Patent ID: 7004188
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: F16K,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A burst protection device for a fluid line member for passing therethrough a spontaneously exothermally reacting working fluid, said fluid line member comprising a working fluid line portion flown through by the working fluid, and said burst protection device comprising a pressure compensating volume which when a predetermined burst pressure is exceeded in the working fluid can be transferred from a normal operative state in which the pressure compensating volume is separated from the working fluid line portion, into a burst state in which the pressure compensating volume is connected to the working fluid line portion, the burst protection device comprising at least one fastening body by which the pressure compensating volume is kept at least sectionwise within the working fluid line portion and in a state where it is circumflown by the working fluid at least sectionwise, and the pressure compensating volume being connected to the outside of the fluid line member wherein the fastening body is designed to be mountable between two fluid line members.