Abstract: A high-pressure composite container having a gastight nozzle structure includes a metal nozzle formed at a side of an inlet of a plastic liner layer that defines an inner layer of the high-pressure composite container; a nozzle insert which is inserted into and attached to the metal nozzle in a direction from an inner side of the plastic liner layer to an outer side of the plastic liner layer; and a nut member fixed to an upper end portion of the nozzle insert.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator; an electrode tab electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a current collector plate electrically connected to the electrode tab; a case accommodating the electrode assembly, the electrode tab, the current collector plate, and an electrolyte therein; a cap plate sealing the case and including a safety vent at one region; and a current interruption device connected to the safety vent and the electrode tab.

Abstract: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case that accommodates the electrode assembly, and a protection member disposed within the case. The protection member includes a curing promoter, an adhesive, and a protective film that separates the curing promoter and the adhesive.

Abstract: A secondary battery having improved safety includes an electrode assembly, a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly coupled to the case. The cap assembly includes a cap plate configured to cover the case and defining a short-circuit opening therein, a short-circuit plate exterior to the cap plate and positioned such that at least a portion of the short-circuit plate is positioned in the short-circuit opening, a first deformable plate inside the cap plate, and a cover exterior to the short-circuit plate extending over the short-circuit plate. A space defined between the cover and the first deformable plate has a negative pressure.

Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a body having a casing and a capacitor core. The casing includes a side having an opening intercommunicated with a receiving space of the casing in which the capacitor core is mounted. The sealing cover is mounted in the opening and includes a lid and an enveloping member. The lid includes a first side adjacent to the capacitor core, a second side, and an outer periphery extending between the first side and the second side of the lid. The enveloping member is securely engaged with the lid by insert molding. The enveloping member is engaged with the first side, the second side, and the outer periphery of the lid.

Abstract: An anti-explosion package of soft-packed secondary battery, including: upper film, lower film, packaging area and anti-explosion area, an outer edge of upper film and lower film are sealed to form hollow cavity for accommodating naked battery core; packaging area is provided on at least one outer edge of upper film and lower film, anti-explosion area is arranged in packaging area, packaging areas of upper film and lower film are adhered together except location of anti-explosion area, so that upper film and lower film are sealed at this side, anti-explosion area includes opening area and transition area successively arranged in a direction from an edge of packaging area close to hollow cavity to an edge away from hollow cavity; portion of the upper film and lower film at opening area is not adhered, portion located at transition area is adhered with intensity less than transition area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a string lamp. The string lamp includes a bulb, a lamp holder, a hollow connecting base and a capacitor embedded in the connecting base in a separable mode. A lower part of the bulb is contained in the lamp holder. At least two lamp pins extend out from wire holes formed in the lower part of the lamp holder. The inner side wall of the connecting base is provided with at least two separately arranged conductive pieces, and the conductive pieces are electrically contacted with the corresponding lamp pins. The capacitor is arranged below the lamp holder, and connecting pins of the capacitor are electrically contacted with the corresponding conductive pieces as well. The string lamp of the present invention is compact in structure, and the capacitor and the lamp holder are convenient to maintain and replace.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an opening portion provided to a case. A first sealing body is provided to the opening portion, the first sealing body being displaced or deformed by a pressure difference between an inside and an outside of the case in such manners that the first sealing body is pressed by internal pressure to allow outflow of inside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is higher than external pressure and that the first sealing body is pressed by the external pressure to prevent entry of outside air from the opening portion when the internal pressure in the case is lower than the external pressure. Pressure in a space surrounded with the case and the first sealing body is set to be lower than pressure outside the space.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery module and a liquid-cooled battery system that uses it, a battery cell and a current collector sheet, on the premise that the materials like the electrode and separator and so on are completely the same, energy density of the battery pack is greatly increased; the cell and the current collector sheet are fully welded connections, the joints are fewer and it is not prone to produce desoldering, also ensuring the stability of the of the cell tab and high current carrying capacity, and when putting the parallel battery module in series, the use of wires are avoided, thus reduces the volume of the battery pack; the innovative design for the liquid-cooled battery pack system, improves the thermal balance between the cells, and the heat-dissipation in battery pack distributes more evenly, the insulation property of the battery package is highly improved, controlling the heat-dissipation capacity of the system by adjusting the flow rate of the circulating pump, not only the u

Abstract: Disclosed is a rectangular battery in which an electrode group formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode with a separator interposed therebetween is housed in a battery case having an opening sealed by a sealing plate. The first electrode is electrically connected to the sealing plate, and the second electrode is electrically connected to a current collector plate provided between the sealing plate and the electrode group and extending along a longer side direction of the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a lower-strength portion configured to be deformed prior to the other portions of the sealing plate to provide a contact between the sealing plate and the current collector plate when the sealing plate receives an external pressure along the longer side direction of the sealing plate.

