SEAL STRUCTURE OF PRESSURE VESSEL

摘要

There is provided a seal structure which surely maintains sealing performance of a pressure vessel including a bottomed tubular vessel body with an opening end and a lid closing the opening end. In this seal structure of the pressure vessel, annular grooves 11a, 11b and ridges 21a, 21b fitted to each other are formed on both of the inner and outer sides at the joining faces of opening end 11 of the vessel body 10 and the lid 20, and an annular vent hole 30 is formed between the inner ridge 21a and the outer ridge 21b. An air supply hole 31 for supplying an inert gas to the vent hole 30 is formed in the lid 20. The joining faces on the inside of the inner groove 11a and inner ridge 21a are in metal-to-metal contact. Furthermore, gaskets 51a, 51b are held between the ridges 21a, 21b and the grooves 11a, 11b.