Abstract: A modular portable storage container system includes a storage container having first and second sections. The first section defines a first partial volume of storage space and the second section defines a second partial volume of storage space. The system further includes a lock mechanism with a lock arm, lock handle, and pivot shaft defining an axis of rotation. The lock arm and handle are fixed for common rotation with the pivot shaft. The arm extends radially outward from the pivot shaft to a roller assembly. A lock track is disposed within the second section and extends from a fluted open portion to a closed end, with a continuous track portion disposed therebetween. The first and second sections are movable between at least closed and open positions. In the closed position, the roller assembly engages with the lock track and retains the first section in contact with the second portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a removable plug configured to preclude the release of gases through a thief hatch positioned on a hydrocarbon tank.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fastener that includes a thread having a groove formed therein to provide a loosening resistance due to a deformation of the thread, the deformation resulting from a threshold axial force applied to the thread by a receiving structure.

Abstract: A containment vessel includes a primary containment vessel containing a reactor pressure vessel, an upper secondary containment vessel arranged above the primary containment vessel, and a gas-phase vent pipe linking the primary containment vessel and the upper secondary containment vessel by way of an isolation and connection switching system. The gas-phase vent pipe may be arranged either inside or outside the primary containment vessel and the upper secondary containment vessel. Alternatively, it may be embedded in the wall. An igniter may be arranged in the upper secondary containment vessel. The air in the upper secondary containment vessel may be replaced by nitrogen. A gravity-driven flooding system pool may be arranged in the upper secondary containment vessel and cooling water may be led from the inside of the pool to the inside of the primary containment vessel.

Abstract: An article including, either: a frame having an interior cavity, and a flexible liner situated within the interior cavity; or a deformable frame having an interior cavity, as defined herein. Either frame can receive a sample, such as liquid having suspended live cells, and cooling freezes the sample to a solid sample. The solid sample can be readily ejected from the article having either a frame with the flexible liner, or the deformable frame, without extensive thawing. The solid sample can be rapidly displaced from the article by the methods and apparatus disclosed herein.

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 fuel cap includes a filler-neck closure including a pressure-relief valve and a vacuum-relief valve and a handle arranged to overlie the filler-neck closure. The fuel cap also includes a torque-transmission ring arranged to lie between the handle and the filler-neck closure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel for a machine, especially a turbomachine, which comprises at least 3 casing shell sections, wherein the intersection region of the parting joints is sealed off by a plug which in its interior has a system of holes and passages through which a sealing compound is pressed into the region between plug and casing shell sections, so that after its setting, an elastic, leakproof and non-destructively disassemblable sealing of the intersection region of the parting joints is created. The plug can be fastened on the casing shell sections by means of an integrated flange.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for accommodating the pressure decrease of the fluid in a hot-filled plastic container.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an enclosure and a door configured to seal the enclosure. The door includes a plate. A rotational apparatus is disposed over the plate. At least one first member with a first arm extends from a first rib of the first member. At least one second member with a second arm extends from a second rib of the second member. The first and second arms are connected to the rotational apparatus. At least one corner member has a first edge. The first edge has a shape corresponding to a shape of a corner of the frame. The corner member is connected to a first end of the third arm. A second end of the third arm is connected to the rotational apparatus. A sealing material is disposed along a first longitudinal side of the first rib and a second longitudinal side of the second rib.

Abstract: An apparatus having a vacuum vessel that has a mechanism using a lubricant therein and not causing defects and faults to samples introduced into the vacuum vessel even it is an apparatus where lubricating oil or grease is applied is provided. An apparatus having a vacuum vessel that has a mechanism using a lubricant therein such as CD-SEM, in which a lubricant (oil, grease) whose adsorption amount per minute to a surface of a material introduced into the vacuum vessel of an apparatus for evaluating a lubricant after the start of vacuum evacuation and after reaches a quasi-equilibrium state is below 0.09 ng/cm2 is employed.

Abstract: A stopper for a bottle includes a resilient outer body having an axial bore, a rigid inner body disposed within the bore, and a valve actuator moveably disposed within an axial opening of the inner body. A lower flange portion of the outer body extends radially across the bore to an axial aperture having a sealing surface. The valve actuator has an upper operator portion connected to a lower valve body portion by a longitudinally extending shaft portion. The valve body portion is sealingly engageable with the sealing surface of the orifice to close the orifice.

Abstract: A gauge hatch is provided that has a cover structure that incorporates a pallet/diaphragm combination and that is cooperatively associated with a pressure responsive liquid seal subassembly. The gauge hatch also incorporates a vent neck and a radially adjacent wall that defines with the vent neck a circumferentially extending reservoir. An exterior preferably radially extending arm permits the cover structure to be opened and inclined at an angle relative to the vent neck. Optionally, the cover may be kept in a closed position. The diaphragm normally seats upon the vent neck. A sealing liquid in the reservoir has a closed chamber over the reservoir liquid. When the arm is not held in a cover closed position, and up until a set vent neck pressure is reached, the liquid seal subassembly eliminates low level fugitive vapor emissions escaping from the diaphragm/seat region.

