Storage tank, and material vaporization device and liquid material supply device provided with storage tank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11306913-B2
Application number	US-201716467707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 14, 2016
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

The present invention is a storage tank including: a tank; a tank main body that stores a liquid material; a cover body that covers an opening of the tank main body; a support body that is positioned opposite to the cover body; a seal body that is sandwiched by a flange provided at the opening end of the tank main body and the cover body; and tightening members that tighten the cover body and the support body, and is capable of, even when the thickness of the flange provided at the opening end of the tank main body is thin, attaching the cover body on the flange while maintaining a contact property.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage tank comprising:
a tank main body that is made of metal and stores a storage object consisting of at least any one or both of liquid and a solid;
a cover body that covers an opening of the tank main body;
a support body that has a ring shape and is positioned opposite to the cover body; and
a tightening member that tightens the cover body and the support body, wherein
the tank main body is provided with a flange at an opening end thereof, and
the cover body and the support body are tightened by the tightening member in a state of sandwiching the flange.

2. The storage tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover body and the support body are tightened by the tightening member on an outer side than an outer edge of the flange.

3. The storage tank according to claim 2 , wherein
the tightening member protrudes from the outer side than the outer edge of the flange in any one of the cover body and the support body,
the other of the cover body and the support body is provided with a hole to be inserted with the tightening member, and
the cover body and the support body are tightened by tightening of the tightening member into the hole.

4. The storage tank according to claim 1 , further comprising
a seal body that is sandwiched by the cover body and the flange.

5. The storage tank according to claim 4 , further comprising
a spacer that is sandwiched by the cover body and the support body, wherein
the spacer is thicker than a thickness of the flange, and thinner than a thickness obtained by adding a thickness of the seal body in a non-pressurized state to the thickness of the flange.

6. The storage tank according to claim 4 , wherein
the cover body has a holding groove in a surface opposite to the flange, the holding groove holding the seal body.

7. The storage tank according to claim 1 , wherein
the tank main body is integrally shaped.

8. A material vaporization device comprising the storage tank according to claim 1 , the material vaporization device comprising:
a heater that heats the storage object stored in the tank main body;
a lead-out pipe that is provided to the cover body to lead gas produced by vaporizing the storage object out of the tank main body; and
a flow rate control device that is connected to the lead-out pipe.

9. A liquid material supply device comprising the storage tank according to claim 1 , the liquid material supply device comprising
a lead out pipe that is provided to the cover body to lead the storage object consisting of liquid out of the tank main body.

10. The storage tank according to claim 1 , wherein the support body is formed as one ring.

11. The storage tank according to claim 1 , wherein the support body is formed from a plurality of parts.

Assignees

• Horiba Stec Co Ltd

Inventors

• Taniguchi Shinji

Classifications

• H10P95/00

  Generic processes or apparatus for manufacture or treatments not covered by the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• F22B3/02 Primary

  involving the use of working media other than water · CPC title

• F17C13/06

  Closures, e.g. cap, breakable member ({for autoclaves B01J3/03}; closures for {large} containers in general B65D {B65D90/54}; {for pressure vessels in general F16J13/00}) · CPC title

• F17C7/04 Primary

  with change of state, e.g. vaporisation · CPC title

• F17C2209/228

  by screws, bolts or rivets · CPC title