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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Ehrsam, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Brothers LImited, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C / ; 6 2 ; 6 2 ; 585 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 461 ; 62 541 ; 585 15 ;
Abstract
The apparatus for storing a frozen hydrate includes a reservoir which is filled with frozen granulated hydrate. Heat for decomposing the hydrate is obtained from water contained in a water tank. In one embodiment, the process is carried out in such a way that one chamber of a reservoir may be charged while another chamber is being evacuated by the decomposition of the frozen hydrate into gas and ice.