US 8,025,182 B2 · Gas cartridge

Abstract

Fuel gas or some other kind of fluid is stored in a collapsible metallic bag that is attached to a valve and is stored inside a rigid outer container. Between the rigid outer container and the collapsible bag is a space or volume filled with compression gas during use which puts a collapsing pressure evenly upon the bag. In order to reduce bag failures, the outer surface of the collapsible bag has a series of projected streak portions that project outwardly from the vertical length of the collapsing in several locations that prevent the bag from expanding to fill the entire space between the rigid outer container and the bag. These projected streaks form recessed portions in the bag's surface which facilitates the bag collapsing in those predetermined locations evenly which in turn reduces the collapsible bag's failure rate from breaking during operation.

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Dependent claims

A gas cartridge comprising:

an outer can;
an inner bag with an axial center positioned inside of the outer can;
and
a projected streak portion projecting from a portion of an outer peripheral face of the inner bag in a radial direction and extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner bag,
wherein a leading end of the projected streak portion in the radial direction is in contact with an inner peripheral face of the outer can, and wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, a radial distance between the axial center of the inner bag and the portion from which the projected streak portion projects is shorter than the radial distance between the axial center of the inner bag and another portion of the outer peripheral face of the inner bag.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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