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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161771 | Method and apparatus for separating air Method and apparatus of separating a nitrogen from a compressed and purified feed stream in a cryogenic rectification plant that employs a distillation column to produce a nitrogen-rich vapor as a column overhead and an oxygen-rich liquid column bottoms. Reflux is g... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7954339 | Apparatus for cryogenic air distillation An apparatus for the cryogenic distillation of air includes an assembled unit that has a first distillation column module within which is provided a cryogenic distillation column; a heat exchange module within which is provided heat exchange means for cooling column... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7870759 | Process and arrangement for the backup supply of a pressurized gas through cryogenic liquid vaporization In a process for supplying a pressurized gas, a pressurized gas at a high production pressure is produced as an end product by separating a gaseous mixture in a separator apparatus (3, 5), a liquid to be pressurized is stored in a store (9), storing li... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7552599 | Air separation process utilizing refrigeration extracted from LNG for production of liquid oxygen A cryogenic air separation process is set forth wherein, in order to provide the refrigeration necessary when at least a portion of the oxygen product is desired as liquid oxygen, LNG-derived refrigeration is used to liquefy a nitrogen stream in the process. A key t... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546748 | Process and apparatus for the separation of air by cryogenic distillation This disclosure discusses the problems associated with the design, layout, and construction of units and equipment in air separation units. The invention of this disclosure provides a process and apparatus using multiple discrete subcoolers. The nitrogen stream exit... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7516626 | Apparatus for the low-temperature separation of a gas mixture, in particular air The apparatus is used to produce a product by low-temperature separation of a gas mixture, in particular air. It includes a direct contact cooler (3) for cooling the feed mixture, a purification apparatus (4) for purifying the cooled feed mixture and a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7490484 | Integrated process and gas treatment process Integrated air separation units with a petrochemical process. This invention provides an integrated process and gas treatment process wherein at least one first pressurized gas derived from a first process at a first site is expanded. Using the work generated by the... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7421856 | Cryogenic air separation with once-through main condenser A cryogenic air separation system wherein nitrogen vapor from a higher pressure column and oxygen liquid from a lower pressure column each pass down through a once-through main condenser in heat exchange relation and some but not all of the oxygen liquid is vaporize... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7380414 | Method and system for treating an oxygen-rich liquid bath collected at the foot of a cryogenic distillation column Methods and apparatus for treating a liquid bath of oxygen. A liquid bath of at least 70 mol % of oxygen is located at the base of a cryogenic distillation column. The bath is continuously boiled by an aluminum reboiler. A portion of the liquid bath is purged to pre... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370494 | Method and installation for producing, in gaseous form and under high pressure, at least one fluid chosen from oxygen, argon and nitrogen by cryogenic distillation of air A process and apparatus for highly efficient production of industrial gases by the cryogenic distillation of air, wherein a feed stream of compressed air, is supercharged to high pressure, cooled, and mixed with various recycle streams of supercharged air, to regula... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370846 | Parallel flow fractionation tray The invention comprises multiple configurations of downcomers in a parallel flow multiple downcomer tray for vapor-liquid contacting processes such as the separation of chemical compounds via fractional distillation or the removal of a component of a gas stream with... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7340921 | Cold box and cryogenic plant including a cold box This disclosure discusses providing safer and more accessible insulating cold boxes for cryogenic equipment. A cold box of the current invention includes a housing partially extending out of the cold box jacket wherein equipment that may need to be accessed can be l... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326323 | High capacity purification of thermally unstable compounds Separations processes and apparati capable of purifying thermally sensitive materials at high capacity. An apparatus having a rectification section and a stripping section with the stripping section having a stripping tray with 5 to 50% open area, a pressure drop fr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322207 | Air refrigerant cooling apparatus and air refrigeration system using the air refigerant cooling apparatus An air refrigerant cooling apparatus has magnetic bearings with high reliability and high efficiency. The air refrigerant cooling apparatus includes a motor having a first magnetic bearing and a second magnetic bearing for supporting a shaft, a compressor and an exp... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7306654 | Method and apparatus for recovering water from atmospheric air A method of separating water from air is provided comprising the steps of (a) contacting air having water vapor with an hygroscopic liquid mixture to produce a water rich hygroscopic liquid mixture, (b) heating at least a portion of the water rich hygroscopic liquid... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305850 | Distillation process using microchannel technology The disclosed invention relates to a process for distilling a fluid mixture in a microchannel distillation unit, the microchannel distillation unit comprising a plurality of microchannel distillation sections, the fluid mixture comprising a more volatile component a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302812 | Process for production of isotopes A process for producing an isotopically enriched compound of a desired isotope includes (a) providing a cryogenic reaction zone containing a catalyst adapted to catalyze an isotope exchange reaction at a cryogenic reaction temperature, (b) feeding to the cryogenic r... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299656 | Cryogenic rectification system for neon production A cryogenic rectification system employing a phase separator, which may include one or more trays, in conjunction with a double column air separation plant, wherein some shelf liquid is subcooled and phase separated to produce crude neon vapor, and the remaining liq... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296437 | Process for separating air by cryogenic distillation and installation for implementing this process A process and an apparatus for separating air by cryogenic distillation. The apparatus has a medium pressure column thermally coupled to a low pressure column. Compressed and purified air is cooled to cryogenic temperature in an exchanger, and sent at least partly t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292899 | Model predictive control having application to distillation A method of controlling a distillation column having control valves to control both reflux and the vapor rate within the column. In accordance with the present invention, a temperature sensed in a top section of the column is magnified and utilized within the model ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287745 | Liquid-continuous column distillation Bubble columns fractionate with vapor-liquid mass transfer efficiencies approaching that of distillation towers when vapor velocities in excess of 50% of jet flood are used. If the vapor velocities are pushed above about 70% of jet flood then the distillation perfor... