Soft-sided environmental enclosure
AssigneeAlcan Packaging Pharmaceutical & Personal Care Inc.
InventorsBrian Seibert, Kenneth B. Carll
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Abstract
A cover for a rack to control the temperature of the contents of the rack is provided. The cover comprises a frame having a heater, a soft hood with a top and a bottom, the hood extending downward from the frame, and a duct fluidly connecting the heater to the bottom of the hood whereby the duct introduces heated air into the bottom of the hood. Also included is a method of controlling the temperature of a reaction using the cover of the present invention.
Claims15
A cover for a rack to control the temperature of the contents of the rack comprising:
- a frame having a temperature-controlling element, said frame adapted to be disposed above a rack;
- a soft hood having a bottom, said hood extending downward from said frame;
- and
- a duct fluidly connecting said temperature-controlling element to the bottom of said hood.
A method of controlling the temperature of a reaction comprising the steps of:
- (a) suspending a flexible hood from a frame to form an enclosed area below the frame;
- (b) inserting a reaction vessel into the enclosed area;
- (c) bringing air within the frame to a first desired temperature;
- (d) passing the air from the frame to the bottom of the hood and into the enclosed area;
- (e) taking up the air from the enclosed area at the top of the hood and bringing it back to said first temperature in the frame;
- and
- (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) until a desired reaction is complete.
The method of step 14 wherein step (c) comprises warming air within the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.