Fluid inlet/outlet chamber and corresponding fluid circulation apparatus
AssigneesL'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Nordon Cryogenie SNC
InventorsClaude Gerard, Jean-Yves Lehman
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Abstract
Input/output chamber for a fluid, for part of a body (1) of an apparatus in which this fluid circulates, this part of the body including a face (3) for inlet or outlet of the said fluid, the chamber (6A) being intended to be connected with a leaktight joint to this face. At least part of the chamber consists of at least one spherical or ellipsoidal portion (20A) and of sectors of cones (22A) tangential to this spherical or ellipsoidal portion.
Claims26
An inlet/outlet chamber for a fluid, said chamber for being connected with a leaktight joint to a face of a body part of an apparatus in which the fluid circulates, said chamber comprising:
- two spherical or ellipsoidal portions and four sectors of cones tangential in pairs to said spherical or ellipsoidal portions;
- said chamber being for connection to an entire perimeter (8 to 10) of said face (3),
- said spherical or ellipsoidal portions being substantially tangential to two opposite sides of a rectangle or of a square formed by said face, and said sectors of cones having vertices lying on the four corners of said face, respectively.
A fluid circulation apparatus comprising a part of a body (1) which includes a fluid inlet or outlet first face (3) and an inlet/outlet chamber for said fluid connected with a leaktight joint to said first face, at one part of the chamber comprising at least one spherical or ellipsoidal portion (20;
- 20A;
- 20B) and of sectors of cones (22;
- 22A) tangential to said spherical or ellipsoidal portion, wherein each said sector of a cone is defined by a vertex of the cone and at least a portion of a generatrix for the cone which forms said leaktight joint of said chamber to said first face.
An inlet/outlet chamber for being joined with a leaktight joint to at least one linear part of a water circulation device, said chamber comprising:
- a first three-dimensional surface which is a portion of a sphere or an ellipsoid;
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- a second three-dimensional surface which is a portion of a cone that is tangential to said portion of a sphere or an ellipsoid, said portion of a cone including a vertex of the cone and at least a portion of a generatrix of the cone which is for being joined to the linear part of the water circulation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.