Small scale reactor
AssigneeSingh Instrument LLC
InventorsRobbie Singh Sidhu, Eric Dias, John Flexer Walzer, JR., Richard Fisher
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Abstract
A small scale reactor includes a seal gate for closing an interior of a test cell in the reactor. The seal gate protects elastomeric seals in an injection port from the effluent from the test cell. A stirrer of the small scale reactor has a clip on magnet that allows for easy replacement. A drive system of the small scale reactor does not have to be disconnected when the test cells are opened to permit access for placing or retrieving the vials in the reactor.
Claims18
A small scale reactor comprising:
- a plurality of test cells for holding vials containing reactants to be reacted;
- a header over open upper ends of the test cells;
- an injection port assembly located on the header over at least one of the test cells, the injection port assembly being configured to permit sealed access to an interior of the test cell;
- a seal gate located between the injection port at least one of the test cells, the seal gate being sealed with the test cell and the header and slidable between an open position in which the test cell is in fluid communication with the injection port assembly and a closed position in which the injection port assembly is blocked from fluid communication with the test call.
A stirrer for a small scale reactor comprising a body sized and shaped for being received in a vial containing reactants to stir the reactants, a magnet removably connected to the body to permit replacement of the magnet.
A small scale reactor comprising:
- a test cell sized and shaped for receiving a vial containing reactants;
- a stirrer sized and shaped to be received in a vial placed in the test cell;
- a driven magnet operatively connected to the stirrer for use in causing the stirrer to rotate with respect to the test cell within the vial;
- a driving magnet located laterally of the driven magnet and outside of the test cell;
- the driving magnet being mounted for rotation relative to the test cell thereby to induce rotation of the driven magnet in the test cell and rotation of the stirrer;
- a drive transmitting rotational force to the driving magnet from a location located to the side of the driving magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.