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Vaporizer and liquid delivery system using same

US5553188A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1995
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24V99/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A liquid vaporizer includes a stack of coaxially aligned, thermally conductive, thin, flat disks having different diameters. The larger diameter disks each include at least one aperture and preferably a plurality of closely spaced apertures radially located a predetermined distance from the center of the disk. The vaporizer further includes means for establishing a liquid film on at least a portion of the surfaces of the larger diameter disks and for accelerating the vaporization of the liquid thereon by passing a gas through the apertures of the larger diameter disks over the liquid film on the portion of the surfaces of the larger diameter disks.

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