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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6383383 | Combination cyclonic separator and multi-stage filter and pump A combination cyclonic separator, multi-stage filter and pump is disposed within a cylindrical housing disposed around a vertical axis. A fluid inlet in a bottom portion of the housing causes the water to circulate with greater flow on the outside of the ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6383377 | Filtering apparatus and open/close valve for the filtering apparatus A filtering apparatus including a filtering vessel, wherein a precoat filtering layer is formed with a filter aid on a filtering bed between a nonfiltered liquid chamber where a nonfiltered liquid to be filtered is introduced and a filtered liquid chamber... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379540 | Method and apparatus for flushing contaminants from a container of fluids A contaminant flushing machine for removing contaminants from a container, such as an engine transmission or transmission cooler which includes hoses for coupling to the transmission cooler and a pump for circulating fluid through the hoses and the transm... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375841 | System for transporting and separating wet chips and delivering dried chips A system for transporting wet chips to a centrifugal separator where the wet chips are separated into dry chips and fluid with the dry chips being transported to a dry chips site and the fluid recirculated or collected. Preferably, the centrifugal separat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6368501 | Appliance drain assembly An assembly for connection to the drain of a cooking appliance which diverts low volume flow effluent from the drain is disclosed. The assembly includes a pipe defining a main flow channel. An auxiliary exit port is connected to the pipe in such a way tha... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365041 | Filtration process utilizing heat exchanger apparatus A filtration system utilizes a heater 40 and a heat exchange subsystem for elevating the temperature of a feed stream to a membrane filtration unit 12. Upstream from the unit 12, a solids-liquid stream is divided into two streams 32, 33 that pass through ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6365046 | Device for waste grease removal An automated system for removing waste grease is provided employing a pump, the pump being used to draw waste grease from a grill grease trap via an intake assembly and pump the waste grease through the system, the intake assembly comprising a wand, hose,... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361692 | On line blood processing system for obtaining for storage a blood suspension having a reduced residual leukocyte population Blood processing systems and methods establish on line communication between a container and a source of blood containing leukocytes and platelets, such as a human donor. The systems and methods create a centrifugal field between the source of blood and t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6358125 | Polishing liquid supply apparatus A polishing liquid supply apparatus supplies a polishing liquid to a polishing unit. The polishing liquid supply apparatus includes a supply tank for storing a polishing liquid having a predetermined concentration, and a polishing liquid pipe for deliveri... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352645 | Liquid-tank debris extraction system and method of operation thereof A system (20) is presented for extraction of debris (22) from a tank (24) of potentially radioactive water (26) in a nuclear-powered energy-generation facility. The system (20) utilizes a subaqueous reversible motor (28), a subaqueous pump (30) magnetical... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350382 | Enhancing filtration yields in tangential flow filtration A system is provided for proceeding with filtration of liquids in a manner having enhanced control characteristics. Yields are enhanced. The system and method can be used to maintain a substantially constant trans-membrane pressure. When desired, that con... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6337013 | Removable filter with jack sealing device and vacuum cleaning heads A filter having filter elements with outwardly flanged ends sealed together. The seal may be secured by use of a rod extending in a lengthwise direction through apertures in the flanged ends. The rod has one end releasably securing the filter element and ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6336561 | Disposable rotary drum filter A disposable rotary drum filter for processing batches of slurry. The device includes an outer housing in which is disposed a rotatable inner drum that is covered with a filter material. Preferably the device is fabricated from a plastic material that is ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6325932 | Apparatus and method for pumping high viscosity fluid A system for dispensing and filtering fluid is disclosed, in which the fluid flow path is substantially vertical from the fluid inlet through fluid dispense. Substantially all wetted surfaces are Teflon.RTM. or some similar non-contaminating fluid, for ap... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325775 | Self-contained, transportable blood processsing device A blood processing device is self-contained within a case, which sized to enable hand transport. Self-contained in the case is a blood separation device, which, for example, can comprise a centrifuge. A controller is also self-contained in the case. The c... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322693 | Waste processing system and related methods A waste processing system comprising a mixing tank system with an agitation system; a separation system, and a slurry tank system having a shearing system. The present invention also relates to a method of processing waste which includes the steps of: (a)... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6315902 | Device for selectively filtering under reduced pressure and for vacuum drying sample liquids or drops of sample liquids A device for selectively filtering liquid samples in compartments comprising inlet and outlet openings of a carrier body under reduced pressure and vacuum drying drops of the sample liquid in the area of the outlet openings of the compartments. The device... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6303036 | Method and apparatus for efficient hemodiafiltration An apparatus and method for hemodiafiltration are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first dialyzer cartridge containing a semi-permeable membrane that divides the dialyzer into a blood compartment and a dialysate compartment. Fluid discharged from the b... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6303025 | Water purification system with baffled flow A water purification system including a rectilinear housing having a plurality of vertical baffles spaced therein. The ends of each of the baffles are located a certain distance below the housing upper edge or above the housing floor to allow for the flow... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299769 | Disposable hemodiafiltration set A sterile disposable hemodiafiltration set to be connected to a dialysis machine includes a dialyzer with an extracorporeal blood path and a dialysis liquid supply line which can be connected to the dialyzer. The hemodiafiltration set includes a sterilize... