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(11) | EP 1 744 093 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | A cylinder |
(57) This invention relates to the assembly of pressure cylinders used for the transportation
and storage of liquefied petroleum gas or other hydrocarbons. The cylinder of the
present invention comprises, fundamentally, a body inside which especially liquefied
petroleum gas is carried and stored, and which is manufact ured of a composite material;
a regulator for the gas to exit; a valve; a handle which enables it to be carried
easily by the user; a lid placed on the handle; a base which enables its standing
in balance; at least one central piece which connects the handle and the base around
the composite body in order to fix them on the cylinder, gives an aesthetic appearance
to the transparent body and has the optimum surface area to enable easy evaporation
of the gas inside the cylinder; and characterised by pawls placed on the upper and
lower sides of the central piece and have a form to be able to locked into the corresponding
pockets on the handle and the base, are preferably in the form of a semi-arrow and
are sufficient in numbers to provide sufficient strength so as to allow mechanical
assembly.
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