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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:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold R Hunt, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 41 ; 55 87 ; 55178 ; 252361 ; 435314 ; 435315 ; 435812 ;
Abstract
An apparatus useful for foam breaking operations and particularly useful for fermentation processes is described having a foam breaking body wherein the foam breaking surfaces are created by a multitude of elements arranged in contact with each other and defining a multitude of paths for the foam and fluids there through. This body is arranged for rotation and the gas phase is withdrawn from said body at or near the rotational axis.