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Jam proof closure assembly for lidded pressure vessels

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7024063
This patent describes a pressure vessel cover adapted for sealing engagement with an outer peripheral lip of an underlying pressure vessel and having a compressible annular gasket overlying the lip, the cover further comprising: a spaced peripheral array of cylindrical bored passageways communicating between outer and inner planar surfaces of the vessel cover; a rigid, comparatively thick-walled, annular sleeve insert; a substantially rigid retainer element configured to seat tightly against the inserted sleeve; bolt threaded to engage an inner surface of the positioned sleeve insert.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5119956; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-643295
OSTI ID:
7024063
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English