Patent SG-11201811420V-A (SG)
Title: Fixed rigid wall device for compressed pleat configuration filters
Inventor: LIU SONGHUA
IPC: B01D35/30
Filed: 2017-08-23
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 0 11101 HOE 3E1 0 011101 HOME HER M° ill 011 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\"1 WO 2018/044648 Al 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, BOlD 46/00 (2006.01) BOlD 35/30 (2006.01) KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, BOlD 35/00 (2006.01) BOlD 46/04 (2006.01) MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (21) International Application Number: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, PCT/US2017/048193 SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 23 August 2017 (23.08.2017) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (26) Publication Language: English UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (30) Priority Data: EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 62/380,747 29 August 2016 (29.08.2016) US MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (71) Applicant: EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). [US/US]; 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). Published: (72) Inventors: LIU, Songhua; c/o EMD Millipore Corpora- — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) tion, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). LYNCH, Michael; c/o EMD Millipore Corpora- tion, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). SYLVIA, Ryan; c/o EMD Millipore Corporation, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). ALMASIAN, Joseph; c/o EMD Millipore Corporation, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). GIGLIA, Salvatore; c/o EMD Millipore Corporation, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). MESSIER, Luc; c/o EMD Millipore Corporation, 400 Summit Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803 (US). Agent: LEMACK, Kevin S. et al.; Nields, Lemack & _ (74) Frame, LLC, 176 E. Main Street, Suite 5, Westboro, Mass- achusetts 01581 (US). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = (81) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: FIXED RIGID WALL DEVICE FOR COMPRESSED PLEAT CONFIGURATION FILTERS (57) : A scaling tool for replicating filtration characteristics of a large-scale filtration device, the scaling tool comprising a housing having a fluid inlet and a 10 18 16 fluid outlet, and a filter receiving region in fluid communication with the fluid inlet 1 \... / and the fluid outlet and configured to contain a membrane comprising one or more pleats, the filter receiving region being defined by a rigid wall framework configured 1-1 to hold the one or more pleats of the membrane and compress the pleats in an amount effective to replicate the filtration performance of the large-scale filtration device. GC Also disclosed is a methodology for configuring a filter receiving region in a scaling 71' tool. 71' 0 --.... 00 1-1 © ei FIG. 1 C