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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Phillip T. Goebel, New Hope, MN (US);
Inventor:
Phillip T. Goebel, New Hope, MN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/10 (2006.01); B01D 63/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosed product water tube is for use with a filter element having a filter membrane. The product water tube has a tube wall with a plurality of apertures formed therein to allow permeate from the filter membrane to pass through the tube wall and into a center portion of the tube. The tube wall has an outer surface having a pattern of ridges and channels that conduct the permeate across the outer surface of the tube to the apertures.