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6277276 | Filter apparatus with magnetic separation A filter incorporates a magnetic separator comprised of a series of side by side but spaced apart permanently magnetized bars interconnected to form a train, movably mounted through a tank into which is introduced liquid contaminated with ferromagnetic pa... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6274047 | Skimmer assembly A skimmer assembly is provided having an inlet member, a transfer conduit and an opened based air cavity positioned in close proximity to the inlet member. The skimmer assembly acts to draw a fluid from a surface of a body of the fluid. The air cavity pro... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6261452 | Laminar flow collar for use in a wastewater management system A laminar flow collar for use with an effluent pump in a septic system. The laminar flow collar is a cylinder having a closed bottom and an open top portion. The laminar flow collar includes a plurality of holes drilled about the periphery of the cylinder... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6251271 | Device for purifying a fluid An apparatus for purifying, by membrane separation, a fluid in a membrane module 1 of pressurized aid purifiers. The fluid is brought to flow through a filtering unit 11 of the membrane module 1. The flow is circulated for efficiency. This recirculation o... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251293 | Fluid dispensing system having independently operated pumps A fluid dispensing system is provided which has a first diaphragm pump, a filter connected to receive the discharge of said first pump, and an accumulator/second diaphragm pump connected to receive the discharge of said filter. Hydraulic fluids pumped by ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251292 | Method of preventing air from becoming entrapped within a filtration device An in-line gravity filtration device for biological fluids such as blood or blood products is disclosed. The device includes a series of channels formed downstream of filtration elements. The channels are defined in cross sectional area by the distance be... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241877 | Water gardening system A circulation and filtration system is provided for use with water gardens having a water container adapted to hold water at a preferred fill height. The system includes a reservoir, an intake line, a pump, and a return line. The reservoir is located near... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240985 | Filling device for shipping container A remote filling device for use with a shipping container is described. A shipping container with specialized connections can be remotely opened using a single lightweight tool using a single drive screw latching mechanism. The actuation of the latching m... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238576 | Chemical liquid supply method and apparatus thereof Impure portions such as air bubbles and gelled portions in a liquid are removed so that the liquid can be discharged with improved cleanliness. Under condition that a return flow path and a liquid discharge flow path are closed, a pump chamber is expanded... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235210 | Combination continuous and batch filter for a recirculating fryer The present invention provides a combination continuous and batch filtration system for a recirculating fryer where the continuous filter and batch filter assemblies are integrated into a single unit, utilizing a common pump. This unit is substantially co... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231764 | Septic tank pump arrangement including a self-cleaning rotary strainer A system for pumping effluent out of a septic tank contains an electric pump unit disposed coaxially within a tube. A rotary self-cleaning strainer has a cylindrical filter screen that filters certain solid material from the effluent flow through the tube... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6221264 | White blood cell-removing device, white blood cell-removing apparatus and white blood cell-removing method A white blood cell-removing device has a bag-shaped housing made of soft resin, a white blood cell-removing filter member partitioning the inside of the housing into an inlet side blood chamber and an outlet side blood chamber, a blood inlet port position... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6220453 | Blood filter unit This invention provides a blood filter unit capable of obtaining a necessary volume of a plasma or serum sample from blood to be assayed easily at any place, which comprises a blood filtering material and a holder accommodating the blood filtering materia... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6214300 | Microencapsulation and electrostatic processing device A microencapsulation and electrostatic processing (MEP) device is provided for forming microcapsules. In one embodiment, the device comprises a chamber having a filter which separates a first region in the chamber from a second region in the chamber. An a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6207065 | Integrated liquid discharge system Liquid waste generated aboard a maritime vessel is separated into oily and non-oily components for separate treatment to obtain flow streams having different waste contents. Those of the flow streams having waste content reduced by the treatment are disch... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6207052 | Method and apparatus for removing air locks within manually operated micro-filtration devices Currently microfiltration devices use hydrophillic membranes to sterilize liquids. Air locks may develop on the upstream side of the filter membrane within these apparatus. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing an air lock fro... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203696 | Fluid driven pumps and apparatus employing such pumps A reverse osmosis or filtration system uses one or more hydraulic intensifiers (integrated motor and pump) to provide all the high pressure fluid to a semi-permeable membrane or filter, the intensifier being powered by the high pressure flushing flow leav... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6200489 | Liquid mixture separation system A system is described for separating first and second liquids that are present in an intimate mixture consisting primarily of the first liquid, which enables recovery of a high proportion of the second liquid in a system of moderate cost for construction ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6200485 | Hemofiltration system and method A multipurpose hemofiltration system and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and/or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system and method are equally applicable to adult, pediatric and neonatal patients. In one embodiment, the system ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6197194 | Single use system for preparing autologous plasma and fibrin gel A system for preparing autologous plasma comprises a single use filter unit having two inlets in fluid communication with each other, an outlet, and a filtration membrane selectively permeable to blood plasma separating the inlets from the outlet. Manuall... | 03/06/2001 |
