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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Bs&b Innovation Limited, Limerick, IE;
Paul Goggin, County Tipperary, IE;
Geoffrey Brazier, Woodbury, MN (US);
BS&B Innovations Limited, Limerick, IE;
Abstract
A rupture disk () having a line of weakness () is disclosed. In one embodiment, a frustum-shaped rupture disk has a shear-scored line of weakness located in one or more of a central truncated portion (), an angled frustum portion (), a flange portion (), and in the areas of transition between a flange portion and an angled frustum portion, and between an angled frustum portion and a central truncated portion. In another embodiment, a frustum-shaped rupture disk has an angled frustum portion, with a line of weakness in the angled frustum portion. A stiffening member may be provided to stiffen a central truncated portion of a frustum-shaped rupture disk.