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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7981176 | Particulate filter and method for its assembly A particulate filter cartridge has a woven metal fiber filter medium surrounding a perforated support tube. The filter medium is crimped down to the support tube at opposite ends thereof and then welded to the support tube at the crimped regions. A plurality of such... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7438735 | Filter apparatus with automatic cleaning A filter apparatus includes a gas-impermeable outer conduit having an open end and a closed end. The interior of the outer conduit is axially divided into first and second sides. A first clean and first dirty flow path are defined within the first side. A first gas-... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332009 | Separator arrangement for gas/liquid separation; apparatus; and, methods A serviceable gas/liquid separator is provided. The gas/liquid separator has a cross-section with one long axis and one short axis, with an aspect ratio of at least 1.3. A preferred cross-section, is an elliptical cross-section. Assemblies in which the separator uni... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7247245 | Filtration cartridge and process for filtering a slurry A depth filter design is disclosed which has little if any open void area upstream of the media. Preferably, it also has little if any open void area downstream of the media as well. A preferred embodiment uses layers of stacked, fibrous media with several of the la... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243673 | Gas injection device The subject invention is related to a gas injection device with back-flow leaking liquid discharge, comprising a chamber, a gas inlet conduit, a gas outlet conduit, and a liquid discharging conduit, wherein the gas outlet conduit and the liquid discharging conduit a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7175815 | Fan type chemicals diffusing device A fan type chemical diffusing apparatus includes an apparatus main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan type blower disposed in the apparatus main body, and an active ingredient impregnated body or mass for containing an active ingredient. The fan type ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153425 | Process and filter for filtering a slurry The present invention comprises a process for filtering a slurry and a filter cartridge construction for filtering a slurry having a filtration medium formed of a depth filter such as a cylindrical seamless fibrous depth filter comprising a nonwoven fibrous mass, wo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134166 | Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic airflow A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131165 | Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic airflow A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7112232 | Air cleaning apparatus An air cleaning apparatus includes a blowing unit and a filtering unit which are easily removed from and installed in a cabinet, allowing the air cleaning apparatus to be easily cleaned. The cabinet included in the air cleaning apparatus may be used as a table. The ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108731 | Air cleaning robot and system thereof An air cleaning robot and a system thereof which are capable of performing air cleaning while traveling around a predetermined area. The air cleaning robot includes a robot body, a driving part for driving a plurality of wheels disposed at lower portions of the robo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6878175 | Grease filter A grease filter made from metal, in particular, for use in commercial kitchens and in household vapor extractor hoods has impact filter elements with a first row of elongate profiles disposed at distances from one another and with a second row of profiles disposed a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6663685 | Filter assembly A filter assembly for collecting material that is entrained in a gas stream includes a housing for a filter element. The housing has first and second ends with an inlet and an outlet at the first end for the gas that is to be filtered, and a support surfa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6517615 | Coalescing filter assembly A filter arrangement for use with a vessel containing pressurized fluid includes a body engageable with the vessel. The arrangement further includes a coalescing filter assembly supported by the body such that the filter assembly is disposable inside the ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6444001 | Separator and separator system A separator for separating a first fluidized component from a second fluidized component, the separator having a monolithic body with first and second, generally vertically disposed, elongate chambers, each of the chambers having a lower end and an upper ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6416563 | Filter assembly A filter assembly for collecting material that is entrained in a gas stream includes a housing for a tubular filter element. The housing has first and second ends with an inlet and an outlet at the first end for the gas that is to be filtered, and a suppo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6409786 | Filter assembly A filter assembly for collecting material that is entrained in a gas stream includes a housing having inlet and outlet ports for the gas that is to be filtered. The housing includes an end cap in which at least one of the ports is provided, and a body sec... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6325834 | Exhaust filter and catalyst structure A filter assembly useful in collecting the particulate matter from a diesel engine onto surfaces on which the combustion vapors are condensed, and thereafter exposing the exhaust stream to catalytic reaction, is defined by a split cavity in which a row of... