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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuen-Cheng Hwang, Chester, NJ (US);
Andre Micke, Summit, NJ (US);
Ramachandran Krishnamurthy, Chestnut Ridge, NY (US);
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141-2 ; 141 18 ; 141 40 ; 141 39 ; 141197 ;
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.