Liquid seal method for on-off of gas pipeline and device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549602-B2
Application number	US-202117191574-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2021
Priority date	Jul 15, 2020
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

The present application discloses a liquid seal method for on-off of gas pipeline and a device thereof, wherein a liquid-sealed U-shaped container being provided in the gas pipeline that requires to perform on-off control; a lifting mechanism using a leading screw controls the slider having a certain volume to immerse in or leave the liquid so as to raise or lower the liquid level. The U-shaped container has a structure with a wide top and a narrow bottom, the space of the U-shaped container is divided into two spaces with different sizes by a separating plate, and a liftable liquid-occupying device is located at the space having a larger volume; the upper and lower parts of the slider are tapered; and the driving device can be motor or hand wheel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid seal device for on-off of gas pipeline, comprising an air inlet pipe, an air outlet pipe, two pipe joints, a U-shaped container, a separating plate and a liftable liquid-occupying device; wherein, the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe are connected to the sides of the U-shaped container via the pipe joints, respectively; the separating plate divides the U-shaped container into two spaces with different sizes, the upper end of the separating plate is attached to the U-shaped container, the bottom of the separating plate has a certain distance from the bottom of the container; the liftable liquid-occupying device is provided in the space having a large space in the U-shaped container, including a leading screw, a positioning rod, a slider, a bearing seat and a driving device; the leading screw penetrates the slider and is capable of rotating to control the lifting of the slide; a positioning rod is parallel to the leading screw and penetrates one side of the slider, so that the slide can keep balance when lifting; the driving device, used for providing rotating power of the leading screw, is connected to the leading screw and is located at the top thereof;
wherein the liquid in the U-shaped container is odorless, non-toxic, and non-volatile, so that the liquid volume is relatively fixed.

2. The liquid seal device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is connected to the top of the leading screw, and the driving device is selected from the following modes, one is driven by a motor to provide power to rotate the leading screw, the motor is located inside or outside the U-shaped container, and the motor is connected to the top of the leading screw and placed on a support; the other is hand wheel drive, the operator turns the hand wheel to provide power for the leading screw to rotate; the hand wheel is connected to the top of the leading screw on the outside of the U-shaped container.

3. The liquid seal device according to claim 2 , wherein the control of the rotation of the leading screw by the motor can be linked with the on or off of a fan in the air pipeline; when the fan is switched on, the motor controls the leading screw to rotate so as to raise the slider, and stops rotating when the slide rises to the highest position; when the fan is switched off, the motor controls the leading screw to rotate in reverse direction to lower the slider, and stops rotating after the slide is completely immersed in the liquid and thus blocks pipeline flow, thereby forming a stable liquid seal.

4. A liquid seal device for on-off of gas pipeline, comprising an air inlet pipe, an air outlet pipe, two pipe joints, a U-shaped container, a separating plate and a liftable liquid-occupying device; wherein, the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe are connected to the sides of the U-shaped container via the pipe joints, respectively; the separating plate divides the U-shaped container into two spaces with different sizes, the upper end of the separating plate is attached to the U-shaped container, the bottom of the separating plate has a certain distance from the bottom of the container; the liftable liquid-occupying device is provided in the space having a large space in the U-shaped container, including a leading screw, a positioning rod, a slider, a bearing seat and a driving device; the leading screw penetrates the slider and is capable of rotating to control the lifting of the slide; a positioning rod is parallel to the leading screw and penetrates one side of the slider, so that the slide can keep balance when lifting; the driving device, used for providing rotating power of the leading screw, is connected to the leading screw and is located at the top thereof;
wherein the U-shaped container has a structure with a wide top and a narrow bottom, and the side wall where the liftable liquid-occupying device is located is wedge-shaped, the space with the wedge-shaped side wall has a larger volume; the entire side walls or partial side walls of the U-shaped container is made of transparent material, which is convenient for observing the liquid level or the internal situation of the container.

5. A liquid seal device for on-off of gas pipeline, comprising an air inlet pipe, an air outlet pipe, two pipe joints, a U-shaped container, a separating plate and a liftable liquid-occupying device; wherein, the air inlet pipe and the air outlet pipe are connected to the sides of the U-shaped container via the pipe joints, respectively; the separating plate divides the U-shaped container into two spaces with different sizes, the upper end of the separating plate is attached to the U-shaped container, the bottom of the separating plate has a certain distance from the bottom of the container; the liftable liquid-occupying device is provided in the space having a large space in the U-shaped container, including a leading screw, a positioning rod, a slider, a bearing seat and a driving device; the leading screw penetrates the slider and is capable of rotating to control the lifting of the slide; a positioning rod is parallel to the leading screw and penetrates one side of the slider, so that the slide can keep balance when lifting; the driving device, used for providing rotating power of the leading screw, is connected to the leading screw and is located at the top thereof;
wherein the slider moves vertically along the leading screw and the positioning rod, and its upper and lower parts are tapered; the slider is a hollow structure, and the leading screw and positioning rod do not pass through the hollow cavity.

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin
• Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute Tianjin Univ

Inventors

• Zhang Tengfei
• Zhang Tinglu
• Chen Guanyi

Classifications

• F16K13/10 Primary

  by means of liquid or granular medium · CPC title

• F16K31/508

  the actuating element being rotatable, non-rising, and driving a non-rotatable axially-sliding element · CPC title

• F16K31/50

  with screw-spindle {or internally threaded actuating means} · CPC title