Patent ID: 6746503
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating particles entrained in a fluid, some of said particles being of a small size, smaller than a predetermined size, and some of said particles being of a large size, larger than said predetermined size, comprising:a base, a first channel in said base, a second channel in said base spaced from and substantially parallel to said first channel, a precision gap connecting said first channel and said second channel, said precision gap being selected to allow said small size particles to pass from said first channel into said second channel and preventing said large size particles from passing from said first channel into said second channel, a cover positioned over said base, said first channel, said precision gap, and said second channel, an input port connected to said first channel, an output port connected to said first channel, and a port connected to said second channel.