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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120036626 | Liquid Aroma Injector A liquid aroma injector for a spa having a reservoir comprising an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a subchamber, a plunger assembly comprising a plunger button, a shaft, and an annular flanged gasket. The shaft extends through said upper and lower chamber of the res... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110272831 | Wastewater treatment system A wastewater treatment system for deployment within a pond having a floor and a wastewater surface is formed from a plurality of floating modular aeration units that are fluidly connected to a motorized blower via a central air delivery line. Each of the floating modula... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110147289 | Wind, Solar and Hybrid Wind-Solar Water Circulation and Aeration Methods and Apparatus Circulation and aeration systems for ponds, lakes, sounds, treatment basins, and other bodies of water. In one set of embodiments, water is pumped in a downward direction to circulate ambient oxygen from the atmosphere and produced by plant photosynthesis to deeper stra... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133348 | DIFFUSER FOR AERATION Disclosed is a diffuser installation structure capable of improving uniformity of air bubbles discharged from air bubble discharge holes, restricting the formation of dead zone air bubble discharge holes, and having the tolerance against design deviation. In the install... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110101548 | DIFFUSER FOR AERATION Disclosed is a diffuser installation structure capable of improving uniformity of air bubbles discharged from air bubble discharge holes, restricting the formation of dead zone air bubble discharge holes, and having the tolerance against design deviation. In the install... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110084416 | MIXING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MIXING A system for mixing and mixing processes and structures are disclosed. In addition a nozzle used for mixing is disclosed.... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110049047 | GAS SPARGER FOR AN IMMERSED MEMBRANE A gas sparger produces an intermittent flow of bubbles even if provided with a continuous gas flow. The sparger has a housing to collect a pocket of gas and a conduit to release some of the gas from the pocket when the pocket reaches a sufficient size. Optionally, a cov... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100230834 | BUBBLING SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR STABLE PRECURSOR SUPPLY Embodiments of the invention generally provide apparatus and methods for vaporizing liquid precursors. In one embodiment, a bubbling system for supplying a vapor of liquid precursor is provided including a gas flow conduit having a first end and a second end, a nozzle s... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100187701 | Downflow mixers with gas injection devices and/or baffles A downflow mixer with a gas injection device and/or a baffle plate is provided to improve performance of mixing and/or aeration in basins, lagoons or tanks, particularly as part of water or wastewater treatment.... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100181263 | METHOD FOR STIRRING AND/OR AERATING FLUIDS, PARTICULARLY SEWAGE, PARTICULARLY USING A FLOODABLE AERATOR The invention relates to a method for stirring and/or aerating fluids, particularly sewage, having the following cyclically repeated steps: aerating the fluid by means of an immersed aerator for a predetermined first period of time (t1) using an aeration device (... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100176521 | MICROBUBBLE THERAPY METHOD AND GENERATING APPARATUS A micro bubble generating system includes a shell having a well for retaining a first liquid to immerse an object. A micro bubble apparatus is provide to the shell for providing a pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas into the well so as to create a... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100044322 | AERATION UNIT, AERATION APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD OF AERATION An aeration unit, an aeration apparatus and a method of aeration are provided that can quickly realize water quality with gas dissolution balance appropriate for living creatures in water, and that can be utilized for treating polluted water at sewage treatment faciliti... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090008807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISSOLVING A GAS INTO A LIQUID The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for dissolving gas in a liquid is provided. The process comprises: tangentially introducing a liquid into a cylindrical chamber having a cylindrical inner wall with sufficient volume and pressure to develop a v... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080203006 | Self-standing weighted diffuser assembly An apparatus designed to convert the dynamic of residential wastewater treatment processing bacteria from anaerobic to aerobic bacteria in existing single or multiple compartment septic tanks. The apparatus consists of a small self-standing weighted diffuser assembly de... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080087609 | Device for oxygenating sea water The present invention relates to a diffuser hose for oxygenation of water in aquaculture installations for marine organisms in the sea, together with a method for oxygenation of water. The invention provides for the supply of substantially pure oxygen, which is distribu... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20070290381 | Fluid Sparger and Dissipater A sparger includes a conduit and a plurality of dispensing tubes extending therefrom. The dispensing tubes can be roll pins. The dispensing tubes can extend into the inner diameter of the conduit. A dissipater can be positioned to interrupt the flow of fluid exiting fro... