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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
Amitava Datta, E. Greenwich, RI (US);
Peter G. Amos, Essex, CT (US);
Dominick G. More, Middletown, CT (US);
Kenneth W. Cornett, Ivoryton, CT (US);
Jeremy Payne, New Haven, CT (US);
Amitava Datta, E. Greenwich, RI (US);
Peter G. Amos, Essex, CT (US);
Dominick G. More, Middletown, CT (US);
Kenneth W. Cornett, Ivoryton, CT (US);
Jeremy Payne, New Haven, CT (US);
Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A process chambercomprising a container (), a lid (), and a sealed interface () therebetween. The container's interface surface () and/or the lid's interface surface () includes at least one groove () in which a seal () is situated. The seal () comprises an elastomeric element () and a metallic element (). The elastomeric element () and the metallic element () can be arranged and adapted to seal the chamber's interface () sequentially during its conversion to a sealed condition. And/or the elastomeric element () and the metallic element () can be arranged and adapted to seal the chamber's interface in series once the lid () is in its sealed condition.