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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390341 | Liquid/gas state separating device The invention relates to a liquid/gas state separating device capable of separating the molecules of vapour (V) of a liquid evaporating under the effect of a partial vacuum (31) maintained by pumping means from drops (L) of said liquid carried along by the fl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7311744 | Cyclonic separator for mist collectors A separator placed in a mist collection system prior to a final air cleaning stage, and is configured to remove a substantial portion of the mist from the air. The separator includes stationary vanes in a cylindrical housing to establish a cyclonic flow therethrough... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7077892 | Air purification system and method The air purification system and method for purifying and cooling air for use in a building has an air pollutant removal stage, an air pre-cooling unit, and a dual cooling and water removal unit, including a cyclone separator having a cooling coil wrapped around the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056806 | Microfeature workpiece processing apparatus and methods for controlling deposition of materials on microfeature workpieces The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus useful in depositing materials on batches of microfeature workpieces. One implementation provides a method in which a quantity of a first precursor gas is introduced to an enclosure at a first enclosure pressure.... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048777 | Method and apparatus for removing waxy materials from a gas stream The invention uses both heating and cooling zones to prevent the precipitation of solids onto equipment surfaces until they are efficiently removed from the gas phase via one or more heat exchangers. Each heat exchanger may be regenerated to melt off the solids when... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6908499 | Cold trap for CVD furnace A cold trap having improved trapping efficiency for particles, particularly ammonium chloride fine powder particles. The cold trap has a dual-stage design, including an upstream stage fitted with at least one trap plate and a downstream stage fitted with a typically... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6869459 | Impact type particle separator made of mutually inverted U-shaped elements Apparatus for separating solids from flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler comprises plural vertical, impact type particle separators made of a plurality of hung elements which are supported from at least one cooled support tube. The plurality of hung... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6802890 | Method and apparatus for separating particles from hot gases A centrifugal separator assembly, which is attached to a fluidized bed reactor for separating solid particles from gas exhausted from a reaction chamber of the fluidized bed reactor, includes a vortex chamber. The vortex chamber is in a horizontal direction defined ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6736884 | Air/oil separation tank An air/oil separation tank for installation in a circuit for the production of compressed air, the circuit including an intake regulator (1) which intercepts external air and sends the air to an oil bath spin compressor (2) which is activated by an ele... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733576 | Gas sampling separator A gas sampling separator 29 for the separation of liquid or other contaminants from gas received from a pipeline may be easily inspected visually and cleaned. A cylindrical body 62 forming a separation chamber 64 is threaded onto a base 40 | 05/11/2004 |
| 6616719 | Air-liquid separating method and apparatus for compressed air An air-liquid separating method and apparatus for compressed air. The high pressure air output from an air compressor is transferred through a transfer tube to pass through the cooling tube of a cooling tank. The cooling tube has a diameter larger than th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6532763 | Evaporator with mist eliminator In a refrigeration system having a cooler with liquid refrigerant therein, a heat exchanger is provided above the heat transfer tubes so as to interrupt any liquid refrigerant droplets that tend to be entrained in the refrigerant vapor as it is boiled off... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6500221 | Cooled tubes arranged to form impact type particle separators Apparatus for separating solids from flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler includes plural vertical, impact type particle separators made of cooling tubes located within the CFB in a plurality of staggered rows. One embodiment employs a plu... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6488745 | Trap apparatus and method for condensable by-products of deposition reactions A trap for condensable liquids, such as tantalum pentoxide, has a primary trapping chamber surrounding a secondary trapping chamber and a sump connected by a small enough opening to the primary or secondary chamber such that trapped liquid in the sump is ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6468320 | Filter unit and filter A filter unit for removing particulates in a gas to be treated, which unit includes a gas impermeable bulkhead that forms a channel through which the gas advances in the filter unit at least one round, and a filter member laminated on at least one side su... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6454824 | CFB impact type particle collection elements attached to cooled supports Apparatus for separating solids from flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler comprises plural vertical, impact type particle separators located within the CFB in a plurality of staggered rows. The impact type particle separators employ hung e... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6322603 | Particulate collector channel with cooling inner elements in a CFB boiler An apparatus for separating solids from flue gas in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler includes a plurality of impact type particle separators mounted vertically to a wall of the CFB. The impact type particle separators being adjacently positioned a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6214075 | Cyclone separator In order to create a cyclone separator with segmented immersion pipe for cement clinker manufacturing system with cyclone suspension type heat exchanger system, whereby the releasable immersion pipe segment fastening is dependable and is distinguished by ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6176901 | Dust precipitator In a dust precipitation device for filtration of dust created during crystal growth from a melt, cold surfaces are provided as contact surfaces as a part of the gas control geometry, to which the dust can adhere and thus become separated from the transpor... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6156107 | Trap apparatus The trap apparatus of the present invention includes a case provided for a gas exhaust system used for a film forming equipment which carries out a film forming process on an object, a gas supply port, made in the case and connected to an exhaust pipe of ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6051182 | Apparatus and process for the direct reduction of iron oxides A separator for use in a direct reduction reactor comprises an elongated tubular housing having a cooling chamber for receiving a cooling medium for cooling the internal wall surface of the separator contacted by metallized iron fines.... