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US 5,036,632 AGranted
Pressure relief panel assembly
AssigneeBS&B Safety Systems, Inc.
InventorsEdward H. Short, III, Mitchel L. Rooker, E. Bernel Sawyer
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Abstract
A pressure relief panel assembly including a single rupture panel is provided. The rupture panel includes a domed portion connected to a peripheral flat flange portion and has at least one slit formed therein defining a hinged blow-out part. The hinged blow-out part is connected to the remaining part of the rupture panel by an unslit hinge area and a plurality of rupture tabs.
Claims14
A pressure relief panel assembly comprising
- a rupture panel having a domed portion connected to a peripheral flat flange portion and having at least one slit formed therein defining a hinged blow-out part in said rupture panel, said hinged blow-out part being connected to the remaining part of said rupture panel by an unslit hinge area and by a plurality of rupture tabs which rupture and allow said hinged blow-out part to open when a pressure differential of predetermined magnitude is exerted on said rupture panel;
- a pair of peripheral gasket members positioned on opposite sides of said peripheral flange portion of said rupture panel and extending inwardly over said slit, said gasket members being unattached to said rupture panel over said slit such that said slit is sealed by said gasket members when fluid pressure differentials are exerted on said panel and only the rupture of the rupture tabs is required to allow said hinged blow-out part to open;
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- inlet and outlet complimentary rupture panel support members adapted to be sealingly clamped together with said peripheral flange portion of said rupture panel and said gasket members therebetween, and adapted to be sealingly connected over a pressure relief vent.
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A pressure relief panel assembly comprising:
- a rupture panel having a domed portion connected to a peripheral flat flange portion by a transition connection and having intermittent slits formed therein positioned in or adjacent to said flat flange portion and defining a hinged blow-out part in said rupture panel, said intermittent slits being spaced from each other at predetermined distances forming rupture tabs in said rupture panel whereby said rupture panel tears at said rupture tabs and said hinged blow-out part opens when a pressure differential of predetermined magnitude is exerted, thereon;
- a pair of peripheral gasket members positioned on opposite sides of said peripheral flange portion of said rupture panel and extending inwardly over said transition connection and over said intermittent slits whereby said slits are sealed by said gasket members when fluid pressure differentials are exerted on said panel;
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- inlet and outlet complimentary rupture panel support members adapted to be sealingly clamped together with said peripheral flange portion of said rupture panel and said gasket members therebetween and adapted to be sealingly connected over a pressure relief vent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.