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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142729 | Drive system and actuation method The present invention relates to a drive system (100) applied to the mechanism for discharging solids and regulating flows of a reactor vessel (300), reducing the degree of freedom between the components of the distributor element, increasing the defin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7211194 | Gravity pressure vessel and related apparatus and methods A gravity pressure vessel (GPV) for processing a fluid stream containing organic materials provides several improvements to the art. In one embodiment, a GPV of the present invention sustains the heat energy requirements of a hydrolysis GPV by including therein, a f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192989 | Method and expansion device for preparing expanded thermoplastic microspheres The present invention relates to a method of preparing expanded thermoplastic microspheres, comprising charging thermally expandable microspheres into an expansion device comprising rotating feeding means enveloped by a hollow body, and one or more scrapers. The inv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7147681 | Method and device for removing recoverable waste products and non-recoverable waste products Method and apparatus used in the field of waste management for utilizing recoverable waste products as efficiently as possible. The invention reduces the environmental impact of such a method to a minimum. The recoverable waste products and non-recoverable waste pro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132564 | Process for preparing cyclic ketones The present invention provides a process for preparing cyclic 1,3-keto esters in the absence of solvent, using solid-state or high viscosity reactors. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6923947 | Method of making ferric chloride with reduced amounts of hydrochloric acid for water treatment The present invention involves a system and method of making ferric chloride with reduced amounts of hydrochloric acid for water treatment. The method comprises preparing a reactant batch comprising ferric oxide and hydrochloric acid at a predetermined molar ratio. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6841140 | Method and apparatus for producing hydrogen fluoride As to a reactor which is used in a process for producing hydrogen fluoride through a reaction of fluorite with sulfuric acid, and which comprises means for applying a shearing force to a content therein between the means and an inner surface thereof, a metal materia... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6576201 | Device and method for pathogen inactivation of therapeutic fluids with sterilizing radiation A device and method for inactivating pathogens in therapeutic fluids with sterilizing radiation in a continuous flow arrangement while exhibiting radiation dose uniformity and narrow residence time distribution of the fluid within the device. The device (... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6544482 | Chamber cleaning mechanism The present invention provides a reaction chamber cleaning apparatus comprising a chamber, a blade apparatus comprising at least one annular mounting member, at least four scraping blades attached peripherally about the annular mounting member, and a reci... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6436356 | Apparatus for self-propagating high temperature synthesis The present invention relates to an apparatus for self-propagating high temperature synthesis of an inorganic compound from a combustible charge mixture of initial ingredients. The apparatus comprises mechanisms for continuously feeding the combustible ch... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6270735 | Apparatus for thermal stripping and molecular decomposition for waste streams An apparatus removes water and organic compounds from waste streams such as contaminated soils and refinery tailings by a combination of thermal stripping and molecular decomposition. The apparatus includes at least one unit having a pipe which is prefera... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6203765 | Thermal apparatus and process for removing contaminants from oil Used oil is treated in a reactor to remove contaminants. The reactor comprises a rotating vessel forming an internal reaction chamber. The vessel is housed within a heating chamber. The inside of the vessel is indirectly heated by conduction through the v... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6054057 | Downflow hydrothermal treatment A system and method for treatment of a feed material includes a reactor chamber in a reactor vessel. The reactor vessel has a longitudinal axis which is vertically oriented so that gravitational forces act generally in a direction along the axis between a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6030584 | Hazardous gas precipitator An apparatus defines a chamber into which hazardous gas is discharged. Disposed about the hazardous gas discharge flow are nozzles from which oxygen flows for mixing with the hazardous gas. A structure within the chamber receives the hazardous gas and oxy... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5891404 | Exhaust gas treatment unit An exhaust gas treatment unit of the combustion type is capable of effectively carrying out the decomposing treatment of an exhaust gas while at the same time allowing the unit to be reduced in size. The exhaust gas treatment unit includes a treatment dru... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5759498 | Gas exhaust apparatus Improved gas exhaust apparatus of a semiconductor plant for substantially reducing the accumulation of solid substance on the surface of a gas exhaust system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating section for providing a thermal chamber, thereby t... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5514350 | Apparatus for making nanostructured ceramic powders and whiskers An apparatus of forming non-agglomerated nanostructured ceramic (n-ceramic) powders from metalorganic precursors combines rapid thermal decomposition of a precursor/carrier gas stream in a hot tubular reactor with rapid condensation of the product particl... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5487876 | Apparatus and method for continuous synthesis of vanadium oxide In a method for the continuous synthesis of vanadium oxide from ammonium metavanadate, ammonium metavanadate is fed to the interior of a dryer apparatus through an inlet opening. The interior of the apparatus is maintained at a temperature of approximatel... