Bubble Trap
AssigneeMillipore Corporation
InventorsGeoff Purdom, Daniel Karrer, Ian Rayner
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Abstract
A bubble trap having a cylindrically symmetrical chamber, a filter covering an outlet and offset from the axis of the chamber, an inlet with a plurality of vertically aligned orifices, the orifices arranged to produce circumferential flow within the chamber. Bubbles in the liquid coalesce on the filter and are removed. A method of removing bubbles is also disclosed.
Claims14
A bubble trap for removing gas bubbles from a flowing liquid comprising a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet arranged to form a flow of liquid which is directed to impinge upon a barrier.
A method of removing gas bubbles and solids from a flow of liquid comprising forming a directed flow of liquid from an inlet to impinge upon a barrier.
A method of removing gas bubbles from a flow of liquid comprising forming a directed flow of liquid from an inlet to impinge upon a barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.