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Class 220/560.13 - Including means for reflecting heat


Subclass of Class 220 - Receptacles
Definition: Subject matter wherein the container or one of its components
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 02/26/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7334375Evacuated panel for thermal insulation of a body having non-planar surfaces
An evacuated panel is provided for thermal insulation of a body (3, 4) having non-planar surfaces, the panel having two main faces and comprising a flexible envelope (1), made of one or more barrier sheets, and a filling material formed of at least two...
02/26/2008
7309049Orbital debris shield
An orbital debris shield for protecting the hull of a spacecraft. The shield is comprised of a number of flexible and releasably attached gores that substantially cover the hull. Interleafed between layers of the gores are layers of a spacing material. As debris col...
12/18/2007
7294374Thermal packaging system
The present invention is an apparatus, method and system to thermally package an item having at least one container substantially filled with an alcohol, wherein said alcohol undergoes a phase change. ...
11/13/2007
7165698Construction for multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank
A construction for a multi-layered vacuum super insulated cryogenic tank and a method for making the same is disclosed. The cryogenic tank uses an inner tank that is wrapped with multiple layers of radiation shielding and is suspended within a frame by one or more s...
01/23/2007
7156094Breathing apparatus and pressure vessels therefor
There is described a wearable garment capable of supplying air to a user comprising a plurality of compartments disposed about the garment, a plurality of air storage vessels for fitting into respective ones of the compartments, an air regulator, a connector for con...
01/02/2007
6974634Metal felt laminates
A finished laminate is provided. The laminate includes an imperforate metal layer having a metallic surface, and a metallic felt layer having a first surface attached to the metallic surface and an exposed second surface facing away from the metallic surface. Also p...
12/13/2005
6796421Flexible pressure vessel, apparatus and method for making same
A flexible pressure vessel is constructed from at least one pair of upper and mating lower dome shaped cell portions. Upper and lower passageway portions extend outwardly from each cell portion to surrounding sheet material. The portions are joined to form a passage...
09/28/2004
6648131Flexible pressure vessel, apparatus and method for making same
A flexible pressure vessel is constructed from at least one pair of upper and mating lower dome shaped cell portions. The dome portions are molded from sheets of resilient material and joined together by radio frequency welding or high-strength adhesives....
11/18/2003
6634519Method for manufacturing a tank for a cryogenic fluid and tank thus produced
A tank for a cryogenic fluid, of the type comprising an inner vessel (2) intended to receive the cryogenic fluid and delimiting, with an outer vessel (8), a space (9) for the insertion of multilayer thermal insulation (7). The tank comprises multilayer th...
10/21/2003
6536089Method for producing an insulated vessel
The present invention relates to an insulated vessel which may be produced at low cost, has superior insulating capabilities and excellent volumetric efficiency, and which may be suitably employed in a thermos, cooler, icebox, insulated cup, thermal insul...
03/25/2003
6521077Method for insulating a cryogenic container
A method of insulating a member, such as a cryogenic tank, pipe, or other cryogenic or extreme temperature element with multilayer insulation, and a packaged multilayer insulation blanket for use in the method. The packaged blanket includes (1) a multilay...
02/18/2003
6268037Heat shield for blow-molded component
The present invention relates to a method for making a shielded automobile component and the shielded automobile component itself. The component includes a composite formed of a metal sheet which includes protrusions which extend from a surface of the met...
07/31/2001
6179155Insulated vessel and method of production therefor
The present invention relates to an insulated vessel which may be produced at low cost, has superior insulating capabilities and excellent volumetric efficiency, and which may be suitably employed in a thermos, cooler, icebox, insulated cup, thermal insul...
01/30/2001
6123187Cover for a pressurized tank
A cover for a pressurized fuel tank has at least one heat-reflecting wall surface. Preferably, both sides of the cover wall are heat-reflecting. Preferably, the heat-reflecting property is obtained by metalizing the surfaces, e.g., with mirrored plastic f...
