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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4518498 | Metallurgical slag filtering apparatus which effects uniform charging of a conveyer belt A filtration apparatus comprised of a rotary drum having a plurality of internal vanes for conveying slag material is presented. The slag is conveyed upwardly by the vanes, after which is falls freely onto a conveyer belt passing longitudinally through th... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4493767 | Conveyor belt for transporting slag material from a filtering apparatus A conveyor belt assembly is presented for use in conjunction with a rotary drum filtration apparatus, the conveyor belt passing longitudinally through the drum. The conveyor belt assembly comprises two movable frame sections and an associated conveyor bel... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4477349 | Metalurigical slag filtering apparatus A filtration apparatus comprised of a rotary drum having a plurality of internal vanes for conveying slag material therein therein is presented. The slag is conveyed upwardly by the vanes, after which it falls freely onto a conveyer belt passing longitudi... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4468320 | Integrated flotation filtration plant In a flotation basin a flotation zone and a pure liquid zone are formed which are separated by filter means. A liquid containing suspended matter is introduced into the flotation zone via an inlet and subjected to pressure release flotation by saturating ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4462902 | Means for filtering a liquid containing various impurities The invention relates to means for filtering a liquid containing impurities. Said means comprise a filtering drum (9) rotating within a housing (1) and having around it an annular chamber (13) into which opens a conduit (6) for supplying the liquid to be ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4404101 | Extraction device for removing liquid from a liquid-solid mixture An extraction device for treating liquid-solid mixtures such as sewage sludge or paper pulp to remove liquid therefrom, includes a preliminary treatment station. The preliminary treatment station comprises at least two interchangeable perforated container... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4376049 | Dynamic filter system A dynamic filtering system as described in which particulates are separated from a fluid as the fluid is moved by centrifugal force through filtering elements. A rotor mechanism received the fluid initially through a central inlet opening. The rotor is th... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4358381 | Sludge condensation and dewatering system A sludge condensation and dewatering apparatus is described which comprises a condensation unit and a dewatering unit. The condensation unit comprises a flocculating reaction tank (1) for forming a sludge flock, a first holding tank (2) slantingly arrange... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4343708 | Method and equipment for thickening of suspension or pulp A method and equipment for thickening various suspensions, such as, e.g., pulp slurry, waste waters, or mineral sediments. The sludge or slurry is passed into a basin in which a filter unit rotates as partly submerged in the sludge or slurry. The thickene... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4312754 | Portable water purifier especially for domestic use The portable water purifier comprises a rotary filtering vessel which is surrounded by a compartment designed to collect the water filtered through the lateral wall of the filtering vessel, this vessel being rotatably mounted on its axis of revolution. It... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4303522 | Continuous separation system A continuous separation system intended for the recovery of solids and/or liquid contained in slurries comprises an enclosed low speed rotary screen assembly mounted between a stationary casing under vacuum and a cover provided with a fixed scraper and in... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4256582 | Continuous separation system A continuous separation system which continuously purges, washes, dries, and removes solids with a minimum amount of mechanical handling and consequential crystal breakage. A separator within the continuous separation system of the present invention compr... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4250036 | Conveying means for use in filtering devices Filtering devices wherein solid particulate matter is separated by filter media from a liquid flow often contain conveying means for moving the separated solid particulate to an external point for disposition. One such conveying means usable in filtering ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4246108 | Microstrainer apparatus and method A centrifugal microstrainer includes a closed cylindrical vessel with a cylindrical screen within, both rotating about a hollow shaft forming a common central axis. Liquid-solid admixture introduced through the shaft is flowed radially outward subjected t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4192746 | Liquid clarification system A liquid clarification system for separating solid and/or chemical contaminants from an unclarified liquid wherein a variable influent is passed through a settling clarifier to separate a portion of the contaminants from the liquid forming a semi-solid sl... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4190678 | Method and apparatus for dewatering vegetables and the like A frame structure having a pre-dewatering unit fixedly mounted thereon and a final-dewatering and inspection table unit movably mounted thereon. The pre-dewatering unit includes a vertically extending receiving compartment through which the mixture of wat... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4181616 | Device for dewatering sludge or the like A device for dewatering sludge or the like, particularly sludge from water purification plants, having a preliminary pressureless pocket dewatering stage A, one or more horizontal dewatering zones B formed by horizontally extending filter belts located be... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4176067 | Label accumulator and caustic separator An apparatus is presented for separating loose paper pieces from a bath of caustic soda, such as is ejected from a bottle washing machine including a housing having a reservoir in its upper portion, the reservoir having finely perforated bottom walls slop... