Device to protect the domes and ends of a composite tank
OwnerClaude Leon Hembertinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are a device for protecting a container and a container equipped therewith. The container is, in particular, a container made of composite material intended to contain a fluid under pressure, and having a cylindrical side wall and rounded ends forming a dome. The device includes a shell made of a puncture-resistant material, shaped to envelope at least the entirety of the dome of the container, delimiting a space between an interior face of the shell and an exterior face of the wall of the container, and a compressible element capable of deadening a knock or impact, disposed in the space.
Claims16
Device for protecting a container having a cylindrical side wall and rounded ends forming a dome, the device comprising:
- a shell made of a puncture-resistant material, shaped to envelope at least the entirety of the dome of the container and comprising an annular projection disposed in proximity to a connecting piece of the container, the shell delimiting a space between an interior face of the shell and an exterior face of the wall of the container,
- wherein the shell includes a rounded zone that delimits a region of greatest volume in the space between the interior face of the shell and exterior face of the wall of the container,
- wherein the shell has, at an end corresponding to the side wall of the container, a first wall roughly parallel to an axis of the container and, at an end corresponding to a top of the dome of the container, a second wall perpendicular to the axis, the first and second walls meeting in the form of a rounded zone,
- wherein the annular projection is formed on the second wall;
- and
- a compressible element capable of deadening a knock or impact, disposed in the space,
- wherein the shell is made of a synthetic resin.
Container comprising:
- a tank including a cylindrical side wall and rounded ends forming a dome;
- and
- a device including a shell made of a puncture-resistant material, shaped to envelope at least the entirety of the dome and comprising an annular projection disposed in proximity to a connecting piece of the container, the shell delimiting a space between an interior face of the shell and an exterior face of the wall of the container, wherein the shell includes a rounded zone that delimits a region of greatest volume in the space between the interior face of the shell and exterior face of the wall of the container, the device further including a compressible element disposed in the space and capable of deadening a knock or impact,
- wherein the shell has, at an end corresponding to the side wall of the container, a first wall roughly parallel to an axis of the container and, at an end corresponding to a top of the dome of the container, a second wall perpendicular to the axis, the first and second walls meeting in the form of a rounded zone,
- wherein the annular projection is formed on the second wall,
- wherein the shell is made of a synthetic resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.