# US 5,343,709 A · Cryopump

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- Number: US 5,343,709 A
- Document ID: US5343709A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/093,744
- Filed: 1993-07-20
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1992-07-21
- Inventors: Marcel Kohler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343709A

## CPC

- F04B 37/08: by condensing or freezing, e.g. cryogenic pumps
- Y10S 417/901: Cryogenic pumps
- F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A cryopump includes a housing in which is mounted a cooling head having a first, 80.degree. K. cooling stage and a second, 20.degree. K. cooling stage. A shield mounted on the cooling head surrounds the two stages, and a cooling surface within the housing and within the shield surrounds the second stage. The housing and the shield include corresponding inlet openings for admitting gases, and a diaphragm protects the cooling surface from heat radiation entering the inlet openings. The diaphragm is closer to the cooling surface than is the shield, creating a transfer opening that permits free access of gases into the volume within the shield. The cooling head can be rotated by an adjustment motor to displace the shield inlet opening with respect to the housing inlet opening to control the suction capacity of the pump for process gases without the need for an additional reduction valve, while maintaining the capacity for processing water vapor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cryopump comprising:
a housing having a first input opening;
a cooling head having first and second stages within said housing;
at least one cooling surface connected to said second stage;
a shield for said cooling surface, said shield having a second input opening;
a diaphragm mounted within said housing and thermally coupled to said shield, said diaphragm being interposed between said cooling surface and said second input opening to protect said cooling surface from radiation entering said first input opening; and
means for adjusting said shield with respect to said housing to adjust the relative positions of said first and second input openings.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said cooling head has an axis, and wherein said first input opening has an axis perpendicular to said cooling head axis.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The cryopump of claim 2, wherein said shield is cylindrical, is coaxial with said cooling head axis, and is closed at its axial ends, said second input opening in said shield facing said first input opening.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said second input opening generally faces said first input opening.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said diaphragm is a single sheet of metal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said diaphragm is a plurality of offset, spaced metal strips.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said cooling surface is coated with an absorption material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The cryopump of claim 7, wherein said cooling surface is cylindrical.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The cryopump of claim 8, wherein said diaphragm is generally concentric with and spaced from said cylindrical cooling surface.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The cryopump of claim 1, wherein said means for adjusting includes means for moving said second input opening relative to said first input opening.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The cryopump of claim 10, wherein said means for moving includes means for rotating said shield with respect to said housing.