Phase-separation tube
CA 2124702 A1 · Owner: Luoma, Robert Paul Ii · Inventors: Luoma, Robert Paul Ii
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A tube and method of partitioning a pre-selected phase of a sample of liquid having a plurality of phases of differing densities. The tube has a smaller diameter at one end. In use, a sample of liquid is passed through a first end of a linear tube and into a first chamber of said tube. The first chamber is located at the first end of the tube and is separated from a second chamber located at a second opposed end of the tube by a separation device. The separation device slidably engages the interior surface of the tube in an essentially fluid-tight manner and has a flow-restriction orifice therein to permit fluid flow communication between the first and second chambers under the influence of …
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- Filed May 31, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 31, 2014.
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