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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Gebele, Freigericht, DE;
Wolfgang Buschbeck, Hanau, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ; F04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417243 ; 417205 ;
Abstract
A first vacuum pump (14) is connected to a vacuum chamber (5) by a primary intake line (13) having a first vacuum valve (4) therein. A second vacuum pump (15) is connected to the output of the first vacuum pump (14) by a connecting line (20) having a second vacuum valve (12) therein. A blowout valve (17) is connected to the connecting line (20) between the first pump (14) and the second valve (12). A secondary intake line (19) having therein a third vacuum valve (13) is connected between the vacuum chamber (5) and the intake of the second vacuum pump (15).