Patent ID: 9541235
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F02K,F05D,F17C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A pressure vessel comprising: toroid body including an inner shell coupled with an outer shell forming a toroid cross section, each of the inner or outer shells includes respective upper and lower edges, and at least one upper edge and at least one lower edge includes mating lips extending along respective edges of the inner and outer shells, the toroid body includes a toroid outer perimeter, and the outer shell extends along the toroid outer perimeter; wherein the upper and lower edges opposed to the mating lips are flush with the corresponding upper and lower edges according to reception of the opposed upper and lower edges along the mating lips; a planar exterior face extends along at least a portion of the outer shell and the toroid outer perimeter; and a support belt circumscribes the toroid outer perimeter and is coupled along the planar exterior face, the support belt includes: