Abstract: A storage tube assembly, with a cap having a top surface and a sealing member connected to the top surface, the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall, the sealing member also has a recessed portion between the upper wall and lower wall and a flange cut into the lower wall; a sealing ring, the sealing ring is sized to cooperate with and be received in the recessed portion of the sealing member of the cap; and a tube, the tube has a generally circular inner wall with a cut therein, the cut in the inner wall is positioned to receive the sealing ring when the sealing ring is positioned within the recessed portion of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube.

Abstract: An appliance has an illuminated trim assembly that includes an appliance cabinet having first and second sidewalls and a top wall. The appliance cabinet defines a compartment. A trim breaker member extends along a forward edge of the first and second sidewalls and the top wall. A light housing is positioned rearward of the trim breaker member and defines a light source channel. The light source channel has an open end proximate the compartment. A lens extends between the trim breaker member and the light housing. The lens is positioned to separate the light source channel from the compartment. A light source is positioned within the light source channel and is configured to direct light through the lens into the compartment.

Abstract: An airfoil blade assembly includes a first shell member having a body having a first lock seam formed at one end thereof and a free distal end opposite the first lock seam, and a second shell member having a body having and a second lock seam formed at one end thereof and an a free distal end opposite the second lock seam. The second shell member is inverted with respect to the first shell member. The free distal end of the first shell member is captured within the second lock seam of the second shell member and the free distal end of the second shell member is captured within the first lock seam of the first shell member to lock the blades to one another.

Abstract: A container includes a base, and a jacket adjoining the base and having a peripheral flange which defines an opening cross section which can be closed by a cover. The cover includes first snap-fit hooks distributed about a periphery of the cover for engagement in complementing first latching openings in the peripheral flange to thereby establish a form fit that prevents a movement away from the base and parallel to a vertical axis of the container in perpendicular relation to the base. The peripheral flange has four corner regions, each provided with a second latching opening for engagement of a second snap-fit hook of the cover. The second latching opening has at least one portion configured curved or inclined in relation to both a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis of the container, or has at least two straight portions extending at an inclination in relation to one another.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator having a door rotatably hinged to a body of the refrigerator that prevents droop of the door at the side opposite to the axis of rotation of the door. A dyke formed on the rear surface of the door is provided with a roller, which is supported by the bottom surface of the storage compartment. A roller cap having a roller accommodation space to accommodate a part of the roller is connected to the dyke, and the roller is rotatably mounted to the roller cap.

Abstract: A metal can body formed from a base stretching, drawing, and ironing process has a base having a hardness that is greater than the raw sheet, a thickness that is less than raw sheet, and a grain aspect ratio that is elongated relative to the raw sheet.

Abstract: A bottle (1; 20; 60) includes a shaped body (2; 67) and a removable bottom (3; 21; 61) provided with one or more shaped elements, wherein one of the shaped elements is pressure-fitted to the shaped body (2; 67) of the bottle (1; 20; 60).

Abstract: The container comprises a peripheral side wall (10), whose upper peripheral edge (10c) defines a retention hook (11) with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side leg (11a), an arched base leg (11b) and an outer lateral leg (11c). An upper end wall (20) of the container comprises a median panel (21) and a peripheral upper skirt (22) having an end edge (22c) defining a closure hook (23) with a profile in the form of an inverted U, having an inner side portion (23a), an arched base portion (23b), and an outer side portion (23c) which incorporates an upwardly projecting end flange (23d). The closure hook (23) is fitted onto the retention hook (11) and radially inwardly deformed, compressing an elastic sealing element (40) between the two hooks and maintaining the end flange (23d) projecting upwardly to the interior of the retention hook (11).

Abstract: A water carbonator has a tubular body (1) closed at the ends by a pair of end plates (2, 4) preset for the hydraulic circuit for mixing water with CO2. These end plates (2, 4) are secured to the tubular body (1) by a shape coupling. Sealing of pressure of the fluid contained in the tubular body (1) is ensured by interposing elastic gaskets (3, 18).

