Abstract: A self-contained breathing apparatus includes an air cylinder pressurized to about 5500 psig, wherein the air cylinder is compatible with infrastructure used in conjunction with the air cylinder. The self-contained breathing apparatus also includes a first regulator valve for reducing air pressure from the air cylinder to a predetermined level. A second regulator valve is also provided for reducing the air pressure from the predetermined level to a level suitable for use by an operator, wherein air is supplied from the second regulator valve to the operator via a mask. The self-contained breathing apparatus further includes a frame for supporting the air cylinder on the back of the operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A self-contained breathing apparatus includes an air cylinder pressurized to about 5500 psi, wherein the air cylinder is compatible with infrastructure used in conjunction with the air cylinder. The self-contained breathing apparatus also includes a first regulator valve for reducing air pressure from the air cylinder to a predetermined level. A second regulator valve is also provided for reducing the air pressure from the predetermined level to a level suitable for use by an operator, wherein air is supplied from the second regulator valve to the operator via a mask. The self-contained breathing apparatus further includes a frame for supporting the air cylinder on the back of the operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A gas pressure vessel capable of performing processing of removing wrinkles on an inner surface of a dome part and preventing cracking starting from a root of a thread of a neck part is provided. In a gas pressure vessel according to one embodiment, a dome part (12) has an opening whose diameter is 90 mm or greater, and the innermost root of the thread in a female thread part (10a) into which a lid (20) is screwed is provided inside an imaginary plane (B) formed by extending an outer surface of the dome part (12) toward an opening.

Abstract: A fluid end, includes a plunger reciprocating within a first bore, the plunger increasing a pressure of a fluid within a pressure chamber. The fluid end also includes a second bore. The fluid end further includes a plug assembly associated with the second bore. The plug assembly includes a plug body positioned within the second bore. The plug assembly also includes a lock ring positioned, at least in part, within the second bore, the lock ring positioned to be driven radially outward responsive to a longitudinal force applied to the plug body.

Abstract: A fuel tank includes a built-in component having a head portion, a neck portion, and a shoulder portion, the built-in component being anchored to a tank body by blowing air from outside a parison to cause the parison wrap around the neck portion during molding of the tank body. A slit extending in one direction only is formed on a surface of the shoulder portion as an air vent path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing apparatus for a high-pressure tank and a high-pressure tank comprising same, wherein the sealing apparatus comprises: a liner configured to accommodate a high-pressure fluid; a connection boss which is a metallic connector provided at an inlet of the liner and includes a first connection boss part coupled to an inner surface of the inlet and a second connection boss part coupled to an outer surface of the inlet and having a tapered shape with a relatively narrow upper side and a relatively wide lower side; and a coupling member configured to come into surface contact with an outer surface of the second connection boss part and having a tilted surface corresponding to a shape of the second connection boss part so that an inner diameter of a lower side is larger than that of an upper side.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a vessel body, a covering part, and a cylindrical mouthpiece. The vessel body includes a cylindrical open end portion on at least one end side of the vessel body. The covering part is made of a fiber reinforced resin and covers an outer surface of the vessel body. The mouthpiece is configured such that a plurality of mouthpiece bodies each having a projection on an inner surface of the mouthpiece body is connected to each other in a circumferential direction of the open end portion. The mouthpiece is attached to an outer peripheral surface of the open end portion by the projections biting into the covering part covering the outer peripheral surface of the open end portion. The mouthpiece bodies of the mouthpiece are connected to each other by fitting together fitting portions formed at end portions of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: In an aircraft water tank, a mouthpiece is attached to an inner liner, and an overflowing adhesive is received in an annular missing portion provided to an expanded portion of the mouthpiece through the gap between a skirt portion and the inner liner. Further, a sealant fills the part of the annular missing portion, which is exposed from an end of a plate portion for the expanded portion.

Abstract: A pressure container includes a liner filled with gas inside, a reinforcement layer that is formed in contact with the outer surface of the liner by using a fiber reinforced resin and covers the liner from the outside, and a cap attached to the liner. The cap is formed into an annular shape, and includes a plurality of cap bodies that have engagement portions projecting toward the reinforcement layer and are arranged with intervals in a circumferential direction, and bridge portions that connect, in the circumferential direction, the cap bodies adjacent in the circumferential direction. The cap is attached to the liner in a state in which the bridge portions are deformed and the engagement portions of the plurality of cap bodies are engaged with the reinforcement layer.

