EP3218642A1 - Fitting for liquid gas cylinders and filling method - Google Patents
Fitting for liquid gas cylinders and filling methodInfo
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- EP3218642A1 EP3218642A1 EP15797869.3A EP15797869A EP3218642A1 EP 3218642 A1 EP3218642 A1 EP 3218642A1 EP 15797869 A EP15797869 A EP 15797869A EP 3218642 A1 EP3218642 A1 EP 3218642A1
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- Prior art keywords
- gas
- opening
- valve
- fitting
- refilling
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a fitting for LPG bottles and a method for refilling with LPG.
- a gas cylinder is usually a metal, regular steel, existing pressure vessel for the transport and storage of pressurized gases.
- Such a bottle may have a volume of more than 100 liters.
- the nominal pressure can be several hundred bar.
- LPG cylinders contain gases such as LPG in liquefied form. Common gases are ethane, propane, butane and mixtures thereof. These gases can be liquefied at room temperature by comparatively low pressure.
- the liquid gas content of such bottles is usually between 3 and 33 kg.
- the height of such liquid gas cylinders is usually between 420 mm and 1290 mm.
- the bottle diameter is typically between 200 mm and 318 mm.
- Liquefied gas cylinders are closed with a fitting to which, usually in conjunction with a pressure reducer, a suitable hose line for the controlled removal of their contents can be screwed. Furthermore, there is a safety valve for LPG cylinders in the sampling fitting, which limits the permissible overpressure in the bottle to, for example, about 30 bar in order to prevent bursting.
- a fitting of such a liquid gas cylinder has a lateral connecting piece as a gas tap, which is used on the one hand for filling and on the other hand for removal.
- gas tap lines are manually screwed both in the case of removal and in the case of refilling.
- the lateral connection piece is gas-conductively connected to an opening at the underside of the fitting when the gas tap is open. This bottom with the opening is located above the liquid level in the erected state of a liquefied gas cylinder. With a removal of gas, therefore, the gas is removed, which is located above the liquid level in the gaseous state.
- LPG cylinders are used to operate gas stoves, gas stoves, gas grills, gas stoves or gas radiators. Is the content of a liquefied gas cylinder consumed, LPG cylinders shall be returned by the consumer to the point of sale of LPG cylinders for refilling. After such a return of a liquefied gas cylinder it is transported from the point of sale to a central bottling plant or filling station. In order to facilitate a refilling, it is known from the document DE 43 34 182 A1 to provide a centric filling point in addition to a lateral connecting piece or lateral gas cock. A filling can then be done from above, without an alignment of a laterally projecting gas cock would be required.
- a fitting with the features of the main claim.
- Advantageous embodiments emerge from the dependent claims.
- An advantageous method for refilling includes the features of the independent claim.
- a claimed fitting includes to solve the problem a gas tap for a gas extraction and an opening for refilling a LPG bottle.
- the opening for refilling a liquefied gas cylinder can be connected in a gas-conducting manner, in particular by opening a valve with a tubular or tubular conduit of the fitting, which can extend at least 300 mm, preferably at least 400 mm, into a liquefied gas cylinder when the fitting is connected to such a gas cylinder ,
- Emptying is required if a refilled gas cylinder proves to be leaking. This results in a speed advantage.
- the underside is the side that is adjacent to the LPG bottle or that is completely in the bottle or bottleneck when the fitting is connected to a LPG bottle.
- This opening at the bottom can be gas-connected to the gas tap, usually by turning a corresponding rotary handle.
- the tubular or tubular conduit is opposite this opening, and preferably at least 200 mm, more preferably at least 300 mm. This ensures that gas above the liquid level can be removed via the gas tap and thus immediately present in the form in which the gas is needed in the event of consumption.
- the tubular or tubular conduit is therefore preferably so long that it extends to the bottom of a gas cylinder connected to the fitting. As a rule, therefore, this line is not longer than 1290 mm.
- the opening for refilling the LPG bottle is advantageously arranged on the upper side of the fitting. This facilitates refilling because a LPG bottle does not need to be refilled. In particular, an automatic refilling in an automated filling station is possible with little technical effort.
- the gas tap via which the gas is removed for consumption, is preferably laterally from the valve.
- the gas cock can preferably be opened and closed.
- the handwheel is advantageously arranged around the refill feed. For example, a nut with a spindle is actuated via the handwheel in such a way that a body provided for this purpose can be moved up and down. This will open or close the gas tap.
- the opening for refilling a liquid cylinder can be opened and closed in one embodiment by a valve. This facilitates and accelerates refilling because a fluid pressure may be sufficient to open the valve for refilling.
