System for creating a microenvironment within an ambient environment
AssigneeFLOWGenuity Inc.
InventorsJay Levine, Karen Basian, Kevin Belusa
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a microenvironment within an ambient environment is disclosed. The first outlet is configured for expelling a gas at a first velocity sufficient for producing a gas curtain that separates the microenvironment from the ambient environment. The second outlet is configured for expelling the gas at a second velocity within the microenvironment. An inlet is spaced apart from the first outlet and the second outlet and is in fluid communication with a suction unit. The suction unit is positioned downstream of the inlet and configured for removing gas from the microenvironment through the inlet. The first velocity is greater than the second velocity.
Claims18
A system for using a gas to create a microenvironment within an ambient environment, the system comprising:
- a first outlet configured for expelling a gas at a first velocity sufficient for producing a gas curtain, wherein the gas curtain separates the microenvironment from the ambient environment;
- a second outlet configured for expelling the gas at a second velocity within the microenvironment, wherein the first velocity is greater than the second velocity;
- an inlet spaced apart from the first outlet and the second outlet;
- a suction unit in fluid communication with the inlet and the first and second outlets, the suction unit located downstream of the inlet and upstream of the first and second outlets, wherein the suction unit is configured for removing the gas from the microenvironment through the inlet and supplying at least a portion of the gas expelled from the first and second outlets.
A system for using a gas to create a microenvironment within an ambient environment, the system comprising:
- a gas source;
- a first outlet located downstream of the gas source and in fluid communication with the gas source, wherein the gas is expelled from the first outlet at a first velocity sufficient for producing a gas curtain, wherein the gas curtain separates the microenvironment from the ambient environment;
- a second outlet located downstream of the gas source and in fluid communication with the gas source, wherein the gas is expelled from the second outlet into the microenvironment at a second velocity, wherein the first velocity is greater than the second velocity;
- an inlet spaced apart from the first outlet and the second outlet;
- a suction unit in fluid communication with the inlet, the suction unit located downstream of the inlet, wherein the suction unit is configured for removing the gas from the microenvironment through the inlet.
A method of using a gas to create a microenvironment within an ambient environment, the method comprising:
- providing a gas curtain, wherein the gas curtain is provided by the gas expelled from a first outlet at a first velocity, wherein the gas curtain separates the microenvironment from the ambient environment;
- providing an interior gas flow within the microenvironment, wherein the interior gas flow is provided by the gas expelled from a second outlet into the microenvironment at a second velocity, wherein the first velocity is greater than the second velocity;
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- removing the gas from the microenvironment through an inlet in fluid communication with a suction unit, wherein the suction unit is configured to supply at least a portion of the gas expelled from the first and second outlets.19
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.