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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002982 | Deflector for a water/wastewater filtration tank A water/wastewater filtration tank includes a fluid deflector coupled to the inner surface of the water/wastewater filtration tank to divert fluid traveling along the inner surface of the tank into filter media within the tank. The fluid deflector includes a back pl... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7556734 | Liquid/liquid exchange column The contact between, for example, ascending liquid droplets of lighter liquid, as the dispersed phase, and heavier liquid, as the continuous phase, flowing across perforated trays in a flooded liquid/liquid contacting column, is enhanced by providing upstanding baff... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7341662 | Distribution and collection headers for a filter bed A filtration vessel has an inlet for inflow into the filtration vessel of liquid media to be filtered, a body of filter media in the filtration vessel, and a drain to receive filtered liquid media for take off from the filtration vessel. The inlet is configured to i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329300 | Honeycomb structure, method of manufacturing the same, and discharge fluid purification system A honeycomb structure includes partition walls arranged so as to form a plurality of cells extending to an other-end portion from a one-end portion through an axial direction. There are provided a honeycomb structure including a partition wall having a different hei... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314556 | Filter disc with panel sectors A panel sector, for a disc filter for separation of liquids from a suspension, includes front and back filter panel assemblies, a sector assembly for mounting the front and back filter panel assemblies, and a top cap for retaining the filter panel assemblies within ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7287575 | Component for supporting a filter member, a device including a tubular filter member and said component, a plate heat exchanger including a tubular filter member and said component The invention relates to a component (20) for supporting a tubular filter member (15) in a portable channel (2) in a plate heat exchanger (1). The invention also relates to a device including the component (20) and the filter membe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279030 | Distributor for rotary filter and rotary filter equipped therewith A rotary filter is disclosed, comprising filtering cells rotating in a circular movement, including a fixed collector portion comprising at least two compartments each having arc-shaped upward opening and a central separator chamber, including a downward opening com... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276163 | Membrane devices with controlled transmembrane pressure and method of use A crossflow membrane device that receives a feedstock at a feed end face and separates the feedstock into permeate and retentate. The device has a membrane support containing at least one monolith of porous material defining a plurality of passageways extending long... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7210584 | Filter device, in particular for high-pressure applications in a molten polymer filtration A filter device, in particular, for high-pressure applications in a molten polymer filtration, has a screw-in piece (10), provided with a first threaded section (12) for fixing the filter device, and a second threaded section (14) for fixing a f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7169213 | Multi-channel cross-flow porous device A multi-channel modular device (10) processes between two fluid streams of different compositions. The device (10) includes a porous body (150) having a first plurality of feed-flow pathways (110) disposed in the body (150) for tra... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152520 | Method and apparatus for collecting liquid and extracting tea essence from a tea bag A tea bag press and container assembly configured for receiving a tea bag during or after brewing, which conceals the wet tea bag, collects dripping liquid, and extracts tea liquid essence by efficiently compressing the wet tea bag vertically or sidewardly. In a ver... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150826 | Filtering apparatus A liquid filtering apparatus for mounting in a housing and positioned to filter liquid flowing from an inlet (23) to a drain. A rotatable wheel is disposed within and coupled to a rotating screen so that rotation of the wheel causes rotation of the screen. Th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128836 | Dialysis device A dialysis apparatus for treating a patient with liver and/or kidney disease. In one embodiment a liver dialysis apparatus comprises an artificial liver. The artificial liver comprises a blood compartment, a vegetable protein compartment, and a clear dialysis compar... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107838 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring water consumption and filter usage Apparatus and methods for employing electrical properties of water to indicate the level of filtered water in a filtered water container. The container is fitted with a hopper that holds unfiltered water. The hopper is fitted at its base with a removable and replace... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087167 | Sanitary filtration plant with helical filter elements A sanitary filtration plant including an oblong, tubular pressure vessel having one or more helical filter elements. Each helical filter element has a spiral-wound filter member and a central tube and, at an outlet end, a supporting structure formed as a wheel with ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077955 | Joint used in one of a water inlet or water outlet of a filter cylinder or a filter casing A joint used in one of a water inlet or water outlet of a filter cylinder, or a water inlet or a water outlet of a filter casing is disclosed. The joint is a round cylindrical tube and comprises at least one first waterproof washer installed near one end of the roun... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051647 | Filter coffee maker with locking device for pivotable filter holder A filter coffee maker having a filter holder, a case providing a filter holder housing for receiving the filter holder, and a pedestal provided to receive a carafe. The filter holder housing has at least one concave structure having an upper entrance, a lateral wall... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048855 | Cross flow filtration materials and cartridges Cross flow filtration cartridges are made using semipermeable membrane of sheet formation that was cast upon an integral polymeric fibrous support material which exhibits excellent permeate flow in the plane thereof and serves as both backing material and permeate c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040840 | Sewage effluent distribution means Effluent-operated valves provide, in a septic system, distribution of effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. The installation of such valves in a tank that collects septic system effluent to be distributed to a plurality of finger... