Patent · US Expired

Transport of highly viscous fluids in closed pipeline systems

US7252111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

tesa AG · DE

Inventors

Sven König · Grand Rapids, US
Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz · Ahrensburg, DE
Ulrich Reiser · Hohenlockstedt, DE
Norbert Grittner · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 2001
Grant date	Aug 7, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86187
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus far equilibrating differences between flow rates into and out of closed pipeline systems, which apparatus includes a tank having a supply line and a discharge unit, with a displaceable plate; the supply being fed to the tank through the displaceable plate, the discharge from the tank being through an outlet at the bottom of the tank and the plate moving upwards or downwards to automatically change the volume of the tank in accordance with differences between the supply rate and the discharge rate.

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