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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410533 | Humidity controller apparatus In a humidity controller apparatus for removing moisture from or adding moisture to process subject air which is to be supplied to an indoor space alternately using a first adsorption element (81) and a second adsorption element (82) by switching distr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7185447 | Drying device for drying a gas A drying device for drying a gas comprises parallel cooling branches, at least one of which is in its active state at any given time. A gas-coolant heat exchanger arranged in each of the cooling branches has a first channel through which the gas to be dried flows in... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156900 | Adsorber station and the use thereof The invention relates to an adsorber station with a first adsorber (A) and a second adsorber (B). A first closed loop pipeline (1) is connected to the adsorbers (A, B) and is provided with product gas feed line valves (4A, 4B) and regeneration g... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7135059 | Portable gas fractionalization system A portable gas fractionalization apparatus that provides oxygen rich air to patients is provided. The apparatus is compact, lightweight, and low-noise. The components are assembled in a housing that is divided into two compartments. One compartment is maintained at ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7066985 | Portable gas fractionalization system A portable gas fractionalization apparatus that provides oxygen rich air to patients is provided. The apparatus is compact, lightweight, and low-noise. The components are assembled in a housing that is divided into two compartments. One compartment is maintained at ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066986 | Apparatus for use in regenerating adsorbent An adsorber vessel for use in the adsorption of a component from a gas and subsequent regeneration by thermally induced desorption of the component comprises an inlet for regeneration gas having an inlet nozzle containing at least one heater element, and an outlet f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055334 | Air-conditioning unit and air-conditioning apparatus incorporating same An indoor air-conditioning unit 10 which can effectively deactivate allergens includes an intake grill 11 for drawing in indoor air. Indoor heat exchangers 13, 14, and 15 exchange heat between air drawn in from the intake grill 11 ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7022167 | Desiccant dehumidifier hose connector A raised ring encircling a duct at an output port of a desiccant dehumidifier housing prevents its flexible hose from blowing off the duct even when clamped, as dried air blowing pressures through the duct increase. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014683 | Method for the regeneration of humidity-laden process air and arrangement for carrying out said method A method for the regeneration of humidity-laden drying cartridges includes heating to 220 to 300° C. and introducing it into a drying cartridge for regeneration. Subsequent cooling of the drying cartridge is achieved by a partial stream of air diverted from the dri... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001445 | Ambient air pollution trap The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning ambient air of a vehicular adsorption unit (8). The vehicle includes a combustion engine (1) and a passenger ventilation system (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). Adsorption takes place wheth... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6939396 | Ambient air pollution trap The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning ambient air of a vehicular adsorption unit (8). The vehicle includes a combustion engine (1) and a passenger ventilation system (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). Adsorption takes place wheth... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920777 | Intake cross-sheets for gas chromatographic oven An apparatus, system and method reduce the cool down time of GC ovens by supplying larger volumes of air through oven intake ducts. The system and method provide intake cross-sheets in an oven intake duct to reduce airflow spin, increasing the flow rate of fresh air... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908503 | Reduced noise oxygen concentrator A pressure swing adsorption apparatus for producing a gas mixture with a higher concentration of a particular gas such as oxygen from ambient air, in which the noisier components of the apparatus are contained in an internal removable module that is separated by sou... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6863711 | Temperature swing humidity collector using powerplant waste heat A system for recovering water from the atmosphere includes water sorbent assembly composed of a water adsorbent material and a heat exchanger. The water adsorbent material traps water present within the air drawn through the sorbent assembly. Once the sorbent assemb... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6858068 | Device for providing microclimate control A device for adsorbing water vapor from a gas stream. The device can be incorporated with an enclosure or garment in such a manner so as to enable water vapor to be adsorbed, thereby decreasing the relative humidity in the micrlimate surrounding the user. The water ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6652628 | Diesel fuel heated desiccant reactivation Desiccants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6575228 | Ventilating dehumidifying system A ventilation and dehumidification system for ventilating fresh air to a conditioned space. The system is comprised of a desiccant wheel for dehumidifying incoming air by exchanging moisture from an inflow current of air with an outflow current of air. Th... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6514318 | Multistage system for separating gas by adsorption A pressure swing adsorption system for separating components of a gas mixture includes a first adsorbent module, and a second a adsorbent module coupled to the a first adsorbent module. The first adsorbent module includes a first gas inlet for receiving t... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508865 | Method and apparatus for compressing atmospheric air, and corresponding air distillation and gas turbine installations Atmospheric air passes through a droplet separator and then through one or more filtration stages. The first filtration stage is made of bag-filter elements with filter medium made up of synthetic fibres with a density which increases in the direction of ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6364943 | Gas treatment system A gas treatment system for separating and eliminating gaseous hydrocarbon from treatment-object gas exhausted from, for example, a factory is disclosed. The system includes a rotary adsorbing-desorbing concentration device including a gas-permeable adsorb... