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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025717 | Process to separate particles from a particles-containing gas stream Process to separate particles from a particles-containing gas stream, by subjecting the particles-containing gas stream to a centrifugal separation step, wherein the particles-containing gas stream is separated in a gas rich flow and a particles-rich flow and wherei... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7927404 | Reactor having a downcomer producing improved gas-liquid separation and method of use A downcomer for a reactor for downwardly conducting a multi-phase mixture, the downcomer includes a transport section having an interior comprised of inner and outer regions separated horizontally by a vertical barrier, and a baffle structure disposed on an inner su... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7691185 | Recirculating Coanda water extractor A recirculating water extractor includes a swirl vane, a converging nozzle, and two sumps. The recirculating water extractor may be designed to reintroduce uncollected water droplets back into the air stream upstream of both sumps, which may provide additional oppor... | 04/06/2010 |
| RE40407 | Method and apparatus for mixing fluids A method for entraining and mixing gas with liquids within a conduit or drop structure, comprising the channeling of one or more liquid flows into spiral flows of predetermined radius (radii), reducing the predetermined radius (radii) to increase the centrifugal for... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7354466 | Collector and separator apparatus for lawn and garden An apparatus for collection and reduction of twig-containing yard debris combining a frontally facing twig breaker with a chipper-shredder-blower unit to induce airflow for entraining debris collected at the vacuum pick up; reduce the entrained debris to a more mana... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341616 | Apparatus and method for the removal of particulate matter in a filtration system A particulate filtration system for removing particulates suspended in a fluid include, in an exemplary embodiment, a filter element and a pre-collector body component operably connected to the filter element. The pre-collector body component is capable of receiving... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338545 | Apparatus for separating liquid from a process gas stream of an electrochemical cell stack A liquid separator includes a housing, a separation chamber disposed within the housing, a drain, an inlet channel, a swirler disposed within the inlet channel, and an outlet channel. The drain has a drain passageway for draining liquid from the separation chamber. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329309 | Gas-solids separation device and method A multi-stage gas-solids separator is configured so that the higher density (solids) output flows of two or more of the separator stages are merged together. The multi-stage separator is preferably composed of cyclone separators, with the diplegs of at least two of ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323023 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator (14) for use in a suction apparatus (4) of a hand-held power tool (2) includes a dirty air inlet (12), a suction ventilator (38) for aspirating, through a suction opening (8) which is connected with the d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316733 | Diffuser for separator vessel A third stage separator vessel includes a diffuser to promote uniform flow among an array of separation cyclones in the vessel. The vessel has an inlet to receive a gas stream containing solid particles, and the diffuser is mounted at the inlet so that at least some... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306639 | Demisting chamber with elbow strainer A structure and method of removing semi-rigid debris and demisting gas for use primarily in surface maintenance or conditioning machines, Demisting is accomplished by, a combination techniques including rapid pressure reduction and removal of semi rigid debris is ac... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7279020 | Axial demisting cyclone Axial flow demisting cyclone for separation of a mixture of gas and liquid including an inlet 30 for gas containing liquid droplets and an outlet 31 for substantially dry gas, including a mainly cylindrical cyclone tube 16 with at least one path... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273513 | Acid gas removal The use of turbulent contactors to simultaneously absorb selected acid gas components from a gas stream and flash off hydrocarbons entrained in a liquid stream which include a solvent or reagent for the selected gas component. In particular, the method comprises fee... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266958 | Water separator for air-conditioning systems The invention relates to a water separator for air-conditioning systems, preferably for aircraft air-conditioning systems, comprising a swirl generator, a housing surrounding it, a separation chamber arranged around the housing for the collection of the water separa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258727 | Apparatus for separating particles from a flowing medium A separating apparatus which enables particles to be separated from a flowing medium by a preliminary separator which avoids the undesirably high pressure losses due to the flow resistance of known preliminary separators. The separating apparatus has a housing with ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7219500 | Compressor fuel gas conditioner A compressor fuel gas conditioner for a natural gas well having a compressor which utilizes natural gas from the well as a fuel. The conditioner includes a vortex tube having an inlet to receive compressed natural gas from the compressor, a warm gas outlet for gas w... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182803 | Solids multi-clone separator A cyclone separator includes a body having a side entry fluid inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet both aligned substantially transverse to the fluid inlet, and has the first and second outlets opposing each other. A cyclone tube assembly is positioned within t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174917 | Inlet piece for a liquid-injected compressor element Inlet piece for a liquid-injected compressor element, characterized in that it comprises a sleeve (8) which consists of a casing (11), a bottom wall (12) provided with an opening (13) and a top wall (14) which is entirely tight, a ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160345 | Single/multiple guard(s)/cap(s) and/or screen(s) with engine attached apparatus and/or pole with rotational system(s)-centrifuge chamber/manifold particle collector This invention relates in general to a guard(s)/cap(s) and/or screen(s) apparatus (single and/or multiple formation) for the nacelle/air inlet for numerous jets, turbojet, turboprop and turboshaft engines—(Helicopters and other VTOL/VSTOL aircraft) such as power p... