Flow-through adsorbent unit assembly for receiver dryer
AssigneeMultisorb Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter R. Millen, Stephen F. Sullivan
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Abstract
An adsorbent unit assembly including a holder, an elongated member on the holder, an enlarged portion at the end of the elongated member, a cylindrical adsorbent unit having an opening therein for receiving the elongated member, and a grid mounted on the elongated member on the opposite side of the adsorbent unit from the enlarged portion. The foregoing adsorbent unit assembly is mounted within the housing of a receiver dryer by compressing one or more adsorbent units on the elongated member between the grid and the enlarged portion so as to cause the outer sides of the adsorbent units to bear against the inside surface of the housing while the grid also provides an interference fit with the housing.
Claims42
An adsorbent unit assembly comprising a holder, an elongated member on said holder, an enlarged portion on said elongated member, a cylindrical adsorbent unit, a central opening in said cylindrical adsorbent unit receiving said elongated member, and a grid on said elongated member on the opposite side of said adsorbent unit from said enlarged portion.
In a receiver dryer having a cylindrical housing and a central tube within said housing, the improvement comprising a holder, an elongated member on said holder positioned on said central tube, an enlarged member on said elongated member, a grid on said elongated member, at least one adsorbent unit having an outer periphery with said adsorbent unit being mounted on said elongated member and compressed between said grid and said enlarged member with said outer periphery of said adsorbent unit in engagement with said cylindrical housing.
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