Claims
- 1. A membrane contactor for debubbling or degassing a liquid comprising:a perforated core tube for distributing said ink, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes surrounding said tube and having an end, a tube sheet being located at said end, a shell surrounding said plurality of hollow fiber membranes and said tube sheet, a lumen side being defined by an internal surface of said membrane, a shell side being defined by said perforated core tube, an external surface of said membrane, and said shell, and said membrane being a single layered, skinned, polymethylpentene hollow fiber microporous membrane, said skin being on the shell side for contact with said ink.
- 2. The contactor of claim 1 wherein said core tube further comprises a block.
- 3. The contactor of claim 1 further comprising a second tube sheet affixing a second end of said plurality of hollow fiber membranes to said core tube.
- 4. The contactor of claim 1 wherein said core tube further comprises a diverting baffle.
- 5. A system for debubbling or degassing an ink comprisingan ink reservoir, a membrane contactor in fluid communication with said reservoir, said membrane contactor comprising a perforated core tube, a plurality of hollow fiber membranes surrounding said tube and having an end, a tube sheet being located at said end, a shell surrounding said plurality of hollow fiber membranes and said tube sheet, a lumen side being defined by an internal surface of said membranes, a shell side being defined by said perforated core tube, an external surface of said membranes, and said shell, and said membrane being a single layered, skinned, polymethylpentene hollow fiber microporous membrane, said skin being on the shell side, and an end use application in fluid communication with said contactor.
- 6. The system of claim 5 wherein said core tube further comprises a block.
- 7. The system of claim 5 further comprising a second tube sheet affixing a second end of said plurality of hollow fiber membranes to said core tube.
- 8. The system of claim 5 wherein said core tube further comprises a diverting baffle.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/816,730 filed Mar. 22, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,558,450, issued on May 6, 2003.
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