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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E Garrett, Woking, GB;
Norberto Lemcoff, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group plc, Windlesham, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
96130 ; 96132 ; 96133 ; 96144 ;
Abstract
A system for controlling the atmosphere within a container, including a plurality of adsorption beds for the selective removal on a cyclical basis and in a predetermined order of at least part of any water vapour, ethylene, carbon dioxide and oxygen components present in the atmosphere in an adsorption phase of the cycle mechanism for controlling the flow of atmosphere within the system and mechanism for desorbing the adsorption beds in accordance with a desorption phase of the cycle.