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070257382 | Aeration device for use as a diffuser An aeration device or diffuser is disclosed. The diffuser preferably includes a porous hose adapted to allow gas to escape therefrom, a rigid element disposed within the hose, the rigid element being constructed of material denser than water and a fitting suitable for a... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070257385 | Carbonic water production apparatus and carbonic water production method A carbonic water production apparatus equipped with a carbonic acid gas dissolving apparatus 3 and a circulation pump 1 wherein water in a bath 11 is circulated by the circulation pump 1, and a carbonic acid gas is fed into the carbonic acid ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070170604 | Safe liquid source containers Containers for providing vapor phase reactant from liquid sources include bubbler designs and designs in which carrier gas flows over the liquid surface. Among the bubbler arrangements, a bypass conductance is provided to release excess pressure from the gas volume insi... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20060244160 | Gas enrichment module The invention relates to a device for the gas enrichment of fluids, to a method for producing fluids that are enriched with gases and to the use of the aforementioned device in human and veterinary medicine and the pharmaceutical, foodstuff cosmetic and environmental in... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060202362 | Liquid bag, liquid bag mouth member, and method of producing the same An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid bag that makes bubbling possible with a simple structure without increasing the number of parts. The liquid bag according to the present invention includes: a bag main body for containing a liquid, the bag main b... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060175721 | Steam injection heater with dual-sealing assembly A direct contact steam injection heater that includes a steam diffuser having a plurality of steam diffusion holes that are selectively exposed by a regulating member to control the amount of steam used to heat a liquid. The regulating member is movable within the steam... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060103036 | Aeration system for liquid An aeration tank used in a method of treating effluent includes a pipe for transporting the effluent from the source to the tank bottom and a discharge duct having a siphon effect for tapping off an overflow from the tank as more effluent is added from the source. An ar... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060033220 | Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules An aeration system for a submerged membrane module has a set of aerators connected to an air blower, valves and a controller adapted to alternately provide a higher rate or air flow and a lower rate of air flow in repeated cycles. In an embodiment, the air blower, valve... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060033222 | Devices for introducing a gas into a liquid and methods of using the same Devices and methods for introducing a gas into a liquid are provided. Embodiments of the subject devices include spargers that have an inner member having a gas inlet opening and a gas outlet opening and an outer member that has at least one sparge hole. Embodiments of ... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050161839 | Substrate treating apparatus A substrate treating apparatus for performing a predetermined treatment of substrates includes a treating tank for storing a treating solution, a holder for holding a plurality of substrates arranged in one direction inside the treating tank, and a bubble generating dev... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050127000 | Inverted air box aerator and aeration method for immersed membranes An aerator for immersed filtering membranes has an aerator shell with openings for discharging bubbles from its upper surface and a shape capable of temporarily containing a volume of air in fluid communication with the openings. The shell is open to tank water below it... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050115900 | Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules An aeration system for a submerged membrane module has a set of aerators connected to an air blower, valves and a controller adapted to alternately provide a higher rate or air flow and a lower rate of air flow in repeated cycles. In an embodiment, the air blower, valve... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050072299 | LOW OPERATING PRESSURE GAS SCRUBBER Provided herein is an apparatus suitable for scrubbing either acidic or alkaline impurities from gas streams, wherein the gas streams to be scrubbed exist at a pressure which is only slightly higher than ambient pressure. An apparatus according to a preferred form of th... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050046053 | Apparatus for removing particulates from a gas stream Particulates are removed from a gas stream by contact with a liquid. The gas stream is conveyed through an inlet channel, towards a liquid reservoir which is located below a perforated sheet. Gas flowing through holes in the sheet creates a pressure drop between the inl... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050006315 | Device for oxygenating sea water A diffuser hose for oxygenation of water, in aquaculture installations for marine organisms in the sea. The hose (5) consists of a perforated hose (6), to which substantially pure oxygen is supplied, and at least one perforated hose for oxygen distribution... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050001341 | Reactor for gas/liquid or gas/liquid/solid reactions A reactor (1) for gas/liquid or gas/liquid/solid reactions having a vertical longitudinal axis and an inlet (2) for a liquid or liquid/solid feed stream in the upper region of the reactor and an inlet (3) for a gaseous stream in the lower region of ... | 01/06/2005 |