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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aaron W Levine, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Satyam Choudary Cherukuri, Cranbury, NJ (US);
James Regis Matey, Hamilton Township, Mercers County, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422103 ; 422100 ; 251 11 ;
Abstract
A liquid distribution system comprising a reaction cell, two or more feeder channels, a separate conduit for each feeder channel connecting that feeder channel to the reaction cell, and a expansion valve for each conduit, wherein the expansion valve has an expanded state that fills a cross-section of the conduit and prevents fluid flow through the conduit and an contracted state that allows fluid flow through the conduit is disclosed.