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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354473 | NBC-building protection system and method A combined building air-conditioning unit and NBC protection system, containing an enclosed space housing a building air-conditioning unit and further including a plurality of chambers, a first chamber having an ambient air inlet port, one prefilter and a blower for... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309367 | Oil separator An oil separator for separating entrained oil from a gas stream, the separator being arranged on a housing wall which divides a housing interior from a housing exterior. A support tube, which is arranged inside an outer casing and carries a filter element on its out... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7211123 | Apparatus for venting a transmission Device for the ventilation of a transmission case (11) that is normally intended to hold liquid lubricant for transmission components and includes a residual internal volume of air inside the transmission case that is connected to the atmospheric pressure by ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7052532 | High temperature nanofilter, system and method A filter, system and method is provided for filtering nanoparticles in a hot gas, namely particles about 200° C. and further particularly >about 450° C. including diesel exhaust. The filter includes filter media material composed of fibro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6910245 | Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic air path An upright vacuum cleaner with a cyclonic airflow path includes a floor-engaging base unit, a body unit pivotally mounted to the base unit and a motor/fan assembly mounted on one of the base unit or body units. A dirt collecting enclosure is also mounted on the body... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6623631 | Filter assembly for vacuum filtration There is disclosed a vacuum filtration device for aqueous media that includes a hydrophilic tubular filter element in a cylindrical housing and at least one hydrophobic gas-permeable membrane, coupled with a gas bleed-off valve to allow the escape of air ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6532620 | Cyclone dust collecting chamber for a vacuum cleaner An upright-type vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body, a suction brush, cyclone dust collecting apparatus, and a filter. The cyclone dust collecting apparatus is removably disposed in a dust collecting chamber in the cleaner body. The suction brush draws... | 03/18/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6368386 | Filter construction resistant to the passage of water soluble materials; and method The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that use a hydrophobic medium to remove salt and moisture from the intake air of a gas turbine system. The disclosure also relates to systems and methods that use a two stage filtering process to remov... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6340375 | Air cleaner; method and use An improved air cleaner arrangement is provided. The preferred air cleaner is wedge shaped, and is constructed as a "no-housing" arrangement. The arrangement includes first and second end caps, with pleated media extending therebetween. The preferred arra... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6315536 | Suction inlet screen and funnel for a compressor A horizontal open drive scroll machine has a lubrication removal system located with the suction inlet of the scroll machine's outer housing. The lubrication removal system includes a funnel which directs the incoming working fluid to a position radially ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6187073 | Air cleaner; aerosol separator; and method A filter arrangement includes a tubular first filter element having a first media pack defining a first open filter interior and an air flow outlet. The air flow outlet is in gas flow communication with the first open filter interior. A housing constructi... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6123751 | Filter construction resistant to the passage of water soluble materials; and method The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that use a hydrophobic medium to remove salt and moisture from the intake air of a gas turbine system. The disclosure also relates to systems and methods that use a two stage filtering process to remov... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6059851 | Air cleaner; method and use An improved air cleaner arrangement is provided. The preferred air cleaner is wedge shaped, and is constructed as a "no-housing" arrangement. The arrangement includes first and second end caps, with pleated media extending therebetween. The preferred arra... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5925320 | Air purification system An air purification system comprises a housing, a generally S-shaped duct mounted within the housing, at least one blower mounted within the housing for circulating air through the system, and purification structure for removing contaminants from the air.... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5626820 | Clean room air filtering The invention features a clean room and a chemical air filter suitable for use in the air handling system of the clean room directly upstream of high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters. The chemical filter is of the pleated filter type comprising a... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5610592 | Fire detecting apparatus A first dust recovering part is disposed upstream in an air inlet passage from a fire detecting part. The air flow is deflected in the first dust recovering part so as to cause the dust to drop to separate from the air and to be recovered in a recovery ar... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603751 | Method and apparatus for removing particulate material from a wood drying system A gas filtration system which includes a primary separator for removing a majority of a particulate material from a gas stream. The primary separator discharges a filtered gas stream which retains a portion of the particulate material. The filtered gas st... