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Apparatus for moisture absorption

US6899749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 2001
Grant dateMay 31, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F2003/144
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A moisture absorption apparatus comprises a desiccant container with a side wall and optionally a bottom and a desiccant solution container with a side wall and a bottom. The desiccant container receives particulate desiccant which forms a desiccant solution on contact with moist air. The desiccant container side wall has at least one air access opening and a passage permitting desiccant solution to flow into the desiccant solution container. The desiccant solution container has a top opening and is slidingly displaceable on the desiccant container so as to allow the desiccant container to be displaced in the desiccant solution container to a depth sufficient for the desiccant solution container side wall to fully cover the air access opening of the desiccant container.

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