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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Jhy-wen Wu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Nan-kuang Yao, Tao-Yuan, TW;
Yuan-fong Kao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tim-kuei Shia, Taichung, TW;
Shaw-hwa Parng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jhy-Wen Wu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Nan-Kuang Yao, Tao-Yuan, TW;
Yuan-Fong Kao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tim-Kuei Shia, Taichung, TW;
Shaw-Hwa Parng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chu-Tung, TW;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for collecting fluid fractions. The present apparatus includes an inlet, a channel, a plurality of collectors, and an outlet. The inlet communicates with the collectors and the outlet through the channel. The collectors are disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The method for collecting the fluid fractions comprises two steps. First step, injecting the fluid in to the inlet for guiding the fluid to the outlet along the channel, wherein the fluid fills the collectors one by one due to the capillary attraction when passing through the collectors, and flows to the outlet after the collectors having been filled. Second step, injecting pressurized gas into the channel to drain the fluid fractions from fill the collectors respectively to a plurality of corresponding containers.