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5399012 | Fully self-cleaning reactor/mixer with a large usable volume The invention relates to disc reactors with a large free usable volume which are kinematically self-cleaning, consisting of two or more parallel counterrotating shafts, on which toothed discs with scrapers, which are distributed over their circumference, ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5334358 | Self-cleaning reactor/mixer with large useful volume Disc reactors with large free useful volume which clean themselves kinematically, consisting of two or more parallel shafts, rotating in the same or opposite directions, on which are located axially staggered, circular discs with scrapers distributed over... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5207991 | Reactor for highly viscous media A reactor for highly viscous media with a horizontally oriented reactor casing having an inlet and an outlet in which a cage-like rotor is mounted in a rotary manner by means of stub shafts. To the cage-like rotor are fixed elements, e.g., rings, which ar... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5055276 | Ceramic whisker growing system A whisker growing furnace having a plurality of removable reaction plates mounted therein. A whisker collecting apparatus removes the plates one at a time from the furnace without shutting down the furnace or stopping the whisker growing process. The whis... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4970055 | Carbon generator An apparatus and method for recovering carbon from a carbon-containing gas are provided. The apparatus comprises a burner assembly adapted to deposit carbon from the carbon-containing gas on the interior surface of a rotatable cylinder that is disposed in... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4795496 | Method of removing adherent foreign matter from work pieces Adherent foreign matters such as metal powders and sludges are removed from the surface of work pieces of metal, ceramics or the like in a treating process thereof. Work pieces where foreign matters adhere and a granules composed of a heat-resisting inorg... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4783319 | Apparatus for mixing reaction resin compounds and for keeping the pressure of said reaction resin compounds constant The apparatus is composed of a flow-through mixer which is followed by a repressing means composed of a cylinder and movable piston downstream in the direction of the conveying stream. In order to avoid cross-sectional constrictions in this apparatus due ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4778659 | Mixing method of reaction raw-material In the invention, reaction raw-materials composed of a plurality of liquids are sequentially scraped with spiral grooves of one line or more provided in the peripheral face of the rotation shaft rotating within the cylinder wall with the discharge opening... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4724853 | Method and apparatus for decontaminating solid surface A partition (51, 52, 53) is provided within a vessel (1) for dividing the vessel into two along the vertical direction of the vessel except upper and lower portions thereof. The vessel (1) contains polishing particles (4). A cleaning liquid sprayer (8) is... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4677224 | Continuous process for synthesizing an -amino acid by chemical catalytic hydrolysis The device for carrying out the continuous process for synthesizing an -amino acid incorporates: (a) a vessel (10) for feeding -amino-nitrile, or one of its salts; (b) a connecting pipe (12), in which a pump (14) is mounted, connecting the f... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4642224 | Process for reducing iron and vanadium in phosphoric acid solution Iron and vanadium is phosphoric acid solution are reduced. To this end, the phosphoric acid solution is contacted with ferrophosphorus which is used as the reductant.... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4521379 | Rotary calcining system with cleaning means A rotary cylinder calcining system for treating tacky materials with a propensity to adhere to the surfaces of handling apparatus. The system comprises a reciprocating means for freeing the cylinder calciner outlet from any blockages caused by adhering ma... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4401440 | Method and installation for preparing a combustible gas mixture The invention concerns a method and an installation for preparing a combustible gas mixture from solid or liquid fuels by means of a rotatable cup-shaped, perforated bowl forming a supporting grate with a fuel supply to its inner wall and a feed of gasify... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4372761 | Scrubber for cleaning dust-loaded gas and steam The invention relates to a scrubber for cleaning dust-loaded gas and/or steam. The scrubber is provided with an inlet for the gas and/or steam and an outlet. One or more nozzles are arranged within the scrubber for atomizing washing liquid over the cross-... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4353720 | Contact compartment for removing noxious gaseous components from a gas stream A contact compartment for intermixing dust or fume laden gases with solid substances, in a turbulent or fluidized layer, the gases being the turbulence carrier, and the solid substances being the turbulence material. The intermixing action induces the nox... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4337239 | Process for the production of titanium disulfide of high purity and stoichiometric composition There is required titanium disulfide of high purity and stoichiometric composition as electrode material for certain types of batteries. With the known process for reacting preheated gaseous titanium tetrachloride with an excess of preheated gaseous hydro... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4335079 | Apparatus for the sulfonation or sulfation of organic liquids A continuous process is disclosed which comprises introducing a sulfonatable or sulfatable organic liquid onto a rotating reaction surface as a thin film, rotating the reaction surface at a velocity such that the thin film is continuously moved toward the... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4303619 | Apparatus for continuously producing potassium sulfate An improved apparatus for producing potassium sulfate and hydrogen chloride gas from potassium hydrogen sulfate and potassium chloride is provided, which comprises a horizontal type muffle furnace having an arcuate upper wall, at least one shaft of an agi... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4207290 | Flue gas scrubber A flue gas scrubber for removing sulfur dioxide from hot flue gas includes a scrubbing section within which wet lime or limestone slurry is tumbled through the flue gas and a drying section incorporating agitating and nodulizing portions. A chain assembly... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4159306 | Apparatus for the production of activated carbon Activated carbon from carbonizable, e.g., organic materials is produced in either two physically separated drums which include means for transferring the superheated steam from one drum to the other or in a single drum provided with a longitudinal, axial ... | 06/26/1979 |
