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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7309369 | Filter module The invention relates to a filter module in the form of a hollow body with at least one chamber. The walls of the hollow body are made of a non-metallic material that can be comminuted and/or disintegrated in a recycling process. The material is a paper product, suc... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7287301 | Utility vacuum A utility vacuum that may be configured to employ a disposable bag or removable and reusable container for the collection of dirt and debris that are drawn into the utility vacuum. The utility vacuum may employ one or more movable legs that are movable between an ex... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270690 | Separator with vane assembly and filter arrangement The separator has a vane assembly made up of a number of corrugated vanes that provide serpentine paths for the gas stream therethrough. As the gas stream flows through the serpentine paths, it changes direction and liquid in the gas stream impacts the surfaces of t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252807 | Apparatus and method for cleaning, neutralizing and recirculating exhaust air in a confined environment Exhaust air containing particulate and gas contaminants is withdrawn from a confined environment, such as a food cooking area, by a circulation system which liquid scrubs some of the contaminants from the exhaust flow, removes mist of the scrubbing liquid from the f... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7152275 | Dirt container for cyclonic vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner has a housing including a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly. A dirt container is connected to the housing. The dirt container includes a collection chamber and a combined handle and inlet flow passageway. An airstream conduit conveys a vacuum ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7004988 | Gas-liquid separator A gas-liquid separator having two or more vertically spaced rows of parallel horizontally spaced upwardly facing gutters, the gutters having an upwardly extending gutter wall, wherein the upper end of the gutter wall is provided with a U-turn deflector. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6936084 | Filter for the separation of contaminants from gas stream A filter for separating contaminants from a gas stream, including (a) a housing having a housing body and a housing head, the housing head having an inlet for the gas stream to be purified, an outlet and a first sealing surface, and (b) a filter element accommodated... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936095 | Air/particle separator A method of separating particles from particle laden air having a multiple stage separator in which the first stage comprises a generally cylindrical chamber having a hollow central member extending axially from one end thereof with openings in its wall remote from ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929670 | Sand separating apparatus for a thermal sand removal oven An apparatus for the separation of sand from an air stream in a thermal sand removal oven is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus comprises a plurality of members comprising two planar members joined to form “V” shaped members. The vertex of the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6858051 | Device for separating a fluid from a gas stream With known devices for separating oil in the crank housing ventilator, oil is collected on a refined gas side of a filter, which in operation of an internal combustion engine, often cannot drain off. In this manner, the liquid level increases, so that the filter is ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6848990 | Register assembly for covering an air duct opening A register assembly for covering an air duct opening is comprised of a faceplate, a base, a damper mechanism and a filter frame that are easily assembled together. Most if not all of the component parts may be constructed of plastic reducing the manufacturing cost o... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6833022 | Method and device for filtering contaminated air A method and a device for filtering polluted air, in which the air is successively subjected to the processes of extracting grease/fat and water, drying air still containing residual humidity, and adsorbing smells/odors. The filter device includes, in a direction of... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6748741 | Charge air condensation collection system for engines with exhaust gas recirculation A charge air condensation separation system for a turbocharged engine, especially suited for engines employing EGR, includes a turbocharger having a compressor providing charge air with a charge air cooler connected to the compressor to cool the charge air. A charge... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6723149 | Separator for liquids comprising a separating cartridge, particularly for separating oil from crankcase gases A separator for liquid, in particular for removing oil from crankcase gases, having a cover (11) into which a mount (13) for a cylindrical separating cartridge (14) is incorporated. The separating cartridge is composed, for example, of a non-wov... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712884 | Particle trap and process for separating particles out of an exhaust gas flow and honeycomb body and exhaust system having a particle trap A particle trap, such as in a honeycomb body, for separating particles out of an exhaust gas flow, includes a flow channel. An exhaust gas flow which includes particles flows through the flow channel. Internals, such as projections, humps, protuberances or the like ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6576045 | Multi-stage diesel particulate collector system with combined processes of inertial impaction, virtual impaction, and filtration A diesel particulate collector (10) based on the principles of inertial impaction, virtual impaction, and filtration, for controlling exhaust emissions (12) from a diesel internal combustion engine (14) includes a housing (16) having a first plate (24) wi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6517592 | Cold trap assembly A temperature-controlled exhaust assembly with cold trap capability. One embodiment of the exhaust assembly comprises a multi-heater design which allows for independent multi-zone closed-loop temperature control. Another embodiment comprises a compact mul... