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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gareth P. Taylor, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Timothy D. Price, Monroe, NC (US);
Ronnie E. Queen, Gastonia, NC (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A membrane contactor includes: a cap has an internally beveled surface and a cap port; a cup body has an externally beveled surface in sealing engagement with the internally beveled surface, a side port on a side of the cup body and an end port located on an end of the cup body; and a membrane cartridge is located within the cup body, is sealed to an open end of the cup body, and is in sealed fluid communication with the end port. A method of making a membrane contactor includes the steps of: sealingly mating a perforated center of a membrane contactor with the end port of a cup body; sealingly joining an end of the membrane cartridge adjacent an open end of the cup body; and sealingly joining a beveled surface of the cap to a beveled external surface of the cup body.