US 12,420,217 B2
Air trapping device and nozzle therefore
Nils Stafstrom, Uppsala (SE); Bjorn Johansson, Uppsala (SE); and Andreas Marcstrom, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed by CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,303.
Application 17/938,303 is a continuation of application No. 16/641,579, granted, now 11,517,833, previously published as PCT/EP2018/073526, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1713993 (GB), filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068163 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B01D 19/02 (2006.01); B05B 1/06 (2006.01); B05B 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 19/0047 (2013.01) [B01D 19/02 (2013.01); B05B 1/06 (2013.01); B05B 1/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Chromatography system comprising an air trapping device configured to remove air from a fluid,
the air trapping device comprising:
a receptacle configured to hold the fluid, and
a nozzle arranged in the receptacle, the nozzle comprising a body having an input opening configured to receive the fluid and an output opening configured to distribute the fluid along an edge of the output opening, wherein the body of the nozzle has a funnel shape and the input opening is smaller than the output opening,
wherein the receptacle comprises
a lid section,
a drainage section comprising a fluid outlet and a fluid inlet, and
a tubular section interconnecting the lid section with the drainage section, the nozzle further comprising a guiding element coupled to the body of the nozzle and configured to guide the fluid distributed along the edge of the output opening in a direction of gravity, wherein the guiding element comprises a tubular element coupled to the input opening of the body of the nozzle and is further coupled to the fluid inlet of the receptacle.