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6350299 | 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 rectangular reser... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6224654 | Method for enhancement of duct removal out of chimney gases A method of removing dust from dust laden gases said method including the sequential steps of: (1) passing a flow of gases laden with dust particles, at a selected first gas stream velocity through a first dust removing mechanism capable of creating multi... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6101886 | Multi-stage sampler concentrator Atmospheric Samplers are disclosed using aerogel filter material. The samplers include one or more cascaded impact sample stations with discs of aerogel as the targets. Ambient air carrying particulate matter is introduced into the sampler and the particl... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099622 | Method for agglomerating and precipitating particles An agglomeration and precipitation assembly which includes an agglomeration device in combination with a precipitation device. The agglomeration device is intended to receive a turbulent gas stream containing fine suspended particles and to discharge the ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6048376 | Combination baffle and filter element system for removing oil from an oil/gas mixture A separator tank for removing oil from a gas/oil mixture includes a lower chamber for collecting the oil removed from the gas/oil mixture, an intermediate chamber overlying the lower chamber and an upper chamber overlying the intermediate chamber. The sep... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6007593 | Device for agglomerating and precipitating particles in a gas stream An agglomeration and precipitation assembly which includes an agglomeration device in combination with a precipitation device. The agglomeration device is intended to receive a turbulent gas stream containing fine suspended particles and to discharge the ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5879422 | Separating arrangement and method for counteracting foam formation The present invention relates to a cyclone, mainly for separating liquid from gas/vapor, which is formed upon pressure reduction of spent cooking liquid in connection with pulp production. The cyclone includes an inlet arrangement connected to a supply li... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5711776 | Air escaping means A de-aeration device for the separation of solid particles from a gas includes a container with an inlet for the supply of the gas contaminated with particles and an outlet for the purified gas. The cross-section of the container is dimensioned in such a ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5586996 | Vapor separating device In a device for separating oil from the blow-by exhaust vapors of a combustion engine, a filter stack is mounted in a canister having an inlet port for the intake of vapors from the engine, a gas outlet port for connection to a source of suction for causi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5409512 | Air filtration system An air filtration system for use in capturing fugitive dust in industrial sweeping operations includes a hopper having internal structure for causing change in the direction of flow of suction air which enters the hopper along with debris collected during... | 04/25/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5061304 | Steam processing apparatus and method A steam processing apparatus and method in which a plurality of separators are disposed along the length of a cylindrical drum having inlet means for receiving a mixture of liquid and vapor and outlet means for discharging the separated liquid and vapor. ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4788825 | Oil separator Oil separation for a horizontal refrigeration screw compressor is achieved in a series of steps which achieves nearly oil-free refrigerant gas. The refrigerant is discharged from the compressor into a generally cylindrical shell which is divided into thre... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4740220 | Dust detection A personal dust spectrometer for aerodynamically classifying and collecting sub-fractions of inspirable dust, has an entry which has an entry efficiency approximating that of the human head during inhalation, and a cascade impactor comprising a stack of s... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4731101 | Dust collector A cyclone dust collector is comprised of a lower dust chamber (5) having a tangential air inlet (10) and an upper dust chamber (4) in combination with a suction device. A dividing plate separates the upper and lower dust chambers from one another. A commu... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4706454 | Vehicle anti-pollution exhaust device An exhaust filter for internal combustion engines enabling the gradual filtration of the exhaust gas to minimize pressure drop through the filter is provided. A second exhaust gas passageway within the filter gradually receives the exhaust gas from the fi... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4685298 | System for generating braking pressure The system for generating braking pressure, consisting of a pneumatic assistance servomotor (2) mounted so as to overhang on a master cylinder (1) which it actuates by a tubular pullrod component (14) in which extends the control pushrod (11) of the distr... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4668254 | Gas/liquid/solids separator The apparatus separates exhaust fumes of an internal combustion engine into gas, liquid, and solids and comprises a container having an internal wall for substantially reducing the velocity of fumes fed into the container and allows the liquid and solids ... | 05/26/1987 |
