Quick-acting closure with sliding retaining-ring

Details Quick-acting closure with sliding retaining-ring Quick-acting closure with sliding retaining-ring

1991-02-06

1992-07-07

Garbe, Stephen P.

Receptacles

Closures

Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed...

B65D 4528

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051275350

ABSTRACT:
A quick-acting closure with a retaining-ring, which enables fixture and detachment of a shell and a cover of a pressure vessel by the retaining-ring comprising, a circular groove formed on the inner face of the shell of the pressure vessel, and holes formed through the shell at a plurality of places in the circumferential direction of the circular groove, and a rod inserted through the holes and connected with the retaining-ring, wherein retaining-ring is positioned to be freely moved to the radial direction of the shell, the shell and the cover are fixedly installed by the retaining-ring engaging with the circular groove of the shell and the cover when the retaining-ring is moved forward to the inside direction of the diameter of the shell, and the retaining-ring is retracted into the circular groove to make the shell and the cover detachable when the retaining-ring is moved backward to the outside direction of the diameter. The closure may further comprises a protrusion formed on opposite sides of the cover to form space for retracting the retaining-ring therein.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4387740 (1983-06-01), Vanzant
patent: 4693278 (1987-09-01), Wilson et al.
patent: 4815627 (1989-03-01), Marshall
patent: 4883637 (1989-11-01), McDaniels, Jr.

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