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Packing element

Granted 17 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Saint-Gobain Norpro Corporation · originally Saint-Gobain

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Inventors: Hassan S. Niknafs · Examiner: Cathron C. Brooks · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
136370
filed 30 Jan 2001
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US D445029
granted 17 Jul 2001

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Description

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›This invention relates to a design for a…

This invention relates to a design for a packing element for use in mass transfer applications.

The invention was not conceived as a result of any federally sponsored research and development effort.

FIG. 1 is a top view of the packing element;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the packing element; and,

FIG. 3 is a side view of the packing element.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/456

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