초록

There is disclosed a hyperbaric chamber in which access may be had to the interior of a pressure vessel in which a patient is received through a door releasably locked to an open end of the vessel to close same.

대표청구항 ▼

A pressure chamber comprising a vessel having an opening with an inner surface thereabout, a door having an outer surface adapted to fit within the inner surface of the vessel to close the opening an outwardly facing bearing surface, and means for releasably locking the door in closed position, incl

A pressure chamber comprising a vessel having an opening with an inner surface thereabout, a door having an outer surface adapted to fit within the inner surface of the vessel to close the opening an outwardly facing bearing surface, and means for releasably locking the door in closed position, including locking elements each mounted on the vessel for pivoting between locked position in which an inwardly facing side of each is opposite the bearing surface on the door, and thus held thereagainst by pressure in the vessel, and unlocked position removed from opposite said bearing surface so as to permit the door to be installed and/or removed from within the inner surface of the vessel, a ring rotatably mounted on the vessel adjacent the opening of the vessel for moving the locking elements between locked and unlocked positions in response to rotation of the ring in opposite directions, and means manipulatable from the outside of the vessel for so rotating the ring.