	US 12,151,214 B2
	Separation membrane element and separation membrane module
Kenta Iwai, Otsu (JP); Shuji Furuno, Otsu (JP); Yoshifumi Odaka, Otsu (JP); Kenji Komori, Otsu (JP); Yasuharu Watanabe, Otsu (JP); Atsushi Kitanaka, Otsu (JP); Seiko Kantani, Otsu (JP); and Hideaki Ando, Otsu (JP)
Assigned to Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 14/379,435
Filed by Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2013, PCT No. PCT/JP2013/053936 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2014, PCT Pub. No. WO2013/125506, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-039089 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2012; application No. 2012-154336 (JP), filed on Jul. 10, 2012; and application No. 2012-167618 (JP), filed on Jul. 27, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2015/0021260 A1, Jan. 22, 2015
Int. Cl. B01D 63/08 (2006.01); B01D 69/06 (2006.01); B01D 69/10 (2006.01)

CPC B01D 69/061 (2022.08) [B01D 63/082 (2013.01); B01D 63/084 (2013.01); B01D 69/10 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2665 (2013.01); B01D 2313/146 (2013.01); B01D 2315/06 (2013.01); B01D 2319/04 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A separation membrane element comprising a pair of separation membranes containing two separation membranes arranged so that the filtrate-side surfaces thereof are disposed in mutually opposed relation, a peripheral sealing member disposed between and sealed to peripheral edges of the pair of the separation membranes, and a multiplicity of individual resin members extending between the separation membranes and bonded to both of the mutually opposed filtrate-side surfaces, wherein the resin members 1) are positioned in and maintain a predetermined gap between the separation membranes such that the gap functions as a flow channel between the separation membranes, and 2) cause discontinuous shadows when projected onto the separation membrane.