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Thermal conditioning apparatus

US6150638A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
36References
17Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1999
Grant dateNov 21, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S269/903
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of exhausting vapors emanating from a surface. The method includes enclosing the surface and dividing the enclosed area into a stagnant region adjacent the surface and an interior region in communication with the stagnant region. The method also includes applying a suction to the interior region and admitting air into the interior region.

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