IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0981934
(2004-11-05)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Gerner,Yuri
- Sims,Carl W.
- Thielen,Thomas
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
12 인용 특허 :
63 |
초록
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An elongated flow-through degassing apparatus includes an elongated gas and liquid impermeable outer tube and one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable elongated inner tubes extending within the outer tube and at least partially through a chamber defined within the outer tube. The apparatus also
An elongated flow-through degassing apparatus includes an elongated gas and liquid impermeable outer tube and one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable elongated inner tubes extending within the outer tube and at least partially through a chamber defined within the outer tube. The apparatus also includes inlet and outlet connection structures operably coupled to respective portions of the outer tube and the inner tubes to further enable a sealed engagement between the outer tube and the inner tubes, and to provide for connection devices to operably couple the degassing apparatus of the present invention to respective spaced apart components. The degassing apparatus is sufficiently flexible so as to be readily manipulatable into desired configurations.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. An elongated flow-through fluid treatment apparatus for treating one or more fluids passing therethrough, said fluid treatment apparatus comprising: (a) an elongated outer tube defining a first chamber therewithin, and being relatively gas and liquid impermeable; (b) one or m
What is claimed is: 1. An elongated flow-through fluid treatment apparatus for treating one or more fluids passing therethrough, said fluid treatment apparatus comprising: (a) an elongated outer tube defining a first chamber therewithin, and being relatively gas and liquid impermeable; (b) one or more elongated inner tubes extending within said outer tube and at least partially through said first chamber, said one or more inner tubes each being formed solely of one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable materials, and having an inlet portion and an outlet portion; (c) one or more adapters extending from a side wall of said outer tube and coextensively with one or more apertures therein such that a hollow channel extending through said one or more adapters provides for fluid connection between said first chamber and locations external to said one or more adapters; (d) sealing means for mechanically creating gas-tight junctions of said outer tube adjacent said inlet and outlet portions of said one or more inner tubes; (e) inlet connection means operably coupled to said outer tube and said inlet portion of said one or more inner tubes; and (f) outlet connection means operably coupled to said outer tube and said outlet portion of said one or more inner tubes, said fluid treatment apparatus being sufficiently flexible so as to be readily manipulatable into desired configurations. 2. A fluid treatment apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said inner tubes are an amorphous perfluorinated copolymer material. 3. A fluid treatment apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said outer tube is selected from the group consisting of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, FEP, and PEEK. 4. A method for treating a liquid, comprising: (a) providing a transfer line apparatus having an outer tube defining a first chamber having a length, an inlet, and an outlet, said outer tube being substantially gas and liquid impermeable, and one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable inner tubes extending within said outer tube and at least partially through said first chamber, said one or more inner tubes each being formed solely of one or more amorphous perfluorinated copolymers, each of said one or more inner tubes having an open end and a substantially opposed closed end; (b) operably coupling said open end of each of said one or more inner tubes into communication with a vacuum source so as to substantially evacuate respective second chambers defined within said one or more inner tubes; and (c) transporting said liquid through said first chamber from said inlet through said outlet. 5. A method as in claim 4 wherein said inlet is disposed at a first end of said outer tube, and said outlet is disposed at a second substantially opposed end of said second outer tube. 6. A method as in claim 4 wherein said one or more inner tubes extend along said length of said chamber. 7. A method of treating a fluid, comprising: (a) providing a transfer line apparatus having an outer tube defining a first chamber having a length, an inlet, and an outlet, said outer tube being substantially gas and liquid impermeable, and one or more inner tubes extending within said outer tube and at least partially through said first chamber, said one or more inner tubes each being formed solely of one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable materials, said one or more inner tubes each having first and second substantially opposed open ends and being formed of an amorphous perfluorinated copolymer; (b) operably coupling respective first open ends of said one or more inner tubes to a first fluid source, such that said first fluid is transported through respective second chambers defined within said one or more inner tubes; and (c) transporting a second fluid through said first chamber from said inlet through said outlet, said second fluid having a different target gas concentration than said first fluid, such that target gas is caused to operably pass through respective walls of said one or more inner tubes from one of sajA first and second fluids having a relatively higher target gas concentration to the other of said first and second fluids having a relatively lower target gas concentration. 8. A method for treating a fluid, comprising: (a) providing a transfer line apparatus being sufficiently flexible so as to be readily manipulatable into desired configurations, and having an outer tube defining a first chamber having a length, an inlet, and an outlet, said outer tube being substantially gas and liquid impermeable, and one or more inner tubes extending within said outer tube and at least partially through said first chamber, said one or more inner tubes each being formed solely of one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable materials, said one or more inner tubes each having first and second substantially opposed open ends; (b) operably coupling respective first open ends of said one or more inner tubes to a first fluid source, such that said first fluid is transported through respective second chambers defined within said one or more inner tubes; and (c) transporting a second fluid through said first chamber from said inlet through said outlet, said second fluid having a different target gas concentration than said first fluid, such that target gas is caused to operably pass through respective walls of said one or more inner tubes from one of said first and second fluids having a relatively higher target gas concentration to the other of said first and second fluids having a relatively lower target gas concentration. 9. A method as in claim 8 wherein said one or more inner tubes are amorphous perfluorinated copolymers.
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