Abstract: The structure of a clinch portion of a mounting cup is provided which can retain a gasket. The clinch portion includes a curl portion continuous with an upper end of an outer circumferential wall at an inner circumferential edge of the curl portion, and a curl skirt portion having an upper end continuous with an outer circumferential edge of the curl portion. The curl portion is made of a plurality of curved planes having different radii extending from the inner circumferential edge to outer circumferential edge. A space a portion of the gasket can enter is formed between a virtual curved plane with a radius constituting the inner plane of the curl portion and an inner curved plane or an outer curved plane, or between the virtual curved plane and both the inner and outer curved planes.

Abstract: A storage unit which is substantially water proof is provided. The storage unit may comprise a shell having lower edges which mate into a groove formed in a top surface of a base to provide a substantially waterproof barrier therebetween. The junction between the lower edge of the side walls and the first groove may be sealed with a water proof sealant. A front side wall of the shell may have an aperture therethrough to allow users to move items into and out of the storage unit. A door may be attached to the storage unit to prevent water from entering into the storage unit through the aperture. Moreover, a lower edge of the door body may be inserted into a second groove formed in the top surface of the base to prevent water from entering into the storage unit from under the door.

Abstract: A water heater comprising: a case main body; a front cover for closing a front opening of the case main body; a waterproof packing member interposed between a first inner peripheral flange formed on an inner peripheral edge of the front opening of the case main body and a second inner peripheral flange formed on an inner peripheral edge of a rear end of the front cover; and a water receiver which is located below the waterproof packing member disposed in an upper region and which extends from the first inner peripheral flange of the case main body or the second inner peripheral flange of the front cover.

Abstract: A bottle container made of resin includes a cylindrical barrel with a bottom and a cylindrical neck portion with a diameter smaller than that of the barrel. The bottle container also includes an upper part and a lower part divided into two parts by dividing at an upper end or a lower end of the barrel, and under the condition that the upper part and the lower part are connected with each other. The two parts are integrated by a cover member for liquid-tightly covering connecting surfaces of the two parts to shield the connecting surfaces from outside and to integrate the two parts with each other.

Abstract: There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior surface of the bottom cap to contact a substrate, such as a table.

Abstract: A constructional unit has a frame and a cover. The frame and the cover are formed of materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion. A plurality of spacers is arranged between the frame and the cover and defines a gap therebetween. An adhesive is provided in the gap to attach the frame to the cover and simultaneously seal the gap.

Abstract: There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior surface of the bottom cap to contact a substrate, such as a table.

Abstract: There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior surface of the bottom cap to contact a substrate, such as a table.

Abstract: An “IMPROVEMENT INTRODUCED IN A LID-SEAL OF METAL CONTAINERS FOR POWDER FOOD OR OTHERS” constituted by fixing, through a beading process in the upper edge of a metal container (1) made of sheet metal with the set formed by a plastic membrane (2) forming a peripheral portion (9), followed internally of a recess with ring like recess (10) and a perimetral ring like reinforcement (11) and with a lower ring shaped thin line for the breaking (12) when pulled, after the breaking of the short breaking portion (13) of the incorporated pulling ring (14) and a stamped metal ring (3) forming a flat inner section (4) with a central circular opening (5) with the inner edge beaded inwards (6) and an elevation to form an upper bed (7) and a peripheral edge turned downwards (8) so that, jointly with the peripheral portion (9) of the membrane (2) be beaded in the container (1), the development of which has the purpose of obtaining a seal-lid assuring the necessary sealing and the consequent quality of the packaged

Abstract: Sealed structural joints for use in manufacturing pressurized tank structures, and particularly cryogenic fuel tanks. In a preferred embodiment, the structural joints and seals comprise a strain-compliant material as applied to a joint or seam to provide a surface to bridge the joint with a continuous skin so as to provide a completed bonded inner surface. In the preferred embodiment, the strain-compliant material comprises honeycomb, although foam cores and homogenous elastomeric materials may also be utilized. Among the specific applications by which the joint seals of the present invention may be employed include splice joint seals, frame seals, and access cover openings.

