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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard I Larson, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422159 ; 422256 ; 422257 ; 261113 ; 210521 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for solvent extraction processes utilizing countercurrent flow of streams of an aqueous phase and an organic phase, such as the Purex process for uranium recovery. The invention comprises contouring the fluid passing orifices in the column phase dispersing perforated plates to impede droplet coalescence of the dispersed phase.