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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Daniel J. Gagne, Smithfield, RI (US);
Joshua A. Shreve, Franklin, MA (US);
James E. Usowicz, Webster, MA (US);
Daniel J. Gagne, Smithfield, RI (US);
Joshua A. Shreve, Franklin, MA (US);
James E. Usowicz, Webster, MA (US);
Waters Technologies Corporation, Milford, MA (US);
Abstract
Described is a self-sealing thermal enclosure. In various embodiments, the self-sealing thermal enclosure includes an enclosure having a wall with an opening. The enclosure is configured to surround a temperature-controlled environment. The self-sealing thermal enclosure also includes a porous seal disposed adjacent to the wall at the opening. The porous seal is compressible and is fabricated from an open cell foam material. When the porous seal has absorbed a fluid such as a condensate, the temperature-controlled environment is sealed from an ambient environment such that the flow of air into or out of the enclosure is substantially reduced or eliminated.