CN101885406B - Device for storing, particularly silicone - Google Patents
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- 238000003860 storage Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 41
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
- B65D85/84—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for corrosive chemicals
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
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Abstract
The invention proposes a device for storing, particularly silicone, has a storage chamber (12), a side wall (14), which limits the storage chamber, at least a base, which limits the storage chamber downwards and a safety device (20), which surrounds the side wall. An intermediate element (34) is provided, which is detachably connected with the base. The safety device is arranged on the intermediate element.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of for storing the especially device of silicone resin.
Background technology
By DE19741824C2, a kind of method applying and a kind of corresponding device for monitoring that at transparent vessel inner silicone resinization is processed disclosed.For this reason, light beam is through this container.The scattering light of sending from internal tank is detected by photelectric receiver.The analyzed processing of output signal of this photelectric receiver, so that the existence of spraying in distinguish containers inside reliably.But, at this, cannot obtain for storing the description more accurately of the container of silicone resin.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, a kind of device for storing has been proposed, comprise: at least one storage space, at least one sidewall, described sidewall limits described storage space, at least one base plate, described base plate limits described storage space downwards, at least one protective device, described protective device at least surrounds described sidewall, wherein, be provided with at least one intermediary element, described intermediary element is releasably connected with described base plate, wherein, described protective device is arranged in described intermediary element, described intermediary element is surrounded a covering members at least in part, wherein, described covering members hides at least one extraction pipe being connected with described storage space.
By comparison, the having the following advantages for storing the especially device of silicone resin of such scheme according to the present invention: realized property easy to clean by level and smooth and continuous face is set.Therefore, the base plate of storage space is also for receiving intermediary element, and itself is loaded with again protective device this intermediary element.By this intermediary element is releasably connected with base plate, this device can be taken apart rapidly for clean object.For this reason without any need for special instrument.
In a kind of suitable expansion structure, this intermediary element is surrounded a covering members at least in part, and wherein, this covering members hides at least one extraction pipe being connected with storage space.After taking off intermediary element simply, now also can without instrument take off this covering members, its mode is that this covering members can upwards take off taking off in direction of intermediary element.
Aptly, base plate or one, be arranged between lid on sidewall and sidewall and be provided with at least one sealing member.Between this intermediary element and base plate, be also provided with at least one sealing member.This base plate has at least one for the groove of at least one sealing member in suitable mode.The seal can especially avoid sidewall or glass tube to damage owing to clamping by force.
In a kind of suitable expansion structure, be provided with at least one safety switch, described safety switch is identified taking off of protective device.Described safety switch is for breaking pressure-loaded or control water valve in corresponding process.
Aptly, for storage space is provided with a common input pipe, by this common input pipe can be optionally by water or air, especially compressed air delivery to storage space.This common input pipe is preferably passed in storage space by a dispensing head with a plurality of holes.Due to a common input pipe or dispensing head being only set, thereby can further reduce the dead angle in storage space.
In a kind of suitable expansion structure, in point of connection, the merging portion of the first input pipe and the second input pipe is arranged in the region of covering members and after this point of connection, is transitioned in described common input pipe.Pipeline, valve, pressure measurement transducer etc. are arranged on equally covering members or coaming plate is inner, as the same with the point of connection between compressed air tube in water pipe.Therefore,, the in the situation that of aesthetics outward appearance, these parts are for example well protected to avoid undesigned touching.
By make protective device and/or covering members cylindrical construct, reduced consumingly space requirement, this basal plane that especially can show as device is very little.By making protective device approximate corresponding to covering members on external diameter, sharp seamed edge is avoided.Therefore, for example the level and smooth high-quality steel pipe for covering members is transitioned in pref. cylindrical, transparent protective device at upper area, and this protective device is for example configured to cover.This structure contributes to equally to reduce dead angle and improves thus property easy to clean.
In a kind of suitable expansion structure, this protective device and/or sidewall consist of transparent material, preferably organism glass or glass, consist of.Allow thus to realize the control to the content of storage space in simple especially mode.This especially advantageously can identify the possible segregation of emulsion.