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154190 | All-weather energy and water production via steam-enhanced vortex tower The space-saving, long operating, and cheap vortex plants of large power intensively combine solar, either waste and secondary, or geothermal heating of slightly pressured water with use of wind, giving competitive electricity and water production without firing of ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7108785 | Blood conditioning device A blood conditioning device having a housing with a helical blood acceleration section which includes a helical flow path for impressing centrifugal forces on the entrained bubbles in the blood to concentrate them towards the center of the flow path, a bubble pick o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077888 | Device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants The invention relates to a device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants, comprising at least one dust filter via which the flue gases are guided, and by means of which the dust from the flue gases can be ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066987 | Separating cyclone and method for separating a mixture A separating cyclone for at least partially separating a mixture of fluids of different density into a light fraction with a relatively low density and a heavy fraction with a relatively high density, comprising a flow body in a flow space between the flow body and ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056368 | Powered air cleaning system and air cleaning method A powered air cleaning system (1) and air cleaning method are disclosed. The system has a flow path (22) extending through the system from an air inlet (4) to a clean air outlet (5). A motor-driven fan (24) located along the flow p... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048783 | Vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator A vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator is provided according to the invention. The separator includes an offset air/liquid airflow inlet for receiving an air/liquid airflow, with the offset air/liquid airflow inlet possessing a width and a height. The separator furth... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048782 | Apparatus and process for power recovery Disclosed is a third stage separator which includes two main clean gas outlets. One main clean gas outlet communicates with a power recovery unit such as an expander turbine while the second main clean gas outlet communicates with a conduit that bypasses the expande... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000410 | Apparatus and method for producing water from air An apparatus and method are extracting water from the ambient air comprising drawing air through an particle ionizer grid, evaporator plates of a refrigerant system the system and recirculating the ionized air and mixing said ionized air with ambient air and recycli... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994743 | Two stage air filter A two stage air purification system is provided for the removal of airborne impurities from an airflow prior to the airflow entering a building's ductwork. In particular, a primary air filter is mounted within the hood of, for example, a cooking area and operable to... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6942717 | Venturi effect material return system of a material collection system and appertaining method A material return system of a material collection system and appertaining method permits fine material collected in a fine material collector to be returned to a main debris tank by taking advantage of the venturi effect, thus permitting a relatively trouble-free op... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943461 | All-weather energy and water production via steam-enhanced vortex tower A wind vortex tower is enhanced by kinetic energy and heat of quasi-tangential and upward jets of saturated steam energizing, accelerating tornado-type flow and supporting stable electricity generation during the insufficient winds and calm. For action instead of ab... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932858 | Vortex tube system and method for processing natural gas A method and system for processing of natural gas in which a gaseous natural gas stream which is made up of a mixture of hydrocarbons is introduced into a vortex tube, forming a hot fluid stream and a cold fluid stream. The cold fluid stream is introduced into the u... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929670 | Sand separating apparatus for a thermal sand removal oven An apparatus for the separation of sand from an air stream in a thermal sand removal oven is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus comprises a plurality of members comprising two planar members joined to form “V” shaped members. The vertex of the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926749 | Cyclone separator with compact inlet A cyclone separator is provided with a compact inlet path, in which the inner and outer walls of the inlet path are curved, with the inner wall having a radius that is essentially the same as the radius of the cyclone body wall and with the outer wall wrapping aroun... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905537 | Machine and process for filterless removal of particles and organisms from ambient air, carpets and furnishings A machine and process for filterless wet removal of particles from air, carpets or upholstery, comprised of a suction inlet pipe or other contained conveyance for drawing particle laden air and solvent fluid simultaneously into an impeller, an injection orifice for ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6797041 | Two stage air filter A two stage air purification system is provided for the removal of airborne impurities from an airflow prior to the airflow entering a building's ductwork. In particular, a primary air filter is mounted within the hood of, for example, a cooking area and operable to... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6752856 | Feedback loop controlled multistage aerosol removal device An assembly for removing aerosol from crankcase gasses being returned to an air intake manifold is generally shown at and includes a housing having a housing wall defining a top portion and a base with at least one drain. An inlet line extends through the housing wa... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6702877 | Apparatus and method for processing of a mixture of gas with liquid and/or solid material Disclosed device for separating a mixture of gas with liquid and/or solid, which comprises a gravity separation vessel and a processing vessel which can be mounted in the gravity separation vessel. The processing vessel comprises a flow body which is prov... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692552 | Riser termination device The present invention provides a novel separator for use in a hydrocarbon cracking process and a novel spent catalyst stripping device and process wherein the separator includes a downcomer pipe having a vertical window for allowing the separated vapor to... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6632370 | Method for entraining and mixing gas with liquids A method for entraining and mixing gas with liquids within a conduit or drop structure, comprising the channeling of one or more liquid flows into spiral flows of predetermined radius (radii), reducing the predetermined radius (radii) to increase the cent... | 10/14/2003 |
| 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 |
