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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:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil Mark Prosser, Lockport, NY (US);
James Richard Handley, East Amherst, NY (US);
Ravindra Fulchand Pahade, Getzville, NY (US);
Brien Scott Wierzchowski, Tonawanda, NY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62646 ; 62654 ;
Abstract
A cryogenic rectification system wherein low purity oxygen is recovered from a side column or the lower pressure column of a double column while a portion of the low purity oxygen is fed to an auxiliary column driven by fluid having a high nitrogen concentration wherein high purity oxygen is produced.