US1275696A - Gas-reservoir. - Google Patents

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K. JAGSCHITZ.

GAS RESERVOIR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1914.

1,275,696. Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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GAS RESERVOIR. APPLICATION FILED JULYSI. I914.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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GAS RESERVOIR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1914.

Fwbented Aug. 13, 11918.

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GAS RESERVOIR.. APPLICATION FILED Jun/31. 19m,

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.Beit known that T, Konnan JAcscHirz, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, and resident of No. 27 Weintorstrasse, at Mainz,- Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Reservoirs, of

which the'following is a specification.

My invention relates to storage reservoirs for gas and the like in which an adjustable closure. is -utilized to seal the reservoir against the atmosphere. The type of closure almost exclusively used at the presenttime necessitates. the employment of a bell arranged to dip'into a water basin containing a supply of water and thus prevent the escape of the gases. This type of closure has; two very material disadvantages; first it makes it necessary to inclose the supply of sealingv fluid throughout its entire height with double walls,'that is the side wall of the bell and the wall of the basin; second owing to the pressure of the sealing fluid which exists in such constructions the basin wall must be made very heavy and strong. These two disadvantages have resulted in .attempts to use what might be termed dry seals in which the use of a sealing fluid is obviated for the purpose of doing away'with the highvfluid pressure and, the consequent necessity for the double walls above mentioned. In actual practice up to the present it has been found impossible-to satlstacto- 'rily make use" of such dry seals because the same'are unreliable and owing to the fact that they quickly wear away must be continuously and minutely watched to prevent leakageoflgas", which watching operation is diflicult'of satisfactory performance on accountof the arrangement and location of suchseals; I 4 The resent inventlon has for its obJect to provide a, structure including a fluid seal in which-the necessity .for the double walls and the relatively large supply of sealing ing devices; .v

fluid is entirely avoided Without sacrificin 7 "any 'ofithe advanta e'sj orincurring any 0 the disadvantagesio existing types of seal- V farrangement a sniall space exlsts between My improvements further. contemplates using the adjustable closure or sealing disk temporarily as 'a' working scaffold when erecting the reservoir and after the oomph-Q tion of the same-toarrange said disk as a closingorsealing diu I .Figs. 17 V and horlzontalsectlons of another form of reservoir construction.

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Other objects of my invention will appear from the description hereinafter and the "features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

including an example of my improvement;

Figs. 2, 3, 4:, 5, 6., 7 and 8 are detail sections showing diiierent'forms of the same; Fig. 9' 1s a view similar to Fig. l ef still another grammatic plan view thereof partly in section; Figs. 11. and '12 are detail views respectively in vertical and horizontal section of a method of connecting the reservoir plates; Fig. 13 is a verticalsection of'a telescopic reservoir with my improvement ap- Specification of Letters Patent. Pmtrgntaedl Aim T3, TQTF.

- Application filed July 31, 19M. Serial No. t54l,24t3.

.variation of my invention; Fig. 10 is a diaplied thereto; Fig. 14: is a view similar to Fig.1 of still another arrangement; Fig. 15

