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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976612 | Droplet removing device and method in plasma generator A device for removing droplets in a plasma generator including a tubular traveling passage through which plasma and droplets travel under mixed state is formed, an aperture having a passing hole at an eccentric position is provided in the tubular traveling passage, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7935175 | Apparatus for trapping carbon nanotube and system and method for producing the carbon nanotube This invention relates to a carbon nanotube producing system. A carbon nanotube producing system includes a reaction tube in which a metal catalyst and a carbon-containing gas are supplied and carbon nanotube grows on the metal catalyst by pyrolysis; an exhaust line... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918920 | Assembly and process for improving combustion emissions of a combustion apparatus The present invention provides an assembly for reducing combustion emissions of a combustion apparatus having a combustion chamber producing combustion. The combustion apparatus also has a fluid passageway for carrying treated fluid to the combustion chamber. The as... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7837762 | Method of distancing a bubble and bubble displacement apparatus In the field of immersion lithography, it is known to provide a liquid between an optical exposure system and a wafer carrying layers of photosensitive material to be irradiated with a pattern by the optical exposure system. However, bubbles are known to form or exi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824469 | Method and apparatus for fluid purification A catalytic system (10) for fluid purification, the system (10) comprising: at least one photon source (2) to substantially break down at least two types of target molecules in the fluid to create short lived intermediates; and a ceramic core ( | 11/02/2010 |
| 7803213 | Apparatus and method for enhancing filtration Disclosed is a filtration enhancement apparatus and an associated method. The apparatus includes a number of electromagnetic grids that are placed in series. The first grid conditions ambient particles to generate particles with both a positive and a negative charge... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7771509 | Magnetic oxygen concentrator for air streams A process for separating O2 from air, that includes the steps effecting an increase in pressure of an air stream, magnetically concentrating O2 in one portion of the pressurized air stream, the one portion then being an oxygen rich stream, and ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7569094 | Method and apparatus for separating particles A method and apparatus for separating particles preferentially accelerates particles to a rotating collector, which then reliably conveys collected particles to a discharge with minimal re-entrainment of the particles in the fluid stream. The collector minimizes ene... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7427386 | Processing materials The invention provides a series of techniques for processing uranium containing feed materials such as uranium ores, reprocessed uranium, uranium containing residues and uranium containing spent fuel. The processes described involve fluorination of uranium containin... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427353 | System for enhancing oxygen An apparatus for enhancing, structuring and/or pre-structuring oxygen includes a vessel having an inlet and an outlet so as to allow oxygen to pass therethrough, a pair of screens positioned within the vessel so as to form a gap therebetween, and a magnetic source c... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7347888 | Air purifier An air purifier is disclosed having an electrostatic chamber and a germicidal chamber, wherein the two chambers are distinct and there is no air flow communication between the electrostatic and germicidal chambers. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319222 | Mass spectrometer and mass analysis method A linear trap which allows for charge separation and ion mobility separation in a speedy manner, and enables measurement with high duty cycle. A mass spectrometer comprises an ion source, an ion trap for trapping ions ionized by the ion source, an ion trap controlle... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7183104 | Separator and particle detection system The present invention is embodied in a system for collecting biological samples from air including a collection assembly to store at least one biological sample and a separator to remove selected particles from the air prior to entry into the collection assembly. In... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160365 | Ion generating apparatus, air conditioning apparatus, and charging apparatus An ion generating apparatus is built by sandwiching a dielectric layer between an induction electrode and a discharge electrode. The induction electrode is formed of a metal substrate of, for example, aluminum. Even when the apparatus is made larger, it offers impro... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156897 | Anti-infection and toxin elimination device The invention provides an apparatus for removing airborne pathogens and toxic substances from a surface of an article or a volume of air, comprising: a main processing chamber having a door for ingress to and egress from the main processing chamber, at least two hig... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156902 | Wet electro-core gas particulate separator A gas separation apparatus combines the technologies of electrostatic precipitators and centrifugal particle separators into a single unit. At an inlet into the gas separation apparatus, a water spray is introduced into the gas stream. The water spray may include va... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7115153 | Electric separator with a rinsing cleaning system Electric oil separator that separates oil from an airflow of a ventilator. The separator includes an emission electrode and a collecting electrode. Moreover, the separator includes an injection device structured and arranged to inject oil as a cleaning fluid onto at... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7060229 | Sorbent re-circulation system for mercury control A flue gas purification system comprising in the flue gas stream an electrostatic precipitator, mercury sorbent injection and a two-stage electrostatic separator, and wherein the mercury sorbent injection is positioned between the electrostatic precipitator and the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6964698 | Gas supply for electrostatic filter and electrostatic filter arrangement The invention relates to a gas supply for an electrostatic filter and an electrostatic filter arrangement which has an electrostatic filter and a gas supply. Here, the gas supply has an incoming flow channel of constant cross-sectional area, a gas inlet hood with cr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6939469 | Band gap mass filter with induced azimuthal electric field A band gap mass filter for separating particles of mass (M1) from particles of mass (M2) in a multi-species plasma includes a chamber defining an axis. Coils around the chamber generate an axially aligned magnetic field defined (B=B0... