Patent · US Expired

Cryostat assembly

US5537829A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

5References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Oxford Instruments, Inc. · GB

Inventors

Francis J. Jones · Lakewood, US
Peter Derek Daniels · Daventry, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 1994
Grant date	Jul 23, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF17C2270/0509
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cryostat assembly having an outer vessel within which is provided substantially upright inner vessel for containing an item, such as an electromagnet, to be cooled. The inner vessel is suspended from the outer vessel by a number of low thermal conductivity support members secured at one end to points on the outer vessel corresponding to the height of the center of gravity of the assembly and an item in use and at the other end to the inner vessel at points not higher than the said points on the outer vessel.

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