is a'view of the formshowminFig; 1a

showing the adjustableclosure or sealing I disk in temporary use as a working scaffold; Fig. 16 is a similar. viewgof another arrangement for the same purplose; and I and 18 are diagrammatic vertical As illustrated in the drawings my im- 'provement consists in providing a disk shaped closure vertically movable withina reservoir as the volume of gas in the latter changes, and provided throughoutits periphery with a. fluid seal in engagement w1th the inner surface of the reservoir. The fluid seal is carried: by and movable with v;s'aid disk shaped closure and is of, comparatively small height and volume and thus does not exert any appreciable pressure on the -reservoir wall which in consequence may be rela- 'tivelylight, and thinin'construction. This is in contradlstinction to the fluid seal in present constructions; which must correspondv in height to the height of the customary bell in order to work properly and consequently. must. exert a heavy pressure on the surrounding walls. With the present escaping fluid, in my. improvement, is col- I lected in any suitable manner at the bottom I sequently reduced to a mimmum; The reservoir itself may be constructed of any suitable material' as for instance thin metallic plates, masonry or a combination-of both or of concrete, ferro concrete with or without metal covering or any bther suitable substance.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawin s a. is the reservoir in whlch the disk shaped closure 7) is vertically movable as the volume of gas therein increases or decreases. The periphery of'said closure 6 is shaped to form a trough b slidable lengthwise of the inner surface of the reservoir and contamlng the seallng fluid 72, arranged to engage said inner surface and by means of whlch the reservoir is at all times sealed against the atmosphere. Whatever sealing fluid 72. trickles through the space d between be collected in the trough b and the wall of the reservoir'a flows downwardly along said wall and may the annular channel 9 located at the bottom of said reservoir. From I the channel 9 this fluid may be pumped back varies in proportion to the or raised by means of the pump 9 into an annular channel .2 located at the upper edge of the reservoir from: which it may be conducted back to the trough b in any suitable and convenient manner. The closure 2) is further provided with 9. depending annular flange ;0 adapted, in the lowermost position of the said contained in the channel 9 and thus properly seal-the reservoir when the latter is substantially empty.

The height of the fluid h in the trough 6 gas .pressure which is present. If it is desired to maintain the flow of fluid through the space d as low as possible it is preferable to arrange the height of the fluid h sothat the bottom pressure thereof is only slightlygreater than the gas pressure, less the adhesive efi'ectof I said fluid in the space 42. In order to pro back to the trou h b erly regulate the quantity of sealing fluid which periodically flows or is conducted height of said uidI-in said trough b at a sub tantially fixed point a float It may be arranged in the fluid 72. in the well known manner as shown in Fig. 2 for the purpose of actuating the valve 1- which controls the flow of the fluid back to the said trough b.

pistons. In Fig. 4 the peripheral wall of the trough closure, to extend into the fluid and thus maintain the In order to decrease the fluid loss through the space (1 as much as possible any variety of devices maybeutilized some of which are illustrated in Figs. 3 to 8 inclusive. In the form shown in Fig. 3 preferably circumferential sealing strips 6 in sliding engagement with the inner surface of the reservoir 0 and carried by the trough b are employed, said strips 6 consistin of jute or any other suitable sealing or pac ing material, such as used for instance in connection with disk 6 is arranged obliquely to the reservoir wall and annular sealing rolls 8 are located in the space between said peripheral wall and the reservoir wall. These rolls 8 cooperating with the oblique wall of the trough b are firmly pressed against the reservoir wall to seal the space d either by their own wei ht or gravity, by the pressure of the flui It exerted thereon or by' means of suitably arranged springs.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the trough b is omitted from the closure 7) and the lower ortion of the latter is inclined downwardly toward the reservoir wall as indicated at N. A series of approximately wedge shaped members y are arranged end to end to form a complete annular member and are slidable on said inclined portion intofirm engagement with the reservoir wall. These slide members 3 are displaceable or movable relatively to each other and thus automatically adjust themselves to all variations or inequalities in the form of the reservoir wall and thereby reduce the space 0? to a minimum at all times even during the actuation of the closure 6. In order to still further reduce the fluid loss through the space d the members 1 may be provided with circumferentially or lengthwise extending grooves 2 communicating with the fluid h by means of channels 2 whereby an additional fluid seal is formed in the said grooves e. The rear or inner surfaces of the members 1 may be smooth or also provided with grooves or if desired may be are as well as the rolls 8 above mentioned may be made of metal'or any other material suited or convexed. The said members 1 able for the intended purposes. The pressure exerted upon the upper surfaces 0 makes it certain that the members g will at all times produce a maximum sealing effect.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the members 3 and 3 corresponding to the members y are in the nature of upward open troughs of metal or any other suita 1e material having substantially a wedge shape in cross-section.

