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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7018437 | Separator A separator for a wet vacuum cleaner has a bottom and a sidewall connected to the bottom. The sidewall has lamellas delimiting slots, wherein through the slots an air/gas flow enters an interior of the separator, delimited by the bottom and the sidewall, wherein the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6977004 | Vapor-liquid separator A vapor-liquid separator includes an outer tube, an introduction tube, a delivery tube, and a discharge tube. The introduction tube allows passage of a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid in a swirling state. The delivery tube allows passage of the vapor phase separated fr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957740 | Cyclone separator with central built-in element A cyclone separator (1) has a vertically extending housing (2) with an upper housing segment (3). A separator (6) with a separator wheel is located in the upper housing segment along with a carrier gas/product inlet (7), and a carr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6936085 | Vacuum loader A specially arranged vacuum loader and industrial dust collector with a perforated plate tangential cyclone separator is provided to efficiently remove, readily collect, effectively separate and safely dispose of wet, dry and fibrous materials, including liquids and... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6630014 | Mist eliminator Improved mist eliminator (50) for use in pulp washers, deinking cells and the like, and methods of use are disclosed. A cyclonic gas/liquid separator (50) is provided that includes an elongated housing (100) with a cyclonic flow inducing vane assembly (10... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6294001 | Apparatus and a method for separating particles from hot gases An apparatus that includes (i) a centrifugal separator assembly and (ii) a fluidized bed reactor having a reactor chamber, the separator assembly being connected to the reactor and provided for separating solid particles from gas discharged from the react... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6270544 | Cyclone separator having a tubular member with slit-like openings surrounding a central outlet pipe A cyclone separator for separating a solid particulate from the gas or liquid medium is described. The separator is provided with a housing (H), an outlet (4) for discharging the solid particulate separated from the medium, a pipe (13) for evacuating the ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6083291 | Gas transfer pipe arrangement A gas transfer pipe arrangement includes a pipe in which gas containing droplets flows. A centrifugal force type separation unit is provided in the pipe for applying a radial centrifugal force to the gas flowing in the pipe so that the droplets in the gas... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5641339 | Tangential separator and method A method and apparatus for separating material transported by air is disclosed which includes a separator casing having a tangential inlet adapted to receive a stream of air and entrained material and a plurality of exits. One of the exits of the disclose... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5403557 | Emission control apparatus for diesel engine Improved emission control apparatus for use with a diesel engine which may include an enclosed cylindrical housing having an inlet and an outlet. A particulate trap is disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet for collection and removal of part... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5251470 | Housing for fast exhaust gas sensors for a cylinder-selective lambda measurement in an internal combustion engine A housing for a fast exhaust gas sensor for cylinder-selective lambda measurements in an internal combustion engine comprises a hollow-cylindrical housing having at least two slot shaped openings that are arranged rotationally symmetrical over the circumf... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5149346 | Apparatus for reduction of vibration in liquid-injected gas compressor system An apparatus for reducing high vibration and pulsation levels generated by he discharge of gas-liquid mixtures from compressors. A tuyere is positioned within the compressor housing to separate the gas from the liquid.... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5137005 | Rotary fuel distributor system for an internal combustion engine A rotatable element is disposed in the central plenum of a minifold which rotates in response to the flow of the air-fuel mixture through the plenum and manifold. The rotation of the element enhances the atomization of entrained liquid fuel droplets in th... | 08/11/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4877431 | Radial impingement separator An impingement separator for removing entrained liquids and solids from fluid streams is configured to produce radially inward or outward flow of the fluid within its housing. An array of static impingement members or vanes circumscribes the inlet or outl... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4729776 | Air swirling device for use in the annular space of air filters on internal combustion engines A substantially circular strip air swirling device is provided for positioning in the annular space of air filters on internal combustion engines. Such device has a plurality of upper outwardly extending vanes and a plurality of upper inwardly extruding v... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4689206 | Multistage stripper for FCC unit with improved catalyst separation An apparatus for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) of a hydrocarbon feed in an open or closed system, which includes a multistage stripper system, which comprises a means for spinning a gasiform mixture of catalyst and cracked hydrocarbons exiting from a ris... