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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110309015 | Clarifier support structure A clarifier support structure for supporting tube or plate modules in a clarifier tank or basin is disclosed together with a method for installing the structure in a tank or basin. The structure comprises a first laterally extending truss supported on first and second o... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110303090 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING METHANE OR ANOTHER FLUID FROM A FLUID MIXTURE A method and apparatus for separating a first fluid from a fluid mixture. In one embodiment water containing methane is passed through an agitation chamber with a plate at the chamber's proximal and distal ends. Both plates have orifices permitting the mixed fluid to pa... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110297626 | ECONOMICAL FAT, OIL, AND GREASE WASTE REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD An economical fat, oil and grease removal assembly and method includes a container having a bottom, a top, a sidewall, an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is spaced above the bottom and below the top to define a static water level for liquid in the container. The contain... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110284460 | Buoy Suspension Fractionation System A separator that uses centrifugation to fractionate a suspension such as blood comprises a separation container and a buoy. The buoy is carried in the separation container and has a tuned density that is configured to reach an equilibrium position in a suspension. The g... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110272346 | QUICK STATIC DECANTER FOR PRETHICKENING WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE, AND PLANT INCLUDING SUCH A DECANTER The invention relates to a static decanter (D) for prethickening liquid sludge in a water treatment plant, in particular wastewater, comprising an inclined bottom (8), the decanter being provided with a liquid sludge supply pump (13), a device for injectin... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110262990 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF FOR SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION The invention provides a settling device comprising an acoustic wave generator and an inclined settling chamber. The angle θ between the acoustic wave direction and the inclined settling chamber is greater than 0 and less than 90°. The invention also provides a concen... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110204002 | Method and Device for Separation of a Loose Mixture in a Fluid Medium Method of separation of loose mixture in fluid medium consists in the gravity feed of particles, aerodynamic monotonically increasing effect on them at acute angle to the vertical line by the cascade of slot jets and the outlet of separated fractions into separate colle... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTURBING NETWORKED PULP The present invention provides a method (20) of separating pulp from a feed material within a tank (1), the method comprising the steps of (23) introducing the feed material (22) into the tank (1); (24) allowing the feed materia... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110114550 | SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATING SYSTEM A solid-liquid separating system of a parallel plate conveying type can efficiently dehydrate sludge at an inlet and effectively dehydrate it at an outlet, and assures good solid-liquid separating performance. A filter is constituted by a first plate group and a second ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110068064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR DENSITY Systems and methods for separating particles of pharmaceutically active materials, based on differences in density.... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110036788 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING AN AQUEOUS PHASE FROM AN OIL PHASE The present invention relates to a process for separating an aqueous phase from an oil phase of an oil-water mixture (6), which has a pressurized dewatering system (14) having multiphase separation profiles (15). According to the invention, it is es... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100326922 | OIL WATER SEPARATION APPARATUS In one aspect, the present invention provides a subsea separation vessel for the separation of a mixture comprising oil and water comprising (a) at least one inlet for introducing a oil-water mixture; (b) a flow path for conducting the oil-water mixture; (c) at least on... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100236409 | COMBINED GAS REMOVAL, DIRT REMOVAL AND CONTAMINATING LIQUID REMOVAL DEVICE The present invention relates to a removal device for removing gas, dirt and/or particles from a contaminating liquid from a liquid in a liquid conduit system. The removal device includes a housing, a supply opening and a discharge opening, a resistance zone, at least o... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100176061 | WATER PURIFICATION The invention provides an efficient method to purify an aqueous solution, typically mine drainage water, especially of anions and cations present in the aqueous solution as dissolved solids, the anions and cations are removed by treatment with a positively charged extra... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100018929 | PRIMARY EQUALIZATION SETTLING TANK Disclosed is a system for treating waste water. The system may be applied to any application for the treatment of waste water which benefits from an equalized flow into the waste water treatment processes, such as industrial batch discharges, storm water settling and sc... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100000926 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATION OF FLUID, IN PARTICULAR OIL, GAS AND WATER A device for separation of fluid, in particular oil, gas and water, in connection with the extraction of such a fluid from formations under the surface of the earth or the sea bed. The fluid is transported in a supply pipe or transport pipe (4) to a separator ( 01/07/2010 | |
| 20090294352 | Integrated perforated flocculating baffle system An integrated perforated flocculating baffle system for use in a clarifier tank with a tank bottom, and a peripheral vertical wall bounding the interior of the tank is formed by a plurality of individual baffles interconnected and mounted to a support element, extending... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090250413 | Sterile Blood Separating System A system for separating components of a composition according to density. The system includes a torque generating device, a separation device, and a housing. The separation device separates the composition into different components according to density. The housing acco... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090246603 | PROCESS FOR RECLAIMING A CONTAMINATED ELECTROLYTE FROM AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF GASEOUS FLUORINE A process for reclaiming a contaminated electrolyte in an electrolytic cell used in the production of gaseous fluorine. The contaminated electrolyte is a mixture of potassium bifluoride and hydrofluoric acid having metal ions therein. The process has the following steps... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090211960 | FLUID TREATMENT TANK AND A WELL FLUID PROCESSING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A TANK A fluid treatment tank for use in a well fluid processing system. The tank is divided into at least three compartments, including an oil treatment compartment for receiving oil from a separator vessel of the well fluid processing system so as to allow stabilization and/... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090159528 | Flow Divider and Separation System The present invention relates to a flow divider (1) promoting separation, said flow divider (1) comprising an inlet (2), at least one dividing fin (3), and two or more outlets (4, 5). According to the present invention a pipeline (7... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090107909 | Microchannel for Separating Blood Plasma It is intended to provide a microchannel for separating blood plasma whereby blood plasma can be conveniently separated on a microchip. A microchannel comprising: a substrate body (10a); a separation channel (11) which ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080272049 | In-Line Flow Separation of Fluids in a Pipe Separator An in-line flow separator (1) comprises an uphill section (2) of pipeline which, in use, carries a gravitationally stratified flow of a first liquid (3) and a second denser liquid (4). The second liquid (4) forms a sump (5) exte... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080237119 | Liquid Delivery The invention relates to a device (1), for delivering a liquid into a tank (which can be large, and of any desired footprint), comprising an inlet (2) for a liquid, an outlet (3) for liquid, and means (4) adapted to change flow direction of t... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080190869 | FAT SEPARATOR The present invention provides a fat separator device having a container with a spout portion and a cover portion releasably attached to the container. The cover portion including a surface having at least one aperture to allow for passage of a liquid through the cover ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080099390 | Low-cost magnetically aided apparatus for separating dental amalgam from waste water A replaceable module for capturing amalgam and mercury from the waste water disposal system of a dental office, in which the waste water flows into a settling chamber, overflows from the settling chamber into a magnetically-assisted sluice, and then after being further ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080073297 | Method and tool for collecting blood plasma According to a blood plasma collection tool of the present invention, a phenomenon that blood cells in blood spontaneously precipitate due to an effect of gravitational force takes place in the very narrow microspace (separation part) having the very narrow depth in the... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080006304 | FLOCK TANK In one aspect the invention provides a floc tank, for separate drilling fluid into an upper fluid fraction having a reduced concentration of solids and a lower solids fraction having a higher concentration of solids, and having at least one compartment, said floc tank c... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070289911 | RELOCATABLE COUNTERCURRENT DECANTATION SYSTEM A process line for separating oil sand slurry comprising coarse solids, fines, bitumen and water, into a first product comprising bitumen, fines and water and a second product comprising coarse solids, fines and water is provided comprising a plurality of countercurrent... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070255458 | System and method for managing stratified liquids in storage tanks A system for managing stratified liquids in a storage tank includes a variable height, in-tank sonar transducer, configured to identify liquid layers of differing densities and to indicate an elevation of the liquid layers, a motorized drive unit for adjusting an orific... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070199901 | Method And Device For Division Of A Biological Sample By Magnetic Effect A method for dividing an analyte present in a solution and that is fixed on magnetic particles, and devices to be used in the method and systems for implementing the method. The method includes sedimentation of the magnetic particles together with separation into a plur... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070181491 | Separation apparatus and method In its broadest aspect the invention provides apparatus for separation of contaminants from a liquid, said apparatus comprising a gravitational separation means (3) and a screen filter means (11), said screen filter means receiving output from said gravita... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070138085 | Separation device A separation device for the separation of constituents of different density, in particular of a fluid fed from a well hole, exhibits a container in which the fluid at least partially after entry via a feed line is separated into its constituents using centrifugal force ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070095749 | Refuse/oil removing device and refuse/oil recovery bag A refuse/oil removing device and a refuse/oil recovery bag are provided which can remove refuse and oil contained in drainage discharged from a restaurant in a simple manner without contact with the refuse and oil. A support base 46 | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070039877 | Waste collection system for separating liquid waste from solid waste According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a waste collection system for separating liquid waste from solid waste which includes a conveyor having an upper conveyor roller, a lower conveyor roller and an endless conveyor belt extending around the convey... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070023355 | VORTEX SEPARATOR FOR SEPARATING FLOATING AND SETTLING SUBSTANCES FROM CENTRALLY INFLOWING STORM-WATER Disclosed herein is a vortex separator for separating floating and settling substances from storm-water. The vortex separator of the present invention can separate fine settling substances as well as coarse settling substances, floating substances and oil from storm-wat... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070017862 | Water recycling, high-pressure spray tire wash system A high-pressure, water recycling, spray tire wash system with an elevated wash rack having water collection trays therebeneath. A number of high-pressure spray heads are spaced along each side of the wash rack for collecting used wash water. There are a plurality of hig... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060278578 | Energy Dissipating Inlet for Clarifiers A fluid inlet for waste water treatment equipment adapted to dissipate energy of a fluid that flows through the fluid inlet. The fluid inlet includes a bottom wall, a side wall and a plurality of spaced apart ports. The ports are in fluid communication with a chamber fo... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060180527 | Device to separate particles of solids and high-density fluids from fluids of lower-density A device to separate particles of solids and high-density fluids from fluids of lower density, whereby a casing, equipped with an inlet channel and outlet in the central section, upper lid structure and cup-shaped bottom part form a longitudinal chamber. The lid structu... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060175240 | Portable tank apparatus and method of use A tank assembly is disclosed having a plurality of tank sections each capable of being connected to at least one other tank section, wherein each tank section has a dimension that enables the section to be accommodated at or within a predetermined width limit for transp... | 08/10/2006 |
