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Cryopump with multiple refrigerators

US4966016A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1989
Grant dateOct 30, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S417/901
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cryopump with multiple cooling sufaces, each cooled independently by a closed-cycle refrigerator. Specifically, a primary pumping surface is cooled by a first, two-stage refrigerator independently from the radiation shield, which is cooled by a second, single-stage refrigerator.

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