Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C13/00—Details of vessels or of the filling or discharging of vessels
  • F17C13/04—Arrangement or mounting of valves
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
  • F17C2201/01—Shape
  • F17C2201/0104—Shape cylindrical
  • F17C2201/0109—Shape cylindrical with exteriorly curved end-piece
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
  • F17C2201/05—Size
  • F17C2201/056—Small (<1 m3)
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
  • F17C2201/05—Size
  • F17C2201/058—Size portable (<30 l)
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2205/00—Vessel construction, in particular mounting arrangements, attachments or identifications means
  • F17C2205/03—Fluid connections, filters, valves, closure means or other attachments
  • F17C2205/0302—Fittings, valves, filters, or components in connection with the gas storage device
  • F17C2205/0323—Valves
  • F17C2205/0329—Valves manually actuated
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2205/00—Vessel construction, in particular mounting arrangements, attachments or identifications means
  • F17C2205/05—Vessel or content identifications, e.g. labels
  • F17C2205/055—Vessel or content identifications, e.g. labels by magnetic means
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2205/00—Vessel construction, in particular mounting arrangements, attachments or identifications means
  • F17C2205/05—Vessel or content identifications, e.g. labels
  • F17C2205/058—Vessel or content identifications, e.g. labels by Radio Frequency Identification
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
  • F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
  • F17C2223/0107—Single phase
  • F17C2223/0123—Single phase gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
  • F17C2223/03—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the pressure level
  • F17C2223/036—Very high pressure (>80 bar)
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2250/00—Accessories; Control means; Indicating, measuring or monitoring of parameters
  • F17C2250/03—Control means
  • F17C2250/032—Control means using computers
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2250/00—Accessories; Control means; Indicating, measuring or monitoring of parameters
  • F17C2250/03—Control means
  • F17C2250/034—Control means using wireless transmissions
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
  • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
  • F17C2265/00—Effects achieved by gas storage or gas handling
  • F17C2265/04—Effects achieved by gas storage or gas handling using an independent energy source, e.g. battery

Definitions

• the invention relates to a device for supplying fluid under pressure.
• the invention more particularly relates to a device for supplying pressurized fluid, especially pressurized gas, comprising a first valve housing an internal fluid circuit provided with an insulating member for opening or closing the internal circuit such as a valve or a valve, the device comprising a second valve forming a physical entity distinct from the first valve, the second valve being provided with an internal fluid circuit, and comprising a movable member for actuating the valve member; isolating the first valve to control the opening or closing of the latter, the first valve and the second valve comprising respective clipping members forming a removable male / female quick connection system of the second valve on the first valve, the first valve comprising a cylindrical end extending along a longitudinal axis, the quick connection system comprising at least one formed groove or rib on the cylindrical end of the first valve and a claw system or gripping balls integral with the second valve and cooperating with the at least one groove or rib formed on the cylindrical end of the first valve.
• the invention relates in particular to a device for dispensing fluid, in particular pressurized gas of the modular type.
• the invention relates in particular to the filling of gas cylinders at high pressure (for example between 200 and 700 bar).
• An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid dispensing device having good ergonomics of use.
• An object of the present invention is to overcome all or part of the disadvantages of the prior art.
• the device according to the invention which moreover conforms to the generic definition given in the preamble above, is essentially characterized by when the second valve is in the connected position on the first valve via the quick connection system, the quick connection system ensures a locking of the second valve on the first valve along the longitudinal axis while allowing a rotation of the second valve on the first tap around this longitudinal axis.
• embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features:
• the quick connection system allows a rotation of the second valve on the first valve around this longitudinal axis at a determined angle between 40 ° and 360 °,
• the internal circuit of the second valve comprises a downstream end provided with an outlet fitting opening on the peripheral surface of the second valve
• the downstream end of the internal circuit of the second valve is not located on the longitudinal axis of the first valve
• the downstream end of the internal circuit of the second valve is located on a side face of the second valve
• the device comprises a bottle of pressurized fluid to which is connected the first valve, the device further comprising a protective cap of the first valve rigidly fixed to the bottle, in the connected position of the second valve on the first valve, the control system. rapid connection allowing a rotation of the second valve on the first valve around the longitudinal axis and relative to the cap,
• the first valve, the cap and the bottle comprises at least one first remote electronic interrogable communication and data storage element wireless electromagnetic waves
• the second valve comprising a second electronic communication element and wirelessly interrogable remote data storage by electromagnetic waves
• the first and second electronic communication members being configured to exchange wireless information via the same communication system
• at least one of the first electronic communication element and the second electronic communication element comprises an annular antenna which is located concentrically around the longitudinal axis when the second valve is in position connected to the first valve
• the first and second electronic communication members use a wireless communication technology of the same type having a determined maximum range, said maximum range being greater than or equal to the distance separating said members when the second tap is in position connected to the first tap,
• the first and second electronic communication members are configured to communicate wirelessly according to at least one of the following technologies: “Radio Frequency Identification” (“RFID”), “Near Field Communication” (“NFC”),
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification
• NFC Near Field Communication
• the first and second electronic communication members are configured to have a wireless communication range of between one and five millimeters and forty centimeters, preferably between one centimeter and ten centimeters,
• the first and second electronic communication members comprise at least one of: a passive transponder without an electromagnetic wave generating device, an active transponder comprising an electromagnetic wave generating device, the transponder comprising an electronic data reading memory single or read and (re) write data, with or without battery,
• the quick connection system comprises at least two grooves or ribs formed on the cylindrical end of the first valve, the two grooves or ribs having dimensions and / or shapes determined and / or spaced by a determined distance so that the quick connection is only possible with a system with claws or geometrically conjugated gripping balls,
• the actuating member In the mounted position of the second valve on the first valve, the actuating member is movable regardless of the angular position of the second valve on the first valve around the axis of rotation, and in that the member of actuation is mobile in translation in a parallel direction and preference coincides with the axis of rotation of the second valve on the first valve.
• the invention also relates to a bottle or a set of bottles (frame) of fluid under pressure comprising such a device.
• the invention may also relate to any alternative device or method comprising any combination of the above or below features.
• FIG. 1 represents a sectional view, schematic and partial, illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a device for supplying fluid in a disconnected state
• FIG. 2 is a schematic and partial diagram illustrating a possible embodiment of a fastening system of the fluid supply device of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 3 and 4 show schematic sectional and partial views respectively illustrating two configurations of use of a fluid supply device in a connected state.
• FIG. 1 represents a device for supplying fluid under pressure, in particular pressurized gas, comprising a first valve 3 mounted in the orifice of a reservoir 2 and surrounded by a protective cap 11.
• the first valve 3 houses an internal fluid circuit 13 provided with at least one isolation member 4 for opening or closing the internal circuit 13.
• the isolation member 4 is for example a valve or a valve.
• the device 1 comprises a second valve 5 forming a physical entity distinct from the first valve 3 (and in the disconnected position in Figure 1).
• the second valve 5 is provided with an internal fluid circuit 15 comprising an upstream end intended to be connected fluidically to one end of the internal circuit 13 of the first valve 3.
• the internal circuit 13 of the second valve 5 comprises for example at least one member 9 for controlling the flow of fluid (for example a fixed or adjustable pressure reducer and / or a flow regulator).
• the second valve preferably also comprises a movable member 16 for actuating the member 4 for isolating the first valve 3 to control the opening or closing of the latter.
• the movable actuating member 16 is a valve pushbutton controlled by a manual actuating member (lever, push button, steering wheel) carried by the second valve.
• the manual actuating member 10 can control, if necessary, the fluid flow control member 9.
• the first valve 3 and the second valve 5 comprising members 6, 7 respective snaps forming a removable male / female quick connection system of the second valve 5 on the first 3 valve.
• the first valve comprises a terminal end of cylindrical shape extending along a central longitudinal axis A on which the second valve 5 is connected.
• the quick connection system comprises at least one groove or rib 7 formed on the cylindrical end of the first valve 3 (see FIG. 2) and a claw system 6, balls (or any equivalent equivalent attachment element) integral with the second tap 5.