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284395 | Cryogenic air separation plant with reduced liquid drain loss A cryogenic air separation plant and method of operation wherein, after an interruption in operation, liquid from the sump of a lower pressure column and liquid from the sump of a higher pressure column is passed to a condenser, preferably an argon column top conden... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278264 | Process to convert low grade heat source into power using dense fluid expander A process to convert heat into power is set forth wherein, to make the cycle more suitable to low grade heat, the working fluid remains substantially in the liquid state after being heat exchanged against the heat source and a dense fluid expander is used in place o... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272954 | Low temperature air separation process for producing pressurized gaseous product An apparatus and process for producing pressurized gaseous product by air separation. A compressed air stream is cooled in an exchanger to form a compressed cooled air stream. The stream is then cryogenically compressed in a first compressor to form a first pressuri... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266948 | Method and device for separating gases and/or liquids Method and device for separating gases and/or liquids in a vertical column (1). The top product (4) of the column (1) is cooled and partly recycled. The bottom product (3) of the column (1) is heated and partly recycled. Cooling an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266976 | Vertical heat exchanger configuration for LNG facility LNG facility employing one or more vertical core-in-kettle heat exchangers to cool natural gas via indirect heat exchange with a refrigerant. The vertical core-in-kettle heat exchangers save plot space and can be use to reduce the size of cold boxes employed in the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263859 | Process and apparatus for cooling a stream of compressed air Process and apparatus for cooling a compressed gas stream which utilizes one or more elongated vessels having a substantially vertical orientation. Each vessel has one compartment for indirect heat exchange between the compressed gas stream and a cooling stream and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249469 | Method for separating a multicomponent stream This invention relates to a method for separating a stream having benzene, toluene and alkyl benzene, said method comprising: feeding the stream into a first distillation column, wherein the stream comprises between about 60 mole percent to about 85 mole percent tol... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231785 | Column system and process for producing same Temperature related changes in dimension in a column system, having at least one separating column, a column vessel and a coldbox with coldbox casing, can be compensated for by providing for axial and/or radial movement. The column vessel is connected to the coldbox... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232542 | Preheating cold blast air of a blast furnace for tempering the hot blast temperature An improved blast furnace system for producing molten iron incorporating a preheater to heat the cold blast air used to temper the hot blast temperature is disclosed. The improved blast furnace system comprises a blast furnace, a hot blast main for conveying a suppl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228715 | Cryogenic air separation process and apparatus A low temperature air separation process and apparatus for producing pressurized gaseous product in an air separation unit using a system of distillation columns which include cooling a compressed air stream in a heat exchange line to form a compressed cooled air st... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225637 | Integrated air compression, cooling, and purification unit and process Process and apparatus for optimization of integrated air separation systems. In an integrated process for the compression, cooling, and purification of air, an adiabatic compressor compresses an air stream to produce a compressed air stream. The compressed air strea... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219514 | Method for separating air by cryogenic distillation and installation therefor A method and apparatus for separating air by cryogenic distillation. The energy of an air separation installation is increased by reducing the size of the exchangers, and therefore increasing the head losses and the temperature differences in the exchange line, and ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213400 | Liquefying and storing a gas Apparatus and methods for improving the safety and efficiency and decreasing the cost of producing liquid gas, such as liquid oxygen, with a small-scale use liquefaction device, according to various embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, liquid oxy... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210312 | Energy efficient, inexpensive extraction of oxygen from ambient air for portable and home use Apparatus and method for separating oxygen directly from air, operating at substantially atmospheric pressure and recuperating energy used for cooling incoming air. An ambient air input leads from the atmosphere to a vessel for confining gases. A cryocooler has a co... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207392 | Method of preventing fire in computer room and other enclosed facilities Methods are provided for a provision of hypoxic hypercapnic and hypoxic hypocapnic fire-extinguishing compositions for continuous use in human occupied environments. Breathable fire preventative atmospheres can be created using air separation and having increased or... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204477 | Parallel flow fractionation tray The invention comprises multiple configurations of downcomers in a parallel flow multiple downcomer tray for vapor-liquid contacting processes such as the separation of chemical compounds via fractional distillation or the removal of a component of a gas stream with... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197894 | Integrated process and air separation process An integrated process and air separation process including the steps of: Work expanding at least one first pressurized gas 39 derived from a first process at a first site 1, using work generated by the expansion of the at least one pressurized gas to d... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188492 | Plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger for indirect heat exchange of several fluid flows (30, 40, 50) with a heat transfer medium/cooling medium (10, 20) in a heat exchanger core (9) has a plurality of heat exchange passages within the core for the heat transfe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169267 | Method and device for carrying out the distillative separation of C cuts A process is proposed for the separation of C5+ cuts by distillation into a low-boiler (A), a medium-boiler (B) and a high-boiler fraction (C) in one or more dividing-wall columns (TK), in which a dividing wall (T) is arranged in the longitudinal directio... | 01/30/2007 |
