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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1987
Christopher Scales, Stroud, GB;
Dowty Fuel Systems Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A support assembly (1,11,31) for mounting within a vessel (3) which may be subjected to an inwardly acting pressure differential, comprises a support member (2,12) which is in contact with an internal surface, of the vessel so as to define a recess (4,14). In use the recess is filled with an incompressible fluid, which may be an hydraulic oil. The support member (2,12) may be further provided with an intensifier (19,32) which produces a positive pressure differential between the fluid in the recess (4,14) and the pressure acting on the vessel 3. The effect of this is to induce a tensile loading in the vessel wall in the vicinity of the recess (4,14) and thereby provide support for the vessel.