Abstract: A closure device, such as a fuel cap, for controlling evaporative emissions from a fuel tank. In one aspect, the invention comprises: a housing defining an internal chamber containing a hydrocarbon adsorbing media; a fuel vapor diffuser extending from a floor of the internal chamber and into the internal chamber, the fuel vapor diffuser comprising: (1) an inlet passageway extending from a fuel vapor inlet port to a plenum in a top portion of the fuel vapor diffuser; and (2) a downcomer passageway extending from the plenum to at least one aperture located at a bottom portion of the fuel vapor diffuser, the at least one aperture forming a passageway between the downcomer passageway and the internal chamber; and at least one outlet passageway extending from the internal chamber to an atmospheric air outlet port.

Abstract: A method for delivering water through a fire hydrant is described. The method includes unlocking a sprinkler cap control lock on the fire hydrant, removing the sprinkler cap control lock to access the operating nut of the fire hydrant and activating the operating nut to deliver water through the sprinkler ports in at least one cap on the fire hydrant. A fire hydrant with a sprinkler cap having a plurality of sprinkler ports and a sprinkler cap control lock, wherein the sprinkler cap control lock covers and prevents access to the operating nut is also described. Systems and methods for lubricating the operating nut and for improved sealing surfaces in the fire hydrant valves are also described.

Abstract: The invention proposes to dispense a substance from a container filled with a single portion of a substance. The container comprises a preformed deformable body, preferably made of sheet material, defining a filling cavity which body has an opening and an integral planar circumferential rim surrounding said opening, which opening is closed by a cover sheet which is sealed to the circumferential rim by means of a circumferential sealing seam. The container with the substance is opened by making use of the deformability of the cover sheet. A support surface supports the cover sheet except at the position of a recess. The recess is positioned at least over a part of the circumferential sealing seam. Upon compression of the container body the substance is pressurized and the cover sheet bulges out into the recess such that the sealing seam is broken at the location where the bulge is formed resulting in the container being open.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed package, for example a freezable microwavable package containing a food product, has a sealing film that includes a vent system that is scored by a laser into the package.

Abstract: A rupture disc for use in a pressure relief system includes a dome having a concave and a convex side and a circumferential flange associated therewith. At least one control score is formed or otherwise produced in the dome at a radial position between an apex of the dome and an outer circumference of the dome. At least one of a depth, a width, a length and the radial portion of the at least one control score is selectively controlled so that the depth, width, length, and/or radial position of the at least one control score controls the pressure at which the dome will start to collapse.

Abstract: A closure device (1) for a product dispensing container. The closure device comprises a base (2) having a body with a connector portion (2a) adapted to mount the closure device on a product container. The base comprises a product channel (5) and a rupturable seal (4) occluding the product channel and forming a lower seal of the closure device. A rotary part (20) is rotatably journalled on the base. The rotary part has a product passage (21) in communication with the product channel in the base. An upper sealing arrangement (30) is arranged on the rotary part and forms an upper seal of the closure device that is remote from the lower seal and seals the product passage of the rotary part. A lower seal rupturing member (40) is movable in a rupturing motion relative to the base to rupture the rupturable lower seal. A motion transfer (27, 42, 3b, 41) means is provided and is adapted so as to effect the rupturing motion of the lower seal rupturing member upon suitable rotary actuation of the rotary part.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to equalizing pressure in a reservoir containing fluidic media, possibly due to imperfect installation of the reservoir or an external influence such as an altitude or a temperature change. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled from the reservoir through a needle and contained in an interior volume of a pierceable member before the needle pierces the pierceable member to establish a flow path to a user. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a port of the reservoir into a chamber. In further embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a channel in a plunger head and out a passage in the reservoir when the channel and passage are aligned. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a valve, and the valve may be pierceable by a needle to establish a flow path to the user.

Abstract: A fitting used with a container holding a pressurized beverage and adapted for connection to a filling or dispensing device has an annular and outwardly projecting collar formed unitarily with the fitting and forming a passage opening into the container and a flexible burst membrane in the fitting and blocking the passage.

