High vacuum pump using bulk getter material
First Claim
1. A getter pump for pumping down a vessel or chamber to high vacuum, comprising:
- a bulk getter-material pump comprising a pump-body housing, said pump-body housing comprising an interior;
a cage-element mounted in said interior of said pump-body housing;
a supply of bulk getter-material in said cage-element, said bulk getter-material comprising a plurality of separate getter-pellets;
means for fluidly coupling said bulk getter-material pump to a conduit of a vessel or container to be pumped down; and
heating means operatively associated with said bulk getter-material pump for heating said supply of bulk-getter material.
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Abstract
A bulk getter-pump, consisting primarily of large beds of heated getter-material for use in pumping down in a high-vacuum environment. The pump is designed for applications now are served by turbo, cryo, diffusion, and ion pumps. The pump consists of a meshed cage filled with bulk getter-material pellets, which cage is housed in a housing coupled to a conduit of a vacuum chamber, so that the bulk getter-material is exposed to the interior of the vacuum chamber. In use, a roughing pump is first used to bring the chamber down to a pressure of about 103 torr, and then the bulk getter-pump of the invention is operatively coupled to the chamber for sorbing gases, in order to reach a high vacuum.
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1. A getter pump for pumping down a vessel or chamber to high vacuum, comprising:
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a bulk getter-material pump comprising a pump-body housing, said pump-body housing comprising an interior; a cage-element mounted in said interior of said pump-body housing; a supply of bulk getter-material in said cage-element, said bulk getter-material comprising a plurality of separate getter-pellets; means for fluidly coupling said bulk getter-material pump to a conduit of a vessel or container to be pumped down; and heating means operatively associated with said bulk getter-material pump for heating said supply of bulk-getter material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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