ES2242477A1 - Receptacle enabling one liquid to be contained inside another liquid - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a receptacle comprising a closed container body (1) which is intended to house a liquid (5) that is to be controlled. The aforementioned container body (1) is made from a flexible, impermeable laminar material and comprises at least one opening and closing valve (11) which is used for the introduction and extraction of the liquid (5) that is to be separated from the surrounding liquid (6). The receptacle can also comprise supplementary components, such as a support body (2) which essentially floats in relation to the surrounding liquid (6), a ballast for stabilisation purposes or fixing devices (4) which are used to secure the receptacle against currents in the surrounding liquid (6).

Description

Quick training container to contain a fluid within another fluid and procedure for its manufacture.

Field of the Invention

This Certificate of Addition refers to some improvements introduced in the object of the patent of invention No. 200202794/3, which describes a formation vessel quick to contain a liquid within another liquid and to a procedure for its manufacture.

The mentioned invention patent explains the configuration and constitution of a container for liquids liable to form in a very short period of time and of being placed inside another liquid, possibly of a density different from the first.

Background of the improvements

The implementation of the invention described in the patent to which this Certificate of Addition applies has shown that some of her objects and that constitute the principles of the claims could be improved with the introduction of modifications that, following the line of these objectives would allow an improvement in the proposed purposes as regards the breadth and ease of use and to the achievement of the proposed purposes.

To this end, the improvements that will be explained, that do not distort the principles of the primitive patent, but that enhance them in order to greater efficiency.

Description of the improvements

Reference will be made, in the following, to the elements mentioned in the original patent and the variations and improvements that you want to protect.

1º.- The container body 1, in addition to being able be constituted by several associated components in the form of bodies of revolution, may also be general polyhedral, that is to say, of polygonal cross section, regular or irregular.

2º.- The support or flotation part 6, besides being able to have a toroidal shape of meridian section double circular, you can present your section in a labial way, it is that is, oval or regular or irregular polygonal.

3º.- The aforementioned support part 6 in the form of crown may be formed, apart from by a continuation of the container body 1, by an inflatable tubular body, provided with a valve for the introduction at the time of air or a gas determined, at atmospheric pressure or higher. The training material of said crown-shaped tube would be, where appropriate, different from the material that forms container body 1 (for example, a tissue waterproofed, rubber, plastic, etc.), and said tube is would introduce directly into the body 6 forming a sheath or either it would be attached to the container body 1 by welding, sewn, glued, bound or other suitable means.

4th.- Alternatively, the lift crown 6 could be based on a solid and less rigid material dense than the liquid in which the buoyancy of the vessel is expected 1 (such as foamed or spongy plastic) or based on a rigid or flexible material denser than liquid, but hollow and full of air, a gas or a very light material (of simple or complex composition). The subjection of that crown to the body 1 would be carried out by any of the systems mentioned in the previous section.

5º.- The whole of the container could be closable by its upper part, hermetically or not, which it would involve the provision and use of a valve for introduction of the fluid to be contained and its subsequent closure.

6º.- In the case of the previous apparatus, when the container will be used to isolate fluids of lower density than the outside liquid, since flotation would be ensured by the Archimedes' principle and density difference, could dispense with floating crown 6. Optionally fit leave a small float device in order to maintain the filling and closing valve on the liquid surface surrounding.

7º.- The filling of tank 1, in addition to be carried out at the top of it, it can also be performed below the surface of the flotation liquid, introducing the liquid to be contained by a lateral inlet or in the bottom of the container, by means of any device conduction, such as hoses or rigid, semi-rigid tubes or flexible This option may be of interest in the case of collection and float maintenance of less dense liquids than surrounding liquid; an example would be the capture of fresh water from underwater sources or the retention of light hydrocarbons from natural sources or artificial.

8º.- The stability of the training vessel Quick can be secured by incorporating a ballast, and of clamping devices, where appropriate, to strengthen the container against currents of the surrounding liquid.

Claims (6)

1. Refinements in the object of Main Patent No. 200202794/3 by a fast-forming container to contain a liquid and a manufacturing process, intended to enhance the container function and the functional stability of the constituted container, characterized in that the container body (1) It is of general polyhedral configuration and consequently polygonal section, and presents in its upper part means, such as a cover cap, in order to close it, where appropriate, hermetic, with the provision and use of a valve for the introduction of the fluid to contain. 2. Refinements in the object of Main Patent No. 200202794/3, according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper support part of flotation is cross-section differently from the circular, such as regular or irregular oval or polygonal, and It is constituted by an inflatable tubular body, equipped with a filling valve by means of a gas and destined to its accommodation in the sheath (6) formed in the mouth of the container body (1). 3. Refinements in the object of the Main Patent No. 200202794/3, according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper supporting part is constituted by a crown of one or more elements of a solid and rigid material of lower density than the liquid in whose breast must float the container with its contents, crown that will be attached to the container body (1) by appropriate fixing means, such as welding, gluing or bonding. 4. Improvements in the object of Main Patent No. 200202794/3, according to claim 1, characterized in that the upper support part of flotation is constituted by a hollow body of walls of a denser material than that of the liquid in which it must float the container with its contents, and said body being filled with a gaseous fluid and, where appropriate, a very light material. 5. Refinements in the object of Main Patent No. 200202794/3, according to claim 1, characterized by comprising means for filling the container body (1) located in different parts of the upper mouth, such as a flank or the bottom of the said body (1), where there is at least one mouth for the coupling of an inlet conduit of the fluid to be contained. 6. Refinements in the object of Main Patent No. 200202794/3, according to claim 1, characterized by the incorporation into the container body (1) of a ballast intended for stabilization within the surrounding liquid and fastening devices for its consolidation against currents of the liquid itself.