Passive Filter for Aerosol Printing
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorsMichael F. Durstock, James R. Deneault
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Abstract
A passive filter for an aerosol printing system. The passive filter includes a housing having a fluid inlet port at a first end and a fluid outlet port at a second end, the fluid inlet and outlet ports being coaxial. A chamber is disposed within the housing and has a ceiling, a base, at least one wall between the ceiling and the base, a chamber entrance in the ceiling, and a chamber exit. The chamber entrance and exit being coaxial to the fluid inlet and outlet ports. The chamber exit is disposed within chamber between the chamber entrance and the base and defining a circumferential trough about the chamber exit.
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A passive filter for a confluent aerosol printing system, the passive filter comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet port at a first end and a fluid outlet port at a second end, the fluid inlet and outlet ports being coaxial;
- a chamber disposed within the housing and having a ceiling, a base, at least one wall between the ceiling and the base, a chamber entrance in the ceiling, and a chamber exit, the chamber entrance and exit being coaxial to the fluid inlet and outlet ports;
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- wherein the chamber exit is disposed within chamber between the chamber entrance and the base and defining a circumferential trough about the chamber exit.
A passive filter for a confluent aerosol printing system, the passive filter comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet port at a first end and a fluid outlet port at a second end, the fluid inlet and outlet ports being coaxial;
- a first chamber disposed within the housing and having a first ceiling, a first base, at least one wall between the first ceiling and the first base, a first chamber entrance in the first ceiling, and a first chamber exit, the first chamber entrance and exit being coaxial to the fluid inlet and outlet ports, wherein the first chamber exit is disposed within first chamber between the first chamber entrance and the first base and defining a first circumferential trough about the first chamber exit;
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- a second chamber disposed within the housing between the first chamber and the fluid outlet port, the second chamber having a second ceiling, a second base, at least one wall between the second ceiling and the second base, a second chamber entrance in the second ceiling, and a second chamber exit, the second chamber entrance and exit being coaxial to the fluid inlet and outlet ports, wherein the second chamber exit is disposed within second chamber between the second chamber entrance and the second base and defining a second circumferential trough about the second chamber exit.
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