US 12,422,100 B2
Gas storage and dispensing container and a method of dispensing therefrom
Edward E. Jones, Woodbury, CT (US); Joseph R. Despres, Middletown, CT (US); and Sarah A. Utz, Beacon, NY (US)
Assigned to ENTEGRIS, INC., Billerica, MA (US)
Filed by ENTEGRIS, INC., Billerica, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,749, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290812 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F17C 7/00 (2006.01); F17C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F17C 7/00 (2013.01) [F17C 11/00 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0114 (2013.01); F17C 2201/032 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0338 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0385 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0394 (2013.01); F17C 2223/035 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0518 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A gas storage and dispensing container, comprising:
a storage vessel having an interior volume for holding pressurized gas;
a valve;
a first gas pressure regulator within the interior volume;
a second gas pressure regulator external to the storage vessel, wherein the second gas pressure regulator is positioned upstream of the valve and downstream of and in line with the first gas pressure regulator; and
a discharge flow path for discharging the pressurized gas from the gas storage and dispensing container, the discharge flow path extending through the first gas pressure regulator and the second gas pressure regulator; and
a solid adsorbent disposed within the interior volume of the storage vessel, the solid absorbent containing adsorbed gas and being configured to desorb the adsorbed gas into the interior volume, and the desorbed gas being included in the pressurized gas.