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US 10,591,557 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for introduction of a material into a cryogenic system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAndrew Michael Leach, James Richard Trigger, John Arthur Urbahn
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method comprising, an airlock chamber; a cryogenic chamber; an equilibrator positioned between the airlock chamber and the cryogenic chamber that is configured to allow for the passage of a sample along to the cryogenic chamber; and a cooling unit that is thermally coupled to the equilibrator. Collectively, the airlock chamber, equilibrator, and the cryogenic chamber define a travel path. A machine-readable medium, comprising instructions which when executed by a controller causes a sample to be cooled, is also provided.
Claims12
An apparatus comprising:
- an airlock chamber;
- a cryogenic chamber;
- an equilibrator positioned between the airlock chamber and the cryogenic chamber configured to allow for passage of a sample along to the cryogenic chamber;
- a first tube positioned between the airlock chamber and the equilibrator;
- a second tube positioned between the equilibrator and the cryogenic chamber;
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- a cooling unit thermally coupled to the equilibrator, further wherein the airlock chamber, the first tube, the equilibrator, the second tube, and the cryogenic chamber define a sample travel path, further wherein the first tube and the second tube are parallel to each other and laterally offset from the equilibrator.
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