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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267233 | In-line classifier for powdered products A classifier for classifying particulates entrained in a flowing stream of gas is configured such that a change of direction of gas flow causes particles to impinge upon a target, heavier particles being trapped in a downwardly extending fluidized trap. The classifi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7234206 | Connector for connecting a fibre feeding duct to at least one textile machine A connector (10) for a duct (1) for the pneumatic feeding of fibre to at least one carding machine (2) has an upstream portion (14) and a side duct (18) having a through opening (20) for fibre feeding to the carding machine ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7171986 | Airflow converger An airflow converger belonging to the field of auto parts, that was developed to improve air supply conditions and performance of internal combustion engines includes: a tubular body equipped at an upper end with an air inlet, having parallel fins that direct airflo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7141095 | Precursor material delivery system for atomic layer deposition A precursor delivery system includes a flow path from a precursor container to a reaction space of a thin film deposition system, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. A staging volume is preferably established between the precursor container and the rea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6981995 | Separator for fluids and solids A separator device for separating heavier small particles, solids and liquids, in suspension in a fluid that are forced through a wound conduit member with a plurality of through openings on the outermost wall portion. The fluid is forced by a pressure differential ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6936086 | High conductivity particle filter A high conductivity particle filter provides a flow path to subject a fluid stream to a series of turns. The turns require an abrupt directional change for the fluid stream. Traps are positioned in proximity to the turns to capture particles, which have greater iner... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6896720 | Cleaning apparatus Apparatus for separating particulate matter from an airstream includes a housing including an intake for particulates-containing air and an exhaust for cleaned air, in which the apparatus includes a primary vortex generator in the intake air and the housing includes... | 05/24/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6689179 | Device for determining at least one parameter of a flowing medium Devices for measuring at least one parameter of a medium flowing in a line, having an inlet conduit an outlet conduit, having the disadvantage in the prior art that liquids flowing into the inlet conduit can reach a measurement element and alter the measu... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6478962 | Dynamic bubble trap The bubble trap is used in extracorporeal blood flow circuits of the type used for open heart surgery. The trap is placed in the external blood flow and it removes small micro bubbles from the blood prior to delivery to the body. The device accelerates th... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6277278 | Cyclone separator having a variable longitudinal profile A cyclone separator having an improved efficiency to remove a broader spectrum of contained particles is disclosed. The inner wall of the cyclone separator is configured to continuously impart changes in the acceleration of a fluid as it rotates within th... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6019822 | Apparatus for air dehumidification having a unitary casing for a cyclone separator, a primary filter, a secondary filter, and a separation membrane element An air dehumidifying apparatus having a cyclone separator, a primary filter, a secondary filter, and a separation membrane element made of a special high polymer for passing steam smoothly and hardly passing air. The elements of the apparatus are disposed... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5865607 | Refrigerating cycle or compressor having foreign matter collector The present invention is intended to remove foreign matter such as worn powder in a refrigerating cycle and enhance the reliability in a refrigerating cycle using, in particular, HFC refrigerant. In the invention, accordingly, a coil shaped connection pip... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5665130 | Riser terminator for internally circulating fluid bed reactor A fenestrated centrifugal terminator is described for use in an internally circulating fluid bed reactor or conventional riser reactor. It includes a tubular member having a straight vertical tubular portion the lower end of which is adapted for attachmen... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5228890 | Cyclone separator The invention relates to an air cleaner in the form of a cyclone separator comprising a cyclone chamber (2), a gas-feeding nozzle (11) which is directed tangentially to the wall (12) of the cyclone chamber, and a gas outlet (7). The invention is character... | 07/20/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5028224 | Apparatus for intermittently depositing particulate material in a substrate An apparatus for forming a zoned distribution of particulate material within a fibrous web includes a conveying mechanism for providing a gas entrained supply of the particulate material and a segregating mechanism for centrifugally directing at least a p... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5006235 | Barrier flange filter assembly including cover The disclosure describes a filter assembly comprising a housing, a cover, a barrier flange, a flow tube, and a filter unit. The housing has an opening and the cover is detachably and sealingly mounted to the housing at one end of the opening. The barrier ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4988373 | Impurity separator for cleaning staple cotton The separator, provided for installation in conventional ducts for conveying spinnable material staples to staple processing apparatus has a suitable duct which, at the bottom, opens to a collecting chamber, between this collecting chamber and the duct th... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4973341 | Cyclonic separator for removing and recovering airborne particles A cyclonic separator for particles suspended in the flow of an air stream. The separator comprises first and second spiral baffles adapted for mating engagement one within the other for imparting cyclonic flow to the air stream for collecting the particle... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4971604 | Degassification elbow A degassification elbow comprises a flow conduit which has an inner wall, an outer wall, and a plurality of openings. Two of the openings are formed by the walls of the flow conduit and at least one of the openings is in the inner wall of the flow conduit... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4938785 | Gas-liquid separation The specification discloses an apparatus and method for separating liquid droplets carried in a gas wherein the gas is conducted at a subsonic velocity below about Mach 0.7 through a conduit, the walls of which define successive, generally oppositely dire... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4934449 | Air intake system for an agricultural implement An air intake system for an agricultural implement having a mobile frame, an internal combustion engine carried by the frame, a heat exchanger defining front and rear planar faces, an engine driven fan and a walled structure enclosing the engine, heat exc... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4933118 | Gas scubbing apparatus The conventional gas scrubbing apparatus includes a tower through which liquid or scrubbing fluid flows in one direction and gas in the opposite direction for contact with the scrubbing fluid. A relatively simple, portable structure includes a casing with... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4927437 | Cyclonic separator for removing and recovering airborne particles A cyclonic separator for particles suspended in the flow of an air stream. The separator comprises first and second spiral baffles adapted for mating engagement one within the other for imparting cyclonic flow to the air stream for collecting the particle... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4895707 | Soot burn-off filter for diesel engines Meander-shaped exhaust gas ducts pass through a soot burn-off filter made of porous ceramic filter material. Catalytically coated blind ducts branch from each of the outer bends to receive and combust solid combustion residues from the exhaust gases. The ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4825653 | Water collector for steam turbine exhaust system A method and apparatus for collection of water in a steam turbine exhaust system and in particular within a steam turbine exhaust pipe in which there is at least one turn or bend in the pipe and a plurality of substantially parallel turning vanes position... | 05/02/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4820427 | Method of sequentially separating a medium into different components A method and vortex separator for sequential separation of a medium into different components by means of centrifugal force in a vortex array (2, 2) in a manner that part of the vortex flow (71) proceeds from the outer portions of a vortex (2) into the ou... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4803841 | Moisture separator for steam turbine exhaust A mosture pre-separator for the exhaust from a steam turbine, having an exhaust nozzle, comprises three cylindrical conduits. A first cylindrical conduit is affixed to the annular wall of the nozzle and has a radially outwardly extending section adjacent ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4801310 | Vortex chamber separator The invention concerns a process for separating and/or precipitating of solid and/or liquid particules (disperse phase) from gaseous and/or liquid media (continuous phase) as well as for separating mixed gases (gas-gas-separation) and/or mixed fluids (flu... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4789503 | Air removal snorkel device This invention provides apparatus for creating circulation of liquid in a vertical direction within a standing body of such liquid, using a gas bubble generator, without creating excessive turbulence at the surface of the liquid, thus avoiding the formati... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4756725 | Trapping tube adapted to be fitted at the outlet of a gas chromatograph and device for supporting and presenting such a tube This invention relates to a trapping tube characterized in that it is constituted by a shaped tube comprising: a first section or zone of condensation of the separated gaseous phase delivered by the outlet of the chromatograph, a second section or zone of conf... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4741883 | FCC catalyst separation apparatus In a method and apparatus for improving the flow of catalyst particles from a riser conversion zone to a separator in a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, the exit of the riser conversion zone is equipped with a deflector mounted so as to redirect c... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4726813 | Solid particle magnetic deflection system for protection of steam turbine plants Metallic particles entrained in the flow of steam being supplied by a steam generator to a steam turbine, the metallic particles being entrained in the flow of steam and at least in part having exfoliated from boiler pipes of the steam generator, are defl... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4724807 | In-line air-oil separator The filtering apparatus filters air-contaminant mixtures. An annular housing has an outer wall and a channel defining a central axis, the channel having a primary gas inlet and a primary gas outlet and a channel wall. The apparatus has a secondary inlet p... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4702846 | Method of and apparatus for sequentially separating a medium into different components A method and vortex separator for sequential separation of a medium into different components by means of centrifugal force in a vortex array (2, 2) in a manner that part of a vortex flow (71) proceeds from the outer portions of a vortex (2) into the oute... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4699639 | Air-intake, moisture-eliminator duct apparatus The present invention is directed to a unitary member formed to fit in the engine compartment of a vehicle and to function to both direct ram air toward the air cleaner and to eliminate moisture from that air. The unitary member includes an intemediate po... | 10/13/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4666473 | Separator for gases and liquids A fluid separator for separating a liquid, such as an oil mist from a gaseous fluid, such as compressed air, the oil mist having been introduced into the compressed air in a compressor. The separator comprises a coarse separation section provided with an ... | 05/19/1987 |
