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US 6,805,253 B1Granted
Protective casing
AssigneeBritish Nuclear Fuels plc
InventorsGraham Nicholson, John Willetts, Arthur R. Mableson, Colin J. Weston
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AssigneeBritish Nuclear Fuels plc
InventorsGraham Nicholson, John Willetts, Arthur R. Mableson, Colin J. Weston
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A casing for the protection of an article contained within the casing is described, the protective casing comprising: at least two casing members which are assemblable to constitute a casing having an internal volume to receive the article, each of said at least two casing members comprising: an outer skin of fiber reinforced plastics material having a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers in a plastics material matrix; an inner skin of fiber reinforced plastics material having a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers in a plastics material matrix; a filling of a low density core material in a space between the outer and inner skin members; sealing means disposed in the joint face between said at least two casing members; and fastener means to hold said at least two members together.
A casing for the protection of an article contained within the casing, the protective casing comprising:
A protective casing according to any one preceding claim wherein the outer and inner skins form a continuous surface enclosing the low density core material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.