Fluid storage and dispensing system featuring externally adjustable regulator assembly for high flow dispensing
US6474076B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF17C2270/0518
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fluid storage and dispensing system including a fluid storage and dispensing vessel enclosing an interior volume for holding a fluid. The vessel includes a fluid discharge port for discharging fluid from the vessel. A pressure regulating element in the interior volume of the fluid storage and dispensing vessel is arranged to flow fluid therethrough to the fluid discharge port at a set pressure for dispensing thereof. A controller external of the fluid storage and dispensing vessel is arranged to transmit a control input into the vessel to cause the pressure regulating element to change the set pressure of the fluid flowed from the pressure regulating element to the fluid discharge port. By such arrangement, the respective storage and dispensing operations can have differing regulator set point pressures, as for example a subatmospheric pressure set point for storage and a superatmospheric pressure set point for dispensing.
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