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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eberhard Willeitner, Utting a. Ammersee, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55348 ; 55349 ; 55396 ; 55403 ; 55406 ; 55405 ; 55DI / ; 233D / ;
Abstract
Swirl tube apparatus is provided for separating isotope or gas mixtures containing heavy and light gas fractions. A plurality of swirl chambers are provided which are disposed in facing aligned relationship with respect to adjacent chambers. The respective adjacent swirl chambers have at least one common extraction port for extracting one or the other of the gas fractions. In certain preferred embodiments, the swirl chambers are contained in static tubes, while other preferred embodiments includes rotatable gas bearing supported swirl tubes.