Cylinder rupture vessel
AssigneeEarth Resources Consultants, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey W. Gold, Dan A. Nickens
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Abstract
A waste cylinder rupture vessel for release and recontainerization of toxic contents of compressed gas cylinders is defined by an enclosed chamber which accommodates a plurality of bearing surfaces for supporting and positioning a target cylinder thereon. A puncture spike disposed within the chamber is adapted to puncture the target cylinder at its mid-section, thereby releasing its contents. Connections are provided communicating with the enclosed chamber for evacuating and recontainerizing the contents released by a punctured cylinder without release of the contents into the environment. All of the cylinder processing operations may be provided remotely.
Claims14
A cylinder rupture vessel comprising:
- an enclosed chamber;
- a target container disposed within the enclosed chamber;
- a plurality of V-shaped bearing surfaces disposed along an elongate length of the chamber for supporting the target container;
- means for sealing the chamber;
- inlet means for introducing an inert gas into the chamber to purge the air from the chamber;
- puncture means disposed within the chamber for puncturing at least one wall of the target container;
- outlet means for purging the air, including the inert gas, from the chamber;
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- means for evacuating the released contents of the punctured target container.
A cylinder rupture vessel comprising:
- an enclosed chamber;
- a plurality of V-shaped bearing surfaces disposed along the elongate length of the chamber;
- a target container supported by the bearing surfaces;
- means for sealing the chamber;
- at least one inlet purge connection for introducing an inert gas into the chamber to purge the air from the chamber;
- puncture means disposed within the chamber for puncturing at least one wall of the target container;
- at least one vacuum withdrawal connection for purging the air, including the inert gas, from the chamber;
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- at least one drainage port for draining liquids released from the target container by the puncture means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.