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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442315 | Separation device comprising a separation channel and a counter-channel The present invention relates to a separation device notably for a flow-force fractionation of suspended substances in a liquid carrier, said separation device comprising a separation channel and a counter-channel. The object of the present invention is mainl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7354515 | Fluid concentrator A concentrator is used for concentrating a fluid, particularly a plasma component out of blood, for treatment of a patient. The concentrator apparatus includes a main housing defining a centrifuge chamber, that also holds the filter. The concentrator allows viewing ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7282086 | Fluid filter cleaning apparatus A filter cleaning apparatus for cleaning a filter using cleaning fluid comprises a housing, a filter holder for holding the filter, wherein the filter holder is mountable in the housing, a rotating means for rotating the filter holder, wherein the filter holder hold... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247133 | Decanter centrifuge with wear reinforcement inlet A decanter centrifuge has a hollow, rotatable drum with a screw conveyor comprising a core body (1), in which an inlet opening for material into the drum from an inlet chamber (3) is provided, the inlet opening having a delimitation surface (7) ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7220353 | 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... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7163622 | Filter The invention refers to a filter 1 with several rotating filter discs 3 mounted on a shaft 2 and which are provided with a porous filter medium. It is characterized by elastomer elements (8, 8′) being mounted on the shaft (2) as ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7081206 | Filter apparatus and method with centrifugal separator for removing contaminants from a fluid The filter removes volatile, particulate and water-based contaminants from a fluid, such as lubricating oil, of a different density than the contaminants. The device has a cone shaped, jet-propelled, helical-spiral wiper rotor creating centrifugal forces that separa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6969343 | Centrifuge with a sieve system and method for operating the same A centrifuge, comprising a distributor for introducing material to be centrifuged and a sieve system having a plurality of axially mutually offset membrane plates, the membrane plates being arranged radially with respect to the distributor and having at least two ax... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968777 | Food, vegetables and fruit processor A food, vegetables and fruit processor comprises a base having therein an operating motor, a lower cover, a cutting seat and an upper cover. Wherein the upper cover is provided with an inclined feed-in pipe extending downwardly therefrom, one end of the feed-in pipe... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6890443 | Spin filter system A spin filter apparatus for cleaning an influent stream is provided and includes a housing having at least one inlet port for receiving the influent stream, at least one waste port for discharging waste and at least one output port for discharging a processed clean ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6796435 | Solid-liquid separating apparatus A solid-liquid separating apparatus comprising a cylindrical strainer formed by circular ring members with gaps in between, a casing having the strainer therein, and scrapers disposed in the respective gaps between the circular ring members for removing solid matter... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6589155 | Miniaturized blood centrifuge having side mounted motor with belt drive A belt-driven blood centrifuge with side-mounted drive motor for rotating the centrifuge at a rotation speed selected to separate blood components. The centrifuge includes a drive shaft assembly rotated at an input rotation speed and a rotor assembly rota... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6197157 | Process for draining or smoothing a fibrous pulp web A press device for draining and/or smoothing, or shaping the surface and controlling the sheet structure of fibrous pulp webs with a surface weight of under 100 g/m2, such as the fibrous pulp webs used to make graphic papers. The device has a p... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6029569 | Apparatus for food contaminant removal An improved method and apparatus for the removal of solid contaminants which utilizes at least one rotating mesh screen container designed to pass the food therethrough while trapping the solid contaminant. The rotation of the cylindrically-shaped mesh sc... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5968355 | Apparatus for aseptic vortex flow concentration An apparatus is provided having a rotor inside a membrane for the aseptic vortex flow concentration of a liquid or semisolid dispersion which has a shed-resistant bearing interface so that unwanted bearing material does not contaminate the substances, e.g... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5914145 | Method for removing contaminants from food A method for the removal of solid contaminants which utilizes two rotating mesh screen containers designed to pass the food therethrough while trapping the solid contaminant. The rotation of the first cylindrically-shaped mesh screen causes the food to pa... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5882529 | Reverse centrifugal filter The invention relates to a reverse centrifugal filter and a method of separating solids particles suspended in a liquid. The reverse centrifugal filter of the invention contains a rotatable filter screen in a filter vessel. As the filter screen rotates, s... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5670043 | Multi-function self-cleaning fluid treatment system and method for using the same A multi-function fluid treatment system which can filter fluids or diffuse gases into liquids. To achieve filtration, the system includes a housing with multiple filter cartridges therein. The cartridges are connected to a drive system which rotates them ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5618423 | On-the-fly long-running rotary filtration screen device The present invention concerns an on-the-fly long-running rotary filtration screen device, wherein a split-flow bar and a filtration sleeve are screwed together to form a filtration bar, a filtration screen is inserted onto the cylinder on the filtration ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5538630 | Waste water treatment apparatus employing a rotating perforated cylinder and baffles Disclosed is an apparatus for refining waste water. