Device for injecting a cryogenic fluid through the base of a mixer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11904343-B2
Application number	US-201716496551-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2017
Priority date	Mar 23, 2017
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for injecting a fluid, in particular a cryogenic fluid, the device comprising a fluid feed head and a fluid dispenser body, detachably mounted on said feed head, said feed head comprising a groove for circulating the fluid fed to said body, said groove being closed when the body is mounted on the feed head and said groove being open when the feed head and the body are detached from one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for injecting a cryogenic fluid, the device comprising
a fluid feed head;
a fluid dispensing body mounted in a detachable manner on said feed head, said feed head comprising a fluid flow groove, feeding said body, said groove being closed in a mounted position of the body on the feed head and said groove being open in a separated position of said feed head and said body;
a seal configured to close said groove;
a delivery valve that is forced against said body by a spring; and
a stop, mounted on a stem of the delivery valve, said spring bearing against said stop, said spring comprising a plurality of turns, said stop and said spring being configured such that the stop comes into contact with the body before the turns of the spring are brought into contact with one another during actuation of the delivery valve, wherein said stop comprises a first part, intended to be constant, and a second part, intended to be specific to each application, wherein said stem comprises a portion of reduced diameter and said stop comprises a mounting ring, said stem and said mounting ring being mutually configured so as to allow said ring to be snap-fastened on said stem at said portion of reduced diameter in order to axially position said first and/or second parts of the stop along said stem.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said body has one or more fluid flow channels that together define a flow cross section for the fluid in the body, said groove having a flow cross section for the fluid that is greater than the flow cross section for the fluid in the body.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein there are at least three of said channels.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said groove has a substantially constant depth.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said groove has a U-shaped cross section.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said groove is annular.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein a first part of said groove has a reduced depth and a second part has a greater depth.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said feed head comprises a fluid flow duct, said duct opening out at a side wall of the groove.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein said head has a face at which said groove opens out in the separated position of the feed head and the body, said head extending in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to said face.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein said groove has a depth greater than three quarters of an extension of said feed head in said longitudinal direction.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein said seal has orifices that open into said body.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein said device comprises means for centering the spring so as to keep said spring radially at a distance from the delivery valve.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein said centering means comprise a centering finger for centering a first end of the spring, said centering finger being mounted on said delivery valve.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein said centering means comprise a guide tube for guiding a second end of the spring, said guide tube being formed in said body.

15. The device of claim 1 , wherein said device comprises an assembly clamp for assembling the body and the dispensing head, said device being configured to convert a transverse clamping movement of said clamp, with respect to a longitudinal axis of extension of said device, into a movement clamping the head and the body together along said longitudinal axis of extension.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein said clamp and said head and/or said body have an inclined surface with respect to said longitudinal axis, said inclined surfaces being intended to cooperate with one another during the clamping of the clamp.

17. A cooling installation for cooling food products, comprising a container for containing a product to be cooled in a loose form, and comprising at least one injection device being intended to be fastened to a lower part of the container, wherein the at least one injection device is as claimed in claim 1 .

18. The cooling installation of claim 17 , further comprising an installation for feeding a flushing gas to the at least one injection devices, allowing the flushing gas to be fed to the at least one injection devices when the cooling installation is stopped.

19. The cooling installation of claim 18 , wherein the installation for feeding the flushing gas to the at least one injection devices comprises one or more feed lines for feeding the flushing gas to the at least one injection devices, the one or more feed lines being provided with a non-return valve.

Assignees

• Air Liquide France Ind
• Air Liquide

Inventors

• Algoet Jo
• Brangeon Alain
• Pichou Michel
• Reymond Christian

Classifications

• B05B9/005 Primary

  the liquid or other fluent material being a fluid close to a change of phase · CPC title

• B01F35/91

  using gas or liquid injected into the material, e.g. using liquefied carbon dioxide or steam · CPC title

• B05B1/304

  the controlling element being a lift valve · CPC title

• B05B1/323 Primary

  the valve member being actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed (single unit outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed B05B11/0062) · CPC title

• B05B15/65

  Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits · CPC title