Sealed drainage unit for a hydraulic circuit
AssigneeAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
InventorsMichel Eugene, Jean-Claude Rodriguez, Rene Debons
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Abstract
A drainage circuit surrounding a hydraulic circuit, such as a circuit for distributing drinking water on an aircraft, includes an element around one enlarged portion (right connector, T, Y connector, etc) of the hydraulic circuit, namely a draining unit (20) formed of two half shells (24, 26) and tubular joining pieces (28). Imperviousness between the two half shells and between the half shells and the joining pieces is ensured by projecting portions (36, 38) which penetrate into a humidity-repellent stabilized gel (40) placed inside receptacles (42, 44). In addition, clipping members (48, 50) are provided on the half shells.
Claims6
Drainage unit adapted to be placed on an enlarged portion of a hydraulic circuit and connecting at least two pipes of this circuit, said drainage unit including a drainage joining piece able to be mounted on each pipe close to the enlarged portion, at least two complementary half-shells, means for closing the half-shells, and imperviousness means inserted between the half-shells and between the joining pieces and the half-shells, wherein the imperviousness means include receptacles containing a humidity-repellent stabilized gel impervious to hydraulic fluid, and projecting portions arranged on said drainage joining pieces and at least one of said half-shells and able to become incrusted inside the stabilized gel by cooperating with said receptacles when said half-shells are closed to prevent any fluid from said hydraulic circuit escaping outside of said drainage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.