Abstract: A valve mounting assembly for an aerosol container comprising a mounting cup and a sleeve gasket initially positioned on at least a substantial portion of the skirt of the mounting cup. The sleeve gasket has an axial height and radial thickness of from about 0.080 to 0.150 inches and from about 0.030 to 0.060 inches, respectively; said dimension being preferably from about 0.090 to 0.140 inches and from about 0.035 to 0.055 inches, respectively and said dimensions most preferably being from about 0.100 to 0.130 inches and from about 0.040 to 0.050 inches. In a method herein, the gasket is advanced onto the skirt of the mounting cup, and then advanced into the annular channel of the mounting cup and deformed about 90° to form a gasket of dimensions equivalent to a cut gasket. The gasket may be cut from an extruded tube of gasket material, which can be cut to very precise longitudinal dimensions.

Abstract: A device for containing and dispensing a product may include a housing including an opening, and a container for containing a product. The container may be within the housing and may have an end portion defining an opening of the container. The device may also include a region in the housing for receiving a gas to pressurize the container. The region may be defined at least partially by an interior of the housing and an exterior of the container. The device may further include a cover member covering at least a substantial part of the opening of the housing. The end portion of the housing may be between a portion of the cover member and a portion of the housing. Additionally, the device may include a valve on the cover member configured to dispense product from the container and a seal compressed between the portion of the housing and the portion of the cover member.

Abstract: A bulk-solid metering system has a support structure. A feed hopper is mounted with respect to the structure and has an upper edge. In the improvement, the structure includes an upper member and the upper edge is below such upper member. The structure defines a lateral opening sized and shaped to permit the feed hopper to be withdrawn laterally through the opening. The feed hopper includes a spout extending therefrom. In a highly preferred embodiment, the lateral opening is positioned to permit withdrawal of the feed hopper in a direction away from the spout. The feed hopper is configured to promote very good mass flow as well as to permit agitation in that, in one embodiment, it has a body made of flexible material. There is a hopper upper flange and the spout is spaced below such flange. The body has a first cross-sectional shape, e.g., circular, adjacent to the upper flange and has a second cross-sectional shape, e.g., ellipse-like, intermediate the upper flange and the spout.

Abstract: A mounting cup for an aerosol container having radially outward extending dimples on the body portion of the mounting cup and radially inward extending indents in the skirt portion of the mounting cup; both the dimples and the indents being aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting cup. In the preferred form of the mounting cup, three aligned dimples and indents are spaced equidistant about the circumference of the body portion and the skirt portion, respectively. Additionally, the method of this invention comprises forming a mounting cup having dimples and indents aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mounting cup, wherein the indents are formed in the last stage of a progressive die stamping operation through displacement of the metal of the mounting cup into a recess in the outer surface of the pilot tool during the formation of the skirt portion of the mounting cup.

Abstract: There is provided a container having a container with open end, and a bottom cap has a sealant material bonded thereto to provide a hermetic seal between the bottom cap and the open bottom of the container and a grip surface through or slightly beyond the exterior surface of the bottom cap to contact a substrate, such as a table.

Abstract: A fluid storage tank comprising a main body and covers to close off openings of the main body. The main body and covers have inside surfaces which are, in use, in contact with fluid stored in the tank the main body is made up of a casing and a liner which is provided inside the casing. The covers are releasable retained in place and seal with the inside surface of the main body so that fluid can be stored in the tank.

Abstract: A lid mounting structure for a pressure vessel for preventing a lid member 2 crimped to a curled portion 6 of an opening 5 of a vessel body 1 from being blown away by an abnormal rise of the internal pressure. A cut-away portion 8 or a through hole is formed in an outside wall of the curled portion 6, thereby locally reducing the elastic deformation resisting strength of the curled portion 6 with respect to expansion of the inside diameter of the opening to a level lower than that of the elastic deformation resisting strength of the lid member 2 in the inward radial direction.

