Clamshell retainer used in hollow fiber membrane devices
US5211728A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2319/04
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane device having a hollow fiber membrane bundle with tubesheets, separable end caps, clamshell-shaped retainers for joining the end caps to the tubesheets, associated circumferential keepers which positionally constrain the clamshell-shaped retainers, and an optional envelope which encloses the membrane bundle.
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