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Methods and systems for distributing liquid chemicals

  • US 6,168,048 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/1998
  • Issued: 01/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for transferring and delivering a liquid chemical from a bulk source to an end use station, the system comprising:

  • (a) a pressure vessel connected to the bulk source by a delivery conduit, the pressure vessel having an internal surface, the delivery conduit having a pump therein;

    (b) a balloon positioned within the pressure vessel, the balloon having an interior and an interior surface and an exterior and an exterior surface;

    (c) a space adapted to receive liquid chemical, the space defined by at least a portion of the balloon exterior surface and at least a portion of the pressure vessel internal surface; and

    (d) means for delivering a pressurized gas into the balloon, whereby upon entrance of the gas into the balloon, the liquid chemical is forced out of the space and to an end use station through a discharge conduit, the balloon connected to the pressure vessel only at a pressurized gas inlet.

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