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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Kim W. King, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kim W. King, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
NABCO, Inc., Canonsburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a blast containment vessel. A body has an opening. An external door is configured to form a seal surrounding the opening when the external door is in a closed position. A yoke is configured to retain the door in the closed position. A first automatic system is configured to automatically move the external door into and out of the closed position. A second automatic system is configured to automatically move the yoke when the external door is in the closed position. During and after a blast event, the body and the external door contain products of the blast event and the seal remains intact.