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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4388192 | Process and a device for purifying water Water may be purified by passage through a filter of thickness 2 cm to 1 m composed from fibers obtained from a melt of composition about 80% diabase mineral and about 20% lime, at least 90% of the fibers having a diameter below 15 microns, the fiber soli... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4376053 | Method and system employing a filter-detector for detecting mastitis in cows A method for early detection of mastitis in cows, effected during normal milking of cows in a milking parlor, by monitoring the milk taken from each cow for the presence of milk clots, comprises cutting the vacuum milk line to each milking station and ins... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4371376 | Consolidation of slurries of solid particulate materials An apparatus for removing liquid from a slurry of solid particulate material and for consolidating the solid material into a shape-retaining slug is disclosed which comprises (a) a cylindrical consolidation chamber having a cylindrical piston movable axia... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4366068 | Filter and method of making same A filter media sheet comprising fine particulate and a self-bonding matrix of cellulose fiber, the surfaces of at least one of which are modified with cationic colloidal silica.... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4357719 | Non recirculating method of disposing of waste products for aircrafts A method of flushing a toilet for aircraft or the line using vacuum and pressure, in which there is a toilet or other waste receiving bowl, a waste the holding tank, and a valve means for opening or closing the drain line. A vacuum is created in the waste... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4341642 | Process and an apparatus for continuously filtering liquids The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for continuously filtering liquids whereby two candle filters are arranged closely adjacent to one another and are connected by a first three-way cock at the liquid inlet ends, a second three-way cock at... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4336144 | Method for mixing gases with liquids An apparatus for mixing gas with liquid comprising: (a) an inner cylindrical member comprising an elongated tube having upper and lower ends and a plurality of turbines, which are free to rotate about their longitudinal axis, mounted within the tube, the turbi... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4332693 | Agent for the purification of waste waters and process for its production A chemical agent for treating oily emulsions and the like in industrial waste water includes a homogenous mixture of talc; adipic acid; aluminum sulfate; TIXOTON, a registered trademark; a flocculating agent; lime and bentonite. The process for producing ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4330410 | Separation of leukocytes from leukocyte-containing suspension by filtration Leukocytes are advantageously separated from blood or other leukocyte-containing suspensions by causing the leukocyte-containing suspensions to flow through a filter unit comprising a container provided with inlet and outlet conduit means and with a mass ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330511 | Treatment of blast furnace off-gas Off-gas produced by a blast furnace is treated by scrubbing and cooling the gas with water and then settling solids from the liquid effluent. The liquid effluent is cooled following settling, and a major portion of the cooled effluent is recirculated for ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4323122 | Process for recovering organic liquids from underground areas The invention provides a system and method for recovering organic liquid such as gasoline which has settled on the water table in underground areas. The system comprises a conduit extending from the ground surface to a point just above the water table, a ... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4323486 | Albumin-fixed resin, production thereof, and therapeutical use thereof The present invention provides an albumin-fixed resin comprising a crosslinked water-insoluble resin and albumin chemically bound thereto, said water-insoluble resin being a crosslinked epoxy resin containing about 1 to about 30 milliequivalents of amino ... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4310430 | -Olefin-dialkylmaleate-based liquid separating agent A liquid separating agent used for fractionating a liquid such as blood that contains more than one component of different specific gravities, by separating a specific component from other components by means of the specific gravity difference is characte... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4290379 | Suppression of surface foam on detergent-contaminated lagoons Foam build-up is held in check on a detergent-contaminated lagoon or the like by traversing the surface with a powered barge having a pump for extraction of sub-surface water from the lagoon, connected with means encircling the bow of the barge for sprayi... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4289627 | Liquid filtration process A three dimensional filter element of a porous fabric of synthetic fibers wherein the individual threads are bound to each other as to be unshiftable, said fabric having an air permeability of more than 50 l/dm2 . min at a pressure difference o... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4278551 | Wound cartridge filters Porous wound cartridge filters comprising a tubular element defined by superposed windings of a continuous yarn bundle, the surfaces of which are modified with cationic colloidal silica.... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4267039 | Fluid filtration method and apparatus A filter element including a perforated tubular member for supporting a filter medium, a tubular distributor core concentrically located within the support member and having a plurality of apertures in the core wall, and a plurality of dividers positioned... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4264452 | Pump seal flush An inertial filter is installed in the discharge of a pump which is used to transfer slurries, and the filtrate stream from the filter serves as the pump seal flush.... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4251366 | Adapter for laboratory filter An adapter for a laboratory filtration unit includes an annular neck with a smooth outer surface and which slopes inwardly at its inner surface to form a funnel section and which has a collar threaded internally at its lower extremity and located beneath ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4247394 | Filter element and method of use A filter element utilizes a perforate inner filter tube sock tightly fitted within an outer perforate support tube sock, the two socks being sealably mounted at their open ends to a tube sheet with the support tube held in tension by the pressure differen... