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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2006
Applicants:
John Gilbert Thayer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Donald M. Ernst, Lancaster, PA (US);
Inventors:
John Gilbert Thayer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Donald M. Ernst, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thermal Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An evaporator includes an enclosure having a fluid inlet manifold and a vapor outlet manifold. At least one blind passageway is arranged within the enclosure so as to open into a portion of the vapor outlet manifold. The interior surface of the enclosure that defines each passageway is covered with a capillary wick. A porous valve is arranged in fluid communication between the fluid inlet manifold and a blind end of the at least one blind passageway.