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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Roland Henneborn, Pulheim, DE;
Klaus Tocha, Langenfeld, DE;
Messer Griesheim GmbH, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a shut-off apparatus for the charging device of a pressure vessel, especially for the storage of cryogenic liquefied gases, having a shut-off valve with a valve housing and a valve body stressed by a closure spring which, in order to charge the pressure vessel, can be brought into the open position against the force of the closure spring, having an apparatus for locking the valve body in the open position of the valve and having a release apparatus subjected to the action of the vessel pressure, which causes the apparatus to release the lock if a predetermined threshold vessel pressure is exceeded. According to the invention, the vessel threshold pressure at which closure of the charging device takes place can be preset with considerably more accuracy in that the release apparatus possesses a cylinder ( ), a piston ( ) and a piston rod ( ), in that a medium-permeable annular gap is provided between piston ( ) and cylinder ( ), in that the piston rod ( ) acts on the apparatus to release the lock, in that the cylinder ( ) possesses an overflow valve ( ) on one side of the piston ( ) which opens when the threshold vessel pressure is reached, in that, when the overflow valve ( ) is open, the cylinder ( ) is in flow connection with the pressure vessel on one side of the piston ( ) and is in flow connection with a reference pressure volume, preferably the ambient atmosphere, on the other side of the piston.