EP2870403A1 - Druckgasflasche mit ventilschutzeinrichtung - Google Patents
Druckgasflasche mit ventilschutzeinrichtungInfo
- Publication number
- EP2870403A1 EP2870403A1 EP13730239.4A EP13730239A EP2870403A1 EP 2870403 A1 EP2870403 A1 EP 2870403A1 EP 13730239 A EP13730239 A EP 13730239A EP 2870403 A1 EP2870403 A1 EP 2870403A1
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- Prior art keywords
- valve
- protection device
- compressed gas
- gas cylinder
- valve protection
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a compressed gas cylinder with a cylinder valve for filling and removal of gas and with a valve protection device to protect the cylinder valve from damage, wherein the valve protection device comprises a mounted on a neck of the compressed gas cylinder housing, which is equipped with an access to the cylinder valve allowing access opening ,
- valve protection device is to be understood in the following to be a safety element mounted on a compressed gas cylinder, which basically remains on the compressed gas cylinder during the intended use of the compressed gas cylinder, ie in particular also during the removal of gas
- Valve protection devices are designed so that they on the one hand a
- valve protection devices are known; common devices of this type are in the form of, for example, a half-shell or a full shell, a stirrup or a cage and are usually made of metal, e.g. Steel, cast steel, aluminum, or one
- thermoplastic material for.
- polyoxymethylene polyethylene
- polyethylene polyethylene
- thermoplastics are fiber-reinforced (eg, glass fiber, mineral fiber, carbon fiber); a suitable plastic is e.g. Polyamide with 30 weight percent glass fiber.
- Valve protection devices in the sense of this invention are thus not particularly hereinafter referred to as "protective cap”, usually made of steel Securing elements that are intended to protect the cylinder valve from damage only during the transport of compressed gas cylinders and before
- cylinder valve (or “removal valve”) is used here to refer to the cylinder valve used for removing gas and filling the compressed gas container, including all fittings, which may be integrated therein, such as pressure reducers, metering and needle valves, or the like.
- compressed gas cylinders is to be understood in the following to include all types of containers intended for the storage of gas under pressure, in particular compressed gas cylinders, gas cartridges or pressurized containers.
- valve protection device for gas cylinders is described in EP 0 629 812 A1.
- This article is a plastic element having a lower part for attachment to the gas cylinder and an upper part for protecting the valve, the lower part comprising a lateral projection with a curvature as a suspension device.
- the valve protection device can be adapted to compressed gas containers of different size and type, for example to compressed gas cylinders with 2, 5, 10 or 20 liters volume. Further
- Valve protection devices are described, for example, in the publications EP 2 101 103 B1, EP 0 939 875 A1, DE 103 08 676 A1, DE 101 46 261 A1, DE 100 57 469 A1 or DE 199 26 961 A1.
- Tamper evident systems in which a securing element between the bottleneck of the gas cylinder and the protective cap is placed on this. When unscrewing the cap, the fuse element is destroyed at a predetermined breaking point, indicating that the bottle has already been opened. In this way, a simple and cost-effective authenticity labeling is guaranteed, but at the same time the delivery of the compressed gas cylinder with a removable before use cap provided. Due to their design, such
- Tamper evident fuses are not used on compressed gas cylinders equipped with valve protection devices as defined above.
- Object of the present invention is therefore to provide a compressed gas cylinder
- the present invention thus envisages integrating a tamper-evident device adapted to the respective valve protection device into the valve protection device, ie providing means which, after filling the compressed gas cylinder, allow attachment of the tamper-evident device to the valve protection device without great effort and at the same time provide reliable identification of the device
- the means required for this purpose comprise, in particular, a securing element which, in the installed state, extends wholly or partly over the connecting piece and / or the handwheel in such a way that the connection of a gas line or a fitting to the connecting piece or the operation of the handwheel makes it impossible or considerably is difficult, and matched fasteners on
- valve protection device will / will be that the tamper-evident can not be easily reinstalled on the valve protection device.
- This is done in the simplest case by means of one or more predetermined breaking points on the securing element and / or the fastening elements, which breaks or break when removing the tamper-evident.
- the invention thus makes it possible, in particular, to manufacture valve protection devices with tamper-evident reliability in series production, which have consistent and thus previously determinable reliability with regard to the authenticity marking.
- Securing element extends transversely or longitudinally over at least a portion of the access opening in such a way that the patch tamper-evident obstructs access to the spigot and / or the handwheel of the cylinder valve and thus the removal of gas until the removal of tamper evidence
- a securing element which is fastened on one side to the access opening and protrudes into the access opening or extends over this.
- a particularly advantageous embodiment provides that the securing element on at least two opposite sides of the access opening by means of connecting elements with the housing of the
- Valve protection device is connected, wherein a predetermined breaking point is arranged on at least one connecting element. In the installed state extends
- the fuse element should run as close as possible to the connection piece and / or the handwheel in the installed state, so that the access is not readily by a lateral Wegbiegen of Fuse element is possible, or at least such that bending away requires a force that exceeds the tensile strength of the predetermined breaking points.