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930304 | Process and apparatus for isotope separation in low-gravity environment A process and apparatus for separating element isotopes in a microgravity or low-gravity environment using electromagnetic radiation, e.g., sunlight, to heat and ionize a stream of raw materials, followed by electromagnetic separation, and collection of the desired ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926758 | Electrostatic filter An electrostatic filter (1) has a chamber (11) into which a gas stream is introduced. An ioniser (19) in the form of an electrode array (20) is located in the chamber (11) and creates an ionising zone through which the gas stream p... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905029 | Cross-flow differential migration classifier A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a cross-flow migration classifier capable of separating particles. The classifier provides a channel through which a sample, having one or more particles, passes in a first direction, wherein the channe... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6849188 | Magnetic conditoning of fluids and gases and apparatus therefor Magnetic conditioning of fluids and gases flowing through a conduit or other containment vessel to achieve essentially uniform characteristics of said fluids and gases for the purposes of improved operation efficiency and performance quality of mechanisms and system... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6824587 | Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from gas streams A method and apparatus for removing contaminants from gas streams. A first step involves selecting a contaminant to be removed from a gas stream and determining a characteristic ionizing energy value required to selectively ionize the selected contaminant with minim... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6797176 | Plasma mass filter with inductive rotational drive A device for separating high mass to charge particles (M1) from low mass to charge particles (M2) in a plasma includes a cylindrical wall that surrounds a chamber and defines an axis. Rectangular shaped coils are mounted on the wall to establis... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787044 | High frequency wave heated plasma mass filter A material separator includes a chamber and electrode(s) to create a radially oriented electric field in the chamber. Coils are provided to generate a magnetic field in the chamber. The separator further includes a launcher to propagate a high-frequency electromagne... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6730231 | Plasma mass filter with axially opposed plasma injectors A device for separating the constituents of a multi-constituent material includes a substantially cylindrical plasma chamber and two, axially opposed plasma injectors. The injectors convert the multi-constituent material into a multi-species plasma and inject the mu... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726844 | Isotope separator An isotope separator includes a cylindrical chamber having first and second ends, and a length “L.” Inside the chamber, an E×B field is applied to produce plasma rotation. The energy in the plasma rotation is chosen to be much higher than the electron temperatu... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723248 | High throughput plasma mass filter A high throughput plasma mass filter includes a substantially cylindrical shaped plasma chamber with structures for generating a magnetic field (B) that is crossed with an electric field (E) in the chamber (E×B). An injector introduces into the chamber a multi-spec... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6719909 | Band gap plasma mass filter A device and method for selectively establishing predetermined orbits, relative to an axis, for ions of a first mass/charge ratio (m1), requires crossing an electric field with a substantially uniform magnetic field (E×B). The magnetic field is oriented ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6709490 | Combined system for removing contaminants from gas effluents It is disclosed a combined system for the elimination of pollutants from gaseous effluents of the type that comprises means for carrying out at least one electronic bombardment operation and means for carrying out at least one electrostatic interaction operation, in... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6632369 | Molten salt collector for plasma separations A collector for use in removing metal ions from a plasma in a vacuum chamber includes a collector plate that is mounted inside the chamber and formed with an internal cooling channel. An injector introduces a dissociated salt into the chamber with a first... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6592642 | Brake dust collection assembly A vehicle brake assembly includes a brake rubbing interface operative to slow a vehicle when activated. The interface produces airborne brake dust particles when activated. A dust collector plate is positioned in close proximity to the brake rubbing inter... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6515281 | Stochastic cyclotron ion filter (SCIF) A stochastic cyclotron ion filter for separating ions in a multi-species plasma according to mass uses an electrical field (E) crossed with a magnetic field (B). In particular, the electric field is stochastically generated by an amplified noise source wi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6350296 | Magnetic decontamination device and method A device and method for removing metalliferous particles from a powder so that the powder can be reused. A contaminated powder fluid stream flows down tube (6/7) into zones A, B and C adjacent the surface of a magnet (4). The flow flows past the surface o... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6322706 | Radial plasma mass filter A plasma filter for separating particles includes a hollow semi-cylindrical chamber that is enclosed by a wall. At least one plasma source is mounted in the chamber between the longitudinal axis of the chamber and the wall for generating a multi-species p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6264842 | Continuous magnetic separator A method and apparatus for magnetically separating magnetizable particles from a mixture of magnetizable and nonmagnetizable particles of similar size and density by passing the particles through a magnetic field generated by a cylindrical coil around the... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6251282 | Plasma filter with helical magnetic field A plasma mass filter using a helical magnetic field for separating low-mass particles from high-mass particles in a multi-species plasma includes a cylindrical outer wall located at a distance "a" from a longitudinal axis. Also included is a coaxial cylin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251281 | Negative ion filter A plasma filter for separating positive ions from negative ions in a multi-species plasma includes a cylindrical shaped chamber. Magnetic coils surrounding the chamber generate a magnetic field that is aligned substantially parallel to the chamber's longi... | 06/26/2001 |