Other the expansion structure that meets object by other dependent claims and specification sheets in draw.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Shown in the drawings and set forth below for storing an embodiment of the device of silicone resin especially.Accompanying drawing illustrates:
Fig. 1 illustrates the transparent view of whole device, and
Fig. 2 illustrates by the cutaway view of the actual storage space of this device.
The specific embodiment
For storing the especially device 10 of silicone resin, comprise at least one storage space 12.Described storage space 12 is constructed cylindrically and is comprised a columniform sidewall 14.This columniform sidewall 14 can for example be configured to glass tube.This storage space 12 is sealed by a base plate 30 in lower area, and this board structure is conglobate and at center, be provided with a hole, and this hole is for deriving via extracting pipe 38 out the material of storing.This base plate 30 has one than the larger external diameter of the external diameter of the sidewall of pref. cylindrical 14 and externally in region, is provided with for receiving the shoulder 52 of intermediary element 34.This storage space 12 is sealed by a lid 16 in upper area.This lid 16 comprises a closed filler opening 18, and product to be stored, especially silicone resin can inject by this filler opening.In addition, a common input pipe 24 extend in storage space 12 inside by this lid 16.By a dispensing head 25 preferably with a plurality of holes, can make inputted medium, for example pressurized air or water enter in storage space 12.This lid 16 and base plate 30 interconnect by a plurality of spacer elements 22.In this external storage space 12 or a liquid level sensor 19 is set on storage space 12, this liquid level sensor is monitored the electrolyte level of the water that is arranged in storage space 12 in cleaning course, to avoid overfill.The upper section of safety switch 26 is connected with protective device 20, and another partial fixing of safety switch 26 is on base plate 30, is preferably fixed in a side that deviates from storage space 12.Identify thus with respect to base plate 30 and take off protective device 20.In the perimeter of base plate 30, be provided with shoulder 52, thereby be configured for the areal of support of intermediary element 34.That these intermediary element 34 preferable configuration circularize and there is a cross-sectional plane for z shape substantially.This intermediary element 34 is radially surrounded a sealing member 46 in the side groove that is arranged on base plate 30.Protective device 20 is sleeved in this intermediary element 34, is sleeved on flange 48.This protective device 20 allow for cleaning purpose without instrument take off because this protective device is preferably loosely set with.The cover that this protective device 20 is that be configured to be made by organism glass according to Fig. 1, columniform, transparent.In addition, this intermediary element 34 is configured with an axial protrusion, makes in inner side, to form a side recessed 50 or interface, thereby surrounds the upper seamed edge of a covering members 36.As shown in FIG. 1, this covering members 36 is configured to columniform, to be for example configured to tack high-quality steel pipe equally.This covering members surrounds the pipeline only schematically showing, i.e. at least one air or pressurized air input pipe 42, water-supply-pipe 40 and for taking out the extraction pipe 38 of stored product.In addition, this covering members 36 can also surround the valve that do not illustrate specially, pressure-regulating device, diaphragm valve, pressure measurement transducer etc., and they are subject to the protection of covering members 36 and avoid surrounding environment influence.
Device 10 is the parts for the siliconizing station of pharmaceutical containers.Pharmaceutical containers is by siliconizing, to reach uniform piston ratio of slip (Kolbengleitwert) and/or to avoid product and glass to react and/or can emptying property to realize better resistates.Described device 10 relates to a kind of silicone resin memory storage with corresponding air distribution device.Product to be stored flows to storage space 12 by filler opening 18 as silicone resin.In addition, storage space 12 can be loaded pressurized air.Pressurized air enters into storage space by air input pipe 42, point of connection 44, common input pipe 24 and dispensing head 25.By extraction, manage 38 and take out desirable product volume and for example flow to as described silicidation process from storage space 12, be input to if desired the different pipelines for inner siliconizing or outside siliconizing.
