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US 7,255,245 B2Granted
Hybrid pressure vessel with separable jacket
AssigneeAmtrol Inc.
InventorsTiago Oliveira, Joao Carlos V. Antunes Guimaraes, Eduardo J. Alves
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Abstract
A pressure vessel with a protective jacket disposed thereon, wherein the vessel is formed of a metal liner surrounded by a layer of thermoplastic composite filament winding and a protective jacket disposed thereon that facilitates stacking and portability of the vessel, while also providing sufficiently sized openings for visual inspection of the composite layer integrity.
Claims17
A pressure vessel with protective jacket comprising:
- a) a vessel including an inner tank defining an upper end portion and a lower end portion, and an outer reinforcing layer disposed on the inner tank;
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- b) a protective jacket configured and dimensioned to engage the vessel, the protective jacket including an upper support rim engaging the upper end portion of the inner tank, a lower support rim engaging the lower end portion of the inner tank and a substantially radially outward facing wall connecting the upper support rim and lower support rim, the wall defining at least one radially outward facing gap therein to permit direct visual inspection of the outer reinforcing layer;
- wherein the at least one gap defined in the substantially radially outward facing wall is disposed substantially midway between the upper support rim and the lower support rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.