Non-Penetrating Container Port Fitting with Pressure Seal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container port fitting devices often require bolt holes for attachment, leading to potential leakage and corrosion, and are not suitable for pressure seal applications.
Innovation Solution
A sleeve with a flange and annular grooves, combined with a gasket, pressure ring, and a securing plate with threaded bolts, which allows for pressure sealing without penetrating the container wall, using a securing element to prevent the securing plate from sliding off.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If bolt holes are used for attachment, then the fitting can be securely fastened to the container wall, but the surrounding wall deteriorates and leaks occur
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the harmful bolt holes from the container wall by extracting the attachment function to the fitting itself. The fitting incorporates a flange with attachment means that secures to the container wall without requiring penetration holes, thereby eliminating the source of wall deterioration and leakage while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs a gasket (flexible sealing element) between the fitting flange and the container wall to create a pressure seal. This flexible component deforms to fill irregularities and prevent leakage without requiring bolt holes, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and sealing reliability.
2Strength
If bolt holes are used for attachment, then the fitting can be fastened to the container wall, but corrosion of surrounding elements occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the attachment function from the container wall to the fitting itself through the flange structure. By eliminating bolt holes and penetrating fasteners, the design removes the pathways for moisture and corrosive substances to reach the wall and surrounding elements, thereby preventing corrosion while maintaining secure attachment.
3Reliability
If a pressure seal is required, then existing attachment devices are not suitable, but a non-penetrating attachment method is needed
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the attachment function and pressure sealing function into a single integrated flange structure. The flange incorporates both the mechanical attachment means (attachment means on the flange) and the sealing interface (gasket mounting surface), eliminating the need for separate penetrating attachment devices and making the fitting suitable for pressure seal applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The gasket serves as a flexible sealing element that creates a pressure-tight seal between the fitting flange and the container wall. This flexible component accommodates pressure differential forces while maintaining the seal, enabling the non-penetrating attachment method to achieve pressure seal capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a secure and leak-proof attachment of the port fitting to the container without damaging the surrounding wall, suitable for pressure seal applications.
Implementation Method 1
A gasket and a pressure ring may be slidably disposed on the sleeve
Implementation Method 2
A securing plate may have threaded bolts therein and may be slidably positioned on the sleeve to position one end of the bolts to engage the pressure plate
Data Source
AI summary
Attaching a fitting having a conduit in a port of a container. A sleeve forming a conduit has a flange adjacent one end and has a groove in an exterior wall. A gasket and a pressure plate is slidably positioned on the sleeve. A securing plate has threaded bolts therein and is slidably positioned on the sleeve to position one end of the bolts to engage the pressure plate. A securing element is positioned in the groove and disposed in the securing plate to prevent the securing plate from sliding off of the sleeve when the bolts are tightened against the pressure plate.