US 12,215,794 B2
Liquid supply of a block storage element
Jörg Cavelius, Bad Vilbel (DE); Volker Rollwa, Pirmasens (DE); and Markus Liebhaber, Oberursel (DE)
Assigned to JUNGHEINRICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,399.
Claims priority of application No. 21164918 (EP), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307617 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 21/18 (2006.01); A01G 9/14 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 21/18 (2013.01) [A01G 9/14 (2013.01); A01G 25/16 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for supplying liquid to block storage elements including a first block storage element and second block storage element arranged one above the other, the method comprising:
introducing the liquid through a first liquid guide of the first block storage element into an overflow distributor in the first block storage element with a distributor limit and an overflow,
wherein a discharge end of the first liquid guide is arranged below an upper end of the overflow,
wherein the liquid is throttled by at least one passageway arranged in the distributor limit and gets into a tub area of the first block storage element,
wherein the liquid that is not drained by way of the at least one passageway is discharged from the first block storage element via the overflow and conducted in a liquid guide of the second block storage element arranged below the first block storage element.