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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Whitefox Technologies Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Heggemann, Paderborn, DE;
Rolf Siekaup, Paderborn, DE;
Assignee:
WHITEFOX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/2485 (2016.01); H01M 8/0297 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2485 (2013.01); B01D 63/06 (2013.01); H01M 8/0297 (2013.01); B01D 2313/21 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a head plate, fixing the end of a tube bundle with a number of, in particular, porous tubes with a membrane in sealing manner. The head plate is made from a metal or a metal alloy with a melting point lower than the lowest failure temperature for a tube material and/or the membrane.