- the securing element is preferably made of a flexible material, in particular plastic, which makes it possible that the securing element in the
- Valve protector connectable plastic part with a weak zone as a predetermined breaking point, for example, a section with reduced cross-section provided.
- the securing element comprises at least one connecting element with a holding portion, which is adapted in shape to a corresponding recess of the valve protection device.
- the holding section is inserted into the recess and leads to a positive or non-positive connection.
- Securing element preferably at least one connecting element, which extends in the installed state through a bore in the housing of the valve protection device and is equipped with a barb-like holding portion.
- the holding section is, for example, a spherical, conical or truncated cone-shaped head section whose cross-section is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the respective bore and which acts as a predetermined breaking point neck portion with reduced cross-section with the rest
- the head portion is pushed through the bore and then barbed to the securing portion via the neck portion extending through the bore falls off, a re-attachment of the fuse element is then no longer readily possible.
- the securing element is preferably of at least limited elasticity and is in the installed state under tension, ie it is held firmly under the action of a deformation of its counteracting force on the housing of the valve protection element and at the same time in its access to the cylinder valve position stabilized.
- Securing element is a wire, a cord or a band, in particular a band of plastic, rubber or a fabric material, or in the
- Installed state extends across the access opening.
- securing element is a the opening cross-section of the access opening of the valve protection device at least partially adapted plastic molding offers.
- a molded part can also be designed in such a way that it reaches into the access opening with individual sections and in this way impedes or prevents access to the cylinder valve.
- Such a relatively large-area fuse element also offers the advantage that a user the originality of the compressed gas cylinder from larger
- the fuse element serves both for
- FIG. 1 a compressed gas cylinder with a valve protection device according to the invention in a fragmentary front view
- FIG. 2 the valve protection device of FIG. 1 in a view from above
- Fig. 3 connecting means of a tamper-evident for fastening on
- FIG. 4 shows a compressed gas cylinder with a valve protection device according to the invention in another embodiment in a fragmentary front view
- Fig. 5 a suitable for valve protection device of Fig. 4
- FIG. 6 the tamper-evident part from FIG. 5 in a side view
- FIG. 7 a tamper-evident part according to the invention in another
- FIG. 10 shows a valve protection device according to the invention in a different one again
- Embodiment including originality marking in a lateral sectional view
- Fig. 1 1 the originality marking of Fig. 10 in a plan view
- Fig. 1 shows the upper portion of a compressed gas cylinder 1 with attached
- Valve protection device 2 the. for example, by screwing on an am
- Compressed gas cylinder 1 is attached.
- the valve protection device 2 is preferably made of a - in particular fiber reinforced - thermoplastic material, for. As polyoxymethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, PVC, polyester, polyamide, liquid crystalline polymer (LCP), or a blend of various plastics and serves to protect the cylinder valve 4 of the compressed gas cylinder. 1
- the valve protection device 2 comprises a housing in the form of a closed cube which, on at least one side surface and at its upper side (geodetically) located on its intended use equipped with access openings 5, 6. While the lateral access opening 5 serves to allow access to a connecting piece 7 of the cylinder valve 4 for attachment of a connecting line or a fitting, not shown here, the top access opening 6 ensures access to a hand wheel 8 of the cylinder valve 4, by means of which the cylinder valve. 4 can be opened or closed.
- the valve protection device 2 is equipped with a tamper-evident 9 in the manner described below.
- the tamper-evident 9 of the valve protection device 2 comprises a band 10 of a flexible, but not or only to a small extent expandable material.
- the band 10 is connected at its two ends to mounting portions 1 1, 12 with the housing of the valve protection device 2.
- the connection takes place for example in the manner of a pressure connector, as shown in Fig. 3 in an enlarged view.
- the fastening portions 1 1, 12 each with an enlarged diameter head portion 13 of an at least partially elastic
- corresponding recesses 14 are provided, which are arranged on the housing of the valve protection device 2, that the tape 10 in the installed state closely abuts the connection piece 7 and the hand wheel 8 of the cylinder valve or has only a small distance from this and in this way the connection of a gas line or ., prevents the operation of the handwheel.
- the mounting portions 1 1, 12 are pressed with their head portions 13 each in a corresponding recess 14, wherein a positive connection is made.
- Neck portion 15 is in each case designed such that it tears at a lower tensile force, than for the detachment of the head portion 13 from the recess 14 of the
- valve protection device 2 Housing the valve protection device 2 is required. Thus, the tape 10 can not be removed without causing the attachment portions 1 1, 12 of the tamper-evident 9 are destroyed.
- the valve protection device 20 placed on a compressed gas cylinder 1 comprises a half-shell-shaped housing 21 with lateral sections 22, 23 which surround the cylinder valve 4 from three sides. On the connecting piece 7 of the cylinder valve. 4
- an access opening 24 which extends over a large part of the surface of this page and on the top 25 of the housing 21.
- This access opening 24 is sized to accommodate the mounting of a gas line or fitting, such as a valve
- Pressure reducer allowed at the connecting piece 7 of the cylinder valve 4 and at the same time allows an operator to operate the handwheel 8.
