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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Hook, Crawley Down, GB;
Stephen W Barton, Haslemere, GB;
Duncan Yates, Cranleigh, GB;
Silvia B Dougill, London, GB;
Shuen-Cheng Hwang, Chester, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Boc Group PLC, Surrey, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 461 ; 62 541 ; 252 67 ; 252 71 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of storing and transporting acetylene in which acetylene is introduced under pressure into liquid nitrogen to produce a liquid solid mixture. The feeding of the acetylene can be done by spraying the acetylene over the liquid nitrogen or sparging the acetylene into a pool of liquid nitrogen.