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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);

Michael Thomas Groh, Louisville, KY (US);

Jeffrey Jacoby, Goshen, KY (US);

Lee Mathieson, Georgetown, IN (US);

Richard Miller, Louisville, KY (US);

Alan J. Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);

Michael Christopher Ross, Louisville, KY (US);

Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);

Inventors:

Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);

Michael Thomas Groh, Louisville, KY (US);

Jeffrey Jacoby, Goshen, KY (US);

Lee Mathieson, Georgetown, IN (US);

Richard Miller, Louisville, KY (US);

Alan J. Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);

Michael Christopher Ross, Louisville, KY (US);

Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for servicing a refrigeration system is disclosed. The refrigeration system contains a refrigerant and has a compressor, a high-side section and a low-side section. The method includes the steps of releasing the refrigerant from the refrigeration system from the high-side section; collecting the released refrigerant with a recovery container containing a refrigerant adsorptive substance; charging the refrigeration system with inert gas from the low-side section; and discharging the inert gas from the refrigeration system from the high-side section.


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