Abstract: Pressure vessels having end closures for sealing at least one open end are constructed so as to provide full-bore access to a generally tubular shell portion wherein one or more filter cartridges will be disposed. A sealing ring of rectangular cross section is seated in a groove provided in the tubular shell at a location axially inward of a cylindrical surface region wherein a central annular groove is provided. A closure head fits within this annular surface and includes a shoulder which prevents insertion past the sealing ring.

Abstract: An open head drum (2) is provided with an improved seal for preventing the entrance of contaminating air during jarring transport of the drum. The conventional open head drum includes a hollow tubular drum body (4), an integrally attached circular end wall (12) closing one end of the hollow tubular drum body, and a lid seat (6) defined in the hollow tubular drum body adjacent the open end for receiving a removable drum lid (10). The removable drum lid is likewise conventional having an inner wall (16) for closing the open end of the hollow tubular drum body and an outer wall (18) for co-acting with the lid seat in sealed relationship for closing the hollow tubular drum body. The improved seal includes an endless sealing membrane (30) extending continuously around the lid seat and the removable drum lid.

Abstract: A digital multimeter is provided with a highly reliable seal at a connection interface between an upper and lower enclosure forming an enclosure. The multimeter also has a highly reliable seal at peripheral boundaries of operating elements disposed on a surface of the enclosure thereby providing a highly-reliable, water-proof and dust-proof mechanism at a low cost. A packing serves as an elastic sealing material and is disposed at the connection interface between the upper enclosure and the lower enclosure. The packing is pressed and crushed in a slant direction relative to the direction of the thickness of the enclosure thereby providing a sealing mechanism at the connection interface. The periphery of a rubber key serving as an operating element is sealed by a double sealing mechanism comprising an uneven face formed on a peripheral side and an even face formed on the upper enclosure.

Abstract: A transportable, sealable container, for example a Standard Mechanical Interface (or SMIF) pod, including a box and box door. The box has a first sealing surface and the box door has a second sealing surface. A liner, preferably stainless steel, is attached to the inside surface of the box door. An elastomer sealing material is integrally molded to the liner. The sealing material forms a first seal with the first sealing surface and a second seal with the second sealing surface when the box door is moved in a sealing position with respect to the box.

Abstract: A multi-layer gasket for providing a seal between a mounting cup and a container comprising a middle layer of rigid plastic material and inner and outer layers of softer plastic material. The middle layer supports the inner and outer layers, which provide sealing surfaces with the mounting cup and the container bead. A gasketed mounting cup comprising a panel, a skirt integral with and depending from the periphery of the panel, wherein the skirt is outwardly flared to form an annular channel for receiving a container bead that defines the container opening and a multi-layer gasket positioned in the channel portion of the mounting cup, which gasket comprises a middle layer of rigid plastic material, an inner layer of soft plastic material adjacent the channel of the mounting cup and an outer layer of soft plastic material for engaging the container bead. The middle layer is preferably high density polyethylene or polypropylene and the inner and outer layers are preferably linear low density polyethylene.

Abstract: A housing for the containment of instrumentation in a high pressure fluid environment that consists of a metallic endcap and ceramic cylinder bonded together. The improvement comprises a structure which results in the improved sealing of said housing as the fluid pressure increases. The cylindrical ceramic tube and endcap are dimensioned such that mechanical failure does not occur when exposed to the desired external operating pressures which includes up to 36,000 feet of water. The housing is designed to withstand the external operating pressures without being subject to mechanical failure or excessive deformation which results in the loss of pressure housing integrity via cracking or deformation of the ceramic tube, deformation of the endcap, or from failure of the bonding agent.

Abstract: A tight container (3) constituted by a cover (4), a receptacle (5), and a fastening part (6) joining them together. The receptacle is subdivided into cavities by radiating partitions and it encircles the cover, while being offset with respect thereto. A key or wrench (63) makes it possible to rotate the radiating partition and successful bring the cavities in front of the cover, so that it is possible to successively fill the same when the receptacle is rotating. Specific application to the storage and transportation of nuclear waste.

