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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. 13, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas L Olsen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Osmonics, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2103216 ; 1376253 ; 13762533 ; 21032184 ; 210418 ;
Abstract
A flow control device for use in connection with a fluid separation system of the type having a pressure feed, a fluid separation portion and a flow control passage in which the flow control device includes a fixed orifice plate with one or more orifices, a movable orifice plate with one or more orifices which are adjustably and selectively movable for alignment with the orifices in the fixed plate. The flow control device also includes a mechanism for providing adjustment movement of the movable orifice. A further aspect of the present invention is the incorporation of the flow control mechanism into a fluid separation system.