1. A cover trim for a push bar of an exit device for a door, the push bar operatively supported in the exit device for forward movement to unlatch the door when the exit device is secured to the door and the push bar is pushed by a person, the cover trim comprising:
an elongate plate member configured for covering the push bar when affixed thereto, said member configured for being affixed to the push bar without disassembly of components of the exit device.
2. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member is resilient and configured for snapping onto the push bar for being affixed thereto.
3. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member includes longitudinal edges configured for resiliently capturing longitudinal edges of the push bar when said member is placed to the push bar between ends thereof and urged against a front surface thereof.
4. The cover trim according to claim 3, wherein:
said longitudinal edges of said member are rearwardly bent.
5. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member includes a fingerprint resistant touch surface.
6. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member is of a metal with a surface having a polished finish, abrasive blasting said surface to a matte finish, and repolishing said surface to a polished finish, thereby increasing fingerprint resistance of said surface.
7. The cover trim according to claim 6, wherein:
said metal includes at least 60% copper.
8. The cover trim according to claim 6, wherein:
said metal comprises an alloy containing nickel and at least 60% copper.
9. The cover trim according to claim 1, the exit device including end caps for the ends of the push bar, wherein:
said member includes longitudinal edges configured for resiliently capturing longitudinal edges of the push bar when said member is placed to the push bar between the end caps and urged against a front surface of the push bar.
10. The cover trim according to claim 1, the push bar including a secured cover plate, wherein:
said member is configured for being affixed to the push bar over the secured cover plate.
11. The cover trim according to claim 1, the push bar including a secured cover plate covering a front surface of the push bar, wherein:
said member includes longitudinal edges configured for resiliently capturing longitudinal edges of the secured cover plate when said member is placed to the secured cover plate between ends of the push bar and urged against a front surface of the secured cover plate.
12. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member includes a rearwardly bent top longitudinal edge and a rearwardly bent bottom longitudinal edge configured for resiliently capturing a top longitudinal edge and a bottom longitudinal edge of the push bar when said member is placed to a front surface of the push bar with said top edge of said member captively engaging the top edge of the push bar and said member is urged downwardly against the front surface of the push bar.
13. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member includes a rearwardly bent top longitudinal edge and a rearwardly bent bottom longitudinal edge configured for resiliently when said member is place to a front surface of the push bar with said bottom edge of said member captively engaging the bottom edge of the push bar and said member is urged upwardly against the front surface of the push bar.
14. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member is of antimicrobial material.
15. The cover trim according to claim 1, wherein:
said member is of a metal containing at least 60% copper.
16. Apparatus comprising the combination of:
an exit device including a latch for normally maintaining a door in a latched condition when said exit device is secured to the door, said exit device including an elongate push bar having a front surface, said push bar coupled to said latch and supported for forward movement when said front surface is pushed by a person to unlatch the door; and
a cover trim including an elongate plate member configured for being affixed to said push bar for covering said front surface without disassembly of components of said exit device.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said plate member is resilient and configured for snapping onto said push bar for being affixed thereto.
18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said push bar is supported between end caps included by said exit device; and
said plate member includes longitudinal edges configured for resiliently capturing longitudinal edges of said push bar when said plate member is placed to said front surface between said end caps and urged against said front surface.
19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said push bar includes a top longitudinal edge and a bottom longitudinal edge; and
said plate member includes a rearwardly bent top longitudinal edge and a rearwardly bent bottom longitudinal configured for resiliently capturing said top longitudinal edge and said bottom longitudinal edge respectively of said push bar when said plate member is placed to said front surface of said push bar with said top edge of said plate member captively engaging said top edge of said push bar and said plate member is urged downwardly against said front surface.
20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said push bar includes a top longitudinal edge and a bottom longitudinal edge; and
said plate member includes a rearwardly bent top longitudinal edge and a rearwardly bent bottom longitudinal edge configured for resiliently capturing said top longitudinal edge and said bottom longitudinal edge respectively of said push bar when said plate member is placed to said front surface of said push bar with said bottom edge of said plate member captively engaging said bottom edge of said push bar and said plate member is urged upwardly against said front surface.
21. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said plate member is of antimicrobial material for providing an antimicrobial touch surface for said push bar when affixed thereto.
22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein:
said plate member is of a metal alloy containing at least 60% copper.
23. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said push bar includes a secured cover plate; and
said plate member is configured for being affixed to said push bar over said secured cover plate.
24. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein:
said push bar includes a secured cover plate covering said front surface; and
said plate member includes longitudinal edges configured for resiliently capturing longitudinal edges of said secured cover plate when said plate member is placed to said secured cover plate between ends of said push bar and urged against a front surface of said secured cover plate.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Process for the catalytic hydrotreating of a feed of oil origin, of diesel fuel type, in at least one fixed-bed hydrotreating reactor, for manufacturing diesel fuel, characterized in that incorporated into said feed are vegetable oils andor animal fats up to a level of around 30% by weight, the mixture of said feed and vegetable oils andor animal fats being introduced into the reactor operating in a single pass, without recycling liquid effluent at the top of the reactor.
2. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, characterized in that the level of vegetable oils andor animal fats is from 2.5 to 25% by weight.
3. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the feed of oil origin, of diesel fuel type, is chosen from the diesel fuel cuts resulting from the direct distillation of a crude oil, the diesel fuel cuts derived from various conversion processes, in particular, those derived from catalytic cracking and from visbreaking.
4. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the vegetable oils are chosen from palm oil, soya bean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, preferably palm oil, or a mixture of two or more of these oils.
5. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the amount of hydrogen introduced into the reactor to treat the feed is from 100 to 500 Normal liters of H2 per liter of feed, preferably from 120 to 450 Normal liters of H2 per liter of feed.
6. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the feed is treated at a temperature of 320 to 420\xb0 C., preferably of 340 to 400\xb0 C.
7. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the feed is treated at a pressure of 25 to 150 bar, preferably of 30 to 70 bar.
8. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the feed passes through at least one catalyst bed in the reactor, the catalyst bed containing at least one catalyst based on metal oxides, chosen from the oxides of NiMo, CoMo, NiW, PtPd, or a mixture of two or more of them.
9. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the feed introduced into the reactor is treated over at least one catalyst bed containing, at least in part, one catalyst based on nickel oxides.
10. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, comprising treatment of recycling gas derived from the hydrotreating of the feed before its reinjection into the reactor, in which an additional treatment is carried out during which the carbon monoxide present in said recycling gas is treated and is separated from said recycling gas before its reinjection into the reactor.
11. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 10, in which, in addition, a treatment is carried out during which the carbon dioxide present in said recycling gas is treated and is separated from said recycling gas before its reinjection into the reactor.
12. Catalytic hydrotreating process according to claim 1, in which the exothermicity of the hydrotreating of the feed is controlled by means of thermal control systems.
13. Hydrorefining unit for implementing the process according to claim 10, comprising at least one reactor for the catalytic hydrotreating of a feed of oil origin, of diesel fuel type, and a separator that separates the liquid and vapour phases of the effluent exiting the reactor, characterized in that it comprises, downstream of the separator, a unit for treating and separating carbon monoxide present in the vapour phase of the effluent for implementing the process according to claim 10.
14. Hydrorefining unit according to claim 13, comprising downstream of the separator, a unit for treating and separating carbon dioxide present in the vapour phase of the effluent for implementing the process according to claim 11.