Ultra-filtration membrane and method of forming the same
AssigneeStuart Miller
InventorStuart Miller
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Abstract
An ultra-filtration membrane assembly having an exterior housing having a housing; an ultra-filtration membrane provided within the housing, the ultra-filtration membrane being having a plurality of elongated filtration fibers arranged in a spiraled coil; and one or more filaments woven around the plurality of elongated filtration fibers thus binding each of the one or more adjacent elongated filtration fibers at a predetermined axial spacing from one another.
Claims17
An ultra-filtration membrane assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an ultra-filtration membrane provided within the housing, the ultra-filtration membrane being comprised of a plurality of elongated filtration fibers arranged in a spiraled coil;
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- one or more filaments woven around the plurality of elongated filtration fibers thus binding each of the one or more adjacent elongated filtration fibers at a predetermined axial spacing from one another.
A method of providing and using an ultra-filtration membrane assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a housing, the housing being annular in shape;
- providing an ultra-filtration membrane within the housing, the ultra-filtration membrane being comprised of a plurality of elongated filtration fibers arranged in a spiraled coil;
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- binding the plurality of elongated filtration so as to have a pre-determined spacing by utilizing one or more filaments woven around the plurality of elongated filtration fibers.
An ultra-filtration membrane assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an ultra-filtration membrane provided within the housing, the ultra-filtration membrane being comprised of a plurality of elongated filtration fibers wherein the elongated filtration fibers are provided as tubular ceramic media;
- one or more filaments woven around the plurality of elongated filtration fibers thus binding one or more adjacent elongated filtration fibers at a predetermined axial spacing;
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- wherein a plurality of filaments are woven around the elongated filtration fibers at a plurality of predetermined axial positions along the respective lengths of the elongated filtration fibers;
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- wherein the plurality of filtration fibers are provided in a cylindrical coil configuration within the housing.
The ultra-filtration membrane assembly of claim 155, wherein the one or more filaments are provided having a woven fiber filament structure, and wherein the woven fiber filament structure is provided having a para-aramid synthetic fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.