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4486207 | Apparatus for reducing attrition of particulate matter in a chemical conversion process An apparatus for separating solid particles from vapor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a novel inlet system, a novel particle outlet system and a chamber having novel dimensional relationships which result in an apparatus that separates solid particl... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4466817 | Exhaust gas separator An exhaust gas separator for an internal combustion engine comprises an elongate housing (10) having an inlet (11) and an outlet (12), and annular disks (13) disposed within said housing between said inlet and outlet. Each disk is provided on both side su... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4426967 | Engine charge air temperature classifier The invention presents new and useful improvements in the method of designing air induction circuits for use in the intake manifolds of super-charged internal combustion engines. An air vortex generating chamber having a single air inlet conduit and two o... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4317663 | Air filter including a vortex device In combination with a ring-shaped air filter for the entry of air into the carburetor of an internal combustion engine, a vortex generator in the form of a series of vanes mounted within the interior of the ring-shaped air filter. The vanes are specially ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4313910 | Separation of gases from particle streams An apparatus for separating a carrier gas from a particle stream is disclosed which comprises deflecting said particle stream about a curved surface to compact the stream and separate therefrom a major proportion of said carrier gas, and introducing a sub... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4218223 | Pre-cleaner for combustion engines Apparatus for, and the method of, cleaning air, for engines and related uses, including an air cleaner with a body having a vertical axis and including a cylindrical wall, a solid top closure, and a bottom closure including an axial, reentrant, cleaned ai... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4218228 | Exhaust gas purifying device An exhaust gas purifying device for removing harmful solid particles, sparks and flames contained in exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine comprises a cylindrical body member connected to a muffler in an exhaust gas system of the engin... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4162150 | Apparatus for separating water and steam in a nuclear steam generator Centrifugal separating apparatus comprising a concentric inner and outer housing enclosing a swirling chamber through which a steam-water mixture is directed to separate the water from the steam. The inner housing encloses a first set of vanes that impart... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4128406 | Contact apparatus for multiphase processing A processing method and apparatus are provided in which flows of a plurality of phases, at least one of which is a liquid phase, are intimately contacted and subjected to centrifugal force by being passed as a cocurrent turbulent flow circumferentially, a... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4065527 | Method and apparatus for interaction of gas and liquid Apparatus and a method for handling a gas and a liquid in a manner to cause a specific interaction between them. The gas is placed into circulation to cause it to make a liquid circulate in a vortex fashion to present a liquid curtain. The gas is then pas... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4062663 | Contact apparatus for multiphase processing An apparatus is provided in which a plurality of phases, at least one of which is a liquid phase, are contacted and subjected to centrifugal force by being passed as a cocurrent turbulent flow circumferentially, axially, and inwardly and outwardly through... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4014673 | Air precleaner An air pre-cleaner is provided for use with an internal combustion engine. The pre-cleaner comprises a housing and vanes fixed to the top of the housing for imparting a circular motion to the air entering the housing between the vanes. This circular motio... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3992172 | Separator arrangement for start-up system A fluid separating apparatus in which an inlet is disposed in the upper portion of a substantially vertically oriented cylindrical housing for receiving a mixture of liquid and vapor. The mixture is separated in the housing by the application of centrifug... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3969096 | Cyclone separator having multiple-vaned gas inlets A cyclone separator having multiple-vaned gas inlets adapted to guide the gas flow into the interior of the cyclone separator. The total sum of the inlet areas is at least equal to the smallest internal flow area and the cyclone is useful for separating s... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3957471 | Exhaust gas purifier An exhaust gas purifier for removing unburned solid particles, sparks, and flames contained in exhaust gas discharged from internal and external combustion engines includes a closed cylindrical member connected to the exhaust port of an internal or extern... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3944407 | Separator for gas dehumidization Apparatus for gas dehumidization especially for gases where the diameters of the droplets are smaller than 10 micrometers. Layers of vertically arranged blades protrude from a tubular surface coaxial with a housing, and are shaped along an involute line w... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3933449 | Means for separation and drainage of liquid from a point between successive stages of steam utilization The apparatus includes a steam separator between two successive stages of steam utilization that condensate liquid is automatically extracted with negligible impediment to high-velocity passage, to the second stage. The separator separates the liquid comp... | 01/20/1976 |