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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413669 | Separator for liquids and/or multiphase fluids A separator including a conical member having a base; a substantially cylindrical member extending from the base; a separator inlet for introducing liquid to be separated into the conical member in a substantially tangential direction with respect to a sidewall of t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7347333 | Ultra clean air separator system A system and process for separating high and low density materials by air flow. Mixed solid material is delivered into an entrance of a cascade separation chamber where it is allowed to free fall and tumble over inclined surfaces. A fan forces air through a “close... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316564 | Method and installation for regulating the quantity of circulating solids in a circulating fluidized bed reactor system A method for regulating the quantity of circulating solids in a circulating fluidized bed reactor system, whereby a solid flow/gas flow mixture leaving the fluidized bed reactor is fed tangentially into at least one cyclone separator for separation of the solid from... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7288202 | Rotary separator and method A separator and method according to which substances having relatively high densities are separated from a pressurized flow stream. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7147788 | Separating a hydrocarbon production stream into its oil, water and particle constituents A separation method and apparatus are disclosed having particular application for effecting removal of sand from a production wellstream, enhancing the quality of recovered oil, gas and water output streams (12, 13, 14) and reducing erosion caused by entraine... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7048783 | Vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator A vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator is provided according to the invention. The separator includes an offset air/liquid airflow inlet for receiving an air/liquid airflow, with the offset air/liquid airflow inlet possessing a width and a height. The separator furth... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000780 | Method and device for drying, separating, classifying and decomposing recoverable waste products Method and apparatus used in the field of waste management, especially a method and a device for treating recoverable waste products that have already partially decomposed. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device which makes it possible to furth... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6938780 | Centrifugal separator in particular for fluidized bed reactor device A centrifugal separator for separating particles from gas uses a separator chamber having an upper potion with at least three substantially vertical planar walls with perpendicular inner faces, and a lower portion, for defining in the chamber a vertical gas vortex. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905528 | Conveying air filtration system An arrangement used for filtering out conveying air when supplying fiber material to a processing machine is provided. The arrangement has an essentially vertical filling chute for the fiber material, the chute having an upper intake opening and a lower exit opening... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6800208 | Hydrocyclone bundle A hydrocyclone bundle comprising a plurality of hydrocyclone liners and a plate assembly for use in liquid-liquid separation is disclosed. The hydrocyclone bundle may be used in new or existing separators. The hydrocyclone liners may be oppositely positioned within ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6790346 | Cyclone separator suitable for variable fluid flow rates Cyclone separator with flow rate regulation for separating solid particles from a fluid, comprises a recipient having a fluid inlet and an upper outlet for clarified fluid. The separator also comprises a recycling conduit which places an outlet conduit in communicat... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6669845 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator includes a housing generally symmetric about its central longitudinal axis and an inlet for introduction of a fluid containing dispersed substances. An outlet for the cleaned fluid includes a tube through the bottom wall of the housing... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6596169 | Cyclone Disclosed is dense medium cyclone for separating particles of varying sizes from within a fluid stream. The particles to be separated are entrained within the fluid stream. The fluid stream is then introduced into a cyclone that includes a body and a side... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6596046 | Cyclone separator having a variable longitudinal profile A cyclone separator having an improved efficiency to remove a broader spectrum of contained particles is disclosed. The inner wall of the cyclone separator is configured to continuously impart changes in the acceleration of a fluid as it rotates within th... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6544416 | Systems and methods for separating solids from a fluid environment A system and method for separating solids from a fluid environment is provided. The system includes a device having housing with a substantially cylindrical upper portion and a substantially conical lower portion. The device also includes a chamber at an ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6461508 | Apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow The invention provides apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow, comprising a collector (32) having an outer wall (32a) forming an air-rotational surface, an inner wall (34a), an airflow inlet for introducing the airflow substantially tangent... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6419719 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner A cyclone separator having an improved efficiency to remove a broader spectrum of contained particles is disclosed. The cyclone separator is provided with a member positioned to interact with at least the inner portion of a fluid circulating within the cy... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6318561 | Air classifier This invention relates to an air classifier for the separation of granular material into three fractions, whereby each individual fraction is very precisely separated in a single housing. The classifier incorporates motor-driven separator/classifying whee... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6238579 | Device for separating solid particles in a fluid stream The present invention provides for discharge (exit) ports for exit fluid flow disposed at or adjacent to one another on one end of a vortex separating body; an inlet port(s) disposed at one end of a separating body having discharge (exit) ports for exit f... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6149825 | Tubular vortex separator A tubular vortex separator which can be used to separate particulate matter of higher density from fluids. In a preferred embodiment, the vortex separator is generally tubular, simple in design, and economical to produce.