Patent ID: 9724666
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,B01J,C30B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing material at elevated pressure, the apparatus comprising: an upper crown member; a lower crown member; an upper die restraint member; a lower die restraint member, said upper and lower die restraint members being disposed between said upper and lower crown members; one or more radial restraint structures disposed between the upper die restraint member and the lower die restraint member, said radial restraint structures defining an interior region configured to receive a processing chamber, said radial restraint structures being configured to resist an outward radial force as a result of pressure in said processing chamber, said upper and lower crown members being disposed axially on either end of said interior region and configured to resist an outward axial force as a result of pressure in said processing chamber; one or more first connecting members coupling the upper crown member and the lower die restraint member; and one or more second connecting members coupling the lower crown member and the upper die restraint member, wherein the first and second connecting members are configured for an axial restraint of the stack of radial restraint structures by transferring at least a portion of an outward axial force applied to said upper and lower crown members as a result of pressure in said processing chamber to said first and second connecting members, thereby compressively loading said radial restraint structures between said upper and lower die restraint members.