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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:
Jul. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W McCord, Louisville, KY (US);
Lamont I Hoppestad, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael J Ruckriegel, Middletown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
203-4 ; 203 88 ; 203100 ; 203D / ; 134 11 ; 134 12 ; 134109 ; 159 42 ; 202170 ; 202175 ; 202176 ; 202234 ; 228 34 ; 432197 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for vaporizing a liquid and condensing the vapor includes at least one chamber in which the liquid is vaporized and in which the vaporized liquid is condensed. The vaporizing chamber contains a heat emitting device providing a surface temperature above the vapor temperature for substantially instantaneously vaporizing the liquid condensate maintaining a predetermined vapor level in the vaporizing chamber, and a heat absorbing device for condensing the vaporized liquid.