Abstract: A gypsum slurry mixer output canister is provided, including a canister housing having an upper end, an opposite lower end and defining a canister interior, a cover secured to the upper end, a slurry inlet in operational relationship to the upper end, a spiral block associated with the upper end, and having a helical flow surface depending into the interior. A flow distributor is secured to the lower end and is in fluid communication with the interior, and a slurry outlet is defined by the lower canister housing end.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a vessel body, a covering part, and a cylindrical mouthpiece. The vessel body includes a cylindrical open end portion on at least one end side of the vessel body. The covering part is made of a fiber reinforced resin and covers an outer surface of the vessel body. The mouthpiece is configured such that a plurality of mouthpiece bodies each having a projection on an inner surface of the mouthpiece body is connected to each other in a circumferential direction of the open end portion. The mouthpiece is attached to an outer peripheral surface of the open end portion by the projections biting into the covering part covering the outer peripheral surface of the open end portion. The mouthpiece bodies of the mouthpiece are connected to each other by fitting together fitting portions formed at end portions of the mouthpiece bodies in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An apparatus is configured to be positioned between a boss and a shell of a pressure vessel. The boss includes a bore therethrough, and the bore has a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes an annular body and a gas permeable feature. The annular body includes an inner surface configured to abut the boss and an outer surface configured to abut the shell. The annular body has opposite first and second ends relative to the longitudinal axis. The gas permeable feature is provided on the inner surface and extends at least from the first end to the second end. The disclosure also describes a pressure vessel including a shell, and boss, and an apparatus positioned between the boss and the shell. A method for forming a pressure vessel includes mounting a boss on a mandrel, positioning an annular fitting about a neck of the boss, forming a liner, and forming an outer shell.

Abstract: A device, system and method to support the ends of composite pressurized storage vessel, including supporting two ends of a cylindrical composite pressurized storage vessel with an axial rod/tube fixed axially inside the storage vessel fixed at each end; and providing a fluid pathway into the vessel from at least one of the two ends which is not obstructed by the axial rod/tubing.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a sealing system for a dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) system. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a reservoir including an inlet opening; an outer tube; and a tapered seal shaped to seal against the inlet opening and the outer tube, the tapered seal including: a first section removably coupleable to a second section; and a through-hole formed by a first plurality of inner surfaces of both the first section and the second section, the through-hole shaped to encircle the outer tube. In this way, the tapered seal may be coupled around the fluid passage without inserting a tip of the fluid passage through the through-hole of the tapered seal, and a sterility of the system may be maintained.

Abstract: A high pressure tank includes: a resin liner for containing a fluid; and a cap including a supply/discharge hole. A cylindrical portion formed with the liner in a protruding manner is inserted in the supply/discharge hole. In a seal groove formed in an inner circumferential surface of the supply/discharge hole, a seal member and a back-up member disposed on an upstream side of the seal member in the supply direction are provided. A tapered groove surface of the seal groove facing toward the back-up member is apart from the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion along the supply direction. A tapered member surface of the back-up member facing toward the tapered groove surface has a diameter expanding along the supply direction.

Abstract: Provided are a reaction tube, a substrate processing apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of suppressing a non-uniform distribution of a gas in a top region to improve the flow of the gas and film uniformity within and between substrate surfaces. The reaction tube has a cylindrical shape, accommodates a plurality of substrates stacked therein, and includes a cylindrical portion and a ceiling portion covering an upper end portion of the cylindrical portion, the ceiling portion having a substantially flat top inner surface. A thickness of a sidewall of the ceiling portion is greater than that of a sidewall of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A water filtration system utilizes a housing configured to utilize various types of filter media and having a press-sealed closing system. The closing system includes a head portion defining a head opening, a lock member, and a lid member. The lock member releasably engages the head portion such that an abutment section of the lock member projects into the head opening. The lid member is received by the head portion to cover the head opening, and has an outward-facing press section configured to abut an inward facing portion of the abutment section of the lock member when the lid member is covering the head opening. Pressure generated within the housing during water filtration presses the lid member in an outward direction and causes the lid member press section to press against the abutment section of the lock member to substantially prevent disengagement of the lock member from the head portion.

