# US 2014/0190186 A1 · Container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190186 A1 - Document ID: US20140190186A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/150,066 - Filed: 2014-01-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: The Hymatic Engineering Company Limited - Applicants: The Hymatic Engineering Company Limited - Inventors: Scott Spooner; Chun Fai Cheuk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190186A1 ## CPC - F25B 9/145: {pulse-tube cycle} - B05B 11/0037: {Containers (for several components B05B11/0078)} - F17C 1/00: Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge (pressurised apparatus for purposes other than storage, see the relevant subclasses such as A62C, B05B; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of classes B60 - B64; pressure vessels in general F16J12/00 {; autoclaves B01J3/04; tank vehicles B60P3/22; railway tank wagons for carrying fluent materials B61D5/00; accumulators for supplying fluid under pressure F15B1/04; liquefied gas stoves F24C3/00}) - F17C 2201/0119: with flat end-piece - F17C 2221/017: Helium - F17C 2223/0161: cryogenic, e.g. LNG, GNL, PLNG - F17C 2223/045: with a dip tube - F17C 2223/047: with a dip tube - F17C 2225/045: with a dip tube - F17C 2225/047: with a dip tube - F17C 2227/0353: using cryocooler - F17C 2270/025: Breathing - F17C 2270/0509: "Dewar" vessels - F17C 2270/0527: Superconductors - F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) - F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25) ## Abstract A container is described having a wall with a thickness defined by inner and outer surfaces, said inner surface defining an internal cavity for receiving fluid, the container having an opening through which fluid can enter/exit the container, said opening being connected to a fluid conduit at least a length of which extends through the wall in between the inner and outer surfaces thereof which exits through the inner surface to communicate with the internal cavity. Also described is a pulse tube ref rigerator/cryocooler system including such a container. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container having a wall with a thickness defined by inner and outer surfaces, said inner surface defining an internal cavity for receiving fluid, the container having an opening through which fluid can enter/exit the container, said opening being connected to a fluid conduit at least a length of which extends through the wall in between the inner and outer surfaces thereof which exits through the inner surface to communicate with the internal cavity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the container includes a support member positioned within the internal cavity for supporting a portion of the fluid conduit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the container includes a support member positioned within the internal cavity for supporting a portion of the fluid conduit adjacent the opening to the container. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) A container according to claim 2 wherein the support member is connected to the wall of the container. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A container according to claim 2 wherein the support member extends along the inner surface of the wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the fluid conduit extends through the wall peripherally around the container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the fluid conduit extends helically through the wall from one end of the container towards an opposite end of the container. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the fluid conduit enters/exit the wall thickness by extending through the inner surface thereof. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the fluid conduit enters the wall thickness at one end of the container by extending through the inner surface of the wall and exits the wall thickness at an opposite end of the container by extending through the inner surface of the wall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein a first portion of the fluid conduit adjacent the opening to the container extends into the internal cavity and towards the wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A container according claim 10 wherein a second, adjacent, portion of the fluid conduit extends along and is connected to the inner surface of the wall before extending through the inner surface thereof and into the all thickness. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A container according claim 11 wherein the second portion of the fluid conduit extends peripherally around the inner surface of the wall as it extends away from the opening to the container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A container according claim 12 wherein the second portion of the fluid conduit is helical or part helical. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the wall through which the fluid conduit extends is cylindrical. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A container according claim 14 wherein the container has first and second end walls connected to the cylindrical wall at respective opposite ends thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A container according claim 15 wherein the opening to the container passes through the first end wall. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein the container includes a further, closable, opening which connects the internal cavity to atmosphere. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15, 16, 17) A container according claim 17 as appendent to claim 15 or claim 16 wherein the further, closable, opening is provided in the second wall. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A container according to claim 1 wherein adjacent lengths of the conduit within the wall are nested. ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (canceled) ### Claim 22 (canceled) ### Claim 23 (canceled) ### Claim 24 (canceled) ### Claim 25 A pulse tube refrigerator/cryocooler system including a container having a wall with a thickness defined by inner and outer surfaces, said inner surface defining an internal cavity for receiving fluid, the container having an opening through which fluid can enter/exit the container, said opening being connected to a fluid conduit at least a length of which extends through the wall in between the inner and outer surfaces thereof which exits through the inner surface to communicate with the internal cavity. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) A pulse tube refrigerator/cryocooler system according to claim 25 whereby the rigidity of the fluid conduit within the wall of the container results in lowering and/or eliminating vibration during use. ### Claim 27 (canceled) ### Claim 28 A pulse tube refrigerator/cryocooler system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and/or as shown in the accompanying drawings. ### Claim 29 Any novel feature or novel combination of features described herein with reference to and/or as shown in the accompanying drawings.