Patent ID: 6817385
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B65B,F17C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for filling a liquid storage system and converting the liquid phase of a fluid into its gaseous phase and dispensing the gas to users, the method comprising the steps of:providing a gaseous phase receiver means and a liquid phase receiver means; introducing a flow of the liquid phase fluid into the liquid phase receiver means; blocking flow of the liquid phase fluid into the gaseous phase receiver means; blocking flow of the liquid phase fluid into the liquid phase receiver means when the liquid phase receiver means is substantially filled; blocking the exit of liquid phase fluid from the system; providing intercommunication between the gaseous phase receiver means and the liquid phase receiver means when the liquid phase receiver means is substantially filled with liquid phase fluid thereby to prevent establishment of any pressure differential between the gaseous phase receiver means and the liquid phase receiver means, and thereby enable free flow of the gaseous phase fluid throughout the liquid phase receiver means and the gaseous phase receiver means; allowing the liquid phase fluid to vaporize throughout the liquid phase receiver means and the gaseous phase receiver means and thereby form gaseous phase fluid sufficient to substantially fill the gaseous phase receiver means; and allowing a controlled flow of the gaseous phase fluid out of the gaseous phase receiver means under the control of an end user.