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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Mingyao Xu, Tokorozawa, JP;
Jin Lin Gao, Shanghai, CN;
Mingyao Xu, Tokorozawa, JP;
Jin Lin Gao, Shanghai, CN;
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shi-APD Cryogenics, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to valved cryogenic refrigerators, in particular, Gifford McMahon (GM) refrigerators, and GM type pulse tube refrigerators where gas is cycled between high and low pressures by a valve mechanism that connects to an expander. Input power is reduced by use of a buffer volume which stores gas that flows to and from the warm end of the regenerator through a valve that opens and closes during the periods when the main supply and return valves are closed and is closed when the main supply and return valves are open.