Abstract: A compensation tank for hydraulic motor vehicle brake systems, including a tank housing having at least one pressure medium chamber which can be filled with pressure medium via a filler neck, and a cap which can be fastened to the filler neck by a threaded connection having a cap thread and a tank thread. The cap and the tank housing each have a respective stop, which stops permit a predetermined positioning of the cap in relation to the tank housing.

Abstract: A gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The gasket may include an upper portion arranged for positioning on the top surface of the cylinder and for making a seal with the top surface, and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion and around the side surface of the neck of the cylinder, such that the lower portion is arranged to make a seal with the side surface of the gas cylinder. Face and gland seals may be established by the gasket with an opening that receives the gasket and an associated cylinder neck.

Abstract: An inspectable pressure vessel (10) for containing a fluid such as CNG, the vessel having a generally cylindrical shape over a majority of its length, at least one opening for gas loading and offloading and for liquid evacuation, at least one stainless steel layer as a first layer (100) for being in contact with the fluid when the fluid is contained within the vessel, the first layer being made of low-carbon stainless steel, and a further external composite layer (200) made of at least one fiber-reinforced polymer layer that will not be in contact with the fluid when the fluid is contained within the vessel.

Abstract: A sealing system for an outlet of a plastic-lined cylinder has a plastic liner outlet extending into a bore of a boss. An insert is engageable with the bore, forming a primary seal between the insert and portion of the liner outlet. Further, a tapered compression surface of the insert engages a tapered bore portion of the liner outlet adjacent the primary seal for compressing the liner outlet and closing any annular assembly clearance at the primary seal for obviating opportunity for seal extrusion under pressure. An axial position in the boss, and dimensional integrity, of the liner outlet is maintained by engaging an annular distal end of the liner outlet in the bore by a stop. The stop can be integral with the boss. Reverse extrusion of the primary seal due to trapped gas and rapid decompression of the cylinder can be defeated by providing a leak path.

Abstract: A gasket for a compressed gas cylinder arranged to operate with a gas cylinder having a neck with a top surface around a gas outlet and a side surface extending downwardly from the top surface. The gasket may include an upper portion arranged for positioning on the top surface of the cylinder and for making a seal with the top surface, and a lower portion extending downwardly from the upper portion and around the side surface of the neck of the cylinder, such that the lower portion is arranged to make a seal with the side surface of the gas cylinder. Face and gland seals may be established by the gasket with an opening that receives the gasket and an associated cylinder neck.

Abstract: A pressurized-gas storage assembly has a liner defining a gas storage chamber and an end portion with a planar surface, with an access opening on the planar surface that is in fluid communication with the gas storage chamber. A raised circular ring extends from the planar surface and surrounds the access opening. The assembly also includes a polar boss having a longitudinally extending part that has a top surface with a recessed opening, and a planar bottom surface, with a channel extending through the polar boss to serve as a passageway through the polar boss. A circular groove is provided on the bottom flat surface of the polar boss, with the raised ring received inside the circular groove. An outer shell is provided around the entirety of the liner, with the outer shell having an edge-defining aperture that receives the polar boss.

Abstract: Vessel, comprising a substantially fluid tight liner provided with a layer of fiber material, and a mount for mounting appendages to the vessel. The mount comprises a substantially cylindrical neck portion with a radially outwardly extending base flange. The base flange is axially fixedly but rotationally free held between the liner and the layer of fiber material.

Abstract: A vessel for storing pressurized gas. The storage vessel may be manufactured in a variety of predetermined shapes. Plural frame members are interconnected with each other, collectively forming a lattice frame. A network of internal supports is disposed within the interior of the lattice frame, the internal supports being made of a carbon-reinforced composite material. The storage vessel has an outer shell made up of layers of carbon-reinforced composite material sheets enveloping the exterior of the lattice frame.

