Cryogenic refrigerator and biomagnetic measurement apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11828522-B2
Application number	US-202117207967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2021
Priority date	Mar 23, 2020
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cooling unit and a magnetic shielding unit. The cooling unit is configured to cool a refrigerant. The magnetic shielding unit covers around the cooling unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cryogenic refrigerator comprising:
a cooling device configured to cool a gas refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant;
a magnetic shield covering the cooling device;
a transmission pipe connected to a heat-retention device, the transmission pipe configured to transmit the liquid refrigerant to a measurement device;
a gas supply pipe connected to the heat-retention device and the measurement device, the gas supply pipe configured to feed liquid refrigerant evaporated into gas form from the measurement device to the cooling device; and
the heat-retention device configured to house the cooling device and the transmission pipe; and
the magnetic shield is configured to cover the heat-retention device.

2. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one vibration damper between the heat-retention device and the magnetic shield.

3. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 2 , further comprising:
at least one vibration absorbing member between the at least one vibration damper and the magnetic shield.

4. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat-retention device configured to house the cooling device; and
the magnetic shield is arranged inside the heat-retention device and covers the cooling device.

5. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a vibration damper between the cooling device and the heat-retention device.

6. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-retention device is made of a non-magnetic material.

7. A biomagnetic measurement apparatus comprising:
a cryogenic refrigerator configured to cool a refrigerant; and
a measurement device configured to be cooled by the refrigerant fed from the cryogenic refrigerator, wherein
the cryogenic refrigerator is arranged outside a magnetic shield covering the measurement device, and
the cryogenic refrigerator includes,
a cooling device configured to cool the refrigerant from a gas form into a liquid form,
a transmission pipe connected to a heat-retention device, the transmission pipe configured to transmit the liquid refrigerant to the measurement device;
a gas supply pipe connected to the heat-retention device and the measurement device, the gas supply pipe configured to feed liquid refrigerant evaporated into gas form from the measurement device to the cooling device;
the heat-retention device configured to house the cooling device and the transmission pipe; and
the magnetic shield, the magnetic shield configured to cover the heat-retention device.

8. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the transmission pipe is further configured to feed the liquid refrigerant from the cooling device to the measurement device, wherein
the liquid refrigerant is used to cool the measurement device.

9. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an evaporation collection tank configured to collect the evaporated refrigerant and provide the collected evaporated refrigerant to the cooling device.

10. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a first path of a circulation pipe configured to feed the evaporated refrigerant from the measurement device to the evaporation collection tank.

11. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a second path of the circulation pipe configured to feed the collected refrigerant from the evaporation collection tank to the cooling device.

12. The cryogenic refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of pumps; and
at least one processor configured to control the plurality of pumps to move the refrigerant between the cooling device, an evaporation collection tank, and the measurement device.

13. The biomagnetic measurement apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
the transmission pipe is further configured to feed the liquid refrigerant from the cooling device to the measurement device, wherein
the liquid refrigerant is used to cool the measurement device.

14. The biomagnetic measurement apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
an evaporation collection tank configured to collect the evaporated refrigerant and provide the collected evaporated refrigerant to the cooling device.

15. The biomagnetic measurement apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a first path of a circulation pipe configured to feed the evaporated refrigerant from the measurement device to the evaporation collection tank.

16. The biomagnetic measurement apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a second path of the circulation pipe configured to feed the collected refrigerant from the evaporation collection tank to the cooling device.

17. The biomagnetic measurement apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a plurality of pumps; and
at least one processor configured to control the plurality of pumps to move the refrigerant between the cooling device, an evaporation collection tank, and the measurement device.

Assignees

• Kondo Jun
• Kazami Kunio
• Kubota Hiroshi
• Matsumoto Shunichi
• Umeno Takahiro
• Takami Syoji
• Ito Takuji
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kondo Jun
• Kazami Kunio
• Kubota Hiroshi
• Matsumoto Shunichi
• Umeno Takahiro
• Takami Syoji
• Ito Takuji

Classifications

• F25D19/006 Primary

  Thermal coupling structure or interface · CPC title

• H01F6/04

  Cooling · CPC title

• F25D19/00 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices {or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors} · CPC title

• F25B9/10

  with several cooling stages · CPC title