The members 3 as shown in Fig. 7 are provided with sealin projections or strips 4 extending circum erentially thereof and arranged to engage the wall of the reservoir (1.

If desired packing strips of felt, jute,

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leather, metal net strips or othermetallic packings may be introduced between the lower projections y and the wall of the res ervoii a In the forni shown inFig. 8 the members if aremade with smooth outer surfaces, the projections or stripsy being omitted. In both forms .the members 3 and g are connected with the closure In by means of resilient supports 3/ which exert a pressure on said members y and '3 in a direction to augment the pressure of the sealing fluid it and which also prevent said-members 3/.

- and y from being raised to any substantial Q extent. UtherWise the construction of the closure and the operation and arrangement of these members y and y may be the same as closure 1) andthe members y of Fig. 5.

The obliqueperipheral. wall of the trough 'b. in Fi l and the inclined portions h of Figs. and 8 together with the Wall of the reservoir a form annular channels substantially wedge-shaped in cross-section as will be readily apparent from an inspection f of these flgures.

The present invention is equally well adapted to reservoirs with or withouta roof.

If the reservoir is open and without a roof someprov'ision must be made for causing the de osits collected an the closure t to flow ofl, any well known drainage devices being adopted for this purpose, as shown byway of example in Figs. 1 and 13. 1

Figs 9 and 10 illustrate a reservoir cone struct'ed of flanged plates'and covered by a roof, the bottom of said reservoir being raised so that-the, space beneath the same may be used for any: desired purpose. In a the arrangement now being described the re ceiving channel 'z" corresponding to the chan nel 13 instead of'being' located at the upper edge of the reservoir ais located on and carried by the closure 6, and is connected with .the pump 9 by means of tubing or pipingg" till along special strengthening rails to". ln'

movements of the channel a" my invention the closure 6 is guided in its the free end portion of which is preferably flexibly arranged so as to readily follow the ln this formof vertical movement by means of rollers It and 2 arranged in pairs one over the other and mounted on supports carried by the closure 7). The rollers la and Z may travel directly along the inner surface of the plates w .or

the highest position of the closure 6 the upper rollers la extend into roof extensions a so that it is unnecessary to makethe reservoir wall any higher than actually required to produce a reservoir havin the desired gas capacity. Ventilation of l e interior of thereservoir may be secured by providing proper roof-extensions afi which at the ram time may serve to accommodate the pi ing or tubing 9 in the highest position of the closure 5. Fig. 10 clearly illustrates the employment of inwardly or outwardly arched plates for the reservoir wall and how, by correspondingly shaping the sealing members y y or 9/ an eflejctive seal may be secured.

In Figs. 11. and 12 an advantageous connecting arrangement for the individual plates comprising the reservoir wall is a diagrammatically illustrated in vertical and horizontal section respectively. Tn the arrangement shown each plate wis provided with outwardly and horizontally extending flanges as which stiflen and strengthen the structure and which are adapted to be connected together to secure the said plates in the form of the complete reservoir. The vertical connections between the plate w oomprise connecting plates or members w extending throughout the reservoir a and secured in position by rails which may correspond to the strengthening rails to hereinbefore mentioned and be used as guide rails for .the rollers and Zto travel on. v

. In Fig. 13 l have illustrated the present invention applied to telescopic reservoirs. Tn this arrangement the sections 'w composing the reservoir are each provided at one end with a trough w similar to the trough b and likewise containing the sealin fluid hand at the other end are provide with annular hooked flanges 'vadapted to project into the fluid h in each trough tut as the reservoir sections are fully extendedand thus efl'ectively seal the reservoir at these points.v In the folded or in any intermediate position of the sections the sealing fluid It performs its sealing functions in the same manner as described with regard to Fig. 1. The closuret used with this form of reservoir may be substantially the same and operate the same as in said Fig. l, with the addition that the trough h thereof is also adapted to receive the hoolred flange o of the innermost section '21: when the closure b is in its highest posi-- -.sure .b is provided with a rigid upright guiding column m preferably constructed of metal and arranged to travel between guide rollers a and ojournaled on the rafters or other suitable portions of the reservoir roof.

