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US 6,608,490 B1Granted
Packaging with continuous leaktight check
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorChristian Tombini
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Abstract
The invention is relative to a leaktight chamber (3) in which a liquid having electrical characteristics, preferably a conductive liquid, is introduced into a leaktight volume (33) between the cover (5) and the tank (4), and in that a value of electric quantities is measured which varies with the reduction of the liquid contained in the volume (33). In such a way the leaktightness is continually checked.
Claims8
A leaktight containment comprising:
- a tank;
- a cover;
- said tank and said cover having each a channel facing each other in a closed position of the containment;
- at least two gaskets inserted between said tank and said cover, said gaskets having at least an inner gasket and an outer gasket;
- a part of said channels of said tank, said cover, and said inner and outer gaskets delimiting a chamber;
- at least two reversible connecting means in communication with said chamber, said reversible connecting means having at least a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- and
- outside measurement means electrically coupled to said cover and said tank.
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A closed leaktight containment comprising:
- a tank;
- a cover;
- said tank and said cover having each a channel facing each other;
- at least two gaskets inserted between said tank and said cover, said gaskets having at least an inner gasket and an outer gasket;
- a part of said channels of said tank, said cover, and said inner and outer gaskets delimiting a chamber, said chamber filled with an electrically conductive fluid;
- at least two reversible connecting means in communication with said chamber, said reversible connecting means having at least a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- and
- outside measurement means electrically coupled to said cover and said tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.