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Gas exchange manifold

  • US 5,419,101 A
  • Filed: 09/22/1994
  • Issued: 05/30/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas exchange manifold for evacuating a package and supplying gas comprising:

  • a pair of removably connected plates, one of said plates including a recess for said package;

    a carrier for said package, said carrier including a recess for said package aligned with said recess in one of said plates;

    one of said plates including a gas port for receiving a flow of gas and a vacuum port for providing a vacuum source;

    the other of said plates including at least one gas supplying opening and a plurality of vacuum supplying openings;

    at least one gas supplying passage formed in said plates and adapted to place said gas port in one plate in fluid communication with said gas supplying opening in said other plate;

    a plurality of vacuum supplying passages formed in said plates and adapted to place said vacuum port in one plate in fluid communication with said plurality of vacuum supplying openings in the other plate; and

    said vacuum supplying passages being maintained in fluid isolation from said gas supplying passage.

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