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Details

Inventors: Stoves, Derek; Hatley, John E.;
Assignee: British Gas Corporation (London, GB2)
Primary Examiner: Moy; Joseph Man-Fu
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Larson and Taylor

A sealable pressure vessel 5 has a closure member 8 held on by means of a bayonet fixing member which is movable between two positions while retaining the mechanical linkage between the vessel 5 and the closure member 8 forming a container 1. The bayonet fixing comprises a vessel lug 19 which co-operates with a stepped slot 18 in a locking ring 9 secured to the closure member. In one position of the lug 19 in the slot 18 the closure member is sealed on the vessel and the container is closed to atmosphere while in another position the seal is broken and the container is open to atmosphere. The closure member 8 incorporates a sliding valve 29 which has a spring urged piston 32 carrying a locking pin 33 to lock the lug 19 within the slot 18 when the container is closed to atmosphere. The piston 32 can vent the container to atmosphere when the closure member is sealed to the vessel if the piston 32 is raised since it then connects the interior of the container to atmosphere via a chamber 48 and two ports 49 and 51. Raising the piston 32 disengages the locking pin 33 from the lug 19 so that the closure member 8 can be removed from the vessel 5.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A fluid container comprising a vessel, removable closure member and mechanical linkage means for mechanically linking the closure member to the vessel to provide a closure for, said mechanical linkage means comprising a bayonet fixing means for providing the mechanical linkage between the vessel and the closure member and including at least one lug cooperating with a corresponding slot and at least one valve means, operable to enable the interior of the container to be closed or open to atmosphere while the closure member is mechanically linked to the vessel, for providing a detent for releasably retaining the at least one lug in the slot when the container is closed to atmosphere in such a manner that the closure member is incapable of being removed from the vessel until the at least one lug is released from retention by the detent provided by the valve means.
2.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 1, in which the at least one lug cooperates with said corresponding slot in two displaced positions.
3.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 2 in which said corresponding slot is stepped to provide the two displaced positions for the respective lug cooperating therewith.
4.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 1 in which the at least one valve means comprises a sliding valve movable between two positions which respectively enable the interior of the container to be closed to atmosphere or open to atmosphere.
5.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 4 in which the sliding valve comprises a piston for opening a path between a first port communicating with the interior of the container and a second port communicating with the exterior of the container.
6.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 5 in which said piston includes a locking pin attached thereto and acting as said detent.
7.
A fluid container as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for resiliently urging the at least one valve into a position in which the interior of the container is closed to atmosphere

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