CRYOGENIC STORAGE CONTAINER, CLOSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

• Main Authors: MCCORMICK, Bruce, BARNARD, Gordon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.03.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; BLASTING; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FISHING; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FORESTRY; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TRAPPING; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

A closing element for selectively blocking an opening of a cryogenic storage container is disclosed. The closing element has a head assembly and a bottom member, at least one layer of insulating material disposed between the head assembly and the bottom member, at least one hole extending through the insulating material, and at least one member disposed in the at least one hole and extending through the insulating material. A diameter of the at least one hole is substantially equal to a diameter of the at least one member.