Patent ID: 7992423
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A feed-through module for conveying fluids, one or more of which is flammable, into an explosion-proof housing, the feed-through module comprising: a plurality of tube connectors through which the fluids are received; and a body carrying the tube connectors and adapted to releasably engage a wall of the housing around an opening in the wall, the body defining a plurality of internal flow networks, each flow network being operable to convey one of the fluids between one of the tube connectors and the enclosed volume of the housing, each flow network comprising an inlet passage, an outlet passage and a plurality of intermediate passages connected between the inlet and outlet passages, whereby the fluid flows through the inlet passage in a single stream, splits into a plurality of streams that flow through the intermediate passages, respectively, and then recombines into a single stream that flows through the outlet passage.