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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:
Jan. 07, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Braun, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Peter O Rekow, Lauderdale, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; A62B / ; A62B / ; A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820612 ; 12820529 ; 12820621 ; 12820619 ;
Abstract
Shaped porous filtering structures of substantially uniform thickness and density particularly suited for filtration of gases and vapors comprising spaced adsorbent granules unified into a solid, self-sustaining, unitary, impact-resistant body by adherent binder particles, respirators incorporating such structures as the gas and vapor filtration elements and methods for making the shaped porous filtering structures are disclosed.