- the valve preferably comprises a valve body, which is pressed by a preloaded spring in its closed valve position. This helps to be able to open the valve for refilling solely by a fluid pressure. In addition, emptying is facilitated by pumping, as the valve can be opened by a nozzle or a spike of a suction head, in which the suction head is connected to the designated opening. Following this, it is possible to aspirate immediately, which makes an automated refilling possible, which can be carried out even by an end user taking into account a then required increased security effort.
- the valve body is preferably a hollow cylinder which includes side openings. The valve body can then advantageously be a part of the conduit through which liquid gas is introduced into the bottle for refilling or is sucked off via the liquid gas for emptying.
- the valve body is preferably provided with a peripheral, exchangeable sealing ring which seals the valve in the closed state liquid and gas tight. In the case of a leak is usually sufficient to replace the sealing ring to restore the functionality of the valve.
- the sealing ring is pressed in an advantageous embodiment in the closed state of the valve against a cone-shaped transition, which connects a tubular portion with a widened towards the opposite tubular portion.
- This embodiment makes it possible to use the two tubular sections as a supply line in order to be able to produce so compactly with little technical effort.
- a closing element in particular in the form of a hollow cylindrical portion, is present, which interrupts a gas-conducting connection between the gas tap and the opening at the bottom of the valve, into which gas of a connected LPG bottle can flow when the valve body in its open Position is moved.
- the hollow cylindrical portion is preferably a portion of the conduit which connects the gas tap to an opening at the bottom of the fitting into which gas from a connected LPG bottle can flow. This reduces the technical complexity of a production and also allows a compact design.
- the opening for refilling a liquid gas cylinder is preferably funnel-shaped to facilitate connection to a filling head or suction head by centering.
- the valve is designed so that either gas can be removed via the gas tap or refilling or emptying can be done via the opening provided for this purpose. It can not be refilled at the same time be taken and at the same time via the gas tap gas. This avoids risks during a gas extraction or during refilling.
- a further gas sampling option preferably via a quick coupling.
- a hose can be connected to this further gas sampling facility, specifically for permanent, generally uncontrollable gas extraction.
- This additional gas sampling option is intended for balloonists to provide a flame permanently with gas. This flame serves as a pilot flame, for example. This flame basically requires only a small amount of gas. It is so z. B. prevents excessive gas can be consumed by a too far up handwheel for the pilot flame. If a quick coupling is provided, the gas removal can be made possible only by connecting a corresponding coupling piece. Accidental opening is thus prevented.
- FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of a fitting 1 for a gas cylinder.
- a gas tap 2 with an external thread, which protrudes laterally and that horizontally from a standing gas cylinder, not shown, when the valve 1 is intended to be connected to a gas cylinder.
- the line of a gas consumer such as a gas grill, be screwed to remove gas.
- the funnel-shaped opening 3 in the fitting 1 at the top.
- the upward funnel-shaped opening 3 serves as a centric filling and suction.
- the funnel-shaped junction or opening 3 is connected to a filling head or suction head of a gas filling station.
- An externally accessible upper region of the outer wall of the centric filling point has two circumferential grooves 4, in order to enable a form-fitting clasping with complementary shaped grippers of a filling head or suction head. It can thus be created during the filling or during the suction of gas, a positive connection between the outer wall with the grooves 4 and a suction head or filling head to prevent unplanned disengagement of a head during filling or emptying of a gas cylinder.
- a sealing ring 5 is held by a corresponding circumferential groove in the funnel-shaped opening 3. A filling head or suction head is pressed against this sealing ring 5 during filling or emptying.
- a hollow-cylindrical valve body 6 has in a lower region a sealing ring 7 which is held in a corresponding circumferential groove of the valve body 6.
- the valve body 6 is biased in the direction of the opening 4.
- the sealing ring 7 is pressed against a cone-shaped transition 9 for closing the valve.
- the access via the opening 4 in the fitting 1 is then, as shown in the figure 1, gas-tight and liquid-tight and indeed reliable and durable compared to the well-known from the document DE 43 34 182 A1 ball valve of the centric filling point. In the case of leakage of the valve due to fatigue, it is sufficient to replace only the sealing ring 9 regularly.
- the valve body 6 is located in the closed state of the valve as shown in Figure 1 predominantly in a tubular portion 10, whose inner diameter corresponds to the outer diameter of the valve body 6. The valve body 6 is therefore guided through this tubular portion 10.
- the spring 8 is located in a widened tubular portion 10.
- the tubular portion 10 is connected by the conical transition 9 with a widened in comparison tubular portion 1 1.
- the inner diameter of the widened portion 1 1 is slightly larger than the diameter of the spring 8.
- the widened portion 1 1 therefore serves, inter alia, the grip and the leadership of the spring 8, if this is further stretched for opening the valve.