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4237618 | Process for mechanically dewatering sewage sludge A process for mechanically dewatering fibrous organic wastes such as sewage sludge. The undewatered waste is passed into the first end of a cylindrical dewatering zone having a porous outer wall. A helical blade rotated within the dewatering zone pressuri... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4230573 | Cartridge filter and method of making same Cartridge filters of enhanced capture potential for fine contaminants, prepared by selective interaction of melamine formaldehyde bonding resin and polyamido/polyamine-epichlorhydrin charge modifier.... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4230572 | Filter method and apparatus A method and apparatus are disclosed for mechanically locking a movable filter shell of a pressure filter in filtration position adjacent a second fixed filter shell, in order to accommodate and resist higher internal filtering pressures. In the method, a... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4230422 | Submerged offshore storage facility Underwater liquid storage tank or facility adapted to hold or temporarily store varying quantities of a liquid having a density less than water. Said liquid can include crude oil and petroleum products. The facility includes means for maintaining the hold... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4214377 | Mechanical dewatering process A process for mechanically dewatering fibrous organic waste such as sewage sludge. The undewatered waste is passed into the first end of a cylindrical dewatering zone having a porous outer wall. A helical blade rotated within the dewatering zone pressuriz... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4208284 | Apparatus for distribution separation processes In a process for separating miscible substances by mass transfer between two phases, at least one of which is a fluid phase (gas, vapor or liquid) and the other phase being a solid phase or a liquid phase (stationary or flowing in countercurrent with the ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4202910 | Filtration of vegetable based matter A low beverage soluble iron content filter aid, especially diatomite, is disclosed, as is the method for its production, which comprises contacting the granular filter aid with tannic acid, gallic acid, or mixtures thereof, preferable in aqueous solution.... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4159247 | Locking filter apparatus and method Filter apparatus and method comprising a pair of filter shells having communicating flow passages and a filter media between the shells. Upon the clogging of the filter media, the inflow of liquid is stopped, the shells drained of remaining liquid and sep... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4152260 | Filtration process A process for the removal of iron compounds from an aqueous blood hydrolysate by filtration, comprising performing the filtration at a rate of less than about 200 liters/m2 filter area, hour, and recovering the filtrate.... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4121662 | Water purification with fragmented oil shale Impurities are removed from impure water by introducing the impure water into a fragmented permeable mass of particles containing raw oil shale. The water introduced can be water containing hydrocarbons such as water obtained from retorting oil shale or w... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4120790 | Synthetic rubber dewatering apparatus and method An apparatus and method for dewatering rubber crumb in which a slurry of rubber crumb and fines overflowed from a feed tank onto a curved screen for dewatering is subjected to a change in direction away from the screen by a fixed baffle in the feed path u... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4102785 | Inside-to-outside flow filter tube and method of using same An improved inside-to-outside flow filter tube and method of manufacturing the tube, which filter tube comprises: a plurality of nonwoven fibers having interstices therebetween to define the porosity of the filter tube, the tube containing a binding agent... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4092246 | Helically wound blood filter A filter for the filtration of blood characterized by a high flow rate with low pressure drop, which filter comprises: a filter housing; an inlet in the housing for the introduction of the blood to be filtered; an outlet in the housing for the removal of ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4070288 | Disc filter having means for sensing the thickness of filter cakes and method of filtering with the filter A disc filter includes a housing and a plurality of filter discs mounted in the housing at different levels of the latter. Means is provided for sensing the presence of a filter cake formed on one of the filter discs when the filter cake has a predetermin... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4033869 | Oil spill confining and directing apparatus and method using water spray booms An oil spill confining or sweeping system and method employing spray booms creating fine water spray curtains angled to the water's surface from an elevation above water level. Mounted divergently at the bow of a skimmer vessel, these spray curtains are e... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3959134 | Oil collection agents and their use in containing oil slicks Mixtures of C10 -C20 aliphatic carboxylic acids or the sorbitan monoesters thereof, sorbitan monoacrylates in combination with nonpolar solvent systems are effective oil collecting agents for containing oil slicks floating on a water... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3954610 | Method and subsurface work chamber for making transparent an underwater cloudy work area A method for making transparent an underwater work area covered with cloudy water for servicing an offshore well and a subsurface well servicing and life supporting work chamber for practicing the method comprising a submarine chamber rotatably mounted on... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3933650 | Apparatus for filtering fluids An apparatus for filtering fluids to remove solid discard particles therefrom, in which the apparatus includes a housing having a filter chamber, an inlet-side sealing chamber, and a discharge-side sealing chamber, a movable fluid inlet member which is mo... | 01/20/1976 |
