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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. 21, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Andrew F. Knight, Canon, GA (US);
Andrew F. Knight, Canon, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of pumping a fluid includes: providing a pressurizer for pressurizing the fluid, the pressurizer including at least two storage tanks, where, for each storage tank, the pressurizer includes a propellant entrance valve, a propellant exit valve, a pressurant entrance valve, and a pressurant exit valve, where each of the storage tanks is configured to be filled with the fluid under a low pressure and drained of the fluid under a high pressure by the force of a pressurant; and for each storage tank, opening and closing its associated valves in cycles to sequentially fill and drain the storage tank of the fluid, the cycles each having a cycle time between approximately 1 and 500 milliseconds.
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