Gas releasing device and method

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY RELEASING FROM A PRESSURERESISTANT CONTAINER HOT FLUIDS WHICH ARE UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND WHICH CONTAIN MATERIALS THAT ARE SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURES COMPRISING A PRESSURE-RESISTANT HOLLOW CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH A VALVE SEAT HAVING A CIRCULAR ORIFICE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE HOLLOW PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, A ROTATABLE VALVE STEM POSITIONED EXTERNALLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND VALVE SEAT AND HAVING A TAPERED TIP OF CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID VALVE SEAT, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID VALVE STEM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID VALUE SEAT ORIFICE, DETACHABLE MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY-ROTATING SAID VALVE STEM ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS DETACHABLE MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY MOVING THE TIP OF THE VALVE STEM TOWARD SAID VALVE SEAT, SAID VALVE STEM BEING PRESSED AWAY FROM SAID SEAT BY THE FLUID PRESSURE IN SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID STEM MOVING MEANS IS RETRACTED, RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VALVE STEM POSITIONED PARALLEL TO SAID VALVE STEM,THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID MEMBERS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SAID VALVE STEM AND ORIFICE, AT LEAST TWO CROSS-MEMBERS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS AND PROVIDING BEARING SURFACES FOR SAID VALVE STEM AND SPACED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER BY SPACER MEMBERS REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS AND REMOVABLE MEANS AT THE ENDS OF SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS FOR RETAINING SAID CROSS-MEMBERS, SPACER MEMBERS AND VALVE STEM MOVING MEANS IN POSITION DURING OPERATION OFF SAID DEVICE, WHEREBY ON REMOVAL OF SAID REMOVABLE MEANS THE CROSS-MEMBERS, SPACER MEMBERS, VALVE STEM MOVING MEANS AND VALVE STEM ARE READILY DISASSEMBLED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY RELEASING FROM A PRESSURERESISTANT CONTAINER HOT FLUIDS WHICH ARE UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND WHICH CONTAIN MATERIALS THAT ARE SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURES COMPRISING A PRESSURE-RESISTANT HOLLOW CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER BEING PROVIDED WITH A VALVE SEAT HAVING A CIRCULAR ORIFICE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE HOLLOW PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER, A ROTATABLE VALVE STEM POSITIONED EXTERNALLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND VALVE SEAT AND HAVING A TAPERED TIP OF CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID VALVE SEAT, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID VALVE STEM BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID VALUE SEAT ORIFICE, DETACHABLE MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY-ROTATING SAID VALVE STEM ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS DETACHABLE MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY MOVING THE TIP OF THE VALVE STEM TOWARD SAID VALVE SEAT, SAID VALVE STEM BEING PRESSED AWAY FROM SAID SEAT BY THE FLUID PRESSURE IN SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID STEM MOVING MEANS IS RETRACTED, RIGIDLY SUPPORTED ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VALVE STEM POSITIONED PARALLEL TO SAID VALVE STEM,THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID MEMBERS LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SAID VALVE STEM AND ORIFICE, AT LEAST TWO CROSS-MEMBERS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS AND PROVIDING BEARING SURFACES FOR SAID VALVE STEM AND SPACED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER BY SPACER MEMBERS REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS AND REMOVABLE MEANS AT THE ENDS OF SAID ELONGATED METAL MEMBERS FOR RETAINING SAID CROSS-MEMBERS, SPACER MEMBERS AND VALVE STEM MOVING MEANS IN POSITION DURING OPERATION OFF SAID DEVICE, WHEREBY ON REMOVAL OF SAID REMOVABLE MEANS THE CROSS-MEMBERS, SPACER MEMBERS, VALVE STEM MOVING MEANS AND VALVE STEM ARE READILY DISASSEMBLED.