Patent ID: 6101816
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B01D,B01J,F17C,Y02E

Abstract:
A fluid storage and dispensing system, comprising:a fluid storage and dispensing vessel enclosing an interior volume for holding a fluid, wherein the vessel includes a fluid flow port;a fluid dispensing assembly coupled in fluid flow communication with the port;a fluid pressure regulator associated with the port, and arranged to maintain a predetermined pressure of gas discharged from the vessel, deriving from fluid in the interior volume of the vessel;the fluid dispensing assembly comprising a flow control element which is selectively actuatable to flow gas, deriving from the fluid in the interior volume of the vessel, through the fluid pressure regulator and fluid dispensing assembly, for discharge of the gas from the vessel;so that gas during said discharge flows through the fluid pressure regulator prior to flow through the flow control element.