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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435290 | Centrifugal gas/liquid separators A centrifugal gas/liquid separator for location in a liquid reservoir comprises a generally cylindrical wall defining a separation chamber having a closed end, an open end, an inlet in the cylindrical wall for supplying a gas/liquid mixture into the separation chamb... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384439 | Vents for fluid systems A vent for a fluid system includes a chamber through which fluid can flow along either a first flow path or a second flow path, in which the resistance to fluid flow is relatively high when the fluid follows the first flow path and relatively low when the fluid foll... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6905528 | Conveying air filtration system An arrangement used for filtering out conveying air when supplying fiber material to a processing machine is provided. The arrangement has an essentially vertical filling chute for the fiber material, the chute having an upper intake opening and a lower exit opening... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6511530 | Compressor with oil separator In a compressor connected to a discharge pipe for transferring discharged refrigerant to outside, an oil separator has a near column shaped separation chamber which is formed in a housing and whose one end is opened to a surface of the housing, and a sepa... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6482246 | Cyclonic separating apparatus with tangential offtake conduit The invention provides cyclonic separating apparatus comprising a tapering cyclone having a larger end a smaller end, a fluid outlet located at the larger end of the cyclone, the fluid outlet becoming located coaxially with the cyclone, and a tangential o... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6264728 | Aerodynamic cleaning of cotton fibers An improved apparatus and method of operation for separating contamination material from an air stream flow of cotton fibers, the apparatus including a primary chamber having continuous walls, the primary chamber positionable within the air stream of cott... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6179163 | System and method for evaluating the presence of air in a liquid-state fuel stream A system (21) for monitoring the quantity of air in a liquid-state fuel stream discharged from a dispenser (20). The dispenser includes a pump (26) that draws the fuel from a storage tank (22). The fuel stream discharged from the pump is applied to an air... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168641 | Cyclone separator device for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner cyclone separator having a cyclone with a first end wall, a second opposite end wall (35,36,135), and an intermediate part (38,130), which has the shape of either a cylinder or, at least partly, an up-side-down truncated cone. The interme... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6038987 | Method and apparatus for reducing the carbon content of combustion ash and related products A method for reducing the carbon content of a combustion ash containing siliceous ash particles and carbon particles includes subjecting the combustion ash to comminution to reduce the particle size of the siliceous ash particles and the carbon particles ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5837129 | Process and apparatus for separating fluidized cracking catalysts from hydrocarbon vapor The invention is a process and apparatus for rapidly and efficiently separating a fluidized catalytic cracking mixture into cracking catalysts and hydrocarbon vapor. The invention decreases the production of unwanted hydrocarbon byproducts by decreasing t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5800578 | Air separation system including a tangential separator and a pneumatic relay conveyer A separating system for separating material transported by air utilizing apparatus having a tangential inlet for a stream of air and entrained material, a bottom material exit, a boundary wall air exit and a central interior air exit. Each air exit includ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5766314 | Process and device for treating working atmosphere using a cyclone exchanger A process for the pollution-cleaning treatment of air combines the actions of dehumidification, thermal control, washing of the gases, fixing of the particles, disinfection, spraying and vaporization. An apparatus is provided for implementing the process,... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5762692 | Evaporative emissions control system for automotive vehicle An evaporative emission control system for an automotive vehicle includes a generally cylindrical casing having an adsorption zone containing hydrocarbon adsorbing agent, an antechamber extending within the casing to the adsorption zone, and a swirl induc... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5683494 | Electrostatically enhanced separator (EES) An electrostatically enhanced separator (EES) which provides mechanical separation and electrostatic separation to yield a compact and highly efficient separation system. The EES (10) may be incorporated in a collection system as well using a conventional... | 11/04/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5591253 | Electrostatically enhanced separator (EES) An electrostatically enhanced separator (EES) provides mechanical and electrostatic separation of particles from gas stream to yield a compact and highly efficient separation system. The EES (10) may be incorporated in a collection system as well using a ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5525396 | Lid for a particle collector A molded plastic lid adapted to generally close off the upper open end of a container and adapted to enable separation of entrained particles from a stream of air for collection of the particles in the container. The lid is formed with circumferentially e... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5489320 | Air separator The present invention pertains to an air separator with a stationary housing, which forms a helix when viewed in the axial direction, with a blade ring arranged stationarily in the housing with adjustable blades, and with a bladed separation wheel, which ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5294218 | Centrifugal discharger for waste materials having a low weight/area ratio A centrifugal discharger, particularly for cigarette manufacturing and/or packing machines, for disposing of waste fibrous and/or sheet material inside a fluidtight bin; wherein a centrifugal separator presents a cylindrical lateral wall, the bottom porti... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5272866 | Method and apparatus for treating gases from gasification or combustion plants Method and apparatus for treating gases issuing from a pressurized gasification or combustion plant of solid fuel prior to leading the gases into a turbine. The hot gases are first cleaned in a particle separator, whereafter they are introduced int a cent... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5236590 | Process for removing dissolved organics from aqueous compositions A process is disclosed for removing dissolved organics from an aqueous composition, said composition comprising water, carbon dioxide and dissolved organics, and said composition having a pH of 6.5 or less and an inlet organics concentration. The process ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5203891 | Gas/liquid separator A gas/liquid separator which includes a hollow cylindrical separator body ving: 1) an inlet port for receiving a tangential inflow of a gas/liquid mixture, and 2) an outlet port for allowing liquid separated from the mixture to tangentially exit the cylin... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5202026 | Combined centrifugal force/gravity gas/liquid separator system A gas/liquid separator system has an outer enclosing tank filled with a dsting packing material. The tank has a gas outlet port and a liquid outlet port located at its top and bottom, respectively. At least one cylindrical, centrifugal force gas/liquid s... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5045218 | Method of separating a lighter dispersed fluid from a denser liquid in a hydrocyclone having flow-modifying means A hydrocyclone is disclosed for separating, at least partially, fluid mixtures having a predominant liquid component. The hydrocyclone has a first end and a second end remote from the first end. The cross-sectional area of the hydrocyclone in at least one... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4940473 | Cyclone solids separator and de-gasifier A combination solids separator and de-gasifier for a recirculating hot water system comprises a generally cylindrical vertically oriented reservoir having a wall separating the reservoir into upper and lower chambers, a central opening in the wall communi... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4900345 | Separator for use in installations for conveying objects over distances by means of a flow of air A separator for use in installations for conveying objects over distances by means of a flow of air, the separator including a generally cylindrical separator grid within a casing, and a spiral grid portion extending outside the cylindrical grid. The spir... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4824449 | Device for transforming a fluid flow A device for transforming a fluid flow comprises a chamber with two lateral walls and a circular or spiral circumferential wall extending between the side walls. A flow duct ends tangentially to the circumferential wall in the chamber. An oblong core with... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4789476 | Cyclone separator with two separating zones and static guide mechanisms Cyclone separator with two separating zones and static guide mechanisms. As a result of an immersion tube column (5, 6, 7), which surrounds the cyclone axis (1) over the entire separating zone height h, which is arranged in the vortex core of the conventi... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4565556 | Molecular and isotopic fractionating process and apparatus Disclosed is a molecular and isotopic fractionating process for gaseous mixtures, and apparatus wherein said process may be carried out. The gas mixture to be fractionated is subjected in the inside of a chamber to a helicoidal path and interfered in its free ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4504285 | Separation of condensible vapors from gas mixtures Apparatus and method for separating condensible vapors from a gas mixture. The apparatus may include an expansion chamber of circular cross section, one end of which terminates in a converging nozzle section; a tubular separator connected to the expansion... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4483698 | Apparatus for paint mist removal Apparatus for washing paint mist from exhaust air from a spray-painting operation draws the exhaust air, paint mist, and a washing liquid down a funnel inlet into an open ended cylindrical mixing chamber. In the mixing chamber, they turbulently spiral out... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4481019 | Method and apparatus for extracting solids from a gas stream flowing in a pneumatic transport line In an extraction method and apparatus for extracting low biomass solid materials from a pneumatic transport line, the stream of gas having the solids entrained therein is caused to flow over a toothed extractor wheel. The toothed wheel picks out of the st... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4394138 | Diverging vortex separator A centrifugal separator for the separation of the liquid and gaseous phases of a mixture thereof, which separator has an upwardly diverging vortex section with a relatively small diameter inlet to produce a high centrifugal acceleration and a relatively l... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4378234 | Particulate material collecting apparatus A particulate material collecting apparatus including a cylindrical member defining therein a spiral flow chamber for forming a spiral flow of gas therein, an inlet duct and an outlet duct connected to the cylindrical member tangentially to the inner circ... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4363641 | Liquid degasser with self-throttling exhaust orifice A centrifugal (cyclone) separator for extracting entrained gas from a liquid which includes a cylindrical member carrying vanes which extend into the vortex created by fluid swirling through the separator. The cylindrical member is mounted for rotation ab... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4361424 | Gas separating device A device for separating gas from a liquid sample stream including a housing defining a vertical, cylindrical chamber, a tangential fluid inlet for introducing a sample stream into the top portion of the chamber, a tangential outlet through which the liqui... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4253857 | Apparatus for separating an entrained solid from a gas In paper-making operations and the like, fibers of wood are frequently transported through piping as an entrainment in steam. An apparatus is disclosed for separating such entrainment and removing the fibers at one station and the steam at another station... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4246013 | Cyclone type air/particulate concentrator and collector A cyclone vortex type air cleaner and particulate concentrator is provided having greatly improved air cleaning efficiency as the dirty gas stream is subjected to two distinct skimming operations; one between the gas inlet scroll and the outlet tube and t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4244716 | Skimmer apparatus for centrifugal separators A skimmer is secured to the top of a cyclone separator. The skimmer includes an outer cylinder forming an extension of the conventional air exhaust duct of the separator and an inner concentric cylinder terminating within the lower end of the outer cylind... | 01/13/1981 |
