Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| 20120125203 | Water purification and enhancement systems Water purification system comprising filtration media sized with respect to each other to allow a first contaminant in the water to saturate the first medium with a delay prior to saturation of the second medium with a second contaminant.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103891 | MULTI-LEAF REVERSE OSMOSIS ELEMENT A reverse osmosis element is provided. The reverse osmosis element includes a plurality of permeate tubes arranged to form a core frame. The reverse osmosis element further includes a plurality of leaves wound over the core frame. Each leaf of the plurality of leaves is... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120048804 | PERFORATED GRAPHENE DEIONIZATION OR DESALINATION A separation arrangement isolates chlorine, sodium and possibly other ions from water. The ion-laden water is applied to at least one graphene sheet perforated with apertures dimensioned to pass water molecules and to not pass the smallest relevant ion. The deionized wa... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120000853 | SUPERHYDROPHILIC AND OLEOPHOBIC POROUS MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME The present disclosure provides a porous material having a surface that is concurrently both superhydrophilic (having a first apparent advancing dynamic contact angle of less than or equal to about 5° for water) and oleophobic (having a second apparent advancing dynami... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110303622 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF OIL, WATER, CUTTINGS, SAND, SOIL AND CLAY MIXTURES One embodiment of the invention disclosed is an apparatus for separating a solid material from a mixture containing oil, water, clay, sand, soil and drill cuttings. The apparatus comprise a series of processing cells and wash tanks. Hydrocyclonic devices are also used t... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297604 | FLUID INTERCONNECT A fluid interconnect for a fluid handling device is disclosed. The fluid interconnect comprises a connector having a first axis. A sealing member is disposed on the connector. At least one camming member is also disposed on the connector. The at least one camming member... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290744 | Wastewater Treatment System and Method A wastewater treatment system includes a vessel and a plurality of media canisters contained in series therein. The vessel provides for linear flow of wastewater through the canisters for treating and removing contaminants. The canisters contain seal means to form a flu... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110253634 | TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER The present invention provides systems, methods and devices for removing contaminants from an aqueous stream. In embodiments, these systems and methods may be applied to particular applications, for example removal of contaminants in aqueous streams associated with the ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110213169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING CRUDE TALL OIL The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for purifying crude tall oil. The purification method comprises a first purification step (2) for separating at least solids (8) from the crude tall oil and producing solids free crude tall oil, and a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110198285 | Zero Discharge Water Desalination Plant With Minerals Extraction Integrated With Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Generation A desalination and minerals extraction process includes a desalination facility fluidly coupled to a minerals extraction facility. The desalination facility includes a nanofiltration membrane section producing a first tailings stream and a reverse osmosis membrane secti... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110127198 | OIL SAND SLURRY SOLIDS REDUCTION TO ENHANCE EXTRACTION PERFORMANCE FOR PROBLEM ORES A process for extracting bitumen from problem oil sand ores having low bitumen content and/or high fines content is provided, comprising: mixing the problem oil sand ore with heated water to produce an oil sand slurry; conditioning the oil sand slurry for a period of ti... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110120930 | DOUBLE FIBER BUNDLE DIALYZER A dialyzer composed of: first and second dialyzation chambers, and an intermediate chamber interposed between the first and second dialyzation chambers. Each dialyzation chamber has opposed first and second ends and contains a filter member that separates the chamber in... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110120929 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WATER USING IRON Systems and associated methods for treating contaminant-containing wastewater are provided. The systems generally include a reducing zone for reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the water and a clean-up zone comprising zero valent iron for removing at least a ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110108483 | FILTER UNIT WITH FILTER BANK The invention relates to a filter unit for purification of impure water, which could be seawater intended for ballast water, pool water, waste water or the like. The purification is performed by means of filter modules comprising filter means with dead end filter elemen... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110100897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID PURIFICATION A liquid purification system includes an upflow liquid purification system which receives a first flow of liquid. The upflow liquid purification system treats the liquid in response to the liquid flowing upwardly through the upflow liquid purification system. The liquid... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110084033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES IN A FLUID An apparatus and method for separating particles dispersed in a fluid. The apparatus includes, in succession, an inlet channel, a constriction channel and an outlet channel, the channels configured to receive a fluid dispersion and to create at the junction of the const... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110073535 | RESIDENTIAL REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM Some embodiments of the present invention relate to a reverse osmosis (RO) system that includes a housing and a pre-filter within the housing such that feed water flows into the housing and enters the pre-filter. The reverse osmosis (RO) system further includes a membra... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110036785 | WASTE SOLID CLEANING APPARATUS There is herein described the removal of fluid from fluid-contaminated waste solids and a method and apparatus for analysing and detecting the amount of oil in a fluid-contaminated waste material. In particular, there is described the removal of oil from drill cuttings ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110031171 | Solar Powered Utility Unit A solar power utility unit is disclosed that collects solar power during the day; stores the power in a battery pack; and distributes the energy stored in the battery to one or more utilities. The utilities can include a water purification system using a UV lamp, lights... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110017649 | Two stage filter cartridge A fuel filter cartridge includes an upper enclosure and a lower enclosure. The upper enclosure includes an upper section having a cavity for receiving a fuel flow, and a lower section joined to the upper section. A primary filter element is disposed within the lower sec... