US 12,215,863 B2
Liquid seal with mating collar
Bryan Beck, Tulsa, OK (US); Zachary Kodesh, Tulsa, OK (US); Stephen Tindell, Claremore, OK (US); Adam Herrington, Tulsa, OK (US); and Jeff William White, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to JOHN ZINK COMPANY, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by John Zink Company, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,271.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,999, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107087 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. F23G 7/08 (2006.01); F16J 15/02 (2006.01); F23G 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC F23G 7/085 (2013.01) [F16J 15/02 (2013.01); F23G 5/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid seal mating system to accommodate thermal expansion during elevated-temperature operation, comprising:
a collar, sized and shaped to receive a discharge end of a gas-delivery conduit within the collar;
a fence that surrounds the collar and the gas-delivery conduit, the collar being attached to the fence; and
wherein, when the collar is installed, the gas-delivery conduit is free to move with respect to the collar along a longitudinal axis of the gas-delivery conduit and is partially constrained from moving in any direction that is not along or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.