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US3297537A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Crude petroleum transmission system

Assignee: Richfield Oil Corp
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Filing: 1963-09-23
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Granted: 1967-01-10
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Expires: 1983-09-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Manley L Natland

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 16:16
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21D; G21D9/00; G21C; G21C5/00; G21C5/12; G21C5/123; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 225 words
IN A CRUDE PETROLEUM LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, AN INLET TRANSMISSION LINE, AN OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE, A NEUTRONIC REACTOR HAVING A CRUDE PETROLEUM RECEIVING TANK SERVING AS A SHIELD FOR THE REACTOR, SAID TANK HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE AND SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE FOR THE FLOW OF CRUDE PETROLEUM THROUGH SAID REACTOR, MEANS INCLUDING SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM FOR EFFECTING A CONTROLLED SELF-SUSTAINED THERMAL NEUTRONIC REACTION IN SAID REACTOR, SAID REACTION MEANS INCLUDING SPACED APART FISSIONABLE ELEMENTS TO HEAT SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM WHILE SERVING BOTH AS A COOLANT AND MODERATOR FOR THE REACTOR, SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE BEING A PART OF A LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION LINE AND EXTENDING FROM A FIRST REMOTE LOCATION AND DELIVERING CRUDE PETROLEUM THEREFROM TO SAID TANK, SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE BEING PART OF SAID LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION LINE AND EXTENDING TO A SECOND REMOTE LOCATION DIFFERENT FROM SAID FIRST REMOTE LOCATION AND CONVEYING SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM TO SAID SECOND LOCATION FROM SAID REACTOR TANK AFTER SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM FLOWS FROM SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE, THROUGH SAID REACTOR TO COOL AND MODERATE SAID REACTOR AND THEN INTO SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE WHEREIN THE CRUDE PETROLEUM IS THEN IN A CONDITION HEATED BY SAID REACTOR TO A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TEMPERATURE TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF SAID PETROLEUM ALONG SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 225 words
IN A CRUDE PETROLEUM LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, AN INLET TRANSMISSION LINE, AN OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE, A NEUTRONIC REACTOR HAVING A CRUDE PETROLEUM RECEIVING TANK SERVING AS A SHIELD FOR THE REACTOR, SAID TANK HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE AND SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE FOR THE FLOW OF CRUDE PETROLEUM THROUGH SAID REACTOR, MEANS INCLUDING SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM FOR EFFECTING A CONTROLLED SELF-SUSTAINED THERMAL NEUTRONIC REACTION IN SAID REACTOR, SAID REACTION MEANS INCLUDING SPACED APART FISSIONABLE ELEMENTS TO HEAT SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM WHILE SERVING BOTH AS A COOLANT AND MODERATOR FOR THE REACTOR, SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE BEING A PART OF A LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION LINE AND EXTENDING FROM A FIRST REMOTE LOCATION AND DELIVERING CRUDE PETROLEUM THEREFROM TO SAID TANK, SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE BEING PART OF SAID LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION LINE AND EXTENDING TO A SECOND REMOTE LOCATION DIFFERENT FROM SAID FIRST REMOTE LOCATION AND CONVEYING SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM TO SAID SECOND LOCATION FROM SAID REACTOR TANK AFTER SAID CRUDE PETROLEUM FLOWS FROM SAID INLET TRANSMISSION LINE, THROUGH SAID REACTOR TO COOL AND MODERATE SAID REACTOR AND THEN INTO SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE WHEREIN THE CRUDE PETROLEUM IS THEN IN A CONDITION HEATED BY SAID REACTOR TO A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TEMPERATURE TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF SAID PETROLEUM ALONG SAID OUTLET TRANSMISSION LINE.

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