Claims
- 1. A metal vessel comprising:a cylinder including a shell member and a bottom member, the shell member comprises: a shell part adjacent to the bottom member, the shell part having an external diameter which is larger than the external diameter of the bottom member; and a neck part at an end opposite to the bottom member, the neck part having an external diameter which is smaller than the external diameter of the shell part, the neck part projecting from the shell part and is formed from the same member as the shell part; and the neck part including an opening part; wherein one end of the shell member being made integral to the bottom member by welding, the other end of the shell member providing the opening part wherein the cylinder is formed by a fabrication method comprising the steps of: disposing the cylinder in a die comprising a moving die and a stationary die in a state wherein the moving die and the stationary die are separated, so that the opening part is on the stationary die side and the bottom member is on the moving die side; and fabricating the metal vessel by carrying out hydraulic bulge formation in such a manner that a length of the weld between the shell member and the bottom member is approximately the same before and after the hydraulic bulge formation by moving the moving die towards the stationary die, expanding the shell member of the cylinder, and at the same time injecting a liquid into the cylinder and then applying pressure.
- 2. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the shell member has an external diameter larger than an external diameter of the opening part and bottom member.
- 3. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the shell member is a non-circular tube.
- 4. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the bottom member is dish shaped.
- 5. The metal vessel according to claim 4, wherein the bottom member is welded to the shell member so that a concave face of the bottom member faces outside of the shell member.
- 6. The metal vessel according to claim 4, wherein the bottom member is welded to the shell member so that a concave face of the bottom member faces inside of the shell member.
- 7. The metal vessel according to claim 4, wherein the bottom member is welded to the shell member with a concave face of the dish shaped bottom member facing outward.
- 8. The metal vessel according to claim 4, wherein the bottom member is welded to the shell member with a concave face of the dish shaped bottom member facing inward.
- 9. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the bottom member is a flat plate.
- 10. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the bottom member is round.
- 11. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the bottom and shell members have external diameters, such that the external diameter of the bottom member is smaller than the external diameter of the shell member of the vessel.
- 12. The metal vessel according to claim 1, further comprising a shell member whose external shell diameter is larger than a diameter of the opening part and a diameter of the bottom member, and wherein the shell member has an inwardly directed flange at one end to provide a reduced diameter opening in the shell member, the bottom member being welded to the flange to close the opening and the weld between the bottom member and the shell member is positioned at a deepest part of the vessel with respect to the opening part.
- 13. The metal vessel according to claim 12, wherein the bottom member is round.
- 14. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the shell member has an outer surface and a surface roughness of the outer surface of the shell member is about 1.0 μm, or less.
- 15. A double-walled vacuum metal vessel, wherein an inner vessel is a metal vessel according to claim 1.
- 16. The metal vessel according to claim 1, wherein the opening part forms an opening of the metal vessel and is formed from the same member as the shell part.
- 17. A metal vessel comprising:a cylinder including a shell member and a bottom member, the shell member comprises: a shell part; and a neck part at an end opposite to the bottom member, the neck part having an external diameter which is smaller than the external diameter of the shell part, the neck part projecting from the shell part and is formed from the same member as the shell part, and the neck part having an opening part; wherein the shell member has an inwardly directed flange at one end to provide a reduced diameter opening in the shell member, the bottom member being welded to the flange to close the opening reduced diameter and the weld between the bottom member and the shell member is positioned at a deepest part of the vessel with respect to the opening part.
- 18. The metal vessel according to claim 17, wherein the bottom member is round.
- 19. A double-walled vacuum metal vessel, wherein an inner vessel is a metal vessel according to claim 17.
- 20. The metal vessel according to claim 17, wherein the opening part forms an opening of the metal vessel and is formed from the same member as the shell part.
Priority Claims (2)
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10-036434 |
Feb 1998 |
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10-036435 |
Feb 1998 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of Application Ser. No. 09/236.546, filed Jan. 26, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,182,487.
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96-14782 |
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Patent Abstract of Korea: Patent Application No. 96-14782, Fabrication Method For An Inner Cylinder of A Vacuum Thermal Insulation Bottle (in English). |