Patent ID: 11904494
Assignee: HYPERTHERM, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 19:
20. A method of servicing a seal interface of a high-pressure cylinder in a liquid jet cutting system, the method comprising:
removing the high-pressure cylinder from the liquid jet cutting system when the high-pressure cylinder is in a first orientation; and
reinstalling the high-pressure cylinder in the liquid jet cutting system in a second orientation, opposite to the first orientation;
wherein—
when the high-pressure cylinder is installed in the liquid jet cutting system in the first orientation—
a first end portion of the high-pressure cylinder forms a seal with a check valve of the liquid jet cutting system,
and
a second end portion of the high-pressure cylinder reacts an axial load from a dynamic end portion of the liquid jet cutting system; and

when the high-pressure cylinder is installed in the liquid jet cutting system in the second orientation—
the second end portion of the high-pressure cylinder forms a seal with the check valve; and
the first end portion reacts the axial load from the dynamic end portion of the liquid jet cutting system.