Patent ID: 6401958
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: E05Y,F16J,Y10T

Abstract:
A pressurized vessel having a quick release lid closure system for clamping a vessel lid to a vessel container,i) said lid having about its perimeter a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart lid lugs, said container having about its opening perimeter a corresponding number of opposing circumferentially spaced apart container lugs, said lid lugs and container lugs defining sets of opposing lugs, said opposing lugs having sloped faces which define a truncated wedge narrowing outwardly from said vessel, said wedge having a gap defined between said opposing lid lugs and container lugs, a compression seal provided between said lid and container for sealing said vessel when said lid is closed, ii) said closure system comprising an open hoop with spaced apart ends, said hoop carrying a plurality of spaced apart clamp blocks corresponding in number to said plurality of lug sets, each said clamp block having a truncated wedge shaped channel for mating engagement with said truncated wedge of a corresponding lug set, iii) means for pulling said spaced apart hoop ends towards one another to reduce the circumference of the hoop to move said clamp blocks onto corresponding said wedges and by virtue of said mating engagement of said clamp blocks with said wedges, drawing said opposing lugs together to close said gap and to seal said lid to said container by compressing said compression seal.