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364942 | Dehumidifier using non-rotating desiccant material A dehumidification system for dehumidifying a conditioned space. The system is comprised of a motionless desiccant block for dehumidifying air within the conditioned space. The system is configured to operate in one of two modes. In a first dehumidifying ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355091 | Ventilating dehumidifying system using a wheel for both heat recovery and dehumidification A ventilation and dehumidification system for ventilating fresh air to a conditioned space. The system is comprised of a unitary heat transfer desiccant wheel for dehumidifying incoming air by exchanging moisture from an inflow current of air with an outf... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5938523 | Device for removing the noxious and aromatic substances from an air flow fed into the interior of a vehicle A device for removing noxious and aromatic matter from a conducted air flow into the interior of a vehicle comprises an air conduction housing with a reactor containing an adsorbent. To attain consistently good adsorption and absorption power with small a... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5797980 | Process and installation for the treatment of atomospheric air An air compressor (1) is cooled by a water circuit (5) which comprises a buffer tank (6) and an air cooled cooler (7) provided with a fan (8) of adjustable speed. The buffer tank is supplied by makeup water and includes a purge (16) which serves, when the... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5758508 | Method and apparatus for cooling warm moisture-laden air A method of conditioning a process stream of air in an air conditioning system wherein the process stream of air is dehumidified and cooled to provide a conditioned stream of air, the method comprising providing an adsorption wheel having a multiplicity o... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5669961 | Method for the purification of noble gases, nitrogen and hydrogen A method and apparatus for the purification and collection of hydrogen isotopes in a flowing inert gaseous mixture containing impurities, wherein metal alloy getters having the capability of sorbing non-hydrogen impurities such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5620367 | Air drying installation for motor vehicles Apparatus for reducing the air moisture in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The apparatus has a housing which is connected to a supply air duct and a discharge air duct of the passenger compartment. In the housing, there is arranged a secondary... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5547491 | Procedure for the selective recovery of solvents from solvent gas mixtures and device for the realization of the procedure A process and apparatus for the selective recovery of solvents from solvent gas mixtures according to which the solvent gas mixture undergoes a sorption process, individual solvent gas fractions are fractionally desorbed from the sorption agent, condensed... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5451249 | Landfill gas treatment system The gas stream which emanates from landfills is treated to produce a purified gas which is essentially a hydrocarbon such as methane which can be used as the fuel source in a fuel cell power plant, or can be used in other power plants which use natural ga... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5290344 | Waste filter refreshing apparatus for dry cleaning machine A clarifying apparatus for waste and dirty filters of a cartridge type is used in the dry cleaning machine. The filters become dirty after they are used for a long time necessitating replacement. The clarifying apparatus is used to treat the dirty filters... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5288311 | Device of supplying a concentrated CO2 gas in a carbonate spring bath system A carbonate spring bath system includes a supplying device of a CO2 gas, a dissolving device of the CO2 gas into a bath water, and a bathtub. The supplying device of the CO2 gas comprises a combustor for obtaining a combus... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5238052 | Air to air recouperator A heat recouperator having a rotary wheel heat and moisture exchanger uses a random matrix media comprising a plurality of small diameter heat-retentive fibrous material which provides high thermal efficiency in exchanging heat and moisture between inlet ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5176798 | System for removal and disposal of minor amounts of organics from contaminated water A system is disclosed for recovering and disposing of volatile organic contaminants, from water contaminated with organics, which system includes a pump to feed water from the body of contaminated water to the system, with indirect heat exchange and direc... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5085266 | Motor vehicle filter in the inlet stream of a heating system or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle A filter in the inlet stream of a heating system or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle for retaining noxious gaseous air components has the form of a tubular section which has air flowing through it transversely. The filter can be sealed at one en... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5064453 | Air filter system This disclosure relates to a filter system with refillable filter beds containing filter media. The media is drained from the filter beds through filter media outlets located directly under the refillable filter beds. The filter media is kept below desorp... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5004487 | Filter assembly for protecting motor vehicle occupants from pollution This invention is a filter assembly to be installed in passenger motor vehicles for the protection of the occupants from pollution originating from either exterior the vehicle and/or interior the vehicle. The assembly is preferably installed in the plenum... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4999033 | Integrally valved, low friction indexing desiccant bed dehumidifier Low volume desiccant dehumidifiers, such as dehumidifiers used for the processing of resin pellets, which provide high dehumidification performance, simplified mechanical arrangement and high reliability in a desiccant dryer optimally suited for low volum... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4995890 | Storage terminal vapor emission control system Vapor emission control system 10 for a bulk liquid chemical tank storage complex, the system includes activated carbon absorption plant 29 having a pair of absorber vessels 35 to which the vapors are delivered by a common delivery duct 40, and from which ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4986836 | Filter system to remove environmentally harmful products A system for the adsorption of volatile organic compounds from a contaminated gas stream. The system includes a filter for the removal of particulates from the stream, and a blower which draws the stream through the filter and transports it to a first gra... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4966654 | Soil and groundwater remediation system The invention is a system for removing volitile hydrocarbon contaminates from both water and moisture-ladened air. In detail the invention comprises a stripping system preferably a steam stripping system, for mixing the contaminated water with steam, at b... | 10/30/1990 |