As shown in Fig. 15 the closure 6 of Fig. 14 may be utilized preliminarily and temporarily'as a working scaflold for the purpose of erecting the reservoir about the sameand after completion of said reservoir isreadily adapted for its intended sealing purposes. In carrying out-this plan a lattice column llh - be employed as a medium for raising and m is first temporarily erected and anchored at the bottom and if desired or found necessary also at the top by means of ropes, cables or the like. Upon this column m the skeleton of the closure 3) is mounted and pro vided with guide rollers '11. and 0 temporarily secured in position and whereby said. skeleton is guided in its vertical movements along the column m. A suitable tackle F is connected with the closure Z) and with the column m and serves to raise the skeleton of said closure 6 as the Work of erecting the surroundin reservoir wall proceeds, the said skeleton being meanwhile employed as a scaffold or platform for the accommodation of theworkman and necessary tools. This arrangement has the additional advantage that the Wall of the reservoir may be constructed to accurately and properly fit about the closure 7) and any and every inaccuracy in the form thereof, so that the space at and the play in the seal, at all levels or heights is as small as possible.

Furthermore in the highest position of the closure 6 after the reservoir has been built up to the desired height the guide structure a and thesupports for the rollers-n and o as well as the roof if one is to be used may be easily placed in position and'construeted. In like mannerthe bottom 9 may be constructed by loosely suspending the gilates composing the same upon the closure and then riveting said plates together after which the completed bottom may be properly positioned upon the foundation masonryby lowering the closure 1) and then re leasing the bottom from the closure and again raising the latter out of the way After the closure hasservedits purpose as a scaffold the column m is released and secured to the closure and becomes the guide column m of Fig. 14 while the rollers n and o are disconnected from the closure 6 and mounted in the supports on the roof and thus become the guide rollers 11. and 0 of Fig. 1 After the tackle F and its cooperating parts have been disconnected and removed the structure is complete and ready for its intended uses.

In Fig. 16 the closure 1) is guided along the reservoir walls by means of rollers 42 and 0 and may be initially used in a similar manner as an erection scaffold by providing the tackle F and attaching the same to tl upper ends of wall parts a, or if desirer a temporary lattice mastor derrick m, hydraulic pressure or any other means lowering the closure during its temporary use as a scaffold. In this form also the closure is finally adapted for its intended purposes by removing the tackle F or other actuating medium.

In applying the present invention to reservoirs of polygonal ground plan the advan- -with safety. This objection tage is derived that the sealin members 3 may be maintained of prismatlc, relatively cyllndrlcal form. In order to secure an effective seal at the vertically extending corners or angles of such polygonal reservoirs, wedge or pyramid shaped sealing elements may be introduced at these edges or angles between the ends of the adjacent prismatic sealing members hereinbefore described to secure a substantially continuous outer sealing surface in engagement with all portions of the inner surface of the reservoir. Sevoral examples of such arrangement are shown in Figs. 17 and 18 in which the reservoir wall is constructed either of straight, or arched plates w as in Fig. 10 and sealing members 7 similar to the members y, or y are located between said wall and the closure I) as herein previously set forth. Between the ends of each adjacent, pair of members 3 at the vertical angles or corners of the reservoir a wedge shaped or pyramid shaped element y is introduced as shown in Fig. 18, thus securing an effective seal at these points. With the employment of arched plates in the construction of the reservoir, such wedge or pyramid shaped intermediate elements may also be employed not only at said angles, but also at other points of the arched plates for instance at the center.

It will of course be understood that any of the described forms and arrangements of fluid seals ma be included in the structures shown in igs. 14, 15 and 16 and also,

adapted tothe various forms of reservoirs and closures.

