Metal foam container
AssigneeThe BOC Group, Inc.
InventorsEvelyn Arthur Shervington, Michael Ernest Garrett, Silvia Beatriz Dougill
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Abstract
A gas container is made from metal foam and the spaces defined by the open-celled structure are filled with a solid adsorbent material such as a zeolite or an activated carbon. The container may be made in the form of a panel.
Claims1
A gas container comprising two or more gas containers connected in series wherein said gas container comprises metal foam in which the spaces defined by the open-celled structure are substantially filled with a solid gas adsorber material and said two or more gas containers are connected by a connector comprising at least one small bore tube imbedded in a foamed rubber matrix encompassed by a protective metallic sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.