Patent · US Expired

Method of filling gas containers

US5901758A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1997
Grant dateMay 11, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF17C2260/023
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Filling a gas vessel by initially flowing gas into the vessel at a rate low enough to avoid sudden heating of the gas, then increasing the fill rate until the maximum fill rate is attained, then reducing the flow rate as the vessel approaches the filled condition.

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