Fixed flange spray deflector
AssigneeFM Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGlenn Mahnken, Paul H. Dobson
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Abstract
A spray deflecting joint of fluid conveying structures has a spray obstructing structure lying in the path of any fluid that might spray from the joint in any direction within a range of directions, wherein the spray obstructing structure is permanently attached to one of the fluid conveying structures, is shaped to reduce the momentum of liquid sprays and/or has a surface treatment to reduce the momentum of liquid sprays.
Claims29
A spray deflecting joint of fluid conveying structures, comprising:
- a joint between first and second fluid conveying structures such that a fluid being conveyed through one of the fluid conveying structures flows into the other fluid conveying structure, the fluid conveying structures being fixed from movement relative to one another at the joint;
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- a spray obstructing structure lying in the path of any fluid that might spray from the joint in any direction within a range of directions, wherein the spray obstructing structure is permanently attached to one of the fluid conveying structures, and the spray obstructing structure is sufficiently open to enable the fluid conveying structures to be completely removed from one another.
A spray deflecting joint of fluid conveying structures, comprising:
- a joint between first and second fluid conveying structures such that a fluid being conveyed through one of the fluid conveying structures flows into the other fluid conveying structure, the fluid conveying structures being fixed from movement relative to one another at the joint;
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- a spray obstructing structure lying in the path of any fluid that might spray from the joint in any direction within a range of directions, wherein the spray obstructing structure is attached to one of the fluid conveying structures, and wherein the spray obstructing structure has a shape that reduces the momentum of any said fluid more than a spray obstructing structure having a surface parallel to radii from the interface and a circumferential surface that is normal to radii from the interface, and wherein the spray obstructing structure is sufficiently open to enable the fluid conveying structures to be completely removed from one another.
A spray deflecting joint of fluid conveying structures, comprising:
- a joint between first and second fluid conveying structures such that a fluid being conveyed through one of the fluid conveying structures flows into the other fluid conveying structure;
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- a spray obstructing structure lying in the path of any fluid that might spray from the joint in any direction within a range of directions,
- wherein the spray obstructing structure is attached to one of the fluid conveying structures, the spray obstructing structure is sufficiently open to enable the fluid conveying structures to be completely removed from one another when the spray obstructing structure is attached to one of the fluid conveying structures, said spray obstructing structure has on a side facing the joint a momentum reducing surface treatment, and said surface treatment reduces the momentum of any fluid that might spray from the joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.