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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1977
Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a safety pressure relief apparatus comprised of a reverse buckling rupture disk having a concave-convex portion connected to an annular flat flange portion by a curved transition connection and a support member having an annular flat flange portion for engaging the annular flat flange portion of the rupture disk and for supporting the transition connection thereof. The support member includes a cutting edge positioned interiorly of the transition connection and forming an opening in the support member so that when the concave-convex portion of the rupture disk reverses itself, the cutting edge severs the disk whereby a portion thereof passes through the opening in the support member. A bar for catching the severed portion of the disk after it passes through the opening in the support member is attached to the support member.