System of safety tank elements preventing explosions
AssigneeTechnolizenz Establishment
InventorHelmut J. Lichka
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Abstract
Explosion-preventing tank safety elements (TSE) are provided for filling containers for explosible fluid and gas media while avoiding enlarging, transforming, cutting or welding the tanks. The loading of the elements is possible simply through the filling pipe or outlet opening or each container.
Claims21
A filler apparatus for a container which can hold an explosible fluid and which has at least one opening, comprising filler means capable of passing through the largest opening in the container for forming therein a three-dimensional structure which is at least one of thermally and electrically conductive, said filler means including a filling element having a dimension in at least one direction which, when in the interior of the container, exceeds the greatest dimension of the largest opening in the container, said filling element including a plurality of diverging elements which are elastically deformable and project from at least one support member, said diverging elements having ends remote from said support member which are free of interconnections.
Explosion suppression elements to be introduced into a fuel container through a fuel hole therein which communicates with an interior thereof, each of said elements comprising:
- an elongate reinforced support member from which a plurality of rigid projecting members project radially;
- said projecting members having ends remote from said support member which are free of interconnections;
- said ends of adjacent said projecting members on each said element being spaced sufficiently from each other so as to allow the intrusion therebetween of the ends of the projecting members on a different said element;
- and the maximum distance between the ends of any two said projecting members which project in substantially opposite directions from substantially the same location on one of said support members being smaller than a diameter of the fuel hole.
Explosion suppression elements to be introduced into a fuel container through a fuel hole therein which communicates with an interior thereof, each of said elements comprising:
- an elongate reinforced support member from which a plurality of projecting members project radially a substantial distance from said support member;
- said projecting members having ends remote form said support member which are free of interconnections;
- said ends of adjacent said projecting members on each said element being spaced sufficiently from each other so as to allow the intrusion therebetween of the ends of the projecting members on a different said element;
- and said projecting members on each said element being freely flexible with respect to said support member thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.