High pressure press

Claim 1

IN A HIGH PRESSURE PRESS FOR SUBJECTING TO ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE PREPARED SAMPLES COMPRISING SPECIMENS ENCASED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY IMCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL DUCTILE AT SAID HIGH PRESSURE, AN ANVIL ASSEMBLY AND A RAM ASSEMBLY RELATIVELY MOVABLE ALONG A SINGLE LINE OF THRUST, SAID ANVIL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AND ANVIL MEMBER FORMED WITH A HEMISPHERICAL SAMPLE RECEIVING CAVITY TO BE FILLED TO EXCESS WITH SAID INCOMPRESSIBLE ENCASING MATERIAL AND TERMNATING IN A GASKET FORMING LIP, AND SAID RAM ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ANVIL CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A FLAT SAMPLE ENGAGING SURFACE FORMED TO FIT CLOSELY INTO THE OPEN FACE OF SAID CAVITY, AND HAVING ADJACENT SAID FLAT SURFACE A GASKET FORMING LIP, SAID FLAT SAMPLE ENGAGING SURFACE OF THE RAM BEING SPACED APART FROM THE HEMISHPERICAL CAVITY TO BE MOVED RELATIVELY TO A POSITION IN WHICH SAID INCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL IS PLACED UNDER A MAXIMUM PRESSURE, AND IN WHICH EXCESS INCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL IS EXTRUDED BETWEEN SAID LIPS, AND SAID GASKET FORMING LIP BEING SPACED APART TO BE MOVED CLAMPING BETWEEN THEM SAID EXTRUDED MATERIAL AT SAID MAXIMUM PRESSURE TO FORM A FRICTIONALLY IMMOVABLE CAVITY SEALING GASKET SEALING IN SAID IMCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL FILLED CAVITY AT SAID MAXIMUM PRESSURE.