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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
May. 12, 1985
Thomas D Sharples, Atherton, CA (US);
Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Abstract
A slotted retaining plate for use in a tubular reactor within an analytical system. The reactor contains inert packed material which provides for the necessary flow path length for a fluid stream entering the reactor. The retaining plate is extremely thin and has an array of slots which permit the necessary flow of the stream through the reactor, but retain the packing material within the reactor. The design of the slot array in the retaining plates essentially eliminates any possible impediment to the stream flow. The slots are adjustable to provide more flexibility in slot size control to allow use of smaller packing particles within the reactor and improve the instrument resolution in, for example, an amino acid analyzer.