Decompression heat-insulating pipe structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10443776-B2
Application number	US-201815878712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Feb 15, 2017
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a decompression heat-insulating pipe structure that can be used in the system operating at high temperatures. A decompression heat-insulating pipe structure of the present disclosure includes: an outer tube and an inner tube each having a flange; and a seal member between the flanges, the seal member being configured to keep a space between the outer tube and the inner tube in a decompression state, and a shifting means configured to shift the outer tube and the inner tube relatively so as to selectively dispose the tubes at a pressing position to press the seal member between the flanges and at a cancellation position to cancel the pressing of the seal member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A decompression heat-insulating pipe structure comprising an outer tube and an inner tube each having a flange; and a seal member between the flanges, the seal member being configured to keep a space between the outer tube and the inner tube in a decompression state, further comprising:
a shifting means configured to shift the outer tube and the inner tube relatively so as to selectively dispose the tubes at a sandwiching position to sandwich the seal member between the flanges and at a cancellation position to cancel sandwiching of the seal member.

2. The decompression heat-insulating pipe structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a control means configured to control the shift means, wherein
the control means controls the shifting means to, when an amount of temperature rise of the inner tube at the sandwiching position reaches a predetermined value, move the outer tube or the inner tube to dispose the outer tube or the inner tube from the sandwiching position to the cancellation position and then dispose the outer tube or the inner tube from the cancellation position to the sandwiching position again.

3. The decompression heat-insulating pipe structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the outer tube has a first flange extending radially inward from an axially one end thereof, and a second flange extending radially outward from the axially other end thereof,
the inner tube has a third flange extending radially inward from an axially one end thereof, and a fourth flange extending radially outward from the axially other end thereof, the third flange being opposed to the first flange at an axially inward position of the first flange, and the fourth flange being opposed to the second flange at an axially outward position of the second flange, and
the seal member includes a first seal member between the first flange and the third flange, and a second seal member between the second flange and the fourth flange.

4. The decompression heat-insulating pipe structure according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the outer tube and the inner tube includes a bellows that can elongate or contract axially due to elastic deformation.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamashita Osamu

Classifications

• F27D99/0073

  Seals · CPC title

• F27D3/18

  Charging particulate material using a fluid carrier · CPC title

• F27D3/0025

  Charging or loading melting furnaces with material in the solid state · CPC title

• F16L59/143

  Pre-insulated pipes · CPC title

• F16L27/12

  allowing substantial longitudinal adjustment or movement (by use of screw-thread F16L15/02) · CPC title