Cold trap and mounting structure of cold trap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9789420-B2
Application number	US-201314138620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Priority date	Dec 26, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A cold trap includes a duct, which is for connecting a volume to be evacuated to a vacuum pump, and a cold panel surrounded by the duct. The duct includes an inlet flange at an evacuation target side and an outlet flange at a vacuum pump side. The outlet flange is arranged at a distance from the inlet flange in the extending direction of the duct. The inlet flange has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the outlet flange.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cold trap provided between a volume to be evacuated and a vacuum pump for evacuation of the volume, the cold trap comprising:
a single stage refrigerator comprising a cooling stage;
a duct configured to connect the volume to the vacuum pump and define an evacuation path allowing a gas to flow from the volume to the vacuum pump, the duct comprising a tubular portion extending in a duct extending direction and including a side opening formed in a side face of the tubular portion; and
a cold panel surrounded by the duct and thermally connected to the cooling stage of the single stage refrigerator, wherein thermal connection between the cooling stage of the single stage refrigerator and the cold panel is provided through the side opening of the duct, wherein
the duct comprises an inlet flange arranged on a first end with respect to the side opening toward the volume to be evacuated and an outlet flange arranged on a second opposite end with respect to the side opening toward the vacuum pump, the outlet flange arranged at a distance from the inlet flange in the duct extending direction, and
the inlet flange has an inlet flange outer diameter and an inlet flange inner diameter in a duct radial direction perpendicular to the duct extending direction, the inlet flange inner diameter defining an inlet opening in the inlet flange through which the gas enters from the volume into the evacuation path,
the outlet flange has an outlet flange outer diameter and an outlet flange inner diameter in the duct radial direction, the outlet flange inner diameter defining an outlet opening through which the gas is removed from the evacuation path into the vacuum pump, and
the inlet flange outer diameter is larger than the outlet flange outer diameter and the inlet flange inner diameter is larger than the outlet flange inner diameter.

2. The cold trap according to claim 1 , wherein
the cold panel comprises a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion, and
the radially outer portion is placed between the radially inner portion and the volume in the duct extending direction, the radially outer portion and the radially inner portion located at different heights in the duct extending direction.

3. The cold trap according to claim 2 , wherein
the radially outer portion has a cold panel outer diameter larger than the outlet flange inner diameter.

4. The cold trap according to claim 2 , wherein
the radially outer portion has a cold panel outer diameter larger than the outlet flange inner diameter, and
the inlet flange has a recess configured to receive the radially outer portion.

5. The cold trap according to claim 1 , wherein
the inlet opening, as observed from an inlet side, is larger than the outlet opening.

6. A mounting structure of a cold trap, the cold trap comprising a single stage refrigerator and a cold panel, the mounting structure comprising:
a duct extending from an evacuation target side to a vacuum pump side in a duct extending direction and defining an evacuation path allowing a gas to flow from the evacuation target side to the vacuum pump side, the duct comprising a tubular portion extending in a duct extending direction and including a side opening formed in a side face of the tubular portion, wherein thermal connection between a cooling stage of the single stage refrigerator and the cold panel is provided through the side opening of the duct;
an inlet flange provided on the duct at the evacuation target side and arranged on a first end with respect to the side opening, the inlet flange including an inlet flange outer diameter and an inlet flange inner diameter in a duct radial direction perpendicular to the duct extending direction, the inlet flange inner diameter defining an inlet opening in the inlet flange through which the gas enters from the evacuation target side into the evacuation path; and
an outlet flange provided on the duct at the vacuum pump side arranged on a second opposite end with respect to the side opening, the outlet flange including an outlet flange outer diameter and an outlet flange inner diameter in the duct radial direction, the outlet flange inner diameter defining an outlet opening through which the gas is removed from the evacuation path into the vacuum pump side, wherein
the inlet flange outer diameter is larger than the outlet flange outer diameter and the inlet flange inner diameter is larger than the outlet flange inner diameter.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Oikawa Ken

Classifications

• F04B37/085

  Regeneration of cryo-pumps · CPC title

• F04B41/06

  Combinations of two or more pumps · CPC title

• F04B37/00

  Pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B35/00 · CPC title

• B01D8/00 Primary

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

• F04B37/08

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