Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure testing systems with safety interlock
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Application No.: US15850727Application Date: 2017-12-21
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Publication No.: US10663371B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: David Loyd Sorensen , David Michael Briggs , Brady Lynn Byers , Daniel Morgan Jensen
- Applicant: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Newberg
- Assignee: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Newberg
- Agency: Dascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01M3/28
- IPC: G01M3/28 ; F16K37/00 ; F16K35/14 ; F16L55/115

Abstract:
Pressure testing systems comprise a clamp assembly for clamping a device for testing with a test fluid, and a control assembly for controlling application of a clamp pressure to the device. The control assembly comprises a clamp control structure with an activated configuration and an inactivated configuration. In the activated configuration, the clamp control structure permits the clamp pressure to be applied to the device. In the inactivated configuration, the clamp control structure permits the clamp pressure to be released from the device. The control assembly also comprises a safety structure that is actuated by the test fluid between an interlocked configuration and a disengaged configuration. In the interlocked configuration, the safety structure physically prevents the clamp control structure from reconfiguring from the activated configuration to the inactivated configuration. In the disengaged configuration, the safety structure permits the clamp control structure to be reconfigured from the activated configuration to the inactivated configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180202891A1 PRESSURE TESTING SYSTEMS WITH SAFETY INTERLOCK Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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