Abstract:
The invention relates to a sight glass cover (10) with an integrated cleaning device, for closing an opening (14), comprising a sight glass (18), which has a glass edge (57) and a glass inner side (20), wherein the glass inner side (20) is facing the opening (14) when a sight glass cover (10) is placed on the opening (14), and a frame device (16), which encloses the sight glass (18) at least in the region of the glass edge (57), wherein the frame device (16) has a frame inner side (32), which is facing away from the glass inner side (20) and lies against a wall region 34 surrounding the opening (14) when a sight glass cover (10) is placed on the opening (14), a cleaning device (22), which is formed in the frame device (16) and has at least one channel (24) with an inlet opening (26) and an outlet opening (28) at a distance from the inlet opening (26), wherein the outlet opening (28) of the channel (24) is formed between the glass inner side (20) and the frame inner side (32), and the channel (24) is designed and formed in such a way that the glass inner side (20) of the sight glass (18) can be at least partially wetted with a medium (30) fed into the channel (24) by way of the inlet opening (26) and leaving by way of the outlet opening (28). This is a way of providing a cover with a sight glass in the case of which the sight glass can be cleaned in a closed state of the cover with little effort.
Abstract:
A fracture-safe viewport for a pressure system having a pressure port which is pumped by said pressure system to a pressure above or below atmospheric pressure, comprising a plurality of panes each capable of passing electromagnetic radiation therethrough, each pane being mounted inside a tubular structure and being hermetically sealed to the wall of the pressure chamber. Each of the panes may be a different material or any combination of materials may be used from the group comprising sapphire, glass and quartz or any other material through which a high powered laser or other electromagnetic beam may be directed without adverse consequences. Highly pure, defect-free, ultra-polished, single-crystal sapphire is preferred. Spacing between the panes is used in most embodiments to avoid shrapnel damage in case of catastrophic failure of a pane. Half-donut shaped or chimney-shaped strain relief mounts are used in some embodiments to relieve strain caused by differential rates of thermal expansion when the structure is heated.
Abstract:
An illuminating and viewing unit for illuminating the interior of a vessel with source radiation and observing the vessel interior comprises a housing including a front wall facing the vessel interior. The front wall is of a material that does not transmit the source radiation, and includes one or more illumination ports individually fused into the front wall that transmit the source radiation to the vessel interior. A detection port is also individually fused into the front wall for transmitting detectable radiation along a detection path from the vessel interior to a radiation detector mounted in the housing. The optical isolation of the illumination and detection ports in the front wall prevents unwanted internal reflection of source radiation into the detection path, and allows for independent selection of port materials and configurations, while maintaining a hermetic seal between the housing and the internal contents of the vessel.
Abstract:
A sealed observation element for viewing the flow of molten liquid during the operation of a sulfur recovery unit comprises at least one sight glass that is heated and which may be swept with a purge gas supplied through one or more bleed rings to prevent condensation or deposition of materials on the side of the sight glass exposed to the process stream.
Abstract:
In using various vessels such as reaction vessels there must be provisions for adding materials to the vessels and for observing the vessel contents. The structure of this invention provides a vessel closure device that provides both of these conveniences. This closure device has an annular seal ring containing spring plungers each located outside areas of exposure to the contamination of the vessel. The seal ring also has two O-ring seals to ensure against leakage. There is also provided a sliding door with a viewing window that is aligned with all openings in the other closure device components in order to provide a clear viewing and addition path to the interior of the vessel.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a viewing window assembly for observing gas-tight and pressure-tight closed chambers of installations from outside comprising a cylindrical frame made of metal, in which is arranged a transparent insert. The frame is made of a stainless steel of low coefficient of thermal expansion and the insert is made of a glass having a similar or still smaller coefficient of thermal expansion.
Abstract:
A tubular housing is provided at one end thereof with a protective glass prism facing an observation opening in a pressurized reactor. The other end of the housing is closed and the intermediate part thereof supports an inclined mirror. A viewing tubular piece is arranged transversely to the tubular housing to receive light rays reflected from the mirror. The free end of the viewing piece is also provided with a protective glass prism.
Abstract:
A safety viewing window for observing the interior of a pressure vessel is the subject of this invention. This viewing window is made up of an optically clear window disc fused to a metal frame. A laminate is overcoated over the fused disc and frame to provide a corrosion resistant viewing window. The metal frame has attached to it brackets for securing the entire unit to the vessel in a pressure tight manner.
Abstract:
A gage glass assembly can be mounted in a standard pipe joint flange and has a sleeve with an inturned flange at the outer end and an outwardly extending flange at the inner end. A pair of cylindrical lenses inside the sleeve are interspaced by a plastic sheet that also extends axially between the inner lens and the sleeve and outwardly over the outwardly extending flange. Both lenses and the sheet are bonded together and to the sleeve by a transparent, plastic material. A liquid level gage has a cover extending over a body having an elongated central chamber and the cover has a similarly elongated recess facing the chamber. A pair of glass lenses are stacked in the recess and a transparent plastic sheet extends between the lenses, along the side of the inner lens and outwardly over the inner side of the cover, where it serves as a gasket between the cover and the body. A plastic bonding material fills the space between the plastic sheet, the two lenses, and the cover recess.