09/26/2000
5655681Thermal insulating container for liquified gas
A thermally insulated calorimeter includes a vessel with a chamber containing liquid nitrogen. The vessel is formed of four walls arranged proximately in parallel, each pair of adjacent walls delimiting a space. An inner wall forms the chamber, two partit...
08/12/1997
5368184Insulation for vessels carrying cryogenic liquids
A vessel for use in the transportation of cryogenic liquids in over the road cryogenic tankers has a double wall with a highly efficient, relatively light weight fiber glass insulation in the cavity between the walls. The fiber glass insulation increases ...
11/29/1994
5129544Laminated fuel tank structure
A novel fuel tank is disclosed for a vehicle. The fuel tank includes a first and second housing part, each having an outer peripheral flange. The flanges are adapted to abut against each other and, in doing so, form a chamber between the central portions ...
07/14/1992
4976110Support system for vacuum insulated cylindrical cryogenic vessels
A cryogenic vessel includes an inner product container and an outer jacket surrounding the inner product container with an insulating space between them. Two supports are provided to support the inner product container within the outer jacket. Each suppor...
12/11/1990
4877153Method and apparatus for storing cryogenic fluids
Method and apparatus for preventing loss of liquid cryogen due to heat infiltration into the cryogen stored in a dewar. At least one transient heat shield disposed in the vacuum space between the inner and outer vessels of the dewar in heat exchange with ...
10/31/1989
4819450Low cost intermediate radiation shield for a magnet cryostat
A radiation shield assembly is provided for a cryostat having a helium vessel and which inlcudes a penetration for cooling the helium vessel. The radiation shield assembly comprises a shield having means for conducting heat toward the cryostat penetration...
04/11/1989
4741456Cryogenic reservoir with helically wound thermal insulation
A reservoir for a cryogenic fluid comprises a vessel with an elongated filling neck. It is thermally insulated by means of a band of thermal insulating material wound around the neck and the vessel in a plurality of superimposed layers each of which has a...
05/03/1988
4417428Integral purged multi-layer insulation design
Segments of multi-layer insulation have their ends bent outwardly and abutting the outwardly bent ends of adjacent segments. A purge gas flows through the spaces in the multi-layer insulation segments, the purge gas entering the spaces by way of some of t...
11/29/1983
4401619Nuclear reactor sealing system
A liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor sealing system. The nuclear reactor includes a vessel sealed at its upper end by a closure head. The closure head comprises at least two components, one of which is rotatable; and the two components define an annulus ...
08/30/1983
4258082Minimizing evaporative losses from fuel tanks
A method is disclosed for minimizing evaporative losses of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from fuel tanks installed on motor vehicles wherein the fuel tanks are shielded from sources of heat which would otherwise cause significant evaporation of the hydrocarbon...
03/24/1981
4140073Thermal barrier system for liquefied gas tank
Heat barrier components and improved thermal insulation techniques are provided for an external tank insulation system of ships carrying liquefied natural gas, propane, ammonia, etc. Reduction of liquid boil-off rate or initial cost of insulation through ...
02/20/1979
4044911Heat insulation system
Heat insulation system in which the spacing of the facing surfaces of two adjacent radiation-reflecting layers satisfies the relationship dࣙ(0.1/T), where T is the mean operational temperature of the two layers expressed in °K, and d is expressed in cm...
08/30/1977
4038832Liquefied gas container of large capacity
A container for low boiling liquefied gas formed of an inner and outer vessel spaced one from the other to provide an insulated space in between with the inner vessel being of cylindrical shape with the elongate axis horizontally disposed and means for su...
08/02/1977
4039297Heat insulating particles
The present invention relates to improved heat insulating particles with a high heat insulating effect and high mechanical strength. The particles are smooth cells formed around hollow or solid grains of a low heat-conducting material such as silica, alum...
08/02/1977
3948411Liquefied gas container
A double walled liquefied gas container formed with an inner storage vessel and a spaced outer shell with insulation in between with a low heat conductive neck tube connecting the access opening of the inner vessel with the access opening through the oute...
04/06/1976
 
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