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US 6,273,942 B1Granted
Moisture absorption apparatus
AssigneeAuxilium Jersby Aktiebolag
InventorRalf Jersby
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Abstract
A moisture absorption apparatus includes an elongated flexible plastic tube having sealed upper and lower end portions, one or several wall openings disposed in a wall portion adjacent to the upper end portion, a tubular desiccant container having gas and liquid permeable walls disposed radially inwardly of the wall openings, and a spacing element interposed between the tube wall and the desiccant container or integrated in the desiccant container to prevent liquid formed in the container from leaving the apparatus through the wall openings.
Claims15
A moisture absorption apparatus comprising:
- an elongated flexible plastic tube having sealed upper and lower end portions, the tube having a wall portion adjacent to the upper end portion, and at least one wall opening disposed in the wall portion of the tube,
- a substantially tubular desiccant container holding a deliquescent desiccant and having gas and liquid permeable walls, the container being disposed radially inwardly from the at least one wall opening;
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- a spacer between the plastic tube wall and the desiccant container to prevent liquid from leaving the apparatus through the at least one wall opening.
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