Abstract: A pressure vessel for storing a fluid, the pressure vessel including an annular inner boss having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passage adapted to receive a utility device therein, wherein the inner boss includes a liner channel formed intermediate the inner surface and the outer surface, a vessel liner having a portion thereof disposed in the liner channel of the inner boss, and an outer boss secured to the outer surface of the inner boss.

Abstract: A composite pressure vessel assembly method includes fitting an end portion of a tubular member into an annular slot formed in an end cap. Sealant may be in the annular slot. The end cap includes an annular groove in an exterior surface of the end cap body portion. A first material layer is formed on an exterior surface of the tubular member. The first material layer includes a first composite material including fibers oriented circumferentially to the tubular member. A second material layer is formed on the first material layer with a portion of the second material layer being disposed into the annular groove, and includes a second composite material including fibers oriented axially to the tubular member. A third material layer is formed adjacent the second material layer and in the annular groove, and includes a third composite material including fibers having an orientation circumferential to the tubular member.

Abstract: A pressure vessel, including: a body portion; and an inclined nozzle projecting from the body portion along an axis inclined relative to an inner surface of the body portion, wherein: a through hole of a circular section is formed through both the body portion and the inclined nozzle. At an intersecting portion between the inner surface of the body portion and a surface surrounding the through hole, there are formed round portions. The radius of each of the round portions at two positions in a major axis direction is smaller than the radius of each of round portions.

Abstract: A system for sealing an access port of a pressurized container or conduit comprises a metallic cap 10 having a sealing surface 20 which forms a seal with a corresponding sealing surface 16 of a metallic access port assembly 2, when the surfaces are pushed against each other by a clamping means 4 which is preferably separate from the cap. As shown the metal to metal sealing surfaces are frustro-conical in shape. The cap comprises a shoulder 26 which engages the rim of the access port if the cap is over tightened preventing deformation of the sealing surfaces. The cap may comprise a further frustro-conical sealing surface 40 which co acts with a corresponding surface 46 on an insert 6 which fits within and rests upon an internal shoulder 18 of the access port assembly 2 which may be welded onto a container.

Abstract: A pressure container comprising a plastic container core (2) for storing a fluid under pressure, a support sheath (3) surrounding the plastic container core (2), a connection piece (4) formed at the plastic container core (2) and having an opening (5) for filling in and discharging the fluid from the plastic container core (2), a connection body (6) arranged radially outside the connection piece (4) and having a bore (7), a valve body (8) having a fluid duct (9) for conducting the fluid in and out through the opening (5) in the connection piece (4), wherein the valve body (8) is arranged in the opening (5) of the connection piece (4) and in the bore (7) of the connection body (6), wherein the connection body (4) has at least one radially inside annular groove (12) and a second seal (13) is arranged in the at least one radially inside annular groove (12), so that the second seal (13) rests radially outside on the connection piece (4).

Abstract: Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing.

Abstract: A pressure vessel for transporting compressed gas at very high pressure without failing includes an inverted neck at the head so that pressure from compressed gas is applied to the neck in a converging manner. A plug valve is inserted into the opening defined by the neck to seal the pressure vessel. As pressure from the compressed gas enclosed in the pressure vessel increases, engagement between the neck and the plug also increases. Therefore, the pressure vessel can withstand higher levels of pressure from compressed gas before failing during hydro and burst testing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel (10) for gases, in particular helium, which is characterized in that the pressure vessel has an outer casing having pressure resistance up to an internal gas pressure of at least 10 bar, in that the outer casing of the pressure vessel has at least one highly diffusion-resistant barrier layer having a leak rate for helium at an internal gas pressure of 10 bar and room temperature of preferably less than 10?2 mbar·l/s, and in that the vessel has an accommodating volume for gas at atmospheric pressure of at least 25 liters. The outer casing of the pressure vessel can comprise at least one barrier layer made of a flexible polymer film having a high barrier function or ultra barrier function or at least one highly gas-tight flexible barrier layer made of EVOH. The vessel can be bag-like or, in particular at higher pressures, inherently rigid.

