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Exhaust apparatus and vacuum pumping unit including the exhaust apparatus

US5240381A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1992
Grant dateAug 31, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J41/14
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exhaust apparatus and a high vacuum pumping unit including such high vacuum device and an auxiliary vacuum pump are disclosed, wherein a high vacuum is achieved in a vacuum vessel such that the gas molecules within the vacuum vessel are ionized and accelerated to be exhausted and, further, in the high vacuum pumping unit, those gas molecules diffused back or desorbed from the vacuum pump are ionized and accelerated to be returned to the vacuum pump.

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