US4192718A
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Burst-protected steel pressure vessel with double protection in radial as well as axial direction
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-06-30
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Granted: 1980-03-11
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Expires: 1997-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A pressure vessel whose wall is constructed of rings or ring elements of steel or cast-steel plates provided with axial bores for the passage of tension cables and cooling media, said plates being stacked together to form the pressure vessel wall; the cover of said pressure vessel, wherein several thick-walled disc-segment shaped plates are connected with one another via tension screws and a carrier cross.
Inventors
- 👤 Nikolai Janakiev
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 16:14
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16J; F16J12/00; G; G21; G21C; G21C13/00; G21C13/08; G21C13/087; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
Pressure vessel composed of wall elements, cover and bottom, wherein the wall is constructed of ring-segment-shaped steel or cast-steel elements having surface plates and axial openings for the passage of tension cables and cooling media, said elements being stacked in layers and the surface plates of each layer being offset relative to those of the superjacent and subjacent layers, and said plates having radial recesses at the outer side into which ring segments of C-shaped cross-section matingly engage under axial clamping of at least two superjacent plates.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
Pressure vessel composed of wall elements, cover and bottom, wherein the wall is constructed of ring-segment-shaped steel or cast-steel elements having surface plates and axial openings for the passage of tension cables and cooling media, said elements being stacked in layers and the surface plates of each layer being offset relative to those of the superjacent and subjacent layers, and said plates having radial recesses at the outer side into which ring segments of C-shaped cross-section matingly engage under axial clamping of at least two superjacent plates.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein shear pins are inserted into registering holes of respectively abutting superjacent ring-segment-shaped plates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein the plates of each layer are offset relative to those of the superjacent and subjacent layers by half the length of a plate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein the ring segments form with their rear sides the closed outer surface of the vessel, about which pressure bands are placed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, further comprising two cooling systems formed independently of one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, having a circumferential tensioning system of several parts, including at least two tensioning segments, spacer plates and tensioning shoes, about which tension cables or bands are placed and tensioned.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein said cover is prestressed and is comprised of several thick walled disc-segment-shaped plates connected to one another by means of tensioning screws via a carrier cross.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 7, wherein the carrier cross is mechanically clamped to the adjacent plates.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 7, wherein the tension cables of the tension screws are surrounded by a sleeve which in turning engages projections of said sleeve with corresponding recesses of the adjacent plates in bayonet-closure manner.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
79 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 7, wherein the carrier-cross is spider shaped and of two parts, consisting of an upper and a mirror-symmetrical lower part and has a central, preferably hexagonal polygonal traverse and arms of trapezoidal cross-section which extend radially from the carriers thereof, which arms lie in corresponding recesses in the edges of adjacent plates, the tensioning screws extended through bores in the arms of the carrier-cross parts from one side of the cover to the other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 10, wherein the carrier cross includes polygonal intermediate arms.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 10, wherein between any two respective radial arms of the upper and lower parts of the carrier cross a strap-shaped wedge having holes for the passage of the tension screws is inserted parallel to the arms which abut in the region of carrier-cross radial arms.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 1, wherein said cover is comprised of disc-segment-shaped hollow plates.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
86 words
Pressure vessel according to claim 13, wherein the hollow plates have pass-through apertures and wherein tension cables of tension anchors extend between concentric inner and outer sleeves which lead from one to the other side of the hollow plate, of which sleeves the outer sleeve is welded along a ring weld to an upper and lower plate in the interior of the plate, whereas the inner sleeve is welded to an upper side and lower side of the hollow plate via ring plates and ring flanges.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-03-11 | 1983-09-10 | 1984-03-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-03-11 | 1987-09-10 | 1988-03-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-03-11 | 1991-09-10 | 1992-03-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |