Patent ID: 7368092

Claim:
A reactor for generating moisture, having an inlet side and an outlet side, comprising: a first reactor structural component on the inlet side of the reactor having an outside wall; a second reactor structural component on the outlet side of the reactor having an outside wall, wherein the first and second components are mated to form a reactor shell having an interior space; a material gas supply passage provided in the first reactor structural component disposed to supply material gases into the interior space; a material gas supply joint connected to the material gas supply passage; a moisture gas outlet passage provided in the second reactor structural component to lead out moisture from the interior space; a moisture gas take-out joint connected to the moisture gas outlet passage; fin base plates attached to the outside walls of the first and second components; a plurality of fins disposed on the fin base plates, wherein the fins are disposed centrally symmetrical about the material gas supply joint and the moisture gas take-out joint; a heater, having an outside, disposed on the outside wall of the second component; and a heater pressing plate, having an outside, disposed to press on the outside of the heater, wherein the fin base plate is attached to the outside of the heater pressing plate, wherein at least one of the fin base plates comprises a through hole for the corresponding joint, and a cut that extends from the through hole and has a width smaller than a diameter of the through hole.