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100213141 | Suspension liquid extraction apparatus and method The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing liquid from a suspension. More particularly, the present invention relates to a filtration apparatus using vacuum pressure, compressed air and radiant heat to facilitate extraction of water from a suspension and... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100187170 | APPARATUS FOR WATER PURIFICATION An apparatus for water purification is provided. The first aspect of the apparatus for water purification includes at least a water processing unit in connection with a water supply end, and a photocatalyst fiber processing unit having two ends in connection with the wa... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100185134 | Artifical Kidney Artificial kidney for gradual, and at least semi-continuous, blood treatment, wherein a blood stream is fed from a body of a living human or animal being into the artificial kidney, where anticoagulation is first effected, blood cells and molecules of large and medium m... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100151100 | BEER FILTER A filter device and a method for the filtration of beer, where, for an improved and simplified filtration, the filter includes a nonfiltrate chamber having a nonfiltrate inlet and a nonfiltrate outlet, wherein the nonfiltrate flows into the nonfiltrate chamber substanti... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100065486 | Filter assembly An assembly including a first filter element; and a filter element assembly connected to the first filter element. The filter element assembly includes a second filter element located between a first plate and a second plate. The second plate includes a liquid outlet in... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100032377 | Apparatus and methods for solution processing using reverse osmosis Equipment, systems, processes and techniques for conducting reverse osmosis processing of solutions are described. The techniques can be applied to provide diluted solution (i.e. purified solvent), concentrate solution or each. A variety of specific equipment, example s... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100006508 | Multi-Stage Water Filters Water filters and methods of filtering fluids (e.g., water) to produce treated water such as potable water. Specifically, water filters comprising activated carbon, fiber composites, or combinations thereof that are operable to remove heavy metals and/or viruses from fl... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090321364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING NANOWIRES In order to filter a solution containing nanowires, a flow of the solution is generated and directed through a passage defining an aperture having a narrow width. Alternatively, a flow of the solution may be generated and directed over a micro-structured surface configu... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090314724 | BLOOD RECUPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD A blood filtering device for the recuperation of blood from wound drained blood, in particular for an autologous blood transfusion system, has a first filter arranged upstream of a second filter. The first filter is adapted for removing emboli and/or large particulate m... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090286178 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIST COMPOSITION, FILTERING APPARATUS, RESIST COMPOSITION APPLICATOR, AND RESIST COMPOSITION A process for producing a resist composition that yields a resist composition in which the occurrence of defects has been suppressed, a filtering apparatus that can be used favorably within the production process, a resist composition applicator that is fitted with the ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090283483 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING A LIQUID PHASE FROM A SUSPENSION A method of extracting a liquid phase from a suspension, the method comprising: injecting said suspension into a duct presenting a first section that is straight and a second section that is curved; and at the outlet from said curved section of the duct, extracting a li... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090283478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A REGENERATIVE PARTICLE TRAP STRUCTURE LOADED AND UNLOADED WITH ACTIVE MATERIALS BY WAY OF A FLOW STREAM A method and system for treating a fluid by trapping particles of an active material suspended in a flow stream by way of a particle-trap structure so as to form a multi-layer filtering media to treat the fluid. The particle trap is fully regenerative configured so that... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090211992 | WATER FILTRATION PURIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF For providing a water filtration purifying apparatus and a method thereof, enabling to reduce the manufacturing costs of the apparatus as a whole, by combining a function of filtration and a function of separation/concentration, the filtration function and the separatio... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090200248 | Belt Filter Apparatus The invention concerns a belt filter apparatus comprising a first belt filter section on which a mixture of fine material and a liquid can be placed hydraulically to create partially dry fine material and a second belt filter section on which the partially dry fine mate... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090194272 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING INJECTION FLUID An apparatus (10) for treating a fluid to be injected into a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation comprises a desalination system (12) having a fluid inlet (16) for receiving a first feed fluid (18) and a first fluid outlet (22) ... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090159518 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A REDUCED-CALORIE FOOD PRODUCT Calories in a juice can be reduced by selectively removing more sucrose than primary sugars, for example, glucose and fructose. An acceptable flavor profile can be achieved since the primary sugars have a higher perceived sweetness than sucrose. The food product process... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090101564 | Water activation piece for use in flow passage, arrangement structure of the water activation piece, and water activation device using the water activation piece and the arrangement structure To provide a water activation piece for use in a flow passage for forming a more efficient water flow stirring state for activating water though the piece which is formed in a simple structure with limited flow passage length, and a structural arrangement of the water a... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090090671 | Apparatus to assist platelet manipulation to prevent and treat endovascular disease and its sequelae The utilization of electrical potential and currents, as well as magnetic fields and mixed-phase reactions to effect efficient separation of platelets from blood without initiating platelet activation.... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090001002 | Wastewater Purification Plant By Means of Plants Waste water purification plant by means of plants and waste water purification process. The waste water purification plant (10) has at least one plant container (32), a feed unit (16), an evacuation unit (36) and plants. Waste water to be pur... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090001003 | RESIDENTIAL REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM Some embodiments of the present invention relate to a reverse osmosis (RO) system that includes a housing and a pre-filter within the housing such that feed water flows into the housing and enters the pre-filter. The reverse osmosis (RO) system further includes a membra... | 01/01/2009 |
