In an apparatus for filling bottles with liquid, the liquid supply tank has several bottle filling adapters mounted to its body and providing a valve seat for liquid to flow from the tank to a bottle. The seat is proximate to a vertically movable valve body which has an integral tubular stem extending upwardly from it and a gas tube extending downwardly from it so gas can be conducted downwardly into a bottle and upwardly for being exhausted or returned to the tank. In the bore of the tubular co...

In a preferred embodiment, a self-launching superstructure for a vessel, the superstructure including: a floatable hull having a forward bottom portion sloping downwardly from near a waterline near a bow end of the superstructure to a point near a stern end of the superstructure; the forward bottom portion being engagable with a corresponding sloped floor on the vessel when the superstructure is mounted on the vessel, the sloped floor terminating at an edge of the vessel, such that the superstru...

A hybrid high performance water vessel consists of two hulls: an upper hull with a pair of main fluid-lifting-plane means (called mainfoils thereafter), for providing hydrodynamic lifting force at high speed; and a torpedo shaped streamlined sub-hull disposed beneath the water line, for providing the majority of flotation. Along the water line is a knife-like slender hull called mainstrut that pierces through water surface to minimize the crucial wave-making resistance. The mainfoils are located...

An apparatus for heating or cooling solid suspension slurry. The apparatus comprises a vessel (1) for containing the slurry and a draft means contained within a draft section of a draft tube (2) to circulate and maintain the suspension. Extending substantially the length of cylindrical section (26) of the draft tube below the draft means are plate heat exchangers (7, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29) connected in series. The plate heat exchangers may be recessed into the wall of the draft tube so as not to in...

A containment vessel for liquid waste including an inlet for introducing liquid waste into the container. Within the container is a gelling substance which when contacted by the liquid waste transforms the liquid waste into a non-pourable gel. A tip indicator indicates if the vessel has been tipped after the vessel has been put into service. Also, an in-service indicator indicates that the vessel has been put into service and that the tip indicator has been released. A full indicator indicates w...

A structure of a stand for liquid vessels is provided. The stand has an elastic bottom surface having a central portion which is displaceable by means of a lift apparatus to form a base with vacuum securement between the bottom surface and a base surface. The lift apparatus raises the central portion of the bottom surface of the base to form a suction holding force. A receiving cylinder controls positions and operations of the base and the lift apparatus. A support cylinder connects to the recei...

The present invention provides a containment integrity system for application in a vessel carrying bulk materials such as liquid petroleum products. The containment integrity system comprises a flexible liner having an inner composite fabric portion and an outer fiber-reinforced rubber skin portion, a fastening system for rigidly securing the flexible liner to the walls of the vessel, an anchoring system for releasably securing and conforming the flexible liner to and about all coverable feature...

A method of inhibiting erosion of an interior surface of a process vessel by solid objects carried in a fluid passing over the interior surface includes providing at least one formation at or in close proximity to the interior surface to interfere with the flow of the fluid over the interior surface, and to interfere with the movement of the solid objects by the fluid. The invention extends to a process vessel (10) which includes a body (16) defining an interior vessel surface (20), a catalyst b...

Disclosed are methods useful for treating vascular lesions wherein a non-particulate agent such as a metal coil is introduced into a vascular site (e.g., an aneurysm cavity) in conjunction with an embolizing composition comprising a biocompatible polymer and a biocompatible solvent. The biocompatible solvent is miscible or soluble in blood and also solubilizes the polymer during delivery. The biocompatible polymer is selected to be soluble in the biocompatible solvent but insoluble in blood. Upo...

A fluororesin coating includes in its surface (13) a fluororesin coating film (11) formed on a coating surface (6) of a metal substrate (6) forming a vessel (1). In surface portions of the fluororesin coating film (11), there are formed a plurality of compressed areas (15) arranged in distribution. Then, the fluororesin coating having the compressed areas (15) formed therein is provided on an inner face (2) of the vessel (1). As the surface (13) portions where the compressed areas (15) are prese...