Patent ID: 6942794
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B01D,G01N

Abstract:
1. A flow distributor for a chromatography column comprising a flow distributor having a top face and a bottom face, an inlet extending through it and a bottom face across which is secured a bed support, the bottom face has one or more series of ribs extending radially outward from a center portion of the bottom face, a bed support is secured to the flow distributor adjacent its bottom face about its outer periphery, a distribution disk is arranged over the inlet and extending across from about 1 to about 30% of the flow distributor's bottom face area, ending just short of an inner edge of the one or more series of ribs closest to a center point of the inlet, the disk being mounted on two or more legs so as to be of substantially the same height as the ribs, and wherein the disk projects fluid flow from the inlet in a 360° radial distribution without any noticeable partitioning.