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Vacuum rig apparatus

US5618587A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 1994
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D69/141
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vacuum rig apparatus for introducing a liquid into a space defined by a shaped article, which apparatus comprises a series of interconnected vessels attached through a port to a vacuum line, wherein one of the vessels is adapted to hold the shaped article and the apparatus is tiltable about a point midway along the vessel so that liquid from a reservoir flows into the vessel to surround the shaped article and fill the space therein when a vacuum is applied to the apparatus.

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