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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Vbox, Incorporated, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Van Brunt, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Theodore W. Jagger, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Perry B. Lonnes, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
John A. Kivisto, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Vbox, Incorporated, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for separation of gases from ambient air that has at least one separation column with an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a buffer column having a single inlet at a first end, a vacuum pump, and a valve system that connects the vacuum pump to the outlet at the first end of the separation column, and that connects the outlet at the second end of separation column to the single inlet at the first end of the buffer column.