GETTER-PUMPE ZUR STROMAUFWÄRTS-VERWENDUNG IN DER NÄHE UND KOAXIAL ZU EINER TURBOMOLEKULARPUMPE

摘要

A getter pump, especially suitable for the use upstream, in proximity and coaxially with respect to a turbomolecular pump, comprising inside a cylindrical cartridge (10) a getter device (20) formed of a continuous coil-shaped metal wire having turns (18, 18a) or formed of several zigzag-shaped segments mutually in series between two end points (22), such as to lie in an annular-shaped peripheral zone, concentric with respect to said cartridge (10) and coated with a sintered porous layer of non-evaporable getter material in form of powder. Said cartridge (10) is inserted into a steel stub (30) which is fastened on one side to the chamber to be evacuated and on the other side to a turbomolecular pump. The getter device (20) may be directly supplied with electric current from the outside through said ends (22).