Aside from the advantages so far recited herein the present inventlon has the still further advantage that a heating of the sealing fluid to prevent freezing or congealing thereof is unnecessary, for the reason that with the small volume or quantity of sealing-fluid which differentiates the present improvement from the fluid seals now in use, a fluid having a low freezing point may be used with the result that the usual heating apparatus may in consequence be omitted.

In addition to this with reservoirs as at present constructed and utilizing fluid seals the objection is present that in making repairs to the water basin or in the interior of the reservoir it is necessary to first completely drain off the basin water which durmg use becomes saturated with poisonous gases and then thoroughly rinse the interior of the reservoir with fresh water and with fresh air before said repairs can be made is entirely avoided in the present construction. thermore by'reducing the volume of sealin fluid to a minimum the foundation an other parts of the structure are relieved revenue v ttl from excessive pressure whereby the cost of construction and maintenance is mate- Various changes in the specific forms shown and described may be made within the scope ofthe claims without departing from the spirit of my invention,

llclaim:

1. The combination of a reservoir, a closure slidable along the inner surfacethereof anda fluid seal in said reservoir having no eflecti-ve portion below the sealing point whereby the joint is sealed between said closure and said inner surface.

E2. The combination of a reservoiiya closure movable therein and a fluid sealing medium carried entirely by said closure and having no effective portion below thev sealing point, said sealing medium engaging the inner surface of said reservoir whereby the joint between said closureandsaid inby said trough and engagin "the inner sur,

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ner" surface is sealed.

.3. The combination of a reservoir, a closure movable therein, an annular, peripheral trough carried by said closureand slidable along the inner surface of said reservoir, and a fluid sealing medium carried entirely face of said reservoir where ythe jointbetween said closure and sa d inner surface is sealed.

4E. The combination of a reservoir,'a closure slidable along the inner surface thereof, a fluid sealing medium carried entirely by said closure and engaging said inner surface and means for collecting the fluid mes dium which trickles through the'space 'between the ,closure and said inner surface below the sealing point. i

5. The combination of a reservoir, a closure slidable along the inner surface thereof, a fluid sealing medium carried entirely by said closure and engaging said inner surface, a collecting channel located at the bottom of said reservoir for collecting the fluid medium which trickles through the space between the closure and said inner surface and an outlet leading'from said collecting channel. -6. The'combination of a reservoir, a closure slidable along the inner surface thereer, a fluid sealing medium carried "b said closure and engaging said inner sur' ace, a collecting channel located in said reservoir for collecting the fluid medium which trickles through the space between the closure and said inner surface and means for f returning said collected fluid medium to said closure to form a seal when the closure channel.

' L 7. The combinat on of a reservo1r,a'closure movabletherein, an annular peripheral trough carried by said closure and slidable along'the inner surface of said reservoir, a fluid sealing medium in said trough and engaging said inner surface, a collecting channel, located in said reservoir for collecting the fluid medium which trickles through the space between said trough and said inner surface and, a pump for returning said col-- lected fluid medium to said trough,

r 8. The combination of a reservoir,'a clo' sure slidable along the inner surface thereof,

. a fluid sealing medium carried entirely by said closure and engaging said inner surface, an annular collecting channel at the bottom of said reservoir for collecting the fluid medium which trickles throuh the space between said closure and s'ai inner surface and an annular flange depending.

from saidclosure and adapted to extend into the fluid medium in: said collecting channel lower position. 3 I, I

9. The combination of a reservoir, a closure slidable along" the inner surfacethereof,

is in its a fluid-seal located between said closure and r:

said inner surfacean'd guide rollers carried by said closure and traveling lengthwise of the reservoir wall.

