Composite pressure vessel
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1. A composite pressure vessel for the containment generally a highly pressurized fluid, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of opposed walls;
(b) a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between said at least two of said plurality of opposed walls interiorly of said pressure vessel, and set with a predetermined tension, so as to resist the force of said pressurized fluid tending to force said at least two of said plurality of opposed walls apart; and
(c) said plurality of internal fibers forming generally parallel sets of fibers disposed in a series of aligned rows so that the internal fibers emanate over a generally large portion of the opposed wall; and
said internal fibers being offset so as not to intersect with each other, and being selected from the group comprising a single fiber strand, twisted fiber strands, and plaited fiber strand;
whereby said internal fibers enable the containment of very high working pressures in said pressure vessel while minimizing the wall thicknesses of said pressure vessel thereby enabling the application of said pressure vessel in any situation where weight is a detriment.
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In a preferred embodiment, a composite pressure vessel for the containment of pressurized fluid, including: at least two opposed walls regions; and a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between the at least two opposed wall regions, interiorly of the pressure vessel, so as to resist the force of the pressurized fluid tending to force the at least two opposed wall regions apart.
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1. A composite pressure vessel for the containment generally a highly pressurized fluid, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of opposed walls; (b) a plurality of internal fibers fixedly attached to and extending between said at least two of said plurality of opposed walls interiorly of said pressure vessel, and set with a predetermined tension, so as to resist the force of said pressurized fluid tending to force said at least two of said plurality of opposed walls apart; and (c) said plurality of internal fibers forming generally parallel sets of fibers disposed in a series of aligned rows so that the internal fibers emanate over a generally large portion of the opposed wall; and
said internal fibers being offset so as not to intersect with each other, and being selected from the group comprising a single fiber strand, twisted fiber strands, and plaited fiber strand;
whereby said internal fibers enable the containment of very high working pressures in said pressure vessel while minimizing the wall thicknesses of said pressure vessel thereby enabling the application of said pressure vessel in any situation where weight is a detriment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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