Patent ID: 7866499
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B29C,F16J,F17C

Abstract:
1. A containment vessel, comprising: a first chamber portion having a first chamber portion flange, wherein the first chamber portion flange includes a plurality of toothed extensions, each of the plurality of toothed extensions having a first chamber tooth wedge attached thereto and extending outwardly from an outside surface of the first chamber portion flange; a second chamber portion having a second chamber portion flange, wherein the second chamber portion flange includes a plurality of toothed extensions, each of the plurality of toothed extensions having a second chamber tooth wedge attached thereto; and a nut portion for forceably abutting the first chamber portion to the second chamber portion via engagement of the nut portion with the first chamber portion flange and the second chamber portion flange, the nut portion including a first plurality of toothed extensions, each of the first plurality of toothed extensions having a first nut tooth wedge attached thereto, and a second plurality of toothed extensions, each of the second plurality of toothed extensions having a second nut tooth wedge attached thereto; wherein, upon engagement of the nut portion with the first chamber portion flange and the second chamber portion flange, each of the first chamber tooth wedges slidably engages one of the first nut tooth wedges and each of the second chamber tooth wedges slidably engages one of the second nut tooth wedges, such that the nut portion rotatably engages the first chamber portion flange and the second chamber portion flange, and such that the first chamber portion flange compressibly abuts the second chamber portion flange.