| US 7,371,478 B2 | ||
| Mixing tank for fuel cell | ||
| Kaname Miyazaki, Yokohama (Japan); and Eiichi Sakaue, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/717,568. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-340065 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0115506 A1, Jun. 17, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01M 8/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 429—17 [429/34; 429/39] | 8 Claims |
| 1. A mixing tank for a fuel cell, comprising:
a container housing fuel for the fuel cell;
an absorbent member housed in the container, the absorbent member having a space, wherein the space is substantially enclosed
by the absorbent member;
an inlet flow path interconnecting the fuel cell and the container so as to conduct an exhaust from the fuel cell to the container
and admix the exhaust with the fuel to form a mixture absorbed in the absorbent member;
an exhaust flow path interconnecting the space and an outside of the mixing tank so as to conduct gas in the space to the
outside; and an outlet flow path interconnecting the absorbent member and the fuel cell so as to conduct the mixture absorbed
in the absorbent member to the fuel cell.
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