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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E. Fesmire, Titusville, FL (US);
Zoltan F. Nagy, Titusville, FL (US);
Stanislaw D. Augustynowicz, Titusville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/500 ; G01N 1/700 ; G01K 1/16 ; G01K 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/500 ; G01N 1/700 ; G01K 1/16 ; G01K 1/302 ;
Abstract
A test apparatus and method of its use for evaluating various performance aspects of a piping segment locates a piping segment between two cold boxes. A first cold box conditions test fluid before providing the fluid into the piping segment. The first and second cold boxes both significantly reduce, if not eliminate, any heat transfer from the ends of the piping so that accurate measurements of heat leak rates from the sides of the piping segment may be determined.