US 12,246,282 B1
Sealing door valves for low dead volume reactor chamber
Noah David Liebman, Los Angeles, CA (US); Peter Ciulla, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Rachel Shiomi Ozer, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to CARBON CAPTURE INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by CARBON CAPTURE INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/625,644.
Application 18/625,644 is a continuation of application No. 18/421,645, filed on Jan. 24, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,206, filed on Jan. 24, 2023.
Int. Cl. B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/62 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 53/0446 (2013.01) [B01D 2257/504 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air treatment apparatus for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the air treatment apparatus comprising:
an adsorbent reactor chamber comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and side walls;
sorbent provided within the adsorbent reactor chamber;
a first rectangular opening formed in the front wall of the adsorbent reactor chamber;
a second rectangular opening formed in the rear wall of the adsorbent reactor chamber;
a first valve frame affixed around the first rectangular opening;
a second valve frame affixed around the second rectangular opening;
one or more first door valves associated with the front wall, wherein each of the one or more first door valves is configured to actuate between a first open position and a first closed position;
one or more second door valves associated with the rear wall, wherein each of the one or more second door valves is configured to actuate between a second open position and a second closed position;
a first sealing element provided between the one or more first door valves and the first valve frame; and
a second sealing element provided between the one or more second door valves and the second valve frame.