Patent ID: 6136272
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B01F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for joining a second laminar fluid layer to, or removing a second laminar fluid layer from, a first laminar fluid layer, said device comprising:a first plate having a first surface and a second surface, said first plate having formed therein:a main flow channel formed in said first surface, said main flow channel having an upstream end, a downstream end, a top and a bottom;a tributary channel having a first end and a second end;a first inlet port in fluid connection with said upstream end of said main flow channel;a first outlet port in fluid connection with said downstream end of said main flow channel;a first tributary port in fluid connection with said second end of said tributary channel;a first bridge channel having a first end and a second end, said second end of said first bridge channel in fluid connection with said first end of said first tributary channel, said first end of said first bridge channel in fluid connection with said main flow channel, joining along said bottom of said main flow channel, between said upstream end and said downstream end of said main flow channel; anda second plate sealed to said first surface of said first plate.