Abstract: There is disclosed a valve assembly for a gas container capable of appropriately discharging a gas from the gas container, even if a valve of a discharge passage has a failure or the like. The valve assembly for the gas container disposed at the gas container has, as passages which allow the inside of the gas container to communicate with the outside, a filling passage which fills the gas container with the gas and a discharge passage which discharges the gas. Furthermore, the valve assembly has a filling-side valve disposed at the filling passage and configured to close this passage, a discharge-side valve disposed at the discharge passage and configured to close this passage, a communication path which connects a downstream side of the discharge-side valve to a downstream side of the filling-side valve, and a shut-off valve disposed at the communication path.

Abstract: Materials of a nitride single crystal of a metal belonging to III group and a flux are contained in a crucible, which is contained in a reaction container, the reaction container is contained in an outer container, the outer container is contained in a pressure container, and nitrogen-containing atmosphere is supplied into the outer container and melt is generated in the crucible to grow a nitride single crystal of a metal belonging to III group. The reaction container includes a main body containing the crucible and a lid. The main body includes a side wall having a fitting face and a groove opening at the fitting face and a bottom wall. The lid has an upper plate part including a contact face for the fitting face of the main body and a flange part extending from the upper plate part and surrounding an outer side of said side wall.

Abstract: The invention is a safety device (1) for fluid containers including at least two units (3) to be engaged with each other so as to define an inner volume adapted to receive said fluid under pressure, the safety device (1) comprising a closing system (4) defining a closed position in which said units (3) are combined together in a fluid-tight manner, and an open position in which they can be mutually moved, a vent member (5) suitable to enable the fluid under pressure (2) to come out of the container (2) or prevent the fluid from coming out, and at least one junction mechanism (14) adapted to operatively connect the vent member (5) to the closing system (4), and lock the closing system (4) to the closed position when the vent member (5) is in the closed position.

Abstract: A pressure vessel including a container and a lid for placing thereon. By twisting the lid and container relative to each another, the container and lid can be detachably locked together by a peripheral locking segments configured along the lines of a bayonet fastening. A circumferential sealing ring is in the region of the lid edge and the container edge for sealing the interior of the container against a drop in pressure when said container and lid are in the locked position. The pressure vessel including an auxiliary device or aid for correct positioning of the lid on the container. The positioning aid comprising a downward-projecting positioning element in the region of the lid edge which, when the lid is correctly positioned on top of the container, can be inserted into a recess which is open towards the top and in the region of the container edge.

Abstract: A metallic liner for a composite reinforced high pressure gas cylinder is composed of a seamless metal tube contoured with a top dome and bottom dome. The liner is further composed of a seamless top metal end cap having a mating shape of the top dome and a seamless bottom metal end cap having a mating shape of the bottom dome. Alternatively, an extruded cup is shaped to a dome at the open end and one or two seamless metal end caps are used. In the method of manufacturing, the top and bottom ends of the metal tube are contoured, the end caps are produced, and one or two end caps are attached to the ends of the tube.

Abstract: A pressure vessel for storing a fluid, the pressure vessel including an annular inner boss having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passage adapted to receive a utility device therein, wherein the inner boss includes a liner channel formed intermediate the inner surface and the outer surface, a vessel liner having a portion thereof disposed in the liner channel of the inner boss, and an outer boss secured to the outer surface of the inner boss.

Abstract: A composite compressed gas tank has an outer shell and a liner. The liner is made of a light metal, in particular, aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The gas tank has an in-feed and discharge port, in which is inserted a closing element having at least one channel. The closing element is connected directly or indirectly to the liner by a welded joint, and a steel material connecting line is connected to the channel or channels. A transition element has a first end segment made of a light metal, in particular aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and is welded either to the liner or to the closing element if made of a light metal. The other end segment of the transition element is made of a steel material and is welded either to the closing element, or to the connecting line if made of a steel material.

Abstract: A gas-tight detonation-proof container for the transport and storage of detonation-dangerous material that can be opened and closed by remote control is provided. The container, which is of the type that can be opened by separation, will also, if required, be able to be used for the active detonation of dangerous material inside the same. The detonation-proof transport container according to the invention is particularly characterized in that it is opened and closed by a locking ring disposed between the two parts of the container and is arranged such that it can be circumrotated in the parting plane. In the closed state, the locking rings holds together the two parts of the container and, for this purpose, has a double-sided multi-toothed bayonet coupling which, upon a limited circumrotation, locks in the two parts of the container.

