EP0200215A1
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Raw material supplying device and process for using this device
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1986-04-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A raw material supplying device having a gas tight tank (1) for receiving a material (2) to be gasified by heating; heating means for heating the raw material (2) within the tank (1) and a plurality of pipes (51,52,53) for conveying a plurality of streams of gas in parallel to each other to a plurality of ports of (111,112,113) of a reaction apparatus (12), and a process for using the raw material supplying device. The raw material supplying device can be used in a system for manufacturing glass fibers in which the ends of the plurality of pipes (51,52,53) are connected to the gas feed ports of at least one multi-layer burner (111,112,113).
Inventors
- 👤 Ichiro C/O Yokohama Works Of Tsuchiya
- 👤 Hiroshi C/O Yokohama Works Of Yokota
- 👤 Toshio C/O Yokohama Works Of Danzuka
- 👤 Hideki C/O Yokohama Works Of Minami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:30
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/012; C03B37/014; C03B37/01413; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/448; C23C16/4485; C03B2207/00; C03B2207/80; C03B2207/81; C03B2207/85; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/2278; Y10T137/2409; Y10T137/2452; Y10T137/2496; Y10T137/2499; Y10T137/2559; Y10T137/2574; Y10T137/2605; Y10T137/2931; Y10T137/3115; Y10T137/3118
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
Claim 1. In a raw material supplying device comprising: a gas-tight raw material tank for receiving a raw material to be gasified by heating; heating means for heating the raw material in the tank to form a gas therefrom and piping means to ccnvey said gas to a reaction apparatus having a plurality of gas feed ports, the improvement comprising said piping means comprising a plurality of pipes for conveying a plurality of streams of said gas in parallel to each other to the ports of said reaction apparatus, each of said pipes including a valve and a gas flow rate control unit, said gas flow rate control unit being positioned between said valve and said reaction apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
17 words
Claim 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said plurality of pipes extends directly from said tank.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
Claim 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein pressure absorbing means is positioned within said tank or between said tank and said flow control units, whereby an abrupt change of gas flow rate in any one of said plurality of pipes does not effect the gas flow rates in the remaining pipes of said plurality of pipes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
Claim 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said pressure absorbing means is a gas pool.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
Claim 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said gas pool is positioned between said tank and said plurality of pipes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
Claim 6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said gas pool comprises a plurality of gas pools, each of said gas pools being associated with a different one of said pipes forming said plurality of pipes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
Claim 7. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said gas pool comprises a gas space within said tank, said plurality of pipes extending directly from said gas space.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
Claim 8. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said gas pool comprises a pipe, the cross-sectional area of which is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the pipes forming said plurality of pipes, connecting said gas tank with said plurality of pipes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
178 words
Claim 9. In a glass fiber based material manufacturing system comprising (A) at least one reaction vessel with at least one multi-layer burner mounted on said at least one reaction vessel, each of said burner layers including a separate raw material gas or other gas like H 2 or 0 feed port, (B) a gas tight raw material tank for receiving a raw material to be gasified by heating, (C) heating means for heating the raw material in the tank to form a gas therefrom and (D) piping means to convey said gas to said some of gas feed ports, the improvement comprising said piping means comprising a plurality of pipes for conveying a plurality of streams of said gas in parallel to each other to the ports of said reaction apparatus, each of said pipes including a valve and a gas flow rate control unit, said gas flow rate control unit being positioned between said valve and said reaction apparatus, with each pipe of said plurality of pipes being connected to a different one of said ports.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
Claim 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said plurality of pipes extends directly from said tank to said reaction apparatus.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
Claim 11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein pressure absorbing means is positioned within said tank or between said tank and said flow control units, whereby an abrupt change of gas flow rate in anyone of said plurality of pipes does not effect the gas flow rates in the remaining pipes of said plurality of pipes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
Claim 12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said pressure absorbing means is a gas pool.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
Claim 13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said gas pool is positioned between said tank and said plurality of pipes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
Claim 14. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein gas pool comprises a plurality of gas pools, each of said gas pools being associated with a different one of said pipes forcing said plurality of pipes.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
Claim 15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said gas pool comprises a gas space within said gas tank, said plurality of pipes extending directly from said gas space.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
45 words
Claim 16. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said gas pool comprises a pipe, the cross-sectional area of which is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the pipes forming said plurality of pipes, connecting said gas tank with said plurality of pipes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
108 words
Claim 17. A process for feeding a raw material gas formed from a liquid material which reacts with oxygen or moisture to a plurality of gas feed ports of a reaction apparatus comprising: (1) heating said material in a gas tight container to form said gas; (2) feeding said gas in a plurality of parallel gas streams to said plurality of ports and (3) regulating the flow rate of each of said streams of gas by using a valve and a gas flow rate control unit in association with each of said streams, said gas flow rate control units being positioned between said valves and said reaction apparatus.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
Claim 18. The process of claim 17 wherein said plurality of streams flows directly from said tank.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
55 words
Claim 19. The process of claim 17 including flowing said gas through a pressure absorbing means before said gas reaches said gas flow rate control units, so that an abrupt change of gas flow rate in anyone of said streams does not effect the gas flow rates in the remaining of said streams of gas.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
Claim 20. The process of claim 19 wherein said pressure absorbing means is a gas pool.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
Claim 21. The process of claim 20 wherein said gas pool is position between said tank and said plurality of gas streams.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
Claim 22. The process of claim 20 wherein said gas pool comprises a plurality of gas pools, each of said gas streams flowing through a different gas pool.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
29 words
Claim 23. The process of claim 20 wherein said gas pool comprises a gas space within said tank, each of said gas streams originating directly from said gas space.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
Claim 24. The process of claim 20 wherein said gas pool comprises a pipe, the cross-sectional area of which is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the streams forming said plurality of streams, said pipe connecting said tank with said plurality of streams.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
74 words
Claim 25. The process of claim 17 wherein said reaction apparatus comprises at least one glass fiber preform manufacturing vessel including at least one multi-layer burner, each of said burner layers including a separate raw material gas or other gas like H or O 2 feed port, each of said parallel gas streams after passing through its respective gas flow rate control unit being fed to a different one of said gas feed ports.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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