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296680 | Bag dump apparatus An apparatus into which particulate material contents of rupturable bags may be charged for further handling including a hopper having an inlet into which the material may be charged, producing portions of settling and airborne particles of the material, ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6033462 | Multi-chambered air/oil separator An air/oil separator used with a closed loop oil seal system for a liquid ring vacuum pump, which incorporates a multi-chambered design for facilitating multiple stages of oil particulate separation is disclosed. The separator includes a cylindrical multi... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5961931 | Particulate trap A particulate trap for use with a diesel engine is high in particulate trapping capacity and regenerating capacity and low in pressure drop, and yet is compact and inexpensive. This trap has a filter element made up of a plurality of tapered filter member... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5922093 | Ultra-filtration vacuum system An ultra-filtration vacuum system with a first liquid stage filter and that has structure to direct particle laden air into a vortex in a circular cyclone chamber over a surface of a first liquid filter medium to direct particulates in the air to a wall o... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5882385 | Plant for treating at least one fluid and use for the separation of at least one constituent of a gas mixture An apparatus for improving the flow of fluid to be treated in boundary regions of a mass (2) of particulate material. The apparatus has at least one deflecting surface (4), making an angle with the main direction of the flow of fluid passing through the m... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5846271 | Multi-stage compressed gas filter A filter for removing contaminants from compressed gas is disclosed. The filter features an inverse flow regime wherein gas entering the filter first flows downwardly and then reverses direction before encountering any filter media. The filter has a conne... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5772710 | Air treating system An air treating system filters and dehumidifies contaminated air within an industrial plant. The air treating system includes a prefilter, a filter, a blower and an evaporator. A self-contained filtering unit directly communicates with a flume which recei... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5746914 | Honey comb filter assembly and method of making the same A filter assembly for use in an air remediation system is provided. The filter assembly includes a first and second filter member, each of which has a plurality of openings to define a plurality of separate flow passages. A granular filter material layer ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5653786 | High capacity marine separator A high capacity marine separator (30) is disclosed which uses a first stage formed by an inertial vane separator (32), a second stage formed by a coalescer stage (36) and a third stage formed by an inertial vane separator (34). The coalescer stage (36) is... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5626651 | Method and apparatus for removing suspended fine particles from gases and liquids A method of removing particulates from a gas stream involves introducing the gas stream in a turbulent flow condition into and through a flow passage situated over spaced surfaces defining a plurality of stagnant, turbulent-free regions of gas in which th... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5536286 | Vacuum valve filtering system A vacuum valve filter system has a plurality of diverting elements sandwiching a plurality of filter elements for filtering fluid passing from a cavity of a vacuum die. The diverter elements establish a serpentine fluid flow through the filter systems. Al... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5509946 | Indoor air filter An indoor air filter is provided. The indoor air filter has a housing including a water tank, an air pump, an air inlet, an air outlet, an air pump positioned between the air inlet and outlet, and an air circulation section between the air inlet and the a... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503660 | Process and apparatus for separating slag droplets from a hot raw gas produced by the combustion or gasification of solid or liquid fuels The hot raw gas, which contains slag droplets is conducted downwardly in an entrance chamber of a slag separator through a first bed of packings into a flow-deflecting space, in which the raw gas is upwardly deflected and then flows upwardly in an exit ch... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5472463 | Pressure side integrated air filter and filtering networks for engines A pressure side integrated air filter assembly for a turbocharged engine includes an air filter carrier which is designed and arranged to receive an air filter element and which is adapted to mount to the intake manifold of the turbocharged engine. The ai... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5427610 | Photoresist solvent fume exhaust scrubber A solvent fume exhaust scrubber (100) for recovering organic vapor from exhaust air which is produced during the manufacture of semiconductors includes a throttling chamber (180) containing a plurality of planar baffles (112, 114, 116, 118 and 120), a pla... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5409514 | Air filter An air filter includes an inlet for compressed air, a prefiltration chamber into which air from the inlet passes, a porous filter through which air from the prefiltration chamber passes to strain particular matter from the air, a plurality of venturis thr... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5188647 | Drop legs for compressed air lines A drop leg has a housing provided with top and bottom ends. The top end has an inlet and an outlet and the bottom end has a drain. An impingement plate supported within the housing is spaced from the top end to establish a separating chamber and to be dir... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5167682 | Drop legs for compressed air lines A drop leg has a housing provided with top and bottom ends. The top end has an inlet and an outlet and the bottom end has a drain. An impingement plate supported within the housing is spaced from the top end to establish a separating chamber and to be dir... | 12/01/1992 |
