Abstract: A cryostat configuration comprising an outer shell and a cryocontainer (2) for cryogenic fluid installed therein, wherein the cryocontainer (2) is connected to the outer shell via at least two suspension tubes (16), and with a neck tube (1) whose upper warm end is connected to the outer shell and whose lower cold end is connected to the cryocontainer (2) and into which a cold head (3) of a multi-stage cryocooler is installed, wherein the outer shell, the cryocontainer (2), the suspension tubes (16) and the neck tube (1) delimit an evacuated space, and wherein the cryocontainer (2) is moreover surrounded by at least one radiation shield which is connected to the suspension tubes (16) and optionally to the neck tube (1) of the cryocontainer (2) in a thermally conducting fashion, is characterized by a seal which can be manually and/or automatically actuated to separate the cold end of the neck tube (1) from the cryocontainer (2) in such a manner that fluid flow between the cryocontainer (2) and the neck tube (1)

Abstract: A cooling device (7) for re-liquefying cryogenic gases, comprising an outer jacket (8) which delimits a vacuum chamber (9), and a cryocooler cold head (10) installed therein, which has at least two cold stages (11, 12) and is at least partially surrounded by a radiation shield (13) is characterized in that at least two cold stages (11, 12) of the cold head (10) are separately individually connected in a heat-conducting manner to a heat-transferring device (14a, 14b) which can be inserted into the neck or suspension tubes (3a, 3b) of a cryostat (1) for keeping at least two different cryogenic liquids (18a, 18b). The cooling device can be easily retrofitted into existing cryostat configurations, in particular, those containing superconducting magnets and without (or with minimum) adjustment to permit operation with no or little cryogen loss, even if several cryogens are used.