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US 4,381,844 AGranted
Lid seal for nuclear waste containers
OwnerFerdinand H. Bondyinventor
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Abstract
A folded gasket formed of a length of flexible fabric-like material is disclosed as being disposed between juxtaposed surfaces at the juncture of the lid periphery to a container mouth to adapt the container to withstand the rigors of transport, storage and burial as in the case of the nuclear waste material and the like.
Claims7
In a metallic container for withstanding the rigors of transport, storage and burial of nuclear waste material, for example, a lid-to-top edge joint construction, comprising:
- means providing a horizontal surface around the upper edge of said container;
- a lid having a planar surface substantially coextensive with said horizontal surface and disposed thereover;
- a folded strip of flexible gasketing material interposed between said surfaces and having the fold thereof within said container;
- and
- means securing the periphery of said lid to said container.
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A container to withstand the rigors of transport, storage and burial of nuclear waste material, comprising:
- a plurality of metallic walls and a metallic bottom assembled to form a right rectangular receptacle;
- means peripheral of the upper edge of said receptacle providing an unbroken generally horizontal surface;
- a lid having a peripheral planar surface coextensive with and superposed relative said horizontal surface;
- a folded strip of water impregnable fabric gasketing material having its edges disposed between said surfaces and the fold thereof inward of said generally horizontal surface;
- adhesive means between the outer surfaces of said edges and the adjacent superposed surfaces;
- and
- means securing the periphery of said lid to said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.