Abstract: A measurement system having a first and second seal to create a sealed interface with a fluid and further having a rupturable barrier configured to relieve pressure when the pressure imparted to the first seal is less than the pressure imparted to the second seal, is disclosed. More particularly, the pressure relief element, which may be a rupturable barrier, is configured and positioned so that the second seal pressure limit is less than the first seal pressure limit. The primary elements of the system include the system housing, a sensing element having a first seal, with the sensing element within the housing, a second seal in fluid communication with the first seal, and a barrier that is rupturable when the pressure on the first seal is less than the pressure on the second seal.

Abstract: A reverse acting rupture disc is provided having a laser defined electropolished line-of-weakness recess, and an improved method of forming an electropolished line-of-weakness recess in a reverse acting rupture disc that assures full opening of the disc upon reversal. A rupture disc blank is pre-bulged, final bulged, and then provided with a layer of resist material. A laser is used to remove at least a portion of the layer of resist material corresponding to a desired line-of-weakness recess in the concave face of the bulged rupture disc. The disc is then subjected to an electropolishing operation to remove metal from the lased area of the rupture disc, thereby forming a lustrous polished line-of-weakness recess in the disc of desired configuration and of a predetermined depth that is related to material thickness.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that allows for effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The cell includes a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending between the first and second ends, and an end wall extending across the first end. The cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an aqueous alkaline electrolyte, all disposed in the container. The cell further includes a pressure relief vent mechanism having a reduced thickness groove formed in the end wall of the container. A cover is welded to the closed end wall of the container over the pressure relief vent mechanism and is welded via at least three welds, wherein two adjacent welds are angularly separated by more than 120°.

Abstract: The illustrative embodiment of the invention is a munitions canister having a cover that is impervious to a variety of environmental stresses. In the illustrative embodiment, the cover includes a layer of rubber, which overlies a layer of sectioned, impact-resistant foam, which overlies a dome-shaped, structural member, which overlies a layer of acoustical dampening foam.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a small sized and high-pressurized container for preventing explosion. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a can body has a shape of cylinder for containing high-pressurized product therein. An upper body, which has a dome-like shape, is connected to the top of the can body by seaming or welding, and comprises a groove around its lower part. A valve is mounted on the top of upper body, and discharges high-pressurized gases or liquids, which exists in the inside of the container. A plurality of scores is configured at the bottom of the groove of the upper body, in order to discharge an overpressurized product and prevent bursting or explosion of the container. The scores weaken the resistance of the upper body, so in the event of that a certain internal overpressure is applied, the upper body firstly deforms outwardly and then one or more scores are fractured, and lastly the overpressurized product is discharged from the scores.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that allows for effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The cell includes a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending between the first and second ends, and an end wall extending across the first end. The cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an aqueous alkaline electrolyte, all disposed in the container. The cell further includes a pressure relief vent mechanism having an offset C-shaped reduced thickness groove formed in the end wall of the container. A cover can be welded to the closed end wall of the container over the pressure relief vent mechanism.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell is provided with an enhanced pressure relief vent formed in a closed end of the cell container that achieves effective venting of gas from the closed end of the container. The electrochemical cell including a container having a first end, a second end, a side wall extending between the first and second ends, and an end wall extending across the first end. The cell has a positive electrode, a negative, and an aqueous alkaline electrolyte, all disposed in the container. The cell further includes a pressure relief vent having a reduced thickness groove formed in the end wall of the container. The reduced thickness groove is formed having eight segments extending radially from a central location. A cover is welded on the end wall of the container via at least three welds, wherein the angular spacing between two adjacent welds is greater than 120°.

Abstract: A lateral force resisting system includes a rigid structural panel and holdowns. A foundation bolt placement template may be used to locate and support the foundation bolts during fabrication of the foundation and to further secure the frame foundation interface. The rigid structural panel may be a vertical truss or a rigid structural frame with a wooden panel covering one side and interconnecting the members of the rigid structural frame. The wooden panel may be made up of multiple panes to tailor the response of the panel to the lateral force load. The holdowns secure the rigid structural panel to the foundation bolts and may be either a folded strap and pin embodiment or self-tightening.