Abstract: A gauge hatch has a cover structure that incorporates a pallet/diaphragm combination and that is cooperatively associated with a pressure responsive liquid seal subassembly. The gauge hatch also incorporates a vent neck and a radially adjacent wall that defines with the vent neck a circumferentially extending reservoir. An exterior preferably radially extending arm permits the cover structure to be opened and inclined at an angle relative to the vent neck. Optionally, the cover may be kept in a closed position. The diaphragm normally seats upon the vent neck. A sealing liquid in the reservoir has a closed chamber over the reservoir liquid. When the arm is not held in a cover closed position, and up until a set vent neck pressure is reached, the liquid seal subassembly eliminates low level fugitive vapor emissions escaping from the diaphragm/seat region.

Abstract: A container having insulating properties for shipping products. The container includes a flexible pouch capable of being folded to a substantially flat, two-dimensional geometry. The container further includes at least one cylindrically shaped elastomer having a radial dimension and height dimension shaped to fit within the flexible pouch and being more resistant to deformation in its height dimension than in its radial dimension and at least one cylindrically shaped metalized membrane sized to fit within the cylindrically shaped elastomer. A geometrically shaped top and bottom are each sized to fit within the cylindrically shaped elastomer which are used to determine the shape of the container as well as its internal volume.

Abstract: A packaged electrical component includes a tubular body having first and second ends and an opening at the first end for receiving an electrical component; an electrical component disposed within the tubular body; an end cap mounted on the first end of the tubular body, closing the opening; and a fluid-filled pressure-applying element disposed within the tubular body between the end cap and the electrical component, applying pressure to the electrical component within the tubular body. The fluid-filled pressure-applying element is preferably a variable volume container that contains a gas, a liquid, or a solid produced by curing of a liquid. A fluid is injected into the container after assembly of the package so that a uniform pressure is applied to the component compensating for thickness non-uniformities of the component. Assembly is simplified since the element is pressurized after assembly of the package rather than while the package is being manufactured.

Abstract: A water seal device for closing a tank containing a corrosive product, such as acid, closed by a cover having a side lip which is able to engage, on closing, in a U-shaped channel provided along the upper edge of the side wall. The channel is made up of monolithic shaped elements, each made from a natural rock of eruptive origin of the lava type, and arranged in sequence on the upper edge of the side wall. The invention applies particularly to installations for chemically pickling sheet metal.

Abstract: A cooking utensil includes a container having a peripheral wall at its upper end outwardly circumscribing its open top and defining therewith an annular reservoir for receiving a quantity of water. A lid overlies the container open top and includes a depending skirt dimensioned to become partially immersed in the reservoir water and to divide the upper part of the reservoir into an inner section, and an outer section communicating with the inner section via the bottoms of the two sections The open top of the container is formed with a triangular slot permitting a small quantity of liquid to be automatically drawn from the reservoir into the interior of the container upon cooling of the container.

Abstract: A radio frequency gasket assembly having a flexible hollow tube enveloped a conductive layer, and filled with a compressible fluid, or a combination of both compressible and incompressible fluids. In one embodiment thereof, the undeformed gasket is filled completely with a compressible fluid, such as air. When the gasket is compressed, a portion of the fluid is allowed to collect in a spring-loaded reservoir, maintaining at all times a substantially constant internal pressure. When the compressive force is removed, the collected fluid re-enters the gasket, which may then assume its original undeformed profile. In another embodiment thereof, the undeformed gasket is filled with a mixture of both compressible and incompressible fluids. When the gasket is compressed, a portion of the compressible fluid is evacuated or collected in a spring-loaded reservoir or the like, maintaining at all times a substantially constant internal pressure.

Abstract: A stand or platform is disclosed herein having a barrel or dish supporting base with four legs elevating the barrel or dish from the ground. A pan or individual containers insertably receive the legs of the base and are positioned in spaced-apart relationship with respect to the opposing inner wall surfaces of the pan or containers. A fluid medium is carried in the pan or containers providing a moat preventing the travel of insects and pests from crawling between the pan or container and the base legs. Soapsuds, poison or other inhibitors may be mixed with the fluid medium and an adhesive strip may be used to release the barrel or dish onto the base.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gas turbine system which is supplied with a low-pressure industrial by-product gas as a fuel and equipped coaxially with a gas compressor for compressing the fuel gas, the system providing a bypass pipeline for returning the gas in a high-pressure gas piping on the discharge side of the fuel gas compressor into a low-pressure gas piping on the inlet side of the compressor through a pressure reducing valve and a cooler, and an emergency gas pressure stabilizer having high responsive characteristics, the stabilizer being provided in the bypass pipeline on the outlet side of the cooler, whereby the high-pressure fuel gas on the discharge side of the fuel gas compressor can be returned safely into a low-pressure industrial by-product gas pipeline.