The sidewall 14 that limits storage space 12 is preferably comprised of glass tube, and the upper seamed edge of this glass tube and lower seamed edge seal with respect to lid 16 or base plate 30 by sealing member 28,32 respectively.Corresponding spacer element 22 guarantees base plate 30 and covers the correct spacing between 16 and also exert pressure on sealing member 28,32 with respect to sidewall 14, these sealing members thereby avoid sidewall 14 in other words glass tube owing to clamping by force, damaged.
Between sidewall 14 and protective device 20, be only provided with a common input pipe 24, this common input pipe is from extending into storage space 12 by covering 16 above.In order to emit equably the medium of injection, this dispensing head 25 is constructed spherically and is had regularly a hole arranging.Protective device 20 is also configured to columniform and transparent, for example, by organism glass, constructed.Guarantee that thus storage space 12 keeps visible.Especially by realizing the smooth surface of base plate 30, can improve the cleanablity of this device.
For clean this device 10, first must take off this protective device 20.Taking off by safety switch 26 of this protective device 20 identified and can in control valve device, consider where necessary.For this reason, safety switch 26 is connected with protective device 20 by upper section.The taking off of upper section of safety switch 26 partly identified in below on the bottom surface that is preferably arranged on base plate 30 of safety switch 26.
If also think clean covering members 36 and corresponding pipe 40,42 and the valve or the pressure measurement transducer that do not illustrate specially now, then take off intermediary element 34.Then allow upwards to take off columniform covering members 36 and provide to pipeline to be cleaned and the entrance of parts.This covering members 36 preferably consists of high-quality steel.For cleaning purpose, this storage space 12 can be mixed with water, mixes if desired with cleaning agent, by described common input pipe 24, loads.Next the pressurized air of introducing is dry this storage space 12 again.
This device is particularly suitable for storing silicone resin, but is not limited to this.
Claims (18)
1. the device for storing, comprising:
At least one storage space (12),
At least one sidewall (14), described sidewall limits described storage space (12),
At least one base plate (30), described base plate limits described storage space (12) downwards,
At least one protective device (20), described protective device at least surrounds described sidewall (14), it is characterized in that,
Be provided with at least one intermediary element (34), described intermediary element is releasably connected with described base plate (30), wherein, described protective device (20) is arranged in described intermediary element (34), described intermediary element (34) is surrounded a covering members (36) at least in part, wherein, described covering members (36) hides the extraction pipe (38) that at least one is connected with described storage space (12).
2. according to the device of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described intermediary element (34) is configured to annular.
3. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, between described intermediary element (34) and described base plate (30), be provided with at least one sealing member (46).
4. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, base plate (30) or one, be arranged between lid (16) on described sidewall (14) and described sidewall (14) and be provided with at least one sealing member (28,32).
5. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described base plate (30) has at least one for receiving the shoulder (52) of described intermediary element (34).
6. according to the device of claim 3, it is characterized in that, described base plate (30) has at least one for the groove of at least one sealing member.
7. according to the device of claim 4, it is characterized in that, described base plate (30) has at least one for the groove of at least one sealing member.
8. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, be provided with at least one safety switch (26), described safety switch is identified taking off of described protective device (20).
9. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, for described storage space (12) is provided with a common input pipe (24), by described common input pipe, water or air can be flowed to described storage space (12).
10. according to the device of claim 9, it is characterized in that, in a point of connection (44), the merging portion of first input pipe (40) and second input pipe (42) is arranged in the region of described covering members (36) and is transitioned into afterwards in described common input pipe (24) at described point of connection (44).
11. according to the device of claim 9, it is characterized in that, common input pipe (24) is passed in described storage space (12) by a dispensing head (25) with a plurality of holes.
12. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described protective device (20) and/or covering members (36) are constructed cylindrically.
13. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described protective device (20) and/or sidewall (14) are by transparent material structure.
14. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described covering members (36) abuts on described base plate (30).
15. according to the device of claim 1, it is characterized in that, described device is used for storing silicone resin.
16. according to the device of claim 9, it is characterized in that, described air is pressurized air.
17. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described protective device (20) and/or sidewall (14) are constructed by organism glass.
18. according to the device of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described protective device (20) and/or sidewall (14) are by glass construction.
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