Emergency release mechanism of fluid loading equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12467571-B2
Application number	US-202218575178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2022
Priority date	Jun 29, 2021
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

An emergency release mechanism is applied to fluid loading equipment for transporting fluid, and includes: a pair of pipe portions having a vacuum double structure in each of which a flow path for transporting the fluid is formed, the pair of pipe portions being arranged with opening ends abutting against each other; a coupling member capable of coupling the pair of pipe portions to each other and being removed therefrom; and a pair of shutoff valves configured to shut off the flow path in the pipe portions. The pair of pipe portions respectively include valve seats formed in the flow path. The shutoff valves respectively include valve bodies configured to seat on the respective valve seats to close the flow path, and linear motion drive devices configured to move the respective valve bodies along the flow path to cause the valve bodies to seat on the respective valve seats.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An emergency release mechanism of fluid loading equipment for transporting fluid, the emergency release mechanism comprising:
a pair of pipe portions in which respective flow paths for transporting the fluid are formed and that are arranged with opening ends abutting against each other, the pair of pipe portions having a vacuum double structure including an inner tube part and an outer tube part between which a vacuum layer is formed; a coupling member capable of coupling the pair of pipe portions to each other and being removed therefrom; and a pair of shutoff valves configured to shut off the respective flow paths, the pair of shutoff valves being provided to correspond to the respective pair of pipe portions, wherein the pair of pipe portions include respective valve seats formed in the respective flow paths, the shutoff valves include respective valve bodies configured to seat on the respective valve seats of the corresponding pipe portions to close the respective flow paths, and respective linear motion drive devices configured to move the respective valve bodies along the respective flow paths to cause the respective valve bodies to seat on the respective valve seats, the respective valve bodies are positioned to be separated from each other while seating on the respective valve seats, each of the pipe portions includes an elbow part formed in an intermediate part, and is bent by the elbow part, each of the respective linear motion drive devices includes a valve shaft that is coupled to a corresponding one of the respective valve bodies and extends in a predetermined direction, and a drive unit configured to move the corresponding one of the respective valve bodies in the predetermined direction via the valve shaft, the drive unit of each of the respective linear motion drive devices includes a hydraulic cylinder, and is provided to the elbow part, on an outer side of a corresponding one of the pipe portions, and the valve shaft passes through the elbow part to be slidable in the predetermined direction.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd
• Tb Global Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Takase Tomonori
• Inomata Akihiko
• Kawai Tsutomu
• Yoshihara Yuma

Classifications

• Y10T137/7036

  Jacketed · CPC title

• F16K49/00

  Means in or on valves for heating or cooling (heating or cooling of pipes or pipe systems F16L53/00; thermal insulation in connection with pipes or pipe systems F16L59/16) · CPC title

• Y10T137/6416

  With heating or cooling of the system · CPC title

• Y10T137/87925

  Separable flow path section, valve or closure in each · CPC title

• B67D9/00

  Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids when loading or unloading ships (ship-based equipment B63B27/00) · CPC title