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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Mark Anthony Quintel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A fluid treatment system includes plural housings (). Each housing includes quartz tubes () fixedly supported at an upper plate () while being movably supported at a lower plate (). Each tube has a UV light emitter that can eradicate microorganisms in a liquid. The tube support arrangement includes a plurality of tube retainer assemblies. Each retainer assembly includes a tube holding cup () surrounded by a coil spring (). Each cup includes an upper lip (), a lower lip (), and a foot (). The lips retain the cup in a lower plate aperture () while the foot engages the tube's domed end. A cup can hold a tube in the lower plate while constraining lateral movement of the tube, providing spring-biased axial support to the tube, and allowing axially-extending thermal expansion of the tube.