Abstract: A gasket for sealing a channel of a mounting cup to a container bead including at least one protrusion at an end of the gasket for retaining the mounting cup in position on a container bead prior to clinching. Six such protrusions can be equidistantly positioned about the gasket. A gasketed mounting cup including such protrusions is also disclosed. A method for manufacturing such a gasketed mounting cup is disclosed as well.

Abstract: A fuel filter comprises a case having a fuel inlet pipe, a cap having a fuel outlet pipe and a filter element, which is housed in the space defined between the case and the cap, the filter element being formed in zigzag and being of hollow cylindrical shape characterized in that both ends of the filter element are held by flexible elastic bodies which are disposed and compressed between the filter element and the case and between the filter element and the cap.

Abstract: A cover for a sump assembly including a riser section of generally tubular configuration comprising a top section and a skirt section depending from the outer periphery of the top section. The skirt section being of a configuration defining a pair of side by side circumferentially extending inner and outer channels which open in opposite axial directions. One of the channels is engageable over a seal mounted on the outer axial end of the riser. A compression ring is engageable in the other channel to produce radially directed sealing forces between the cover and the riser section.

Abstract: A partitioning member is provided at the opening of a thermal insulation box having outer and inner boxes forming a space in between the outer and inner boxes. The two spaces communicate with each other and are filled integrally with a thermal insulation material by injecting into the space between the outer and inner boxes an expandable thermal insulation material, which diffuses into the space inside the partitioning member, to thereby provide in a simple and economical way a thermal insulation box having a small number of components and uniform thermal insulation.

Abstract: A mounting cup for closing an aerosol container is strengthened by configuring the terminal end of the profile portion of the mounting cup contiguous to the body portion of the mounting cup with an "S"-like shaped segment. The "S"-like shaped segment comprises a section contiguous to the body portion and a section distal to the body portion. The contiguous section is disposed a greater distance from the top of the body portion than the distal section, creating a panel depth in the "S"-like shaped segment contiguous to the body portion.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for applying gasket material to the skirt of a gasket for the mounting cup of an aerosol container, wherein the gasket material is mechanically applied to the mounting cup through the use of a novel mandrel and cutting arrangement. A mounting cup, having a uniquely placed gasket, the gasket extending from the skirt into the channel of the mounting cup.

Abstract: An apparatus for joining together two enclosures which both mechanically fastens the enclosures and provides shielding against electromagnetic emissions. A tubular electromagnetic shield formed as an endless loop is secured around the perimeter of an interface opening by a pulurality of shield fasteners. At least some fasteners are of a fold-over type which encircles a portion of the shield and secures it to a surface. The apparatus includes fastener/spacer assemblies for joining the enclosures such that they exert a compressive force on the shield which is disposed between them.

Abstract: The invention comprises a drum having a top rim formed as an outwardly rolled curl. The curl is rolled through at least 450 degrees with respect to the cylindrical wall of the drum and does not contact any uncurled portion of the body of the drum.

Abstract: Such synthetic resin lids comprise an outer rim (4) encompassing the barrel neck (3) and an inner rim (5) entering into the barrel neck (3) and projecting beyond the lid bottom (6) below the barrel opening, as well as a sealing ring inserted between the outer rim (4) of the lid and the inner rim (5) of the lid. This sealing ring is urged by means of a clamping ring (10) or tightening wire against the opening rim (14) of the barrel neck (3), the clamping ring (10) or tightening wire extending over a flange (110 or flange sections molded to the outer rim (4) of the lid at the bottom and extending underneath a solid border (120 which latter protrudes radially toward the outside at a spacing below the barrel opening from the barrel wall. This border can be designed as a continuously extending flange or can be subdivided into flange sections. An axially projecting annular web (8) is molded to the base of an annular chamber ( 7) formed by the outer and inner rims (4 and 5, respectively) of the lid.