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Filter membrane and method of manufacturing it

US4698157A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 5, 1985
Grant dateOct 6, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2325/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filter membrane for filtering liquid food stuffs or hot gases and including at least one filter layer. The membrane is constituted by a sintered inorganic material comprising grains which are fixedly connected to one another and the average roughness of the surface of said filter layer over a distance along said surface equal to at least five times the average grain size is less than one fifth of the average grain size in the region in question.

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