US 9,630,130 B2 · Multi-segmented tube sheet

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a tube sheet by forming a plurality of separate thin tube sheet segments; forming multiple holes in each sheet in a predetermined pattern, each hole for accommodating a tube sheet filter tube; aligning all of the plurality of tube sheet segments so that the hole pattern of each sheet aligns with the hole pattern in all other sheets of the plurality of tube sheet segments; and securing all of the tube sheet segments together to form a unitary tube sheet. A tube sheet construction that includes a plurality of separate thin tube sheet segments, multiple holes being provided in each sheet in a predetermined pattern, each hole for accommodating a tube sheet filter tube, all of the tube sheet segments being aligning so that the hole pattern of each sheet aligns, and fasteners for securing all of the tube sheet segments together. A media layer is provided between adjacent sheet segments.

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Dependent claims

A tube sheet construction that is comprised of a plurality of separate planar tube sheet segments, multiple holes being provided in each planar tube sheet segment in a predetermined pattern, each hole for accommodating an elongated tubular element, an active planar layer disposed parallel with the plurality of separate tube sheet segments, and fasteners for securing all of the planar tube sheet segments and the active planar layer together and arranged so that all planar tube sheet segments and said active planar layer are maintained in intimate contact so as to form a solid tube sheet structure, said active layer comprising a UV light emanating layer that doses any fluid flow through the tube sheet construction with UV light emanating from the UV light emanating layer so as to disrupt or annihilate any living matter.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/050,934Filed 23 Feb 2016 · division

Priority

14 Oct 2014

Published

US 2016/0101992 A116 Jun 2016

Granted

25 Apr 2017

Term ends

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Classification26 codes

B01D 35/30
Filtering devices having features not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00, or for applications not specifically covered by…
A61M 1/0259
Blood transfusion apparatus: apparatus for treatment of blood or blood constituents not otherwise provided for
A61M 5/44
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning…:…
B01D 15/361
Involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion: ion-exchange

Family

Application62/063,681Us provisional application · filed 14 Oct 2014

Application14/535,596Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Nov 2014

Application14/830,956Parent of this division · filed 20 Aug 2015

US 9,149,742 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Oct 2015

US 2016/0166958 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jun 2016

US 9,302,205 B1Parent of this division

Application14/830,956Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2016/0101992 A1Published application

US 9,630,130 B2This patent

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Multi-segmented tube sheet

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Abstract

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