Appeal No. 1997-1733
Application 08/248,062
gas-feed mixture in the gas feed chamber and a liquid pressure
of a liquid absorbent in the liquid absorbent chamber
substantially within a predetermined
pressure range so that an interface between the gas-feed
mixture and the liquid absorbent is substantially immobilized
at the membrane, to effectively prevent the formation of a
dispersion of gas-feed mixture and liquid absorbent in either
chamber on opposing sides of the membrane;
(c) a regeneration module; and
(d) a nonporous membrane that is permeable to the
volatile solute located within and connected to the
regeneration module, the nonporous membrane dividing the
regeneration module into a liquid absorbent chamber and a
vacuum atmosphere or sweep vapor chamber, the regeneration
module having a liquid absorbent inlet port and a liquid
absorbent outlet port which communicate with the liquid
absorbent chamber and a vacuum outlet port or sweep vapor
outlet port which communicates with the vacuum or sweep vapor
chamber.
THE REFERENCES
Schofield et al. (Schofield) 5,236,474 Aug. 17,
1993
Birbara et al. (Birbara) 5,281,254 Jan. 25,
1994
Babcock 5,354,469 Oct. 11,
1994
(filed Jun. 14,
1993)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3, 4, 6-8, 10-15, 17, 18 and 21-23 stand
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