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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152884 | Inertial gas-liquid impactor separator with flow director An inertial gas-liquid impactor separator includes flow director guidance structure directing and guiding flow through the housing from the inlet to the outlet along a flow path from upstream to downstream. The flow director guidance structure may include a flow con... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8097058 | Nozzle assembly for separating hydrocarbon emulsions and methods of separating hydrocarbon emulsions A nozzle assembly and related methods for separating hydrocarbon emulsions in a fluid is provided. The nozzle assembly comprises an impingement plate into which hydrocarbon emulsions are ejected causing large emulsion particles in the fluid to be broken apart upon i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7981182 | Labyrinth box structure and method A labyrinth box can include a housing that has an open end, a closed end, and defines two cavities. A cover is configured to cover the opening and can include a divider that extends into one of the two cavities of the housing to define first and second chamber passa... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7799109 | Device for separating a gas-liquid mixture The invention relates to a device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, in which the liquid portion exists in the form of small particles, especially for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, by separating and coagulating the liquid particles on a... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7771500 | Transit bus intake air management box An intake air management apparatus attached to a vehicle frame and configured for connection to an air cleaner of a vehicle includes a box having an opening defined by a pair of opposing sidewalls, a back wall, a top surface and a bottom surface having an aperture. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7537629 | Porous metal denuder A porous metal denuder has a cascade impactor to collect aerosol particles of different diameters, two porous metal discs downstream to collect basic and acidic gases, respectively, and a final filter to collect particles smaller than the cut diameter of the last st... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7402196 | Mist elimination hood A mist elimination device in the form of a hood for the removal of moisture from a gas stream treated by a WESP includes a series of gutters on the outer surface of the hood to trap liquid droplets and direct the moisture to channels to drain to the lower region of ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399412 | Guide means for centrifugal force separators, especially cyclone separators A guide means of a centrifugal force separator or cyclone separator for separating at least one substance from a gaseous or liquid medium under the action of centrifugal forces has two or more baffle plates (2) with a radius which decreases from the center ax... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320725 | Disposable cartridge air/gas dryer A disposable cartridge air/gas dryer apparatus for installation in an air/gas line delivering compressed air or gas to an air/gas-driven tool. The dryer includes a pressure vessel having first and second ends, an inlet port, and an outlet port. A disposable dryer ca... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7210196 | Bagless vacuum cleaner and dirt collection assembly A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a suction generator and a dirt collection assembly. The dirt collection assembly includes an inlet, an outlet and a concave air deflector. Air is delivered into a dirt collection chamber formed in the dirt collection assembly alo... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201786 | Dust bin and filter for robotic vacuum cleaner A detachable dust bin for a vacuum cleaner. A container is provided with a removable sidewall which has an outlet opening which is adapted to be coupled to a source of vacuum. The container includes an inlet for connecting to a passageway which is connected to a vac... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7160348 | Mist elimination hood A mist elimination device in the form of a hood for the removal of moisture from a gas stream treated by a WESP includes a series of gutters on the outer surface of the hood to trap liquid droplets and direct the moisture to channels to drain to the lower region of ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147684 | Device for filtering particles out of a coolant flow in a turbo machine For preparing a gas stream cleaned from dust and dirt particles, a device is proposed in which an outflow channel (2) for cleaned medium has at its mouth in an inflow channel (1) an extension element (4), which projects into the inflow channel. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6955713 | Device for enriching air with oxygen A device for enriching air with oxygen by pressure swing adsorption in a molecular sieve bed provides for the separation of water from the air to be enriched with oxygen. The water separator is arranged directly upstream of the molecular sieve bed (8). The wa... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6926759 | Air filter An air filter baffle unit that works with large type canister wet/dry type vacuums. The baffle unit also can be used in large air filter systems and can be ganged to increase filtering. The baffle unit has two sections that are connected for use. An inlet pipe is co... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6902595 | Intake water separator A water separator is formed in two pieces, one of which is unitary (in one piece) with the intake air scoop, and the other of which is unitary (in one piece) with the air cleaner housing, or cowl therefore. An inlet scoop piece includes an enlarged rib defining an i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6849182 | Hydrocyclone having unconstrained vortex breaker A hydrocyclone having a flat lower plate 14 contains a tube or rod 22 placed unconstrained within the body 10. The tube or rod 22 acts as a vortex breaker, reducing the rate at which air is introduced through the center of the vortex at t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827761 | Particle concentrator Particles in a fluid flow are concentrated by a combination of electrical charging and focussing and passage through a virtual impact concentrator. The fluid is passed through an electrical charging section and an electrical focussing section and then to a virtual i... