US 12,076,703 B2
Process for installing a section of packing in a casing
Vincent Faucher, Champigny sur Marne (FR); Manuel Dos Reis, Vitry sur Seine (FR); Vincent Maret, Vitry sur Seine (FR); Luis Torbado, Vitry sur Seine (FR); Alain Appel, Vitry sur Seine (FR); Eric Biret, Vitry sur Seine (FR); and Laurent Leclerc, Vitry sur Seine (FR)
Assigned to L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, Paris (FR)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,474.
Claims priority of application No. 2114214 (FR), filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191359 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B23P 11/02 (2006.01); B01D 3/32 (2006.01); B01J 19/32 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 19/325 (2013.01) [B01D 3/32 (2013.01); B23P 11/02 (2013.01); B23P 15/00 (2013.01); B23P 19/12 (2013.01); B01J 2219/32275 (2013.01); B01J 2219/32279 (2013.01); B01J 2219/3306 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for installing a section of packing in a casing by means of a device to assist installation of a section of packing the casing being positioned horizontally during the process for installing the section of packing, wherein the device to assist installation of a section of packing comprises: a removable cone and at least one cradle, the process comprising the steps of:
providing the casing, wherein the casing comprises: at least one tubular wall extending in a longitudinal direction (L) between two longitudinal ends, and an inner face of which participates in delimiting a receptacle for the section of packing, the tubular wall participating in delimiting an input opening at one of its longitudinal ends, wherein the casing further comprises a base wall positioned at the longitudinal end of the tubular wall opposite the input opening;
fitting of the device to assist installation on the casing during which the device to assist installation is secured in the vicinity of the input opening of the casing;
positioning of the section of packing facing the input opening, in cooperation with the device to assist installation; and
pushing the section of packing into the receptacle of the casing,
wherein the step of fitting of the device to assist installation further includes the steps of:
fitting the removable cone on the casing and at least one step of centering, during which the removable cone centers the section of packing relative to the input opening of the casing; and
fitting the at least one cradle on the casing during which the at least one cradle is secured on a lower portion of the casing in the vicinity of the input opening,
wherein the at least one cradle is configured to position the section of packing facing the input opening,
wherein a longitudinal dimension of the at least one cradle is larger than a longitudinal dimension of the removable cone.