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet for receiving the waste water and an outlet for delivery of refined water; a cylindrical drum member rotatably mounted in the housing, the drum member hav... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5468389 | Double-acting pusher centrifuge The application discloses double-acting pusher centrifuges comprising a rotatable sieve drum (6) which carries out separation of a mixture (17) into liquid and solid matter portion (40) in the form of filter cakes (14, 15). A centrally located pusher floo... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5431814 | Centrifugal filter apparatus and method A rotary filtration apparatus for separating a selected material suspended in a fluid, the apparatus comprising a housing having a selected axis of rotation, the housing being rotatably mounted on a rotation device which rotates the housing about the sele... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5387339 | High efficiency liquid filtration system and method for using the same A high efficiency, self-cleaning system for separating solid materials from liquids. The system includes a primary housing having at least one inlet and a plurality of cylindrical filter cartridges therein which are directly adjacent to and in close proxi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5380434 | Centrifuge scroll with abrasion resistant inserts A scroll and screen centrifuge especially suited for processing abrasive materials in which the surfaces of the screw flights on the scroll members contain recessed abrasion resistant shields. The abrasion resistant shields have an upper exposed surface f... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5269849 | Apparatus and method for reducing lump formation and crystal impact damage in a sugar centrifugal An apparatus and method for reducing sugar, crystal impact damage and lump formation in a sugar centrifugal includes a resilient deflector ring which absorbs most of the impact energy of the crystals while deflecting the crystals out of the path of traili... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5227075 | Process and apparatus for continuous filtering and liquid displacement of a liquid suspension of a fibrous or finely-divided material The invention relates to a continuous-working process and apparatus for replacing the liquid in a liquid suspension of a fibrous material with another liquid by forming of this material a bed on a moving filter surface and by displacing the liquid present... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5227066 | Apparatus for separating living cells A centrifugal separation method for living cells is disclosed in which a cell containing solution is charged in a rotor chamber confined by a steam pressure-resistant wall. A rotor having septa is disposed in the rotor chamber. The septa are rotatable in ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5182031 | Process and device for deaeration of liquids The device comprises a closed chamber (1) equipped with an inlet pipe (3) for the aerated liquid, an outlet pipe (4) for the deaerated liquid, and an air evacuation pipe (5); and a rotor having a shaft extending into the chamber. The shaft carries means (... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5160633 | Frontal separator system for separating particles from beverage liquids A frontal separator method and apparatus for separating particles from fluids, such as microorganisms from juice, and for providing a sample of juice having a concentrated number of microorganisms therein for ease of detection thereof, comprising a hollow... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4936986 | Oil/liquid separation filter system A nonclogging rotary disk filter is disclosed. The invention has relief holes provided in rotatable disks such that oil, other liquids, and gases may be separated from a liquid while the disks are rotated at high speeds. The relief holes are located close... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4889627 | Pusher centrifuge In a pusher centrifuge comprising substantially cylindrical sieve or straining drums which simultaneously rotate but also oscillate relative to one another, and a pusher bottom or base, the pusher edge of at least one sieve or straining drum is provided w... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4879031 | Blood centrifugation cell A blood centrifugation cell has an outer container, a volume displacement inner body having a central passage, and an inlet conduit extending through the central passage to the bottom of the container. A seal is provided at the lower end of the body seali... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4859333 | Continous blood centrifugation cell A continuous blood centrifugation cell includes a bell shaped outer container rotatable about a central axis, a coaxial inner volume displacement body which has a central longitudinal passage, and a circularly shaped partition which has a central aperture... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4832853 | Apparatus for improving characteristics of sand In apparatus for removing water and impurity components from sand, there are provided a rotary member having an opening at one end for charging and discharging sand and a filter for passing water. The rotary member is supported by a support and driven by ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4816152 | Separator for separating a mixture of two liquids having different specific weights A separator for separating a mixture of two liquids having different specific weights has a transverse wall between upper and lower exterior casing portions having axial openings at opposite axial ends, the axial opening in the upper casing portion having... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4753729 | Rotor drive for medical disposables A disposable biomedical rotating filtration system for processing fluids in a closed environment includes a rotor mounted for rotation on a pivot pin, a seal between the rotor and pivot pin, an external permanent magnet drive mechanism, and a star shaped ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4724076 | Centrifugal separator for separating sludge in waste water This disclosure relates to a centrifugal separator for separating suspended substances from a liquid such as the waste water of a ship. The centrifugal separator comprises a base frame, a tubular drive shaft journalled vertically on the frame and adapted ... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4717478 | Apparatus for improving characteristics of sand In apparatus for removing water and impurity components from sand, there are provided a rotary member having an opening at one end for charging and discharging sand and a filter for passing water. The rotary member is supported by a support and driven by ... | 01/05/1988 |
