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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110315613 | Water conservation system The water conservation system provides for the controlled circulation of heated water between an overhead water tank, which is mounted on the roof of a building, and an underground water tank for storing cooled water. The overhead tank has a feed outlet, a circulation o... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110240535 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FLUID LEVELS IN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT BIOLOGICAL REACTOR A system for controlling at least one prescribed fluid level in a biological reactor for treating wastewater or portion thereof, the system comprising at least one effluent assembly having an effluent screen; at least one sensor configured for monitoring a fluid level; ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110168611 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD The wastewater treatment system provides multiple techniques for decontaminating wastewater contained within a single system, thus optimizing the decontamination of the wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater treatment system includes a steel-reinforced plastic ta... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110100926 | FILTRATION SYSTEM FORCING WATER IN EITHER DIRECTION A filtration system is provided that may be used in remote areas; a pump for forcing water through a filter is powered by at least one solar panel and may force water through the filter in either direction; in a filtering operation, water is passed in a forward directio... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110049024 | METHOD FOR TREATING RUNOFF WATER USING A SERIES OF TREATMENT SEQUENCES TO REMOVE FINE POLLUTANTS AND CLAY A treatment system for removal of contaminates includes the introduction of a flocking agent and the settling of resultant aggregations of particulate material, followed by filtration of the remaining water to remove residual flocking agent and particulate matter. Water... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110000833 | FUEL FILTER SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR DIESEL ENGINES The invention relates to a fuel filter system, especially for Diesel engines, comprising a filter housing (1) having a fuel inlet (27) and a fuel outlet (29) and a dehydrating filter medium (23) between the inlet and the outlet for the fuel t... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000849 | WATER PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING PRESSURE FILTER AND PORE CONTROL FIBER FILTER The present invention provides a water purification apparatus and method using a pressurized micro-filter preprocessed with a coagulation inclined-plate sedimentation reservoir and a pore-control fiber filter for improvement of a recovery rate, which removes the dissolv... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100270243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE REDUCTION A method and system for creating a filter mat on a filter belt to achieve the best possible purification efficiency/particle reduction, and at the same time as the actual supplied fluid amount is processed. The system includes means for measuring supplied fluid amount, ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100243575 | Portable sludge filtration system A separation apparatus and system for separating a solid-liquid mixture is described herein. A polymer solution, formed from water and one or more polymers, is mixed, then combined with a solid-liquid mixture to flocculate the solid-liquid mixture, which is then flowed ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100243544 | SEWAGE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SEWAGE REUSE SYSTEM The present patent aims to control a water storing quantity of reuse water which is stored by a sewage treatment apparatus of a satellite treatment plant. The sewage treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises: a membrane separation active-sludge treating sec... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100219125 | METHOD FOR TREATING NITROGEN IN WASTE STREAMS The present invention is directed to a novel process and method for treating nitrogen that is contained in an organic waste stream using aeration at a preferred predetermined mass loading in an aerobic volume followed by treatment in an anoxic/anaerobic volume. The pres... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100206788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHLORINE GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION A system and method is disclosed for chlorine generation and distribution for the treatment of a pool, spa, body of water, or other water system.... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100155314 | Auto-injecting onsite dual tank microbial inoculator for use in in-situ bioremediation of FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) A method to continuously inoculate (grow) microbial cultures on-site whereby a live culture of grease reducing microbes can be periodically injected directly into grease interceptors, grease traps and grease vaults. The system consists of a two tank system, one a isolat... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100122945 | Grey water conservation mechanism A gray water recycling system which uses a holding tank receiving waste water from a laundry facility. The holding tank has a pump for withdrawing water from said holding tank. A float, within said holding tank, is activated when a water level within said holding tank e... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100089807 | Dialysis machine A disposable cartridge for use in a hemodialysis machine has a blood flowpath for carrying a volume of blood to be treated in a dialyseer and a dialysate flowpath, isolated from the blood flowpath, for delivering a flow of dislysate solution through the dialyser. The ca... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100012585 | MEMBRANE FILTRATION PROCESS AND DESIGN A membrane filtration system (5) including: a feed containing vessel (7); a membrane module (6) including one or more hollow permeable membranes (8) for filtering feed liquid, located in the feed containing vessel (7); means for applyi... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090294378 | Dual pump water treatment system for automatic top off A dual pump water treatment system for automatically replenishing the water level within a tank of a marine reef aquarium by alternating between a calcium solution reservoir and an alkalinity solution reservoir. The calcium reservoir is in connection with a first pump, ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090250397 | WATER SOFTENER WITH INTEGRATED WATER FILTRATION Systems and methods for filtering and softening water in combination are disclosed. The systems may include a water filtering system, having a water filter and a water softening system connected to the water filtering system. In addition, a controller may be connected t... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090236292 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT A wastewater treatment system 20 including carbon dioxide gas injection means 3 for injecting a carbon dioxide gas into wastewater which takes place during silicon processing to obtain raw wastewater to be treated; a wastewater tank 2; a filter memb... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090194478 | Reverse Osmosis System Embodiments of the invention provide a reverse osmosis system including a feed water inlet, a reverse osmosis module coupled to the feed water inlet, and at least one blend valve. The blend valve can be coupled to a permeate outlet and the feed water inlet and can be ca... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090145823 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING OUT AND REMOVING WATER PRESENT IN LIQUID FUELS, ESPECIALLY WATER FROM DIESEL OIL A process for separating out and removing water present in liquid fuels, especially water from diesel oil, wherein the fuel is conveyed in a line system (3, 9, 13) which serves to supply an internal combustion engine by means of a fuel delivery pump (12), ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090139930 | Extracorporeal Blood Cleaning An apparatus (100) for extracorporeal blood cleaning includes a separation unit (110), at least two processing branches (120; 130) and a mixing unit (140). The separation unit (110) receives 5 incoming blood (B A) and divides off a fir... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090101551 | Oil changing device An oil changing device includes a used oil tank connected with an air suction device which is connected with a compressor and a vacuum generating device. A switch is connected between the vacuum generating device and the compressor. A new oil tank includes a pipe connec... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090084728 | Method for Recovering Potable Water from the Exhaust of an Internal Combustion Engine A water recovery method and apparatus which uses a desiccant, such as lithium chloride, to recover water vapor from the engine exhaust of a vehicle. The apparatus uses liquid-contactor to transfer water vapor from the vehicle exhaust to the liquid desiccant. The desicca... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090039002 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprises a liquid cartridge including a first unit having a liquid storing chamber and a liquid outlet, a second unit movable relative to the first unit between a close position where the second unit is close to the first unit and a ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080314806 | Waste Water Purification Apparatus A wastewater purifying apparatus has plural treatment chambers for stepwise purifying wastewater discharged from a lavatory, a storage chamber for storing purified wastewater derived from the downstream-most treatment chamber, and a purified wastewater storage tank. A s... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080290011 | WIRELESS LIQUID LEVEL SENSING ASSEMBLIES AND GRINDER PUMP ASSEMBLIES EMPLOYING THE SAME A liquid level sensing assembly employs an inductive or magnetic coupling to wirelessly communicate a plurality of signals based on a changing level of wastewater in a tank to a first coil of a pump/alarm control circuit in the grinder pump. The assembly includes at lea... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080283454 | WATER SOFTENER SALT LOADING SYSTEM Remote delivery of water softener pellets into a water softener by means of vacuum. By using a vacuum the delivery system allows salt to be delivered to great distances to point of use (existing brine tank). This invention will allow people to drive into their garage cl... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080223788 | Aerobic spa system An aerobic spa system comprising a water source providing water, an ozone source providing ozone, an ozone introduction mechanism adapted to introduce at least some of the ozone into the water, an ozone saturation mechanism adapted to cause at least some of the ozone to... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080093276 | DYNAMIC WEIGHT BALANCING OF FLOW IN KIDNEY FAILURE TREATMENT SYSTEMS A kidney failure treatment system includes: (i) a dialysate supply; (ii) a weighing device; a control container coupled operably to the weighing device; (iii) a diffusion membrane; (iv) a drain; first and second pumps; (v) a first fluid conduit coupled fluidly to the di... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080035538 | Apparatus For And Method Of Denitrifying Wastewater Disclosed is a method of denitrifying a solution including introducing into the solution an amount of a carbon source within a duration and at a frequency so that indigenous heterotrophic bacteria deplete dissolved oxygen in the solution and decompose oxygen from nitrat... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080000840 | System And Method For Dispersing Of Coal Bed Sodic Water A method for designing and implementing a system for subsurface drip irrigation dispersal of sodic water from a coal bed seam, the method comprising calculating a land surface area below which the sodic water dispersal system is to be placed, determining a concentration... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070272617 | Sand and Animal Waste Separation System A system for processing a composition of sand and animal waste includes a first separation tank receiving water from a water source and receiving the composition from a transport. The composition and the water are mixed in the first separation tank to form a liquefied a... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070255505 | Blood component processing system, apparatus, and method A system and method are used in connection with processing of blood components. The processing of blood components may involve centrifugal separation and/or filtering of the blood components. In some examples, at least some blood components are centrifugally separated i... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070144952 | Water purifying system A water purifying system includes a base having a storage tank removably engaged with a recess defined in an outside of the storage tank. A purifying device is received in the base and a connection hose is connected between the purifying device and the storage tank. A h... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070068856 | Wastewater treatment apparatus An apparatus provides for treatment of primary effluent from residential and commercial establishments to allow subsurface or surface disposal of wastewater. ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060207919 | Effluent interceptor with solids removal An interceptor has an inlet chamber and a solids removing chamber disposed above the inlet chamber. A pump in the inlet chamber pumps effluent though a conduit to the solids removing chamber. A disposable filter at the end of the conduit catches any solids as the efflue... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060157393 | Diesel Fuel Filter A diesel fuel filter has a filter element which incorporates or is constituted by a heater made of an electrically conductive fabric which heats at least the inlet side surface of the filter element. A filter element formed entirely from the electrically conductive fabr... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060086648 | Conductivity sensor for an ion exchange water softener A water treatment system includes a tank that contains a particle bed for removing minerals from water flowing through the tank. The regeneration of the particle bed is conducted in response to measuring its conductivity. A probe is provided for that measuring. That pro... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060070956 | Liquid filter A liquid filter, particularly for filtering diesel fuel, having a device for automatically discharging water separated from the fuel in the liquid filter, including a housing with an inlet and an outlet for the liquid to be filtered, a filter element arranged in a seale... | 04/06/2006 |
