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Elliptical filtration unit

US5851390A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/202
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A filtration unit containing a filtering membrane, a cover upstream of the membrane, and a base downstream of the membrane, and joined together, characterized in that the filtering membrane has an elliptical shape. This elliptical shape facilitates the use for filtration and allows the unit to be reused without the formation of an air lock when the filtering membrane is partially hydrophobic.

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