Abstract: A gas cylinder (1) internally defining a gas storage space (2) able to be closed by a stop valve (3) comprises a rigid wall (4) made from composite material having a reinforcing layer (5) containing reinforcing fibres and an inner surface (6) and a flexible sealing wall (13) connected to the rigid wall (4) through a mouth (9) and suitable for adhering in pressing contact against the inner surface (6) of the rigid wall (4).

Abstract: A pressure-resistant container has a peripheral part of an inner shell opening attached to a mouth ring end surface inside of the container to cover the mouth ring. The pressure-resistant container has a cylindrical pressing member screwed into an inner peripheral surface of the mouth ring, an inner peripheral surface of the mouth ring extends between the inner shell and the pressing member, a first seal peripherally contacts the inner shell and the pressing member, a valve having a screw part screws into the mouth ring more outside of the container than the pressing member and an inner end part which is inserted in the hole part of the pressing member and a second seal to seal between an outer peripheral surface of the inner end part and an inner peripheral surface of the pressing member. A third seal is also provided.

Abstract: A closure device for a container of compressed gas, particularly a capsule having a water capacity in the range of 5 to 100 ml, comprises a shut-off valve 122 and a pressure-reducing valve 120, particularly a pressure regulating valve. The shut-off valve 122 is on the lower pressure side of the pressure-reducing valve 120. The closure device may also comprise a fill valve 118 to enable the container to be recharged with gas.

Abstract: In a multilayer pressure container constructed by covering a thin wall container made of synthetic resin or the like with a resin-impregnated fiber-reinforced layer and subsequently curing the impregnating resin, the present invention provides a sealing structure for a high-pressure container which allows sealing measures to be phased in during assembly before curing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a valve unit for a pressure vessel, the latter consisting of a receptacle and a lid which can be placed on said receptacle in such a way as to make it pressure-tight and said valve unit including: a safety function, pressure-relief function and pressure indicator function; adjustable indicator levels and pressure levels; an indicator pin (4) or indicator piston (10) which is supported against an indicator spring (7), can move in axial direction and bears on its portion becoming visible upon pressurization, due to its emergence from a valve housing (12), indicator rings, for example, for indicating the pressure inside the vessel; and comprising a valve body (5) which is movable in axial direction against the action of an exhaust steam spring (6) and, in the closed position, rests against a seal seat (19), lifting off from this, when a given pressure inside the vessel is exceeded, to uncover a pressure-relief aperture (20), in which case both the indicator spring (7) and the exhaust ste

Abstract: A cap, for safely filling and closing an engine oil tank, in particular of an aircraft engine, has an elongated tubular body for feeding oil into the tank; a removable cover body for closing an end portion of the tubular body; an oil feed valve located close to the end portion of the tubular body and movable between an open position, allowing oil flow into the tank, and a closed position, preventing oil outflow from the tank; a filter upstream from the oil feed valve; a dipstick for measuring the oil level in the tank, and which is housed in the tubular body and carried by the removable cover body; and a monostable valve controlled by the dipstick.

Abstract: A ring seal includes a body portion and a tail portion extending from the body portion. The body portion has, when viewed in cross-section and in an uncompressed state, an axially outboard surface and an axially inboard surface. The outboard surface defines a first sealing lobe, and the inboard surface defines a second sealing lobe that shares an axial centerline with the first sealing lobe.

Abstract: A press comprises a pressure vessel having an internal closure. The internal closure comprises a cover and a number of elements for transmitting forces in pressurized operation between the cover and the inner wall of the pressure vessel. Each element has a first contact surface adapted to fit a contact surface of the cover and a second contact surface adapted to fit a contact surface of the inner wall of the pressure vessel. The elements are movable away from the contact surface of the cover and the contact surface of the inner wall of the pressure vessel in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the pressure vessel. A method is provided for opening a pressure vessel.

Abstract: A modular packaging system of containers each having a generally tubular, hollow container body of a fiber-reinforced composite material with cooperative mating interlocking elements extending axially along its length. The interlocking elements allow the containers to be stacked and palletized in a stable manner. An interface between a closure mechanism and the container body provides a good seal and prevents fraying or brooming of the fiber-reinforced composite material at the end face of the body.