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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Chart Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Inventor:
Tom Drube, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Chart Inc., Ball Ground, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/14 (2006.01); F04B 15/08 (2006.01); F17C 7/02 (2006.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01); B61C 17/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F17C 13/06 (2006.01); F17C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 15/08 (2013.01); B61C 17/02 (2013.01); F16L 55/1007 (2013.01); F17C 3/00 (2013.01); F17C 7/02 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); F17C 13/06 (2013.01); F04B 2015/081 (2013.01); F17C 2201/035 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0379 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0173 (2013.01); Y10T 137/1624 (2015.04);
Abstract
A frangible closure coupling is used with or on pipe of a tank that contains a potentially dangerous fluid, such as liquid natural gas. The closure coupling mitigates the uncontrolled release of fluid from the tank in the event of a rupture of a pipe attached to the tank.