Abstract: A packaging material is provided that can provide a packaging bag or container cover in which the contents is shielded from the atmosphere and tightly sealed, a small hole is formed in the appropriate locations, without special processing of the heat seal portion, and the internal pressure is maintained with high stability at a level above the normal pressure. The packaging material is suitable, for example, for heating in a microwave oven. The packaging material uses a film in which a heat sealing agent (4) with a low melting point is applied to a prescribed zone of an oriented film (2) made of a synthetic resin, a cutting line (5) is cut in the oriented film (2) made of a synthetic resin in the form of a solid or broken line passing through the zone coated with the heat sealing agent (4), and a cast film (3) made of a synthetic resin and having heat sealing properties is affixed to the oriented film (2) made of a synthetic resin. Such film is used for a packaging bag (1) or a container cover.

Abstract: An alkaline cell having a flat housing, preferably of cuboid shape. The housing may be laser welded closed with a metal cover inserted as a part of an end cap assembly. A portion of an insulating seal may be held compressed between a sleeve extending from the metal cover and an anode current collector nail within the end cap assembly. The housing may include a vent mechanism, preferably a grooved vent, which can activate, when gas pressure within the cell reaches a threshold level typically between about 250 and 800 psig (1724×103 and 5515×103 pascal gage). The cell can have a supplemental laser welded vent which may activate at higher pressure levels.

Abstract: A cartridge that supplies fresh photographic processing solution or chemistry to a photoprocessing machine and recovers silver from spent processing solution. The cartridge is designed to integrate a solution supply system and a silver recovery system to facilitate the collection of silver from spent processing solution, form a less-regulated spent solution and reduce chemical exposures to operators of photoprocessing systems.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing a biological fluid from an animal for the presence of disease in the animal. The apparatus including a container, a dipstick and a luminometer. One end of the dipstick is inserted into a sample of the fluid so that a predetermined amount of the sample becomes attached to the dipstick and takes part in a reaction in the container which produces light emissions. The luminometer receives the container and is operated whereby a determination of the level of bacteria in the sample and hence of disease in the animal is made, by sensing the light emissions from the container.

Abstract: There has been developed a safety valve installed on a small-sized cell vessel which remains hermetically sealed during the normal operation but which instantly releases the pressure in the inside of the vessel if, due to abnormalities, such as overcharging, the pressure is increased and reaches a prescribed value to prevent explosion or deformation of the cell vessel to evade the risk to the human being or destruction of the equipment. The metal foil type safety valve by the cold pressure welding of the present invention cold-pressure-welds the metal foil for sealing the air vent hole in the metal vessel. If the internal pressure in the vessel reaches the prescribed value, the metal foil is cleft to form an opening in the vessel to release the internal pressure.

Abstract: A lid is shown for use with a portable tank or intermediate bulk container, or the like, having a threaded collar defining a port opening. The lid includes a generally circular top wall and a generally cylindrical sidewall connected to the top wall and having an inner threaded surface for threading to the threaded collar to close the port opening, in use. First and second circular openings through the top wall define first and second bung openings. First and second cylindrical collars extend downwardly from the top wall surrounding the respective first and second openings. Each cylindrical collar has a threaded inner wall for receiving a removable closure to selectively close the first and second bung openings.

Abstract: A closure for threadable insertion within an opening of a drum and capable of venting the drum when exposed to elevated pressures and temperatures to prevent the build-up of explosive pressures within the drum. A center portion of the closure is molded with thinner dimensions allowing the center to distort as a result of heat and internal pressures. At elevated levels, the center portion ruptures venting internal container pressure. In order to ensure venting at proper levels while maintaining integrity for the transport of materials, the center portion includes a downwardly depending circular flange and a series of lugs on the upper surface.

Abstract: A dispenser package and outlet forming structure include a package wall (20) and a flap (30). Flap (30) is folded over at any desirable location of the package (10) and is adhesively attached to the package wall (20) at any predetermined location. Flap (30) is folded so that the surface of flap (30) that is adhesed to the surface of the package wall (20) is one continuous surface. When a pulling force exerted by a user exceeds the adhesion force between the package wall (20) and the flap (30), the flap (30) will break away from the package wall (20) causing a locus, fault, or score (40) to rupture. The rupturing of the locus, fault, or score (40) also causes the aperture outlet (50) to rupture thereby forming an outlet hole at a predetermined location for allowing the flowable product contents to exit the package (10).

Abstract: A pressure relief device mounts to heat exchange coils having fluid flowing therethrough. A base has an orifice formed therethrough extending through an orifice in the coil to the interior of the coil. A cover attaches to the base with bolts or other attachment means. A diaphragm strip inserts between the cover and the base to close off the orifice in the base. An o-ring or other gasket may also be utilized to seal the structure. When a rupture through the diaphragm occurs due to pressure buildup, the diaphragm strip may be advanced to reclose the orifice.