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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255786 | Skimmer with rotatable filter cartridge for spas and pools A pool/spa skimmer includes a housing, a face plate, and a flexible weir gate. The housing and plate are dimensioned to allow water to flow in a vertical column. The interior of the housing has a curved wall so that when a column of water passes through the open gat... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7203158 | OFDM signal transmission system, portable terminal, and e-commerce system The present invention realizes electronic commerce by providing a reception section that receives product information and service information and a barcode formation section that forms a barcode based on the received information, displaying the barcode formed by the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7108784 | Apparatus for removal and destruction of ammonia from an aqueous medium Methods and apparatuses are provided for the removal and destruction of ammonia from an aqueous medium. The methods and apparatuses include the removal of ammonia from an aqueous medium by contact with either natural or synthetic zeolite. The spent zeolite is re-gen... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105090 | Backflushing filter A filter has three filter elements, e.g., screens, for trapping particulate material while allowing passage of a fluid. The second sides of each of the first and second screens are connected to an intermediate passage, and the second side of the third screen, and th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7021089 | Laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine includes an outer housing and a drum rotatably mounted therein. The drum has an inner wall and an outer wall separate from the inner wall, the inner and outer walls being perforated to allow washing liquid to flow into a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6899810 | Fluid filtering device A fluid filtering device includes a plurality of filtering wells and an angling mechanism which adjusts the angle of the membranes within the filtering wells relative to a line of a centrifuge where the line is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of a centrifuge a... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6800197 | Continuously operable rotating drum pressure differential filter, method and systems A rotating drum pressure differential filter is provided whereby a layer of filter medium is continuously refreshed by a spray applicator device after the layer is utilized to filter components sample medium and a portion of the layer is subsequently scraped to remo... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6605223 | Blood component preparation (BCP) device and method of use thereof An automated blood separation method and apparatus is described that allows for the separation of multiple units of blood simultaneously. The method and apparatus reliably and quickly separates blood into its components. An auto-balancing feature within t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6596166 | Apparatus for cleaning a filter cloth in a filtering device Apparatus for cleaning a filter cloth in a filtering device with a rotatable drum having an inlet for the liquid to be filtered. The drum has in its circumferential surface openings through which the liquid to be filtered is conducted in a filtering direc... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6596164 | Rotary flat membrane separation apparatus The rotary flat membrane separation apparatus comprises: a plurality of hollow rotary shafts; a plurality of rotary flat membrane disks mounted on each of the plurality of hollow rotary shafts at regular intervals, the plurality of rotary flat membrane di... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6558545 | System for cross-flow permeation by means of a membrane The invention encompasses a system for the cross flow filtration of fluid media using membranes. The system has in a first embodiment two shafts, only one of which is hollow, with each shaft running through an axis of its given disc. The disc of each shaf... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6464884 | Portable water treatment unit A portable water treatment unit is provided for purifying contaminated water, especially in the aftermath of a natural disaster that compromises a region's water supply. The treatment unit is configured to treat water drawn into the unit. The treatment un... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6383397 | Method for separating magnetic particles mixed in fluid, separating system, and separator A method for separating magnetic particles dispersed in a fluid by magnetic attraction, characterized in that an object fluid in which magnetic particles are dispersed is passed through a magnetized rotary tube, magnetic particles are made to adhere by ma... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6341667 | Arrangement in a circulation lubrication system An arrangement in a circulation lubrication system includes a lubricating oil tank, pressure pipe lines for supplying oil to parts that are to be lubricated, return pipe lines for returning the oil from the parts that are to be lubricated to the oil tank,... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6296764 | Apparatus for mixing and separating particulate matter from a fluid An apparatus for simultaneously processing a plural number of samples, each of the samples including a fluid containing particulate matter. The apparatus is useful in cytology to collect a uniform monolayer of cells from a biological fluid. Each of a plur... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5938935 | Method and apparatus for purifying and treating cooling agents and or lubricants used in the metallurgical industry A method and an apparatus for the purification and treatment of liquids which are used for cooling and/or lubricating and contain impurities of metal and other materials, particularly for separating scale from the process water of cooling cycles in the me... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5900142 | Mass and thermal transfer means for use in heart lung machines, dialyzers, and other applications The process, particularly useful in blood oxygenators, whereby a differential velocity between a fluid and a diffusing surface of hollow tubes by a rotating member such that the boundary layer is perturbed enhancing the coefficient of mass and thermal tra... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5830370 | Mass and thermal transfer means for use in heart lung machines dialyzers and other applications The process, particularly useful in blood oxygenators, whereby a differential velocity between a fluid and a diffusing surface of hollow tubes by a rotating member such that the boundary layer is perturbed enhancing the coefficient of mass and thermal tra... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5792351 | Spinning filter separation system for oil spill clean-up operation Oil spill polluted water is conducted under pressure in sequence through arator devices to collect and burn a polluted water mixture having its oil concentration increased by extraction of water therefrom during axial flow through the separator devices. ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5779898 | Control device for filters in at least two partial fluid streams A control device for at least two partial fluid ducts comprises a common fluid supply duct and a common fluid removal duct. The fluid supply duct is connected with the fluid removal duct by at least two partial fluid ducts. A filtering device, a valve dev... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5707517 | Immersible rotary disc filtration device Rotary disc filtration devices and filtration processes using those devices are disclosed. The devices have one or more fluid filtration gaps into which fluid to be filtered into permeate and retentate is placed. Each fluid filtration gap is defined by a ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5674396 | Rotary filter with a device for separating a solids/liquid mixture, particularly a pulp suspension The invention refers to a rotary filter with a device for separating a liquid-solid mixture, particularly a pulp suspension, with several separate zones, at least one of which is of variable design. It is mainly characterized by the variable design for th... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5656162 | Rotating filter A rotating filter including a container (11) for a liquid or suspension to be filtered and a rotor structure (17, 21, 22, 25, 26) being provided at its outer periphery with a filter medium arranged in the shape of at least one circular ring (33) having it... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5641070 | Shale shaker A shale shaker has been developed which, in one aspect, has one or more upper screens and one or more lower screens with an upper screen at a discharge end of the shale shaker and a lower screen disposed to receive material discharged from a discharge end... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5620598 | Suction head arranged between a filtrate channel and a barometric leg of a rotating filter A suction head arranged between a filtrate channel and a barometric leg of a rotating filter having at least one filter means communicating with the filtrate channel. The filtrate channel is connected to the barometric leg through the suction head. In ord... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5614094 | Vibrating screen unit A vibrating screen unit for dewatering dredged material. The vibrating screen unit includes a frame and a top screen deck, a middle screen deck and a bottom screen deck. The middle screen deck includes a splitter which extends across the width of the fram... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5587073 | End supported double drum waste water screen An interior wedge wire drum screen is mounted wholly within an exterior drum screen of narrower wedge wire spacing, and both are mounted to a frame and caused to rotate about a common central axis. One end of the outer drum is open and the other is closed... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5578207 | Filter device for extruders having a screen plunger with longitudinally arranged candle filters The invention relates to a filter device for extruders and injection-molding machines, the screen elements being formed by a candle filter and, if required, by a plurality of candle filters, which are arranged in the circumferential direction on the scree... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5567262 | Two stage pressure diffuser A multi-stage pressure diffuser is provided for treating paper pulp or similar comminuted cellulosic fibrous material. Two different subvolumes are defined within the annular screen of the pressure diffuser by a tubular baffle hung from adjacent the top o... | 10/22/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5433849 | Double drum waste water screen An interior wedge wire drum screen is mounted wholly within an exterior drum screen of narrower wedge wire spacing, and both are mounted to a frame and caused to rotate about a common central axis. One end of the outer drum is open and the other is closed... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5330644 | Filter sector A filter sector for a filter disk of a rotating filter having a plurality of such filter sectors includes two spaced plate-shaped elements formed from a relatively thin material and defining main planes. Protrusions outwardly extend from the main planes a... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5076917 | Filter candle and filter stocking The specification relates to a filter candle for filtering highly-viscous fluids, e.g. polymer melts, and in a number of parts which can be dismantled and comprising a filter stocking permanently connected to a cap, the two parts being replaceable togethe... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4975188 | Centrifugal filter apparatus A rotating filter apparatus (10) has a stack of porous filter disks (22) attached to a vertical, rotatable hollow shaft (24) and located within a chamber (32), the shaft (24) having a plurality of openings (26) therein to the hollow bore of the shaft (24)... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4943372 | Method and apparatus of discharging a disc filter The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for discharging a disc filter. The method and apparatus are excellent for handling fiber suspensions in the pulp and paper industry. In earlier known means, the filter cake thickened on the filter su... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4871462 | Enhanced separation of blood components A method of separating blood plasma from particles including blood cells, in the blood, includes the steps: (a) providing a membrane with holes therethrough of a size to pass the particulate, and supplying blood to one side of the membrane, (b) moving the memb... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4851126 | Apparatus and methods for generating platelet concentrate A tubing or harness set is provided having first and second portions sequentially applicable to a microprocessor-controlled hemapheresis instrument for generating platelet concentrate. The first portion includes a reservoir having dual compartments and a ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4717485 | Multi-phase separator with porous filter disks An apparatus for separating multiple phases of solids or fluids includes an exterior housing having an interior chamber. A plurality of porous filter disks is positioned within the interior chamber and have a common central passage. The disks are capable ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4710294 | Rotary disk filter element A rotary disk filter element for a beverage filter for biological filtration. The filter element includes a closed base plate that is in the form of a ring-like member and on which is supported a filter fabric, with a support fabric being interposed betwe... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4522713 | Apparatus for static membrane filtration In a filtration apparatus for fluids and liquids having an external vessel, in particular a centrifuge tube and a filter unit disposed in the liquid, the medium to be filtered is under excess pressure and in contact with the filter element of the filter u... | 06/11/1985 |
