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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5674383 | Filter for the purification of water A filter (1) for the purification of water comprises an inlet (2) for water to be treated, an outlet (3) for treated water, filtration elements interposed between the inlet and the outlet. The filtration elements comprise two networks (5, 6) of tubes resp... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674392 | Treatment assembly for treating a fluid by filtering and centrifuging The invention relates to a fluid treatment assembly comprising a filter (4) which itself comprises filtering elements (5) and a cleaning device (12) for periodically cleaning each filtering element including a conduit (17) for the evacuation of the cleani... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5658458 | Apparatus for removing suspended inert solids from a waste stream Recycling apparatus for use in a closed-loop waste-treatment system includes components for removal of inert materials. Typically, the system includes a treatment vessel used in conjunction with a clarifier in an internal recycle configuration; clear wate... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5653872 | Apparatus for removing water from aqueous sludge waste compositions Process for producing free-flowing solid material from an aqueous sludge waste composition that includes mixing the sludge with previously dried solids, pelletizing the composition to form strand-like material, drying the outside layer of the strand-like ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5653877 | Water purification system having multi-pass ultraviolet radiation and reverse osmosis chambers A water purification system is disclosed comprising a reverse osmosis chamber coupled to a multi-pass ultraviolet chamber for irradiating water with ultraviolet light radiation both before and after the water passes through the reverse osmosis chamber. Th... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5653888 | Fluid filter assembly including gel removing barbs A filter assembly (10) includes a housing (12) defining a chamber (14). A filter substrate (16) is disposed within the chamber (14) for filtering fluids passing therethrough. The housing 12 includes an inlet (22) disposed in fluid communication with the c... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5647977 | Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from industrial waste water A system is provided for removing impurities anticipated to be found in industrial waste water, which system is particularly well suited for waste water systems such as those used for laundry or vehicle washing operations. The system includes aeration, mi... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5647980 | Apparatus and method for treating waste water from a residential home Disclosed is a system for processing relatively small volumes of waste water such as that found in residential home use. The system first comprises a chamber adapted to hold the waste water. The system further comprises a first filter adapted to remove co... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5637231 | Method and apparatus for using ozone in a pressure vessel to treat stream of pollutants A photocatalytic oxidation and ozone catalyst system utilizes ultraviolet light and ozone in the treatment of waste and wastewater to destroy pathogens and to break down most hydrocarbons and other chemicals into non-hazardous forms. The wastewater enters... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5637212 | Dry cleaning waste water treatment machine having recirculating arrangement A waste water treatment machine for use primarily with dry cleaning equipment to remove the solvent perchlorethylene and other contaminants from waste water so the purified water can be returned to the environment. The machine includes a collecting tank t... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5628906 | Extraction process The invention relates to an extraction process which comprises adding a primary solvent to a first solution containing a solute dissolved in a native solvent. The primary solvent is added in an amount sufficient to form a single-phase mixture comprising s... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628895 | Closed circuit for treating drinking water with UV treatment and filtering A description is given of processes and machines for the treatment of drinking water, preferably in the domestic sector. With these processes and machines, undesirable constituents, for example organic and inorganic substances which are harmful to health,... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626748 | Liquid separator This invention relates to waste water treatment, more specifically this invention relates to transportable decontamination system for water which is pumped from manholes and equipment vaults. The separation of water and contaminants is accomplished by a f... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5614088 | Cleaning water production system A cleaning water production system in which pure water from a primary pure water production system is treated in a subsystem to produce ultrapure water, which is then sent to points of use through supply pipes, the point of use being connected to the subs... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5603825 | Multi-stage apparatus for separating immiscible fluids A compact multi-stage oil-water separator which has application in removing oily contaminants from bilge water in ships is disclosed. The oil-water separator has two toroidal mechanical separation stages on the suction side of a feed pump, and a cyclone s... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5599455 | Detergent-free washing water, method and apparatus for making the washing water, and water/oil separation method for separating matters emulsified with the washing water into water and oil phases Washing water containing hydroxyl ions (H3 O2-) and hydronium ions (H3 O2-) is prepared by connecting soft water generators (10), (12) each having an ion exchange resin (32), and an ion gen... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5597487 | Water purification and dispensing system A water purification and dispensing apparatus comprises a water inlet for obtaining water from a supply source and a water purification system with filters for removing impurities from the source water to produce purified water. The water purification sys... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5589066 | Portable water purification system A portable water purification system has a prefiler, a pumping unit, a reverse osmosis unit, a microbial control unit and a post filter for removing nuclear, biological, chemical and other contaminants from a water source. The hand operated pumping unit h... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5587065 | Mobile system for the collection, separation and disposal of wet solid, oily and/or watery waste A system is provided for handling of watery, oily waste which constitutes a closed vessel divided into two chambers by a dividing wall, such that lower chamber portions are in fluid communication. The vessel contains an inlet for flowing fluid into the up... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584990 | Pool water purification system for a plurality of pools The method of cleaning porous ceramic filters with a backwashing apparatus comprising an accelerating circulation path and a unit for mixing accelerated water with high-pressure air can be implemented with compact equipment to achieve efficient cleaning. ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584992 | Pool water purification system The method of cleaning porous ceramic filters with a backwashing apparatus comprising an accelerating circulation path and a unit for mixing accelerated water with high-pressure air can be implemented with compact equipment to achieve efficient cleaning. ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5578200 | Sewage treatment system A sewage treatment system is provided for cleaning sewage by filtering solid components in the sewage through use of a floating filter medium, wherein the filtration performance can be improved and the filtration cleaning can be performed efficiently. The... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578213 | Fluid treatment process The present invention provides a method of treating wastewater containing particulate matter and free oil, which method comprises removing free oil from the wastewater, passing the wastewater through a first filtration medium having an effective pore rati... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575908 | Sewer system water purifier A sewer system water purifier comprised of a first tank receiving a sewer line from a toilet through a top portion thereof. The first tank has an exit pipe extending outwardly thereof opposing the sewer line. A second tank has a drainage pipe therein coup... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573665 | Three chamber consecutive flow water treatment device A water purification through-flow device which comprises a cylindrical shell which is divided lengthwise into two or more sectors, separated from each other by partitions, with a cover fitting one end of the shell, in which cover there is provided an inle... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5573662 | Apparatus for treatment of low-concentration organic waste water An apparatus for the treatment of a low-concentration organic waste water for relaim a low-concentration organic waste water having a TOC concentration of from 0.5 to 3 ppm and obtaining an ultra pure water having a TOC concentration of not more than 1 pp... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5571408 | Compound clarification system A system for cleaning and recycling a deburring compound includes apparatus for removing both ferrous and non-ferrous solids from the fluid by providing an upwardly inclined filtering chute having a top surface on which the fluid is forced to flow upstrea... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5562822 | Apparatus for removing contaminants from waste fluids The present invention provides a method for removing contaminants from a waste fluid stream. The method includes contacting a waste fluid stream with a promoter of hydroxyl radicals to entrain the promoter of hydroxyl radicals in the waste fluid stream, p... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5556535 | Filtration system for recycling water used in a car wash The invention relates to a method for the purification of a polluted liquid, especially a washing liquid used at a washing installation, by sucking the polluted liquid and leading it through at least one filter and next leading back the liquid purified th... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5552044 | Apparatus for separating solid material and liquid Apparatus for separating waste liquid and solid material comprises an upwardly inclined passage containing an auger for conveying the solid waste material upwardly along the passage, with an inlet opening at a lower end of the passage for receiving a mixt... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5546852 | Food preparation assembly A food preparation assembly is disclosed which includes a carving board unit including a carving platform having a substantially planar carving surface with a collection channel defined therein extending about the periphery of the carving surface to colle... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5543041 | Supply system of petroleum heavy oil containing magnetic fine particles The present invention relates to a supply system for pre-treating a petroleum distillation residual oil to be fed to a hydrogenation apparatus. In order to remove iron fine particles having a particle size of less than 25μ in the feed oil which could be ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540784 | Pressurized closed flow cleaning system A pressurized closed flow cleaning system for cleaning the interior surface of industrial processing equipment. A pressure vessel contains an aqueous cleaning solution including the combination of enzymes and a surfactant. A supply conduit connects the pr... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538646 | Method and system for removing oil from oil-absorbent material A method and system for removing oil from an oil absorbent material. The method comprises placing untreated oil containing material in a centrifuge, centrifuging the material to remove and recover a quantity of pure oil, soaking the material in a low-pH o... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536403 | Liquid purification system with microfiltration means, disinfection means and adsorption means The liquid purification system of the present invention has a double-tank structure comprising an inner tank and an outer tank that are in communication with one another so that either one of the microfiltration means and the adsorption means may be accom... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527459 | Microbe propagation preventing apparatus A microbe propagation preventing apparatus is provided to prevent an ion from decreasing at a time of decomposing ozone generated by gaseous discharge or ionization so as to sufficiently generate air ion, and to sufficiently prevent propagation of microbe... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525213 | System for decontamination dry cleaning waste water A system for decontaminating waste water produced during dry cleaning operations which contains dry cleaning solvent and particulate contaminants. The system may preferably include a storage tank having an inlet through which waste water is introduced int... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522987 | External filter device particularly for aquariums An external filter device particularly for tanks and aquariums which includes a container that can be anchored outside the tank and is internally provided with an intake chamber (13) and with a discharge chamber (13) separated by a partition; the discharg... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522995 | Process for recovering organic acids from aqueous salt solutions A crude aqueous mixture of basic salts of an organic acid, free organic acid, and impurities is mixed with carbon dioxide under pressure and applied to a membrane such as a reverse osmosis or other membrane with small pores while holding the mixture under... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5514266 | Oil-water separation apparatus employing a floating skimmer, a hydrocyclone and a tubular separation device An apparatus for treating contaminated, e.g. oily, water including a floating skimmer (3) for skimming the surface of the contaminated water (2). The contaminated water from the skimmer is fed to a hydrocyclone (6) for separation of the water and contamin... | 05/07/1996 |