- each correspond to the recess 14 shown in FIG.
- the tamper-evident 27 to the valve protection device 20 comprises a sheet-like molding 30 made of plastic, at least in sections, the surface of the
- Access opening 24 is adapted or overlapping. To attach to
- Housing 21 is the tamper evident 27 equipped with fasteners 31, 32 which are fixed to the molding 30 or formed integrally therewith.
- fasteners 31, 32 correspond to those shown in Fig. 3 and each include a head portion 33 of a flexible material which is adapted in its outer periphery of the corresponding recess 28, 29 in the housing 21, and a neck portion 34, at the same time as Predetermined breaking point is used.
- Valve protection device 20 takes place in such a way that the fastening elements 31, 32 is pressed in each case with its head portion in a recess 28, 29 and thus positively connected so firmly with the housing 21, that
- FIGs. 7 to 9 show an alternative tamper evidence of a
- the securing element 35 of this tamper-evident device of which only one end section is shown in FIG. 7, comprises an elongated section 36 of an at least limited elastic material, for example a lath or a wire, at the end of which, for example, a spherical one
- Head portion 37 is fixed with an enlarged cross-section.
- Head portion 37 is fixed with an enlarged cross-section.
- a groove 39 is provided, which corresponds to a recess 40 on the outer surface of the housing 38.
- the recess 40 is adapted in shape to the head portion 37 of the securing element 35, in
- Embodiment thus formed spherical cap To attach the fuse element 35 to the housing 38, the head portion 37 in the
- the tension is in particular due to the elasticity of the material of the elongate portion 36 and / or the housing 38.
- the elongated portion 36 is severed; the head portion 37 then automatically falls out of the recess 40 or can be easily removed therefrom, which in particular facilitates the securing of a new tamper-evident seal after refilling the compressed-gas cylinder.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 show a further embodiment of a valve protection device 41 according to the invention.
- the valve protection device 41 comprises a housing 42 in the form of a forwardly and upwardly open half-shell, which is screwed onto a thread on the neck portion 3 of the compressed gas cylinder 1 such that through the access opening 45 of the housing 42, both the connecting piece 7 and the handwheel 8 of a Bottle valve 4 is accessible.
- the valve protection device 41 further includes one described below
- the tamper-evident device 48 comprises a securing element 50 made of a flexible plastic material with an elongate securing section 51, on each of which connection sections 52, 52 'for attachment to the housing 42 are arranged in the region of both ends and are preferably formed integrally with the securing section 51.
- the connecting portions 52, 52 'each have a spherical, conical or frustoconical head portion 53, 53' made of an elastic material, to each of which a predetermined breaking point 54, 54 'connects, which consists of the same material as the head portion 53, 53rd 'is made, but due to a greatly reduced cross-sectional area has a significantly lower mechanical stability than this.
- bores 56, 56' are provided on the housing 42, which are arranged on opposite sides of the access opening and are equal or slightly smaller in their inner diameter than the largest outer diameter of the head sections 53, 53 '.
- the connecting portions 52, 52 ' When securing the securing element 50, the connecting portions 52, 52 'are pressed into the bores 56, 56', as indicated by the dot-dashed arrows 55, 55 '.
- the predetermined breaking points 54, 54 ' are designed so that in the installed state, the head portions 53, 53' completely on the of
- the securing portion 51 extends in the installed state in a curved contour via the access opening 45, as indicated by the dashed lines 57, 57 ', and covers both the handwheel 8 and the connecting piece 7 of the cylinder valve 4. This prevents
- the securing element 50 that a gas removal without removal or destruction of the fuse element 50 is possible. Due to the elastic consistency of the head portions 53, 53 'and their relative to the respective bore 56, 56' enlarged diameter barbs are connected to the housing 42. Therefore, the head portions 53, 53 'after assembly no longer be pulled out of the corresponding bore 56, 56', without the connecting portion 52 (52 ') at its predetermined breaking point 54 (54') breaks.
- the securing element 50 is equipped in the region of the securing portion 51 with a broadened reinforcing part 58, which in the installed state is arranged, for example, over the connecting piece 7 and by which the reliability of the tamper-evident device 48 is improved.
- the reinforcing member 58 is either integral with the
- Secured portion 51 is formed or as a separate element, which has two slot-shaped openings for insertion of the securing portion 51, and which is connected before installation of the fuse element 50 with this.
- the surface of the reinforcing part 58 is also known as
- Information carrier can be used and can be provided for example with information about the contents of the compressed gas cylinder 1 and / or the supplier.
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PL13730239T PL2870403T3 (pl) | 2012-07-05 | 2013-06-18 | Butla z gazem pod ciśnieniem z urządzeniem zabezpieczającym zawór |
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DE102012013387.1A DE102012013387A1 (de) | 2012-07-05 | 2012-07-05 | Druckgasflasche mit Ventilschutzeinrichtung |
PCT/EP2013/062644 WO2014005832A1 (de) | 2012-07-05 | 2013-06-18 | Druckgasflasche mit ventilschutzeinrichtung |
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EP2870403B1 EP2870403B1 (de) | 2021-08-18 |
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