retarding the trickling of said fluid seal through'said joint: I

'11; Thecoinbi-nation of a reservoir, a closure movable therein, an vannular peripheral xtrough carried bysaid closure and slidable along the inner surface of said reservoir,

circumferential sealing strips carried bysaid trough and engagingvsaid inner surface and I a fluid sealing" medium in said trough and j in, ire

face and a fluid sealing medium located be-. tween said closure and said inner surface and above said sealing member. i v

l3. Thecombination of'a reservoir, a clo- 10. The combination of a reservoir,=a clo Y sure slidable along the inner surface thereof, a fluid seal carried entirely by said closure whereby the joint between said closure and said inner surface is sealed and means for sealing member located between said in; clined peripheral surface'and said inner surico sure movable therein, the inner surfaceof said closure forming an annular channel wedge-shaped in cross-section, a sealing member vertically slidable in said channel and a fluid sealing medium located in said said reservoir and the peripheral surface of i,

14. The combination of a reservoir, a closure movable therein, the inner surface of said closure forming an annular channel wedge-shaped in crosssection, a sealing member of approximately wedge shape in cross-section located in said channel and a fluid sealing medium in said channel.

15. The combination of a reservoir a closure movable therein, the inner surface of said reservoir and the peripheral surface of said closure forming an annular channel wedge-shaped in cross-section, a sealing member of a proximately wedge-shape in cross-section lbcated in said channel, said member being provided with grooves extending circumferentially thereof and with upwardly open channels communicating therewith and a fluid sealing medium in said wedge-shaped channel adapted to flow through said upwardly open channels into Said grooves.

16. The combination of a' reservoir, a closure movable therein, the inner surface of said reservoir and the peripheral surface of said closure forming an annular channel wedge-shaped. in cross-section, a trough-' like sealing member of approximately wedge-shape in cross-section located insaid channel and afluid sealing medium in said channel and in said sealing member.

17. The combination of a. reservoir a closure movable therein, the inner surface of said reservoir and the peripheral surface of said closure forming an annular channel wedge-shaped in cross-section, a trough-like sealing member of approximately 'wedgeshape in cross-section located in said chan-.

nel, sealing strips extending circumferentially'of said sealing member and a fluid sealing medium in said channel and in said sealing member. I i

18. The combination of a reservoir comprising a series of telescopic sections, annular troughs at one end of said sections, a fluid sealing medium in said trou hs engaging the inner surfaces of said sections, hookshaped flanges at the other ends of said sections adapted to extend in to the fluid medium in said troughs when the sections are fully extended, a closure movable in the inner section, an annular, trough carried by said closure and slidable along'the inner surface of said inner section, a fluid sealing 'medium in said closure trough engaging said inner surface and a hook-shaped flange ,on said inner section adapted to extend'into the sealing fluid in said closure trough in the raised position of said closure.

19. The combination of a reservoir composed of a pluralit of plates, outwardly extending. horizonta flanges on said plates I adapted to be secured together for connecting said plates and for stiffening same, vertical extending connecting members, rails extending lengthwise of said members, means securing said rails, members and plates together, a closure slidable along the inner surface of said reservoir, a fluid seal carried by said closure and engaging said inner surface and guide rollers carried by said closure and arranged to travel along said rails.

20. The combination of a closure, a reservoir wall surrounding said closure and means for raising and lowering said closure whereby the latter may be temporarily used as a working scaffold during the erection of the reservoir. I

21. The combination of a closure, a reservoir Wall surrounding said closure, means for raising and lowering said closure whereby the latter may be temporarily used as a working scaffold during the erection of the reservoir and means for guiding said closure in its movements.

22. The combination of a polygonal reservoir, a closure movable therein, an annular peripheral trough carried by said closure and slidable lengthwise of the inner surfaces of said reservoir, a series of sealing members in said trough in engagement with the inner surfaces of said polygonal reser- 'voir, wedge or pyramid shaped members in said trough in engagement with said inner surface, insert members adapted to be inserted between the ends of adjacent sealing members whereby a substantially continuous outer sealing surface in engagement with said inner-reservoir surface is secured and a fluid sealing medium in said trough in engagement w1th said inner surface.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set m hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

KONRAD J A'GSOHITZ.

Witnesses;

z JEAN GRUND, CARL GRUND.

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