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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316762 | Dynamic flange seal and sealing system The present invention features a flange to flange dynamic seal and sealing system, particularly suited for use within high temperature, high pressure environments, such as a delayed coking process. The dynamic flange seal and sealing system comprises two primary ele... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7285249 | Apparatus for the provision of a block flange of a manhole aperture or the like, in particular for fluidized bed reactors An apparatus for the provision of a block flange of a manhole aperture or the like, in particular for fluidized bed reactors for the oxychlorination of ethylene, oxygen and HCl, having a wall flange fixed in the reactor wall, is intended to provide a solution whereb... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7112261 | Safety system and method for a coking facility A safety system for a coking facility where there is a coke drum and a drill assembly. When the coke accumulates in the drum, a drill head of the drill assembly is lowered into the coke drum to emit high pressure water jets to remove the coke from the coke drum. The... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108768 | Safety lock boltless closures An apparatus comprises a movable lock ring and a lock arm that prevents inadvertent movement of the lock ring. Contemplated configurations are especially useful in delayed coking vessels to prevent opening of the vessel while the vessel is in operation. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7044144 | Relocatable pressure washer adapter Methods and apparatus for attaching a pressure washing device to a storage tank that allows adjustment of the location of the pressure washing device. One embodiment includes a mounting plate adapted to be connected to a tank opening, a second plate hingably attache... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033460 | Coke drum bottom throttling valve and system A coke drum bottom de-heading system having an internal shroud enclosure and a shroud end cap opened by a flange to a coke bottom de-heading valve capable of accepting the end of a gate valve upon actuation. Acting in coordination with the shroud enclosure to preven... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6964727 | Coke drum bottom de-heading system The present invention features a coke drum de-heading system comprising (a) at least one coke drum having an orifice therein; (b) a de-header valve removably coupled to the coke drum designed to de-head the coke drum; and (c) an exchange system, including an upper a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6926807 | Insulated transition spool apparatus An insulated transition spool apparatus for mounting unheading devices to pressure vessels, such as coker vessels, and enabling repetitive operation thereof is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an outer housing, an inner housing that encloses an insulating space be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918999 | Device and method for sealing levelling door aperture of a coke oven chamber The invention relates to a device for sealing a leveling door aperture of a coke oven chamber when loading bulk coking coal. The device includes a housing and a leveling door aperture, a leveling arm, composed of at least side panels and cross spacers connecting the... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6228225 | Coke drum semi automatic top deheader A semi automatic coke drum deheader device for use on a coke drum wherein the coke drum includes an upper opening, a flange surrounding the upper opening and a first vessel cover releasably attached to the flange. The deheader device comprises a frame att... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5417811 | Closure device for upper head of coking drums A closure device adapted for attachment onto the upper head of a coking drum to prevent hot vapors escaping during drum decoking operations. The closure device includes a cylindrical-shaped housing having a rotatable ball valve and horizontal elongated st... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5092963 | Automated top head and stem guide assembly for coking drums An automated top head cover and stem guide assembly adapted for covering a top opening in vertical vessels such as coking drums, and a method for remotely operating the assembly. The top head assembly includes a flanged connector unit attached pressure-ti... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4882012 | Water distiller A water distiller includes an inner vessel in which source water is heated, an outer dome or housing on the inner surface of which the vapor from the inner vessel is condensed and a reservoir for receiving the condensate. The inner vessel includes a closu... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4406619 | Sealing lid means for coke oven chamber In a coke oven of the type having a plurality of filling shafts with openings and caps therefor at the oven roof, in order to reduce the temperature gradient and heat losses at the roof of the coke oven, the caps of the filling shafts are each directly mo... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4368104 | Inspection hole cover for coke oven An inspection hole cover for coke ovens includes a bowl-shape shell made of a material having relatively low magnetic properties such as 300 Series stainless steel. The shell is filled with a suitable heat insulating material such as a hardened refractory... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4314889 | Apparatus to extract charging gases from a coke oven chamber A gas-transfer tube assembly is used to extract charging gases through an orifice in the roof of one coke oven chamber and discharge the gases into an adjacent second coke oven chamber through an orifice in the roof thereof. Each orifice has a riser with ... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4236972 | Fabricated opening cover and cover assembly A cover and cover assembly fabricated from steel plate for selectively covering an opening communicating with a coke oven and cooperable with seal rim sealing surface which surrounds the opening. The cover includes a knife-like sealing edge which engages ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4186056 | Device for closing the filling opening of a coke oven chamber Frame has an opening therethrough and is positioned on a coke oven chamber ceiling with the opening of the frame aligned with a filling opening of the coke oven chamber ceiling. The frame has formed therein a recessed duct which surrounds the opening. A f... | 01/29/1980 |
