Fluid pressure vessel employing filter bags

US8640764B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Corporation · US

Inventors

• Scott K. Bailey · Greenwood, US
• Winfried Beyel · Nideggen, DE
• Christopher Scott Rau · Battle Creek, US
• Lidia T. Hamilton · Wantage, US
• Florito Montano · Union, US
• Mark Anthony Quintel · Kalamazoo, US
• Derek R. Thelen · Edison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49988
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A flow through fluid pressure vessel of the type containing filter bags formed by a tubular shell, a one-piece cast bottom closure with an integral outlet port fitting welded to one end of the shell, a one-piece cast combination bulkhead and flange ring welded to the opposite end of the shell, a cast inlet fitting inserted through an aperture in the shell and connected to an inlet opening through the bulkhead and welded to the shell aperture. A cast closure/lid forms an inlet plenum with the bulkhead and is releasably sealed over the flange ring.