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5858042 | Method and apparatus for improving the separation efficiency of a cyclone separator intended for gaseous fluid flows A method and apparatus for improving the separation efficiency of a cyclone separator intended for gaseous medium flows in which an incoming gaseous medium flow to be cleansed is directed into the cyclone separator through an inlet duct such that the inco... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5800578 | Air separation system including a tangential separator and a pneumatic relay conveyer A separating system for separating material transported by air utilizing apparatus having a tangential inlet for a stream of air and entrained material, a bottom material exit, a boundary wall air exit and a central interior air exit. Each air exit includ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5653880 | Device for separating and filtering particles in a flow of fluid A device for separating and filtering particles in a flow of contaminated fluid, the device including a casing having an inlet duct fitted with a cyclone separator designed to concentrate centrifugally particles in the inlet flow towards the periphery of ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5478484 | Apparatus and method including a hydrocyclone separator in combination with a tubular filter A separator comprises a cyclone for removing more dense particles e.g. sand and a filter for removing less dense particles e.g. organic material from a liquid e.g. water. The arrangement is such that the filter experiences a shearing/scouring force which ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5437794 | Hydrocyclone with turbulence creating means In a hydrocyclone the separation chamber (2) has a circumferential wall (3) provided with at least one turbulence creating member (12), which extends along the circumferential wall and crosses a helical path (10) along which a liquid stream is generated d... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5269949 | Modified anti-suction cyclone separation method and apparatus The modified anti-suction air cyclone method and apparatus insulate the air core base as a most suction active part of the air core to prevent separated particles from being entrained from the cyclone walls into the inner vortex. Use of the air core bed c... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5201422 | Classifier for powdery material A classifier for powdery material has a cylindrical casing formed at an upper portion thereof with an inlet port for introducing the material to be classified into the casing in a tangential direction of an inner wall thereof. The casing has a conical por... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5190650 | Tangential solids separation transfer tunnel Accordingly, the present invention, in one embodiment, encompasses an apparatus for the fluidized catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed comprising: a riser which is generally vertically positioned within a catalyst disengaging zone and which has a plur... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5188237 | Device for the separation of powders into coarse and fine components A device for the separation of a powder into a coarse component and a fine omponent with a housing 1, a material feed 3, 4 into the housing for the material to be fed and a coarse material discharge 8 for the housing and a fines discharge 19 for the housin... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5180257 | Straightening instrument and cyclone A cyclone comprising a swirl cylinder, an inner tube disposed in the upper section of the swirl cylinder, an inlet duct arranged tangentially to the outer periphery of the swirl cylinder, a drop opening formed in the lower section of the swirl cylinder, a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5071542 | Anti-suction cyclone separation method and apparatus The anti-suction air cyclone method and apparatus insulate the most suction active part of the air core in an air core bed to prevent separated particles from being entrained from the cyclone walls into the inner vortex. Use of the air core bed increases ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4872973 | Cyclone classifier In a cyclone classifier wherein the material to be processed is swirled in a tubular casing having a conical lower portion and classified, a cylindrical body is provided in the casing, so as to surround the lower end of a fluid outlet pipe and extends dow... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4842145 | Arrangement of multiple fluid cyclones A special form of fluid cyclone in which the velocity energy in the exit fluid is converted into exit pressure, thus permitting the device to discharge to atmospheric pressure or a higher pressure while a vacuum may exist in the central core of the vortex... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4789476 | Cyclone separator with two separating zones and static guide mechanisms Cyclone separator with two separating zones and static guide mechanisms. As a result of an immersion tube column (5, 6, 7), which surrounds the cyclone axis (1) over the entire separating zone height h, which is arranged in the vortex core of the conventi... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4572727 | Cyclone A cyclone is disclosed, which comprises a cylindrical shell, an inverted conical hopper depending from the cylindrical shell, a cylindrical dust exhaust duct leading from the lower end of the inverted conical hopper, a gas supply duct extending tangential... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4451358 | Noncircular rejects outlet for cyclone separator The use of rejects outlets in vortex separators having internal walls which gradually transform from a circular cross-section into openings which are noncircular in cross-section has been found to be effective in controlling the rejects rate and the thick... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4344538 | Cyclone separator with influent guide blade A cyclone separator with an influent guide blade at the inlet thereof, the guide blade being so shaped and positioned so as to suppress the pressure loss of the cyclone while at the same time improving its separation efficiency. The influent guide blade h... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4285142 | Suspension type heat exchanger A heat exchanger including a separating chamber in the form of a prism having a substantially horizontal center axis and axially elongated. The separating chamber having a collecting chamber disposed beneath it has an inlet duct opening in the separating ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4269701 | Cyclone separator for the removal of heavy particles and dust particles from fibre material A cyclone separator for separating heavy particles and dust particles from fibre material. The separator includes a cyclone housing (2), an inlet tube (9) that opens substantially tangentially into the housing (2), an overflow pipe (6) for the removal of ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4251243 | Induction cyclonic separator An induction type cyclonic separator particularly adapted for handling adherent or sticky materials, comprises downwardly converging lower frustoconical body means having a larger diameter upper circumferential edge and a smaller diameter lower circumfere... | 02/17/1981 |
