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Radiation-shielding container

US4923088A · kind A · utility

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15References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1988
Grant dateMay 8, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S215/901
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A radiation-shielding container comprising an outer plastic tube, an inner radiation-shielding metal tube inserted into the outer tube and a top plastic cap accompanied with a plug made of a radiation-shielding metal on its back and a bottom plastic cap, wherein the top and the bottom caps attach to the uppermost and the lowermost edges, respectively of the plastic outer tube in a snap-on method or a screwed or threading method, have respectively a peripheral thin section on the curved surface and are so designed that they can not be removed from the outer tube unless the thin section of the cap is cut off or that the thin section is forcibly opened.

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