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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
May. 01, 2003
Neil Alexander Downie, Guildford, GB;
Stuart Alexander Kerr, Knutsford, GB;
Neil Alexander Downie, Guildford, GB;
Stuart Alexander Kerr, Knutsford, GB;
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A container () having a first compartment () and a second compartment () separated by a movable gas impermeable partition () is used for storing and dispensing a gas for use in a process and receiving and storing a gas recovered from the process. Fresh gas is dispensed () from the first compartment () for use in a process and recovered gas is fed () to the second compartment (), whereby a volume of the second gas displaces a volume of the first gas by movement of the partition () to enlarge the second compartment () relative to the first compartment ().