Filler for pressure vessel
AssigneePhilip Morris Incorporated
InventorRobert E. Markwood
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Abstract
In a pressure vessel having domed ends concave to the pressure, in certain situations, the space within the domes is undesirable. One or both ends may be equipped with space-filling inserts comprising multiple plates of aluminum or other light metal secured in slightly spaced parallel relationship.
Claims6
In a vessel for holding fluid under pressure, having an interior working space and having an exterior wall of the vessel defining a curved surface, an assembly for filling an interior portion of the vessel adjacent said surface, comprising a plurality of individual metal plates stacked together in parallel, slightly spaced relationship, said plates being relatively thicker than the spaces between them so as to occupy substantially all of said interior portion in which they are located thereby reducing the volume of fluid needed to fill the working space of said vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.