Removable refrigerator for maintaining liquefied gas inventory
US4279127A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49826
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cryostat for maintaining an inventory of a liquefied cryogen including a vacuum jacketed reservoir (Dewar) containing heat shields in the vacuum jacket, the heat shields cooled to different temperatures and a cryogen recondenser cooled by a cryogenic refrigerator. Included in the cryostat is an access passage to place objects in the cryogen and to support the refrigerator, the access passage including means to remove the refrigerator without opening the liquid cryogen to ambient atmosphere.
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