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5992346 | Apparatus for the surface treatment of workpieces The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for the surface treatment of workpieces. For providing an apparatus (10) which is suited to perform the plasma treatment of porous workpieces by use of simple means and with continuously high quality, it is provi... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5928426 | Method and apparatus for treating exhaust gases from CVD, PECVD or plasma etch reactors A method and apparatus for removing gas species which can be deposited thermally from a semiconductor process exhaust gas is provided. To treat the exhaust gas, an exhaust gas reactor comprising an artificial substrate which is heated is used. The artific... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5820641 | Fluid cooled trap The liquid cooled trap for effectively and efficiently collecting condensable vapor in a chemical vapor reaction system includes two stages. The first stage includes an entrance area to the trap that is purposely designed to be large in space and a very p... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5813451 | Apparatus for heat transfer from dust laden gases to fluids The present invention relates to an apparatus for heat transfer from hot particulate laden gas to a coolant fluid within a heat transfer tube. The apparatus is comprised of layers of vertically aligned strips which are offset at an angle to adjacent layer... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5738712 | Centrifugal separator assembly and method for separating particles from hot gas A centrifugal separator has a plurality of substantially planar walls, including a first wall, defining a vortex chamber having an interior gas volume and for establishing at least one gas vortex in the gas volume, and the gas volume has a cross section t... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5558080 | Grease collecting baffle and heat exchanger assembly for a water heating system The energy required to provide hot water may be reduced in a water heating system including a heat generating range (12) for cooking food and a hood (14) overlying the range (12) for capturing fumes rising from the range (12) or the food thereon. An exhau... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5435820 | Water/steam-cooled U-beam impact type particle separator An apparatus for separating solids from a solids and gas flow in a combustor having a fluid circulating system uses a plurality of separators adjacently positioned and horizontally spaced in a path of a solids and gas flow. Each separator includes four tu... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5403563 | Apparatus for silicon nitride precursor solids recovery Method and apparatus are provided for collecting reaction product solids entrained in a gaseous outflow from a reaction situs, wherein the gaseous outflow includes a condensable vapor. A condensate is formed of the condensable vapor on static mixer surfac... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5393315 | Immersed heat exchanger in an integral cylindrical cyclone and loopseal A cyclone separator for a solids-laden process gas from a fluidized bed boiler or reactor also provides a pressure seal and heat exchanger surfaces for the reactor or boiler. The cyclone includes a cylindrical main housing with a longitudinal axis. The ho... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5391211 | Integral cylindrical cyclone and loopseal A cyclone separator for a solids-laden process gas from a reactor also provides a pressure seal for the reactor. The cyclone includes a main housing with a longitudinal axis. The housing is made of a membrane wall construction having a plurality of tubes ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5378253 | Water/steam-cooled U-beam impact type article separator An apparatus for separating solids from a solids and gas flow in a combustor having a fluid circulating system uses a plurality of separators adjacently positioned and horizontally spaced in a path of a solids and gas flow. Each separator includes four tu... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5230166 | Air drier An improved air drier adapted for drying humid air is equipped with a cylinder shaped shell having a conical water collecting bottom and a duct disposed therein which is provided with an air outlet tube through the center thereof; and the outer wall of th... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5226936 | Water-cooled cyclone separator A cyclone separator formed by a plurality of parallel tubes and a plurality of fins. Each tube is configured in a multitude of segments. One segment of the tubes forms a cylindrical section, one segment is bent inwardly to form a roof section, and one seg... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5203284 | Fluidized bed combustion system utilizing improved connection between the reactor and separator A fluidized bed combustion system in which a duct connects a reactor and a separator and extends within the furnace section of the reactor. The duct is wedge shaped, having an inlet width greater than its outlet width, and the bottom wall of the duct angl... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5116394 | Cyclone separator roof A cyclone separator roof which accommodates differential thermal expansion and contraction. When the inner and outer cylinders of a cyclone separator are operated at different temperatures, such as in a cyclone separator having walls formed by water-steam... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5096673 | Natural gas treating system including mercury trap A system for mechanically removing mercury from natural gas is provided. A mercury trap is positioned at substantially the coldest point in the system before a main heat exchanger. The trap includes a bend in the natural gas flow path, baffles, a demister... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5035730 | Mist recovery apparatus with twisted strip inserted pipes A mist recovery apparatus recovers a mist of water, oil and the like from an exhaust gas produced in the rolling operation of aluminum plates. The apparatus has a shell provided with upper and lower pipe plates and a plurality of exhaust passing pipes ext... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4961761 | Cyclone separator wall refractory material system A refractory material system for the wall of a cyclone separator in which a plurality of erosion-resistant refractory material wear blocks extend in a spaced relationship to the tubes of the water-steam walls of a cyclone separator. The wear blocks are at... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4951611 | Fluidized bed reactor utilizing an internal solids separator A reactor in which a bed of particulate material including fuel is formed in one of two sections in a vessel. Air is passed through the bed at a velocity to fluidize said material and promote the combustion of the fuel. The air and the combustion gases mi... | 08/28/1990 |
