Halogenated hydrocarbon recycling machine

US5263326A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Team Aer Lingus · IE

Inventors

• Mathias Block · Offenbach, DE
• Padraig Furlong · Ashbourne, IE
• Brian Keogh · Dublin, IE
• Brendan Farrell · Kilmacanogue, IE
• John W. Byrne · Saddle Brook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 1991
• Grant date: Nov 23, 1993
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F17C2270/0754
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A halogenated hydrocarbon recycling machine M1 comprising a cylinder-emptying apparatus including means for transferring a vapour mixture from a cylinder 10 to a fluid storage reservoir R1, a cylinder-filling apparatus including means for filling the cylinder 10.sup.1 from the reservoir R1 and a fluid separating apparatus including means for separating from the vapour mixture of an emptied cylinder, a reusable halogenated hydrocarbon fluid for use by the cylinder filling apparatus.