Abstract: A holder for a toilet cleaning product including a container for the cleaning product, such as a perfumed liquid; a pre-use and pre-assembly closure member, such as a plug, for the container; and a member for securing the container to the toilet; an air deodorizer is provided which is physically separable from the holder closure member but adapted to operate in combination therewith so that, with the holder and deodorizer in the inoperative state, the closure member not only seals the container but also seals and integrally retains the deodorizer.

Abstract: A liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor sealing system. The nuclear reactor includes a vessel sealed at its upper end by a closure head. The closure head comprises at least two components, one of which is rotatable; and the two components define an annulus therebetween. The sealing system includes at least a first and second inflatable seal disposed in series in an upper portion of the annulus. The system further includes a dip seal extending into a body of insulation located adjacent a bottom portion of the closure head. The dip seal comprises a trough formed by a lower portion of one of the components, and a seal blade pendently supported from the other component and extending downwardly into the trough. A body of liquid metal is contained in the trough which submerges a portion of the seal blade.

Abstract: An upper and lower member define a feed chamber in a cover. An insert in place in the feed chamber to provide fluid communication from outside the cover to the associated container. A liquid blocking layer is formed in the feed chamber when the liquid is poured through the opening of the cover to minimize heat and aroma losses.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises an annular cup (5) solid with the component (1) and surrounding its outer wall, a frusto-conical support surface (9) having as axis the vertical axis (2) of the component (1) fixed at the perimeter of its large base to the passage (4) into which the component (1) passes and a closure element (14) with rotational symmetry. The closure element (14) has an upper part (15) which rests on the support surface (9) so as to totally close the annular space (18) at the top and a part directed downwards constituted by a sleeve whose lower part goes into the cup (5). The cup (5) fills up with liquid metal (17) which condenses when the reactor is operating, which ensures sealing between the sleeve (4) and the cup (5).The invention is particularly applicable to fast neutron nuclear reactors cooled by liquid sodium.

Abstract: A supporting pad for a hatch cover of a ship is provided. The supporting pad comprises a first receptacle firmly connected to the ship. A first slide block is displaceably arranged in the first receptacle. A second receptacle is firmly connected to the hatch cover and a second slide block is displaceably arranged therein. A variable accommodation space is provided at least between the first receptacle and the first slide block. The supporting pad further has an inlet opening oriented toward the variable accommodation space and a pump and a conduit for feeding a volume-stable curable composite material into the variable accommodation space for displacing and adjusting the slide block in the receptacle. By this measure, the bearing surfaces associated with one another are adjusted relative to one another individually.

Abstract: Fuel assembly storage capsule for storing spent fuel assemblies in water-filled fuel pits, the capsule being formed of a sleeve sealed at the bottom thereof, having an upper opening closable by a cover and having a cross section matching that of a fuel assembly to be received therein, includes a rim formed on the cover and laterally embracing the sleeve in installed condition of the cover, the cover being retained on the sleeve of its own weight exclusively, the inner surface of the sleeve and the cover rim, in installed condition of the cover, under water, defining an annular space filled with air.

Abstract: Closure apparatus for the opening in the top of a storage bin or the like, including means for providing a liquid seal between the inside of the storage bin and the outside atmosphere. The apparatus includes a reservoir surrounding the opening in the storage bin and a movable gate structure including a downwardly extending wall that is lowered into the reservoir when the gate structure is moved into a closed position.

Abstract: A lid is described wherein the bowl has a rim with a groove extending about the rim and open to the top. The lid includes a downwardly extending rib coinciding with the groove. The radius of the rib is smaller than the radius of the groove such that when liquid is present in the groove, surface tension will cause adhesion between the diverging surfaces of the groove and the rib.

Abstract: A wet seal standpipe cap to eliminate standpipe cap leakage includes a generally circular cap which has affixed to the underside of the cap a plurality of baffle rings. The cap is sized to enclose an opening in the top of a standpipe, and permit one of the baffle rings to penetrate a liquor contained in a canal placed around the standpipe opening providing a wet seal. The cap, in cooperation with the canal, entraps any leakage from around the standpipe opening between one of the baffle rings, underside of the cap and contained liquor.

Abstract: The top wall portion of the tank has a vent structure including a first tubular projection in communication with the inside of the tank and a second tubular projection of larger diameter mounted on the top wall portion in surrounding relationship with the first tubular projection. A cap is mounted on the first tubular projection, a skirt portion being disposed in the annular space between the first and second tubular projections. Water fill means are provided on the second tubular projection for filling the annular space with water to a depth covering the bottom of the skirt portion of the cap.