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Fluid displacement system

  • US 6,042,342 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1996
  • Issued: 03/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fluid displacement system comprising a pressure vessel, an expansion vessel, first and second tubes being each in flow communication with the two vessels, fluid contained within the system, and an energy source for generating pressure in said pressure vessel;

  • said first tube having a first opening within said pressure vessel, a second opening within said expansion vessel, and tube sections extending between said first and said second openings connected to one another by a first intermediate section;

    said second tube having a third opening at a bottom portion of said pressure vessel and a fourth opening within said expansion vessel;

    said first opening being above said third opening;

    wherein at a rest stage of the system, prior to activating the energy source, the fluid level within the vessels exceed at least one of the first and second opening and at least one of the third and fourth opening.

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