubes in a tank wall
AssigneeSulzer Brothers Limited
InventorHermann Straub
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Abstract
The tank wall is provided with a cylindrical collar in which a perforated tube base is mounted; the base having a set of tubes passing through in gas-tight relation. A thin sheet metal membrane is secured peripherally on the tube base to form an enclosed gas-tight chamber through which the tubes pass. The membrane is also perforated to permit passage of the tubes in a gas-tight relationship. The enclosed chamber permits monitoring of the imperviousness of the connections between the tubes and the tube base.
Claims7
The combination of a tank wall, a tube base connected in gas-tight relation to said tank wall, a thin sheet-metal membrane peripherally connected with said tube base in gas-tight manner to define an enclosed gas-tight chamber therebetween, a set of tubes extending through said tube base, said chamber and said membrane and being connected to said tube base and said membrane in gas-tight relation, a cylinder mounted on said tube base in surrounding relation to said tubes and a plate secured to said cylinder, said plate having apertures for guiding said tubes therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.