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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4200535 | Apparatus for transporting material separated from a flowing fluid Apparatus for transporting material separated from a flowing fluid from one location to another is disclosed. The apparatus mounts a cyclone separator on one end of an elongated container with the separator including a body having an inlet passage, a flui... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4190541 | Waste water treatment apparatus A waste water treatment apparatus of the type in which a carriage support rail extends across the top of the tank intermediate the side walls of the tank and a carriage is mounted on the rail and driven by a carriage drive including an endless chain which... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4189386 | Debris separation and disposal system A system for the removal and disposal of debris from the water intake of power plants or the like is disclosed. The system includes a strainer basket having pivoted, separable sections movable from an abutting position to an open position; the sections ar... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4176066 | Gravitational flow separator of the multiple, apertured tube type for separating water from sand, gravel or the like A dewatering separator device for separating solid particles such as sand, gravel, or the like from a liquid, such as water, and thereby preconditioning the water either for further filtering elsewhere or for permitting the water to be accepted in storm d... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4169791 | Apparatus and process for volume reduction of aqueous waste through solar evaporation A lagoon containing aqueous waste to be volume reduced is provided with a cover having one or more segments, each of which is mounted upon a frame and is movable from a covering position to a position adjacent the lagoon. During fair weather, the cover is... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4160734 | Catch basin processing apparatus A novel mobile system for cleaning and processing catch basin and/or lagoon waste products is described wherein the degree of waste product dilution is carefully controlled prior to transmission to mobile dewatering truck capable of producing a substantia... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4159248 | Catch basin processing apparatus A novel mobile system for cleaning and processing catch basin and/or lagoon waste products is described wherein the degree of waste product dilution is carefully controlled prior to transmission to a mobile dewatering truck. The truck comprises dewatering... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4153553 | Apparatus for and method of reclaiming and cleaning oil from bottom settlings of tanks A mobile unit for the treatment of BS to recover the saleable oil therefrom, and to clean the oil storage tank. The cleaning and treatment system is mounted on a truck or the like, so it can be taken to individual storage tanks from which the BS and water... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4153555 | Cryogenic beach cleaner An improved method and apparatus are disclosed herein for cryogenically cleaning and restoring sandy beaches which have become contaminated by oil spills. In the method, a mixture of particulate, pulverized and recycled rubber and wood fines is applied to... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4141834 | Apparatus for measuring ultrafiltration during dialysis An improved valving system is provided in a dialysis system in which the dialysis solution flow path through the dialyzer may be sealed off adjacent the inlet and outlet of the dialyzer, with the pumped dialysis solution being shunted so that the pump and... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4126551 | Method and apparatus for handling solvent extraction crud An apparatus and method are provided for handling the problem of crud formation in solvent extraction equipment. "Crud" is the name commonly given to the thick interfacial layer of semi-floatable material that accumulates and interferes with many solvent ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4092247 | Method and apparatus for dewatering thickened sludge Process for dewatering thickened sludge comprising the steps of depositing thickened sludge onto a porous support, partially dewatering the thickened sludge by establishing a vacuum within said porous support, compressing the partially dewatered sludge on... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4082672 | Mobile sludge trailer and method of filling and emptying same A novel trailer is described which is particularly well-suited for receiving, transporting and unloading sludges which range in consistency from nearly liquid to semi-solid or otherwise extremely viscous materials. The novel trailer of the present inventi... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4060282 | Hydroseparator stacker An apparatus for transporting a slurry composed of a solid suspended in a liquid, for separating the solid from the liquid, and for discharging the solid onto a mound for storage. The hydroseparating stacker includes a separator for removing a portion of ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4049548 | Mobile demineralizer For on-site, continuous, bulk water purification, a dual-monitored, two-pass system employs two successive banks of mixed-bed, strong-based resin cylinders. Raw water first flows down through a bank of primary cylinders in parallel. The outlets of the pri... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4046689 | Method and apparatus for transporting sludge while rendering it for conversion into fertilizer The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for rendering sludge and effluent into state usable for conversion into fertilizer while transporting the sludge and effluent from the sewage system to a fertilizer processing plant. The apparat... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4040960 | Catch basin processing apparatus A novel mobile system for cleaning and processing catch basin and/or lagoon waste products is described wherein the degree of waste product dilution is carefully controlled prior to transmission to a mobile dewatering truck capable of producing a substant... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4021348 | Aerated sewerwage effluent disposal system A method of treating liquid sewage, including solids, includes (a) collecting the solids in a horizontally elongated narrow zone at the bottom of a sewage pond, (b) generating a stream of gas bubbles, and (c) successively subjecting said solids lengthwise of said z... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4016077 | Blood transfusion filters My invention permits very small pore filtration of blood by means of a high capacity "two-dimensional" filter of round pores of twelve to fifteen microns in diameter. The viscous blood and its cells and platelets are forced through these minute orifices b... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3954611 | Portable apparatus and method for purifying lubricating oil in various devices Disclosed is a portable apparatus and method for purifying lubricating oil in remotely separated devices, such as gearboxes and motors on oil well pumping equipment. The apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, such as a trailer, and has separate tanks thereon ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3954615 | Apparatus for sewage treatment and wastewater reclamation Process for treating sewage by using algal photosynthesis for removing cominants from sewage. The sewage is treated in a channelled algae pond while the sewage meanders through the channels in the pond. The process includes integrated day-time and night-... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3951809 | Filter press A web filter press for the removal of liquid from sludge having an upright converging filtering space into which sludge is received from above, a dandy roll at the bottom end thereof, and a horizontal roller train, in which the webs are progressively more... | 04/20/1976 |
