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(11) EP 0 364 009 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/16

(21) Application number: 89122730.8

(22) Date of filing: 30.01.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: F17C 9/00, B65B 31/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.02.1988 GB 8804760

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
89300891.2 / 0331287

(71) Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18105 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Miller, Jeremy Paul
    Staffs DE3 9QP (GB)

(74) Representative: Lucas, Brian Ronald 
Lucas & Co. 135 Westhall Road
Warlingham Surrey CR6 9HJ
Warlingham Surrey CR6 9HJ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Dispenser for dispensing cryogenic liquid


    (57) A dispenser (1) for dispensing slugs of cryogenic liquid to bottles or cans on a bottling or canning line, comprises a vessel (2) for holding cryogenic liquid, a dispenser tube (10) mounted on said vessel (2), a valve (14) associated with said dispenser tube (10) and operable, in use, to allow or inhibit the flow of cryogenic liquid from said vessel (2), and means (16, 17) which are wholly contained within said vessel (2) for opening and closing said valve (14), characterized in that said means (16, 17) are capable of opening and closing said valve (14) at least 600 times per minute.







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