• the fastening element or elements 6 of the second valve 5 are preferably mobile and can be locked / unlocked for example a movable locking member 12 on the second valve 5.
• the fastening element or elements 6 of the second valve 5 cooperate with the at least one groove or rib 7 formed on the cylindrical end of the first valve 3.
• the quick connection system ensures a locking of the second valve 5 on the first 3 valve along the axis A longitudinal while by allowing a rotation of the second valve 5 on the first 3 valve around this longitudinal axis A.
• the quick connection system may allow a rotation of the second valve 5 on the first valve 3 around this longitudinal axis A at a limited determined angle (that is to say that for example a mechanical stop system (s) allows to limit the rotation of the second valve with respect to the first 3 tap or not limited (i.e. no mechanical stop system is provided to limit the rotation of the second valve relative to the first valve 3).
• a mechanical stop system s
• the first valve 5 can perform several turns on itself about the longitudinal axis A.
• the internal circuit of the second valve 5 comprises a downstream end preferably provided with an outlet fitting opening on the peripheral surface of the second valve 5.
• the downstream end of the internal circuit 15 of the second valve 5 is not located on the longitudinal axis A of the first valve 3.
• the outlet fitting 25 is located on one side or the other with respect to a user. (see Figures 3 and 4).
• the downstream end of the internal circuit of the second valve (5) is located on a side face of the second valve 5 (see Figure 3 and 4).
• this configuration also allows a rotation of the second valve 5 on the first 3 tap relative to the hat 1 1.
• At least one of: the first valve 3, the cap 1 1 and the bottle 2 comprises at least a first electronic element 8 for communication and data storage remote sear wireless electromagnetic waves.
• the second valve 5 also includes a second remote electronic interrogable communication and data storage member 8 wireless electromagnetic wave.
• the first 8 and second 10 electronic communication devices are configured to exchange wireless information via the same communication system.
• At least one of: the first electronic communication member and the second electronic communication member comprises an annular antenna which is located concentrically about the longitudinal axis A when the second valve is in the connected position on the first 3 tap.
• This geometry makes it possible to exchange data between the two electronic communication elements 8, 10 whatever the relative angular position between the two valves 3, 5.
• the first 8 and second 10 electronic communication devices use, for example, a wireless communication technology of the same nature with a determined maximum range.
• the maximum range is preferably equal to or slightly greater (a few millimeters or centimeters) than the distance between said members 8, 10 when the second valve 5 is in the connected position on the first valve 3.
• the first 8 and second 10 electronic communication devices are preferably configured to communicate wirelessly according to at least one of the following technologies: “Radio Frequency Identification” (“RFID”), “Near Field Communication” (“NFC”) ).
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification
• NFC Near Field Communication
• the first 8 and second 10 electronic communication members are preferably configured to have a wireless communication range of between one and five millimeters and forty centimeters preferably between one centimeter and ten centimeters.
• the first 8 and second 10 electronic communication elements comprise for example at least one of: a passive transponder without an electromagnetic wave generating device, an active transponder comprising an electromagnetic wave generating device, the transponder comprising an electronic memory with data read only or read and (re) write data, with or without battery.
• the quick connection system is configured (for example, play, debate %) so that when the fluid pressure in the circuits 13, 15 of the two valves 3, 5 connected exceeds a pressure level determined , the quick-connect system 6, 7 undergoes a force which tends to limit or prevent relative rotation of the second valve 5 on the first 3 tap.
• at least one movable member of the quick-connect system (claw, ball or other) is sensitive to the pressure in the circuit (s) 13, 15 and is constrained to a clamping position preventing or limiting rotation when this pressure is above a certain threshold, for example 5 or 10bar or more. This allows the user to ensure that the device is under pressure. By For example, rotation is permitted only when the internal circuit of the second valve 5 is not under pressure.
• the rotation of the second valve 5 on the first valve 3 is possible manually with a very low torque, for example less than 1 or 2 Nm. That is to say, the claw or ball system slides on a combined gripping surface of the first valve 3.
• a pressure threshold for example 5bar or 3bar or 10bar or 30bar or more

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