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827219 | Impactor with cooled impaction plate and method for classifying and collecting aerosols using the same The present invention discloses an impactor with a cooled impaction plate capable of efficiently separating aerosols by cooling the impaction plate below a temperature of fluid inflowing into the impactor and a method for classifying and collecting the aerosols usin... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6797040 | Device for the separation of gas and liquid/solid particles in a mixture of gas and fluid/solid particles flowing in a line and method for the separation thereof A device for separating gas and liquid/solid particles from a gas/liquid/solid particle mixture having a line in which the medium flows, a deflecting element situated in the line, which generates separating vortexes in the medium and thus separates gas from liquid/s... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758883 | Apparatus and method for decreasing water vapor in compressed gas An apparatus for decreasing water vapor in a compressed gas, such as compressed air, using cooling. A pipe, tapered or not, is attached to the air inlet port of the main gas compressor tank, or in a secondary tank or other downstream device, such that the compressed... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753503 | Oil separator for a welder An oil separator usable with a welder and air compressor combination unit. The oil separator includes a cylindrical housing having an inlet that receives the stream of compressed air containing oil from the air compressor. Within the oil separator, there is a deflec... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6746503 | Precision gap particle separator A system for separating particles entrained in a fluid includes a base with a first channel and a second channel. A precision gap connects the first channel and the second channel. The precision gap is of a size that allows small particles to pass from the first cha... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6713112 | Meal cooler centrifugal separator A particulate capture system having a plurality of high speed rotating paddles for separating particulate from an air stream. The system includes an air circulating chamber within a centrifuge that separates a first portion of particulate trapped within an air strea... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6676723 | Grease containment assembly A grease containment assembly to collect grease discharged from a grease exhaust system that has an exhaust duct extending upwardly from a roof top and interconnected to a fan base that connects to an exhaust fan. The grease containment includes a plurali... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6641633 | Gas/liquid separator for a pneumatic line A separator plate is provided in a dryer housing which is connected to a desiccant can for use in, for example, drying and cleaning the air for pneumatic lines. The separator plate includes a conical or domed section surrounded by a baffle which in combin... | 11/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6589314 | Method and apparatus for agglomeration A size preferential electrostatic agglomerator is provided for agglomerating small particles with larger "carrier" particles. The agglomerator includes an inlet for receiving a gas flow, a separator for separating the gas flow into flow streams based on t... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6576028 | Noise abatement device and separation aid for use in fluid flow systems A device to be interposed within the conduit of a fluid flow system to reduce or eliminate the noise associated with such systems. The device is made up of at least two cylindrical chambers, one within the other. The inner chamber is closed at the top, ha... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572687 | Gas dryer A gas dryer particularly useful for natural gas transmission lines has a sump vessel including a splash plate for intercepting incoming gas, a lower region for collecting water removed from the gas, at least one tower or other vessel for holding desiccant... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6569217 | Industrial dust collector with multiple filter compartments A specially arranged industrial dust collector with multiple filtering compartments is provided which is efficient, effective, and economical. The special industrial dust collector has a solids-gas separation compartment which is positioned generally alon... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6517596 | Wet pickup attachment for vacuum cleaners A wet pickup attachment for vacuum cleaners has a pair of independent float operated valves to close primary and secondary exhaust openings responsive to different water levels in a collection tank and thereby prevent aspiration of water into a vacuum cle... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6494930 | Oil separator having a tortuous path disposed between an inlet and first outlet The present invention relates to an oil separator for separating oil from a gaseous medium discharged by a compressor. The oil separator includes an inlet for communication with the discharge outlet of a compressor, and first and second outlets. The first... | 12/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6461508 | Apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow The invention provides apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow, comprising a collector (32) having an outer wall (32a) forming an air-rotational surface, an inner wall (34a), an airflow inlet for introducing the airflow substantially tangent... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6428609 | Exhaust particulate controller and method An exhaust gas particulate controller is included between an exhaust of a barrel chemical vapor deposition reactor and the gas scrubber system. The exhaust gas particulate controller is positioned as close to the exhaust of the reactor as is practical. Th... | 08/06/2002 |
