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Wide laminar fluid doors

CA 1281584 C · Owner: Union Carbide Corporation · Inventors: Nowotarski, Mark Stephen

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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing the amount of an external fluid which travels through an opening into an enclosed area. The invention also relates to a method and apparatus for protecting a surface area or plane from contact with or intermixing with an external fluid, The method, in general comprises causing a, fluid to flow, in laminar form in proximity to or, directly across an opening a surface or an area, plane to be protected. The depth or thickness of the flowing laminar fluid layer at its source of origin is at least about 0.05 times the distance across the opening, surface area or plane to be protected, in the principal direction of flow of the …

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  • Granted March 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 19, 2008.
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FiledDecember 7, 1988
GrantedMarch 19, 1991
Term endedMarch 19, 2008
Patent numberCA 1281584 C
Classification (IPC)F27D1/18 +1 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedDec 7, 1988Patent grantedMarch 19, 1991Term endedMarch 19, 2008

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