- the hollow cylindrical valve body 6 is closed at the lower end with a rod 12.
- the rod 12 extends into a cylinder 13.
- the inner diameter of the cylinder 13 is greater than the outer diameter of the rod 12, so that a clearance 14 between the cylinder 13 and the rod 12 remains.
- the rod 12 opposite end of the hollow cylindrical valve body 6 is open.
- the valve body 6 in the vicinity of the rod 12 has lateral openings 15, which are gas-conductively connected to its interior or lead into its interior. If the valve body 6 is pressed by a fluid pressure or mechanically down until the lateral openings 15 enter into the widened portion 11, the valve is opened. The opened state of the valve is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- a rotary handle 16 also called handwheel.
- the cylinder 13 can be moved back and forth between a closed position and an open position.
- 1 shows the closed position of the cylinder 13.
- a sealing ring 17 at the lower end of the cylinder 13 is then pressed against a slope 18 for a closure. This closure is canceled by the cylinder by corresponding rotation of the rotary handle 16 is moved upward.
- 4 shows the open position of the cylinder 13.
- the cylinder 13 is sealed by sealing rings 19 against a portion 21 of the housing wall of the valve 1.
- cylinder 13 is sealed by sealing rings 20 against a cylindrical lower portion 22 of the rotary handle 16.
- the sealing rings 19 and 20 prevent gas leakage from the valve out.
- the rotary handle 16 is rotatably supported by a ball bearing 23.
- a cap 24 is screwed onto the housing portion 21 so as to rotatably connect the rotary handle 16 to the housing portion 21.
- the fitting 1 has at the bottom two openings 25 and 26 (see in particular also the three-dimensional representation of Figure 5). This underside is located in the gas cylinder or bottleneck if the valve is connected to a gas cylinder as intended.
- the opening 25 is located at the bottom of a tubular or tubular conduit 27 at the bottom of a correspondingly connected gas cylinder.
- the gas cylinder is filled after opening the valve with the valve body 6 with gas or sucked liquid gas. Via the other opening 26, the removal of gas from the bottle takes place for consumption by a consumer connected to the gas tap 2, specifically following an opening of the gas tap by corresponding rotation of the rotary handle 16.
- the opening 26 is gas-conductively connected to an inner opening 28.
- a connected thereto associated hollow cylindrical portion 29, which is provided in the transition region between the rod 12 and portion 29 with an opening 30. If the valve body 6 is pressed down, the hollow cylindrical portion 29 is pressed against a sealing ring 31 which is located at the lower end of a guide 32.
- FIG. 1 shows the case that the fitting 1 is closed. Sucking or filling is not possible because the valve is closed. A gas removal via the gas tap 2 is not possible, since this is prevented by pressing the sealing ring 17 against the slope 18, the gas tap is thus closed.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the filling via the fitting 1.
- the side nozzle 2 is closed and the funnel-shaped opening 4 connected to a filling head, not shown, which is pressed against the sealing ring 5 in the funnel-shaped opening 3 liquid-tight.
- the opening 28 shown in Figure 1 is closed.
- the liquid gas flows into the gap 14 between the rod 12 and the housing portion 21 and enters as shown by the arrows 35 and 36 in the tubular or tubular conduit 27 inside.
- the liquid gas then exits from the valve 1 according to arrow 37 and thus reaches the bottom of a gas cylinder, not shown, to which the valve 1 is attached.
- FIG. 2 illustrates that the hollow-cylindrical section 29 has a smaller outer diameter 38 in an upper region so as to create such a distance to the adjacent housing inner wall in the case of FIG. 2 that a gas flow according to the arrow 36 is possible.
- FIG. 4 shows the fitting 1 in the open state of the gas tap 2 and in the closed state of the valve.
- the gas cock 2 is opened because the valve body 6 is in its closed position and the cylinder 13 is moved by rotating the unit 16 upwards and therefore the sealing ring 17 has been removed from the slope 18.
- the gas which is located above the liquid level in the LPG bottle, can now enter the opening 26 according to the arrow 44 and flow to the inner opening 28. From the opening 28, the gas passes according to the arrow 45 in the interior of the hollow cylindrical portion 29. The gas then exits through the opening 30 at the upper end of the hollow cylindrical portion 29 and passes in accordance with the arrow 46 into the space 14 inside. Since a distance between the sealing ring 17 and the slope 18 is present, the gas according to the arrow 47 can flow further into the nozzle of the gas tap 2 and be forwarded from here according to the arrow 48 to the consumer.
- the method for refilling also provides for draining in the event that a gas leak is detected. Especially the emptying can be done very quickly, since liquid is pumped and not gas.
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