Patent ID: 9415249
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A62C,B65D,F16L

Claim Text:
1. A device inhibiting propagation of explosions comprising: a pipe having a single outlet connected with the environment, wherein the pipe is directly connected to a container to be protected or to a conduit to be protected via a single inlet, a first region of the pipe is located upstream of the outlet in a direction of the inlet and a second region of the pipe is located upstream of the first region in the direction of the inlet, and a pressure vessel directly connected to the pipe via a single fluid connection at an interface between an outlet opening of the pressure vessel from which a stored fluid exits therefrom with an opening defined in a wall of the first region of the pipe, wherein the single fluid connection comprises a valve and the pressure vessel is filled with the stored fluid; and upon an explosion being detected in the container to be protected or in the conduit to be protected the valve opens causing the stored fluid in the pressure vessel to enter via the single fluid connection into the first region increasing the pressure in the first region while at the same time suctioning air from the second region via the single fluid connection that merges into the opening defined in the wall of the first region; at the interface between the outlet opening of the pressure vessel with the opening defined in the wall of the first region of the pipe, the pressure vessel is disposed at an angle of about 20° to about 50° relative to that of the pipe; wherein the pressure vessel is configured to dispense the stored fluid in a direction of the outlet of the pipe connected with the environment.