Compact hydrostatic pressure apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SUBJECTING AN OBJECT TO EXTREME PRESSURES COMPRISING A HOUSING FORMING A FLUID-TIGHT ENCLOSURE, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FLUID UNDER HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE ENCLOSURE, CAGE MEANS HAVING A CENTRAL CAVITY TO RECEIVE THE OBJECT AND A PLURALITY OF TAPERED OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN LEADING FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAGE MEANS TO THE CENTRAL CAVITY, EACH OPENING BEING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORT AN ANVIL MEMBER FOR LIMITED MOTION TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL CAVITY, A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF PRESSURE-MULTIPLYING ANVIL MEMBERS EACH MOUNTED IN ONE OF THE TAPERED OPENINGS AND HAVING A LARGE AREA SURFACE EXPOSED TO THE PRESSURE OF A FLUID IN THE ENCLOSURE AND A SMALL AREA SURFACE DIRECTED TOWARD THE CENTRAL CAVITY TO TRANSMIT INCREASED PRESSURE TO AN OBJECT THEREIN, AND MEANS FORMING A PRESSURE-TIGHT SEAL AT THE OUTER END OF EACH OPENING IN THE CAGE MEANS TO PREVENT FLUID FROM PASSING INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE CAGE MEANS.