Cryopump having inlet cryopanel extension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9737828-B2
Application number	US-201313757123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2013
Priority date	Feb 2, 2012
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A cryopump includes a low-temperature cryopanel, a high-temperature cryopanel provided outside the low-temperature cryopanel, and a housing provided outside the high-temperature cryopanel. The high-temperature cryopanel includes an extension panel extending outward. The housing includes an inlet flange surrounding the extension panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cryopump to be mounted on a gate valve including a movable valve element and a valve housing for movably accommodating the movable valve element, the cryopump comprising:
a cryopump housing comprising a tubular portion extending in an axial direction toward an inlet of the cryopump;
a cryopump inlet flange configured to attach the cryopump housing to the valve housing, the cryopump inlet flange comprising an inner periphery portion and an outer periphery portion, the inner periphery portion being provided on an outer side, in a radial direction, of an opening end of the tubular portion, the outer periphery portion being configured to attach the cryopump to the valve housing and comprising an inner circumferential surface being exposed to the inlet of the cryopump, wherein a flange recess is defined by an upper surface of the inner periphery portion and the exposed inner circumferential surface of the outer periphery portion; and
an inlet cryopanel positioned at the inlet and comprising an extended portion extending into the flange recess in the radial direction, an outer circumference of the extended portion being positioned inward of the inner circumferential surface of the outer periphery portion in the radial position and positioned above the upper surface of the inner periphery portion in the axial direction, wherein the outer circumference of the extended portion directly faces the exposed inner circumferential surface of the outer periphery portion.

2. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer periphery portion comprises a mating surface for attaching the cryopump inlet flange to the valve housing, the extended portion is positioned in the axial direction between the mating surface and the inner periphery portion, and the inlet cryopanel is enclosed in the cryopump.

3. The cryopump according to claim 1 , further comprising a shield cryopanel that extends in the axial direction inside the tubular portion, a gap in the axial direction formed between the shield cryopanel and the inlet cryopanel; and
a cryogenic refrigerator comprising a first stage cooled to a cryogenic temperature,
wherein the inlet cryopanel comprises a skirt for covering the gap, and wherein the shield cryopanel, the inlet cryopanel, and the skirt are thermally connected to the first stage such that the shield cryopanel, the inlet cryopanel, and the skirt are cooled to the cryogenic temperature.

4. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the inlet cryopanel comprises a center portion and a heat transfer path, the center portion being surrounded by the extended portion, the heat transfer path being between the extended portion and the center portion, and the extended portion comprises a first extension in proximity to the heat transfer path and a second extension circumferentially adjacent to the first extension, the first extension having a first circumference located at a first distance form a center point of the center portion and the second extension having a second circumference located at a second distance from the center point, the second distance being less than the first distance.

5. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer periphery portion is configured to fit the inlet of the cryopump to an opening of the gate valve, the opening having a different shape from the inlet.

6. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer periphery portion comprises a mating surface for attaching the cryopump inlet flange to the valve housing, and the extended portion is an extension plate having an extension plate upper surface that is substantially flush with the mating surface in the axial direction.

7. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the inlet cryopanel comprises a center portion surrounded by the extended portion, and the extended portion is an extension plate having an extension plate upper surface positioned above an upper surface of the center portion in the axial direction.

8. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the inlet cryopanel comprises a center portion surrounded by the extended portion and a connecting member connecting the center portion to the extended portion, the connecting member having a connecting member upper surface fixed to the extended portion and a connecting member lower surface fixed to the center portion.

9. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the extended portion is a ring-shaped extension plate, and the inlet cryopanel comprises a center plate surrounded by the ring-shaped extension plate such that no gap is formed in the radial direction between the ring-shaped extension plate and the center plate.

10. The cryopump according to claim 1 , further comprising a shield cryopanel extending in the axial direction inside the tubular portion toward the inlet of the cryopump and terminating at a shield opening end of the shield cryopanel, the opening end of the tubular portion being positioned below the shield opening end in the axial direction.

11. The cryopump according to claim 1 , wherein
the valve housing has a gate valve opening to be opened and closed by the moveable valve element,
the outer periphery portion comprises a mating surface for attaching the cryopump inlet flange to the valve housing, and
an inner outline of the mating surface is coincident with an outline of the gate valve opening.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Oikawa Ken

Classifications

• B01D8/00 Primary

  Cold traps; Cold baffles (pumps for evacuating by condensing or freezing F04B37/08) · CPC title

• F04B37/08 Primary

  by condensing or freezing, e.g. cryogenic pumps · CPC title

• F25B9/14

  characterised by the cycle used, e.g. Stirling cycle · CPC title

• F04B53/00

  Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B23/00 or F04B39/00 - F04B47/00 · CPC title