Regenerator apparatus for use in a cryogenic refrigerator

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5911335

Gifford, P E; Swift, S D

A regenerator unit arranged for mounting in the flow circuit carrying a refrigerant (helium gas) between stages of a two-stage Gifford-McMahon cryorefrigerator. The unit is housed in a sleeve extending between the expansion chamber of the first stage and the low temperature heat exchanger. A locking mechanism both suspends and seals the regenerator within the sleeve so that the regenerator cannot move either axially or radially and refrigerant cannot bypass the unit. The locking mechanism makes assembling and disassembling the unit in the refrigerator readily simple.

• Assignee: Cryomech Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4490983
• OSTI ID: 5911335
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Sep 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-537030
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
REFRIGERATORS
CRYOGENICS
REGENERATORS
GAS FLOW
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HELIUM
INSTALLATION
REFRIGERANTS
SLEEVES
SUPPORTS
ELEMENTS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
GASES
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NONMETALS
RARE GASES
WORKING FLUIDS
420201* - Engineering- Cryogenic Equipment & Devices