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4147114 | Waste treatment system The discharge end portion of a sewage delivery tube is surrounded by the input end portion of a conveyor pipe. A long, flat strip of consumable filter material is inserted through the annular space between them and into the conveyor pipe. Prior to this in... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4145279 | Water recycling system A closed water recycling system produces portable drinking water from total domestic waste-water, including household sewage. A microprocessor monitors the operation of the system and automatically back-flushes the ultra-filter assembly, regenerates the i... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4136031 | Apparatus for the recovery of liquid from a liquid medium containing solids An apparatus for the recovery of liquid from a liquid medium containing solids includes a rotatable outer drum having a liquid-permeable drum wall and containing liquid-absorbing material, a rotatable inner wall having a liquid impervious drum wall and be... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4110218 | Liquid cleaning apparatus having cyclonic separators The liquid which is delivered to cyclonic separators for final cleaning is precleaned twice, first in a drag tank and then by a magnetic separator. The dirty underflow from the cyclonic separators is subjected to two stages of aftercleaning, first in a se... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4108778 | Self-cleaning filter and vortexer A self-cleaning filter and vortexer is provided in which a filter rotates over the clean fluid outlet port of a vortexer cannister in the direction of the flow of fluid into the tangential inlet port of the vortexer. The peripheral velocity of a freely ro... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4108774 | Container washer having external label filter and separator with filter flushing means A container washer equipped with external label filter means and label separator means connected in a two-stage circulating system in which a chamber for the label filter means receives washing solution burdened with labels from the container washer and t... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4104168 | Sludge settling and de-watering apparatus Sludge settling and de-watering apparatus including a heavy solid settling compartment, a lighter than water solid accumulation compartment each including vibrator means, each compartment has a separate outlet for the solids accumulated therein and each o... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4098696 | Centrifugal oil purifying means This invention discloses oil purifying means suitable for installation in any gear assembly that includes a gear supported in a stationary housing for rotation about an axis and having a generally planar surface extending radially from the axis. The purif... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4097379 | Self-cleaning filter assembly The self-cleaning filter assembly includes a collecting tank for receiving a liquid, such as the dirty wash water from a car washing installation, containing suspended or dispersed substances to be removed. The dirty wash water passes through a filter clo... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4093552 | Filtration apparatus Filtration apparatus comprises in a housing an annular filtration chamber into which there is admitted a suspension under pressure and which is formed between an external filtration surface in the form of a body of revolution and an internal filtration su... | 06/06/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4046694 | Apparatus for separating particulate solids from liquids Apparatus for the separation of particulate solids from a liquid and comprising a container, a first declivous draining screen located within the container to separate upper and lower regions of the container, means including a subsidiary declivous draini... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4040965 | Rotary filter separator A rotary filter separator for continuous filtration comprises a cylindrical filter element including a membrane housed within a cylindrical drum. A solution such as a colloidal solution is passed upwardly between the interior surface of the drum and the e... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3998735 | Apparatus and method for separating a mother liquor into a concentrated particulate fraction and a filtrate fraction An apparatus provides for continuous filtration of a mother liquor and continuous removal of solids from the filter element so that the apparatus need not be shut down for cleaning or replacement of the filter element. The solids are separated from the mo... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3988243 | Riser box Spent drilling mud riser box construction maintaining a selected high mud level for test and gravity flow to a sand sampling device and an alternately used shale shaker in which the shale shaker when operating will screen both spent drilling fluid and the... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3959124 | Method and apparatus for the activated sludge treatment of wastewater An activated sludge treatment method and apparatus for the processing of sewage and other wastewater wherein a screening system is employed in combination with an aeration basin and a secondary clarifier. The screening device here employed is positioned t... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956131 | System for separation of liquids and solids from a carrier liquid An integrated system for the separation of liquid and solids entrained in a carrier effluent including a primary gross oil and solids separator, a secondary solids separator and a three stage centrifuge for final separation of fine solids and said entrain... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3950254 | Solids concentrator with a rotor having ploughs thereon The concentrator has at least one shaft-mounted rotor disc of solid or hollow construction with two or more ploughs located equally spaced about its periphery. The ploughs extend outwardly into the flow path of a solids-containing fluid within the concent... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3931016 | Self-cleaning fluid filter A self-cleaning fluid filter for filtering fluid entering an inlet of a pump, such as an air pump, in which a fluid filter is wrapped around a filter spool forming a filter drum and the drum coupled to the shaft of the pump motor for rotation thereof. The... | 01/06/1976 |
| 3931013 | Water separator-recirculator for dishwashing machine A trough, which receives mixed water and waste, has first and second openings in the bottom thereof. Oscillating grid means overlies the first opening, and is associated with stationary wiper means. The grid means allows the water to flow therepast into t... | 01/06/1976 |