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5597541 | Apparatus for cleaning and cooling synthesized gas An apparatus for treating gas introduced into a vessel containing a particulate material at a temperature less than that of the gas in a manner so that said material reduces the temperature of the gas and the gas entrains at least a portion of the materia... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5591243 | Liquid trap for compressed air A device for separating liquid particles from compressed air transported therthrough, to protect machine parts connected thereto. The device is simple to manufacture, easy to maintain and can be made of low-cost materials such as injection molded plastics... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5522909 | Air filter device An air filter device. The device includes a flat, closed top and an axially aligned open base larger in diameter than the top. Frusto conical filter media extends between the top and the base, the filter media having an axis aligned with the top and the b... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503649 | Air filter for an internal combustion engine An air filter for an internal combustion engine has a housing with an interior chamber. The housing has housing walls at least one of which is in the form of a filter element. One of the housing walls has a suction opening for connecting the air filter to... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5458666 | Filter element of air cleaner unit There is provided a filter element of an air cleaner unit of an open element type which prevents turbulent flow from arising to lower the air suction sound and avoid the loss of sucked air by the turbulent flow. In a filter element in which a major diamet... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5413619 | Parts cleaning apparatus The blow off unit is an open top box with the front lower than the sides and back. A splash shield is placed at an angle at the back of the work area to deflect the blow off air stream and debris down into the collection filter. A space is left behind the... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5406467 | Ventilation system for motor vehicle light fixture A ventilation system (18) for a motor vehicle light fixture (10) comprises a rubber tube (20) adapted for connection to the light fixture (10), a filter (22) positioned within the rubber tube (20), and a hollow insert (24) having a plurality of baffles (3... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5053126 | Apparatus for gas liquid separation A device for separating liquid from a mixture of the liquid and a gas includes a separator tank having an interior surface. A baffle plate in the tank defines a first higher pressure space and a second relatively lower pressure space therein. The baffle p... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5027642 | Method of detecting and or removing trace amounts of condensible vapors from compressed gas A method to detect, measure or remove trace amounts of condensible vapors in compressed gases. The concentration of droplets detected, measured or removed may be as low as part per trillion. The compressed gas comprising a carrier gas and condensible vapo... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4865815 | In-line compressed air carbon monoxide filter An in-line air purifier for removing water, oil and carbon monoxide from a compressed air stream comprises a two-stage assembly in which the first stage includes replaceable cartridges for promoting coalescence of water and oil into droplets and removing ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4677863 | Sub-micron particle sampler apparatus Apparatus and method steps for collecting sub-micron sized particles include a collection chamber and cryogenic cooling. The cooling is accomplished by coil tubing carrying nitrogen in liquid form, with the liquid nitrogen changing to the gas phase before... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4561868 | Canister filter assembly A canister filter assembly (10) for use in a vacuum line for trapping particulates and liquids from fluid drawn through the vacuum line including a cupped shaped container portion (12) and a lid portion (14) disposed over the container (12) in sealing eng... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4540421 | Material discharge unit It is an object of the invention to provide a unit for discharging material, such as lengths of paper strip from an air stream. As shown in FIG. 1, a flow of air with suspended waste material enters, as illustrated by the arrow 1, along a duct 2. The flow... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4502871 | Apparatus and method for separating wax from an entrainer gas Disclosed is a wax condenser for separating wax from an entrainer gas (or sweep gas) which is introduced into a sintering furnace and then pumped out in order to remove the wax from the furnace. The condenser includes a hot chamber and a cold chamber. Wax... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4437867 | Removal of undesired components from gases A gas scrubber and/or mist eliminator for high-velocity gas in the range between about 1,000 to 2,500 feet per minute. The gas flows horizontally through a duct or conduit in which a plurality of generally vertical, high-voidage, fibrous, non-capillary, f... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4361423 | Combination acoustical muffler and exhaust converter A combination acoustical muffler and exhaust converter for use with internal combustion engines, comprising an elongated hollow cylinder adapted to be connected to a source of exhaust gas, screen means positioned at a plurality of longitudinally spaced lo... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4348057 | Blower and dust collecting machine and method of operation Dust generated in coal mining is removed by means of a blower having an exhaust fan which draws air through its intake opening from the face of the coal. The blower is provided with a first stage of closely-arranged small-diametered cylindrical-shaped ind... | 09/07/1982 |
