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US 4,633,125 AGranted
Vented 360 degree rotatable vessel for containing liquids
AssigneeBoard of Trustees operating Michigan State University
InventorsHenry G. Blosser, Gabe F. Blosser, Emanuel B. Jemison, John R. Purcell
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Abstract
An apparatus 10 including a valveless rotatable, continuously vented vessel 11 for containing a liquid is described. The vessel can be confined in a vacuum chamber 15 to reduce heat losses from the liquid in the vessel. The apparatus is particularly adapted for containing superconducting coils in a cyclotron 100.
Claims11
A 360.degree. rotatable, vented apparatus for containing a liquid which comprises:
- (a) a vessel having an inside defining a chamber for confining the liquid on the inside of the vessel, having an outside and having top, side and bottom positions relative to the liquid to be provided in the chamber and having a pivot axis for rotation of the vessel between +180 and -180 degrees in a plane on either side of the top position at 0 degrees of the vessel;
- (b) support means mounted on the outside of the vessel for rotating the vessel on the pivot axis;
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- (c) multiple conduit means mounted around the vessel in the plane of rotation, each conduit means having two open ends, one end leading inside the vessel and the other end on the outside of the vessel, wherein the conduit means are mounted around the outside of the vessel on the top and both side portions, wherein liquid traps are provided in some of the conduit means, wherein vapors from the liquid are vented from the other open ends of the conduit means in the angular range between -180 to +180 degrees from the top position at 0 degrees.
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