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US 11,958,017 B2Granted
Hollow fibre membrane module and method for manufacturing hollow fibre membrane module
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsMasato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hollow-fiber membrane module including: a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part; a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle; and a protective member contacting with an outer surface of the potting part and continuously covering the outer surface, in which the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle.
Claims7
A hollow-fiber membrane module comprising:
- a hollow-fiber membrane bundle comprising a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part;
- a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle;
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- a protective member adhered to and continuously covering an outer surface of the potting part through a cured adhesive layer which is in direct contact with the protective member and with the outer surface of the potting part,
- wherein there is a gap between the protective member and the housing, and
- wherein the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle, and at which the outer surface of the potting part is exposed.
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