Spacers for holding a gasket in place and for obtaining slit width with thermal diffusion plates

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A GASKET HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LATERAL FACES TO BE ASSEMBLED BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL SPACED-APART MEMBERS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPACED APART A CRITCAL DISTANCE, ONE OF SAID SPACED-APART MEMBERS HAVING A GASKET RECEIVING RECESS THEREIN AND SAID GASKET HAVING A THICKNESS GREATER THAN THE COMBINED DEPTH OF SAID GASKET RECEIVING RECESS AND SAID CRITICAL DISTANCE, AND HAVING AN APERTURE BETWEEN AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID LATERAL FACES, COMPRISING A GASKET HOLDING STUD FIXEDLY MOUNTED IN SAID GASKET RECEIVING RECESS IN CORRESPONDING RELATION TO SAID APERTURE AND HAVING A HEIGHT EQUIVALENT TO THE DEPTH OF SAILD GASKET RECEIVING RECESS, A CAP MEMBER SNUGLY RECEIVING SAID GASKET HOLDING STUD AND BEING RECEIVED BY SAID APERTURE IN SAID GASKET, SAID CAP MEMBER HAVING A NON-COMPRESSIBLE HEAD THEREON OF A THICKNESS EQUIVALENT TO THE DESIRED SPACING BETWEEN SAID TWO SPACED-APART MEMBERS WHEN ASSEMBLED AND SAID NON-COMPRESSIVLE HEAD BEING CONTIGUOUS WITH OEN END OF SAID GASKET HOLDING STUD OPPOSITE SAID RECEIVING RECESS SO AS TO SERVE AS A POSITIVE STOP WHICH CONTROLS THE SPACING BETWEEN THE SPACED-APART MEMBERS.