US1554503A - Sealing means for gas holders - Google Patents

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Sept. 22, 1925.

K. JAGSCHITZ SEALING MEANS FOR GAS HOLDERS Filed July '7. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor:

Konrad Jasschifg Attorneys 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Se t. 22, 1925.

v K JAGSCHITZ SEALING MEANS FOR GAS HOLDERS Flled July '7 1923 Fig. 4.

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ATtorneys Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KONRAD JAGSCHITZ, OF MAINZ, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR '10 MASCHINENFABRIK AUGS.- BUIRG-NUERNBERG, A. G., OF NUREMBERG, IBAV'ABIA, GERMANY, A CORPORATION OF GERMANY.

SEALING MEANS FOR GAS HOLDERS.

Application filed July 7, 1923. Serial No. 650,01 9.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KONRAD JAGSCHITZ, a citizen of Germany, residing at Mainz, Germany, have invented certain new and 6 useful Improvements in Sealing Means for Gas Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In gasometers or gas-holders of the type t6 which the invention relates and in which v0 the-variable gas space is closed by a liquid sealed closing disc, the sealing liquid must be continuously supplied into the gap existing between the disc and the walls of the gasometer in order to keep the seal gas-tight.

L Practice, however, has shown, that it is very difficult to distribute the liquid evenly over the whole circumference of the disc, and the hitherto usual employment of a number of pumps for raising the liquid to the top of l the gasometer has not always proved sufficient.

The object of the invention, therefore, is to provide improved means for effecting an even andeflicient distribution of the liquid,

Z5 and to thus enable a properly gas-tight seal to be maintained; the arrangement, according to th invention, being such, that neither too large nor too small a quantity is caused to run down the inner walls of the gasometer 0 into the gap to be sealed.'

With this and other objects in view the invention mainly consists in the provision, near the top of the gasometer, and preferably along the outer wall of the same, of a number of comparatively long distributing tanks into which the liquid is permanently supplied by one or more pumps, and from which it is allowed to issue by running over a long overflow, the overflow edge of which is closely recessed so that the liquid may enter the inner walls of the gasometer in a great number of thin streams.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention by way of example.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view partly in section illustrating two distributing tanks at a point between two adjacent wall panels of the gasometer; Fig. 2 1s a vertical longitudinal section of one of thetanks on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic sectional elevation of a gas-holder equipped with the invention and Fig. 5 is a d1agram matic plan view thereof.

In these figures the distributing tanks 65' shown are denoted by the letters a and 12. They are of elongated box formation and communicate with each other by means of a pipe connection 0 which, in view of the viscosity of the sealing liquid, usually gas tar, is relatively'large in diameter, the tank a is provided in its one wall with an opening a, preferably of elongated form, to permit the sealing liquid to flow therefrom, the tank I) being similarly provided with a similar opening I). The liquid is introduced into the tank by means of one or more pumps delivering through a pipe d. Openings 6 and 7, preferably 'of elongated form, are provided in the walls of the gas ometer A, in registry and in communication with the openings a. and b of the tanks, through'which the liquid may enter the latter, and the lower edges of these openings are recessed, castellated for example as 7 shown in the drawing to constitute recessed overflow edges, so that the liquid will be caused to run down the inner wall of the gasometer in a large number of thin streams, which spread and thus provide the said inner wall with a sheet or coating of downwardly flowing sealing liquid.

By providing the said distributing tanks in sufiicient numbers around the gasometer, in combination with the action of the liquid collecting groove which is usually provided around the circumference of the closing disc B, an even distribution and application of the liquid to the gap and, consequence, an effective gas-tight sealing of the variable gas space is ensured.

What I claim is 1 1. In a gas-holder, the combination of a container having a plurality of openings near the top thereof and including a ver- 95 tically movable closing disc having a peripheral liquid seal, and means whereby a sealing liquld is caused to flow through said openings to the interior of the container, the lower edges of said openings being recessed at spaced intervals to constitute recessed overflow edges for distributing said sealing liquid in a plurality of streams over the inner surface of said container.

.2. In a gas-holder the combination of a container having a series of openings near the top thereof and including a vertically" movable closing disc having a peripheral liquid seal, and means containing a supply of sealing liquid carried by said container and having openings in registry and in communication with the openings of said container, the lower edges of one of said series of openings being recessed at spaced intervals to constitute recessed overflow edges whereby the sealing liquid is distributed in a plurality of thin streams over the inner surface of the container and supplied to the liquid seal.

3. In a gas-holder, the combination of a container having a series of elongatedopenings near the top thereof and including a vertically movable closing disc having a peripheral liquid seal, and a plurality of spaced distributing tanks located circumferentially of the container near the top thereof,

said tanks having openings in registry and communication with the openings of said container, the lower edges of one of said tion located circumferentially of the container near the top thereof, said tanks being provided with elongated openings in registry and communication with the openings of said container, the lower edges of the openings of said tanks being recessed at spaced intervals to constitute recessed overfiow edges whereby a plurality of thin streams of sealing liquid are supplied to said liquid seal, a supply pipe for supplying the sealing liquid to said tanks and communicating pipe connections between said tanks.

5. In a gas-holder the combination of a container and a vertically movable closing disc in said container having a peripheral liquid seal, a plurality of spaced distribut ing tanks of elongated box formation containing a supply of sealing liquid and located circumferentially of the container near the top thereof, said tanks being provided with elongated openings in communication with the interior of the gasometer, means recessed at spaced intervals to constitute recessed overflow edges whereby the sealing liquid is distributed in a plurality of thin streams over the inner surface of the container and supplied to the liquid seal, supply pipes for supplying the sealing liquid tov said tanks and communicating pipe connections between said tanks.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

KONRAD J AGSCHITZ.

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