Fluid tank and method of manufacturing it
First Claim
1. Fluid tank generally cylindrical in shape, of the type comprising an internal shell (3) made of thermoplastic material and intended to act as a seal and an external shell (4) made by filament winding and intended to provide mechanical strength, with the interposition between the two shells of a first cap (5) located at a bottom of the tank and a second cap (10) located at an open end of the tank, made in a single metal piece (6) with a connecting neck (7), characterized in that at least the part of the internal shell (3) located on the side of the open end of the tank (2) is fixed to the metal piece (6) forming the neck (7) and cap (10) over an entire contact surface (16) between the two elements (3, 6), while the external surface (13) of the cap (10) and a part of an exterior surface of the neck (7) are covered by the external shell (4), and in that it is covered by a fireproof and heatproof protective covering composed at least two layers, interior (18) and exterior (19), the interior layer (18) being formed by a sheet of paper made of ceramic fibres and being intended to be fixed by one of its faces to the external shell (4) of the tank (2) and to form a thermal barrier, the exterior layer (19) being composed of a glass cloth (20)/glass mat (21) complex forming a fireproof protection capable of being brought into contact with flames, said glass cloth (2) being mechanically bonded to the glass mat (21), which is itself fixed to the interior layer (18), this complex (19) being provided with a product reinforcing a chemical catalytic effect.
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Abstract
A high pressure tank, for containing fluid under pressure of the type comprising an internal shell (3) intended to act as a seal and an external shell (4) intended to provide mechanical strength, with the interposition between the two shells of a first cap (5) located on the side forming the bottom and of a second cap (10) located on the side forming the open end of the tank, made in a single piece with a connecting neck (7), is characterized in that the part of the internal shell (3) located on the side forming the open end of the tank (2) is fixed on to the metal piece (6) forming a neck (7) and cap (10) over the entire contact surface (16) between the two components (3, 6), while the outer surface (13) of the cap (10) and part of the exterior surface of the neck (7) are covered by the external shell (4).
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12 Claims
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1. Fluid tank generally cylindrical in shape, of the type comprising an internal shell (3) made of thermoplastic material and intended to act as a seal and an external shell (4) made by filament winding and intended to provide mechanical strength, with the interposition between the two shells of a first cap (5) located at a bottom of the tank and a second cap (10) located at an open end of the tank, made in a single metal piece (6) with a connecting neck (7), characterized in that at least the part of the internal shell (3) located on the side of the open end of the tank (2) is fixed to the metal piece (6) forming the neck (7) and cap (10) over an entire contact surface (16) between the two elements (3, 6), while the external surface (13) of the cap (10) and a part of an exterior surface of the neck (7) are covered by the external shell (4), and in that it is covered by a fireproof and heatproof protective covering composed at least two layers, interior (18) and exterior (19), the interior layer (18) being formed by a sheet of paper made of ceramic fibres and being intended to be fixed by one of its faces to the external shell (4) of the tank (2) and to form a thermal barrier, the exterior layer (19) being composed of a glass cloth (20)/glass mat (21) complex forming a fireproof protection capable of being brought into contact with flames, said glass cloth (2) being mechanically bonded to the glass mat (21), which is itself fixed to the interior layer (18), this complex (19) being provided with a product reinforcing a chemical catalytic effect.
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2. A tank for containing fluid under elevated pressure on the order of 10-500 bars, comprising:
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a generally cylindrical external shell (4) of filament winding reinforced material having high mechanical strength and having a first end and a second end; a first metal cap (5) secured partly within said external shell (4) at said first end and closing said first end and having an inner wall; a second metal cap (6) having an axial bore therethrough with an inner end and an outer end, said second cap being secured partly within said external shell at said second end and having an inner wall; seal means for sealing said tank to prevent escape of fluid therefrom and being capable of resisting tensile stresses greater than 150 kgf/cm2, said seal means comprising an internal shell (3) of thermoplastic material within and adjacent to said external shell, and also extending across and being bonded to said first and second metal caps along said entire inner walls, said internal shell having a neck portion extending partly into said bore of said second cap and terminating short of its outer end so that said internal shell is isolated from and does not extend to the exterior of said fluid tank, said internal shell (3) having been formed in a mold in which said first and second metal caps were pre-inserted so that said internal shell is molded against and bonded to said first and second metal caps. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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