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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Infinium, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Adam Clayton Powell, IV, Newton, MA (US);
Soobhankar Pati, Boston, MA (US);
Jason Douglas, Prospect, KY (US);
Stephen Joseph Derezinski, Wellesley, MA (US);
Luciano Spiridigliozzi, North Reading, MA (US);
Michael Buchman, Boston, MA (US);
Thomas Eagar, Belmont, MA (US);
Infinium, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods for condensing metal vapors comprising directing a mixture of metal vapor and carrier gas into at least one inlet conduit are provided. Some methods comprise directing the mixture of metal vapor and carrier gas into a holding tank for liquid metal and subsequently into at least one outlet conduit operatively connected to the tank; cooling the at least one outlet conduit to cause some of the metal vapor inside the conduit to condense to solid metal; subsequent to condensing solid metal, stopping the cooling of at least one of the outlet conduits and commencing heating of the same outlet conduits to cause the solid metal to melt to form liquid metal; collecting the liquid metal in the tank; and preventing the remaining metal vapor and carrier gas from exiting the same outlet conduits during at least a portion of the heating of the same outlet conduits.