Patent ID: 9702495
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B32B,E03B,F16L

Claim:
1. An absorber for use in a fluid delivery system, comprising: a) a housing defining an interior chamber; b) a connector extending from the housing in fluid communication with the interior chamber for connecting the housing to the fluid delivery system; and c) a plurality of gas-filled bladders disposed within the interior chamber of the housing to accommodate changes in fluid characteristics within the fluid delivery system, each gas-filled bladder having a multi-layered flexible polymeric shell including a plurality of successive relatively thin polymeric shell layers to inhibit the formation of leak paths through the shell in the event that a single shell layer fails, wherein the plural gas-filled bladders have differing constructions and provide redundancy for continuing operation in the event that one or more of the plural bladders fails.