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Maple tree sap reverse osmosis device

US8025799B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 2008
Grant dateSep 27, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/0318
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A maple sap reverse osmosis device has a support rack configured and sized to rest atop a tank. The support rack supporting a reverse osmosis device. The reverse osmosis device has a pump line and a dump line both located within the tub. The pump line being located at an upper region of the tank. A pumping means to pump the maple sap from the pump line. The pumping means pushing maple sap through an osmosis membrane. The dump pipe purging concentrate resulting from sap not passing through the osmosis membrane into the deepest region of the tub.

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