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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Edwards Limited, Burgess Hill, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Mark Bailey, Burgess Hill, GB;
Craig Leonard Sands, Burgess Hill, GB;
Assignee:
Edwards Limited, Burgess Hill, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 23/04 (2006.01); F04B 41/06 (2006.01); F04B 49/00 (2006.01); F04C 27/00 (2006.01); F04C 23/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/00 (2006.01); F04B 39/12 (2006.01); F04B 37/14 (2006.01); F04B 39/14 (2006.01); F04C 25/02 (2006.01); F04B 41/00 (2006.01); F16L 51/04 (2006.01); F16L 53/35 (2018.01); F16L 23/08 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 37/14 (2013.01); F04B 39/121 (2013.01); F04B 39/123 (2013.01); F04B 39/14 (2013.01); F04B 41/00 (2013.01); F04C 23/00 (2013.01); F04C 25/02 (2013.01); F16L 23/08 (2013.01); F16L 51/04 (2013.01); F16L 53/35 (2018.01); C23C 16/4412 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/70 (2013.01); F04C 2240/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum pumping and/or abatement system for evacuating and/or abating fluid from an entity, the system comprising: a first module comprising a vacuum pumping apparatus for pumping the fluid from the entity and/or an abatement apparatus for abating the fluid evacuated from the entity; and a second module arranged adjacent to the first module in a first system dimension; wherein the first and second modules each have a maximum size in the first system dimension that is a respective integer multiple of a common fixed system value.