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037437 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7005067 | Disc-type filtration apparatus including discharge collector internal to pressure vessel and method filtration A positive pressure disc-type filtration apparatus including a collection trough internal to the cylindrical pressure vessel housing the filter discs. The collection trough is entirely disposed within the cylinder of the pressure vessel and configured and located to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001515 | Dual filter system for filtering of injector fluids A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001506 | Self-cleaning circulatin system and method The present invention provides a system and method for providing a self-cleaning water circulation system which may be utilized for a fish pond, fountain, or the like. Means for automatically cleaning the pump intake to avoid pump failure due to leaves and debris is... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6939522 | Honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure (10) having a large number of through-holes (11) formed in the axial direction and defined by partition walls, wherein slits (12) are formed so as to be exposed to at least part of the outer surface (13) of the honey... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921483 | Bioreactor process using an airlift membrane device and membrane bioreactor A submerged, vertically-mounted membrane device, the device receiving a gas-sparged feed stock at a bottom feed inlet to provide airlift circulation of the feed stock through the device and separating the feed stock into filtrate and residual gas-containing retentat... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6902672 | Open-channeled spiral-wound membrane module There is disclosed a spiral-wound membrane module design for various membrane filtration techniques having significantly reduced fluid flow resistance in the feed stream path. Specifically, the inventive spiral-wound membrane module is designed having a corrugated e... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881327 | Water treatment device with fill-counting cartridge A filter cartridge end-of-life mechanism and a filter cartridge assembly for a water treatment device. The end-of-life mechanism comprises a float which is moved along an escapement path each time the device is filled. A counting mechanism connected to the float pro... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6852290 | Multi-well apparatus A multi-well assembly according to one embodiment comprises a multi-well block and a guide plate. The multi-well block defines a plurality of wells, with each well having a fluid-impermeable bottom surface. The guide plate defines a plurality of fluid passageways co... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6719896 | Fluid-filtration receptacle with user-variable semi-permeable drain assembly The present invention provides a fluid-filtration receptacle well-suited for use in centrifugal sample concentration protocols, and particularly, wherein specifiable degrees of sample concentration are sought. Toward this end, the fluid-filtration receptacle is prov... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6423224 | Filter cartridge assembly for water treatment device A filter cartridge end-of-life mechanism and a filter cartridge assembly for a water treatment device. The end-of-life mechanism comprises a float which is moved along an escapement path each time the device is filled. A counting mechanism connected to th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6200470 | Sub-soil domestic wastewater treatment apparatus having multiple aeration chambers A sub-soil wastewater treatment vessel, especially for wastewater produced by single family residences and small businesses and the like. The vessel is divided into at least three contiguous chambers by at least two transverse walls, forming at least two ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6187178 | Separator with solids diverter A separator includes a barrier 53 for retaining solid material thereon and an automatic mechanism for alternately preventing and allowing the flow of liquid to the separator outlet. When the flow is prevented, the liquid backs up through the barrier and w... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6080308 | Water purification arrangement for drain water catch basins An arrangement (2) for cleansing polluted water that enters into a catch basin includes a container (4), which is intended to be arranged in the catch basin and which has an upper, substantially horizontal intake opening (30) for receiving the downward mo... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6059967 | Distributor device for water conditioner backflush apparatus A water conditioner includes a tank, and an apparatus for backflushing a bed of particulate material in the tank, which includes a tubular casing, a vertical tube in the casing, a cap on the top end of the casing, suitable valves for causing the flow of p... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5979669 | Blood filter unit A blood filter unit having a blood filter holder containing a blood filtering material of a glass fiber filter and a microporous membrane is described. The holder has a blood inlet and a filtrate outlet, and accommodates the blood filtering material so th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5958231 | Control head for diverting filtrate from rotary filters having adjustable filtrate zones The invention relates to a control head constructed for use with rotary filters for controlling separation of filtrate from the filters into adjustable filtrate zones. It is characterized by the fact that at least one filtrate separator (7) is provided, w... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5948246 | Vacuum filtration device The vacuum filtration device has a disposable filter funnel and a disposable filtrate receptacle. The funnel and receptacle are used with a reusable base that is connected to a vacuum source. When the receptacle and funnel are mounted on the base the vacu... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5914048 | Adjustable control valve system for rotating disc filter and method of operating the system A control system for the vacuum cut-off valve of a rotating disc or drum filter is provided. The control system includes an actuator that is connected to the vacuum cut-off valve for adjusting the rotation of the vacuum cut-off valve with respect to the c... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5855781 | Monolithic ceramic filter A monolithic ceramic filter having a portion of the partition wall of a honeycomb structure exposed with its end face on an outer wall surface of the structure and increased in thickness as compared to the remaining portion of the partition wall to form a... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5849198 | Grate suspended storm drain filter with oil absorbing media A device and method for removing petroleum based contaminants from the runoff water that passes into a storm drain. The device is a filter apparatus that can be added to a storm drain or a storm drain assembly containing a filter apparatus. The filter app... | 12/15/1998 |
