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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, MA (US);

W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Conor L. Myhrvold, Bellevue, CA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Tony Pan, Cambridge, MA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael H. Baym, Cambridge, MA (US);

W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Conor L. Myhrvold, Bellevue, CA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Tony Pan, Cambridge, MA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21F 1/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01); B65B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 1/00 (2013.01); B65B 1/00 (2013.01); E21F 1/00 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method of transporting liquefied breathing gases in underground mines includes providing a conduit system that extends within a mine shaft to a work space below ground where the conduit system includes an outlet positioned in the work space, delivering liquefied breathing gases through the conduit system, and vaporizing the liquefied breathing gases at the outlet of the conduit system.


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