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Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Bs&b Innovations Limited, Limerick, IE;

Inventor:

Geoffrey Brazier, Woodbury, MN (US);

Assignee:

BS&B Innovations Limited, Limerick, IE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/40 (2006.01); F16K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/16 (2013.01); F16K 17/1606 (2013.01); Y10S 137/91 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to a rupture disk (), which may include a flange portion (), a reverse-buckling dome portion (), and a transition portion () joining the flange portion to the reverse-buckling dome portion. The dome portion may define an apex. The dome portion may further define an indentation () at the apex and/or a line of weakness (), which may be proximate to the transition portion and/or may include a relatively weak segment configured to initiate rupture. An integral stress concentrating feature may be provided. A line of weakness and/or a base of a domed portion may be non-circular. The disclosure also relates to a rupture disk crimped into a holder (). The disclosure also relates to a container having a wall that defines a rupturable portion.


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