Patent ID: 6244290
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A containment bag for installation over a fluid control valve, the valve being connected in line between a first pipe and a second pipe, said first pipe and said valve forming a first junction and said second pipe and said valve forming a second junction, said containment bag comprising:an impermeable fabric enclosing an internal volume sufficient to accommodate said control valve;said impermeable fabric defining first and second openings between said internal volume and said external environment;a re-sealable liquid tight seam comprising first and second contiguously inter-engageable sealing members extending between said first open and said second opening whereby said bag may be opened and installed over said control valve and said first and second junctions, and the seam re-sealed to close said containment bag with said first pipe protruding from said first opening and said second pipe protruding from said second opening; andmeans for forming a liquid tight seal around said first opening between said containment bag and said first pipe; andmeans for forming a liquid tight seal around said second opening between said containment bag and said second pipe.