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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347945 | Method and an installation for separating out multiphase effluents The invention relates to a method and to an installation for separating out an effluent made up of a multi-phase fluid mixture. According to the invention, said installation includes gravity separator means whose geometrical separation characteristics can be adjuste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7299931 | Liquid filter comprising air vents Liquid filter for a motor vehicle and method of venting the filter. The filter includes a venting arrangement adapted to vent air displaced from a filter. The venting arrangement has a first vent nozzle and a second vent nozzle. The first and second vent nozzles are... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6974542 | Method and apparatus for removing foaming contaminants from hydrocarbon processing solvents A column of solvent containing foaming contaminants is provided. Gas is educted into the solvent in the column so as to generate foam in the column. The gas is educted into the column independently of the input flow of solvent into the solvent using a pumparound arr... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960180 | Valve obturator An obturator prevents the tips or flaps of a duck-bill valve from self-adhering during storage or during sterilization procedures. The obturator holds the tips apart until the end-user is ready to use the valve. The duck-bill valve is used as an air outlet valve in ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953499 | Equipment for physical refining and deodorization of edible oils and fats Equipment for use in the physical refining and deodorization of edible oils and fats, including a shell containing a number of superimposed trays for degassing, heating, cooling and deodorization purposes. The equipment also includes a scrubber that is located at th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6893485 | Method and kit for use with standard pipe couplings to construct a de-aerator A kit for constructing a de-aerator that includes a concentrator is adapted to be connected to a standard pipe coupling. The concentrator is inserted in the path of liquid conveyed through the pipe coupling for aggregating gas, and directing the gas to a cavity. The... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6562107 | Bubble trap A bubble trap having a cylindrically symmetrical chamber, a filter covering an outlet and offset from the axis of the chamber, an inlet with a plurality of vertically aligned orifices, the orifices arranged to produce circumferential flow within the chamb... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6530983 | System for the conduction of liquid media, as well as filtering device for use in such a system The invention relates to a system for the conduction of liquid media, for example fuels, between a tank and a delivery point, especially fuel consumption measuring systems or fuel conditioning systems, which includes a bubble-separating arrangement, as we... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6508859 | Method and apparatus for removing air or gas from fluid A device for removing entrained air or gas from fluids includes a first chamber having a fluid inlet and an outlet, a second chamber, adjacent said first chamber, having a plurality of channels, a porous barrier separating the first chamber and the second... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6454835 | Two-phase flow separator A method and apparatus is provided for separating the liquid and non-liquid components of a foamy mixture. The apparatus comprises a filter through which the liquid portion of the foam can pass and through which the gaseous or air component cannot pass, u... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6432178 | Apparatus to separate gas from a liquid flow A gas arrestor separates entrained gas from a liquid medium. The gas arrestor is a porous member, such as a woven mesh screen having pores of a size sufficiently small to enable liquid transport while inhibiting gas transport. Since the trapped gas has a ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6342092 | Apparatus to separate gas from a liquid flow A gas arrestor separates entrained gas from a liquid medium. The gas arrestor is a porous member, such as a woven mesh screen having pores of a size sufficiently small to enable liquid transport while inhibiting gas transport. Since the trapped gas has a ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328789 | Apparatus for filtering and degassing body fluids, in particular blood filter An apparatus for filtering and degassing body fluid has two filter chambers, separated from one another by a filter medium. The first filter chamber is connected to an inflow connector, and the second filter chamber to an outflow connector. An aeration an... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6187079 | Three-phase separator A motion insensitive phase separator for separating oilfield production fluid phases includes a tank having a pair of opposing inlets and three generally centrally arranged outlets for different phases of a production fluid mixture fed into the tank simul... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6165255 | Chemical-liquid controlling apparatus A chemical-liquid controlling apparatus is described. The chemical-liquid controlling apparatus is mounted between a chemical-liquid container and an exhaust apparatus. During a chemical-liquid refilling process, once the chemical liquid is drawn out of t... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6117342 | Bubble trap with directed horizontal flow and method of using An extracorporeal, flow-through bubble trap for blood lines having improved capabilities at high flow rates and with smaller bubbles. The bubble trap comprises a chamber-defining wall, plus a blood inlet and a blood outlet, each extending through the wall... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5849186 | Integrated cardiotomy and venous blood reservoir A blood reservoir for the treatment and collection of blood from two different sources. The blood reservoir has a filter/defoamer core assembly comprised of a support structure disposed within an outer defoamer. A separator with an opening is located in t... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5800721 | Combined cardiotomy fluid and venous blood reservoir A combined cardiotomy and venous blood reservoir according to a preferred embodiment of the invention provides a separate in-flow path for both cardiotomy fluid and for venous blood, and includes a cardiotomy fluid filter element also serving as an initia... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5800597 | Integral coalescer filter-membrane device to provide a filtered gas stream and system employing such device An integral coalescer filter-membrane device to provide clean sample gas to gas analyzers. The device includes a housing, an inlet port for feed gas, an outlet port to withdraw clean sample gas essentially free of entrained liquids, such as water, and par... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5759396 | Cardiotomy filter/defoamer structure with three-stage filter/defoamer A three-stage cardiotomy filter/defoamer dispenses with the conventional tricot sock covering by forming the secondary defoamer as a small-pore foam impregnated with a much heavier concentration of defoaming agent than the primary large-pore defoamer.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5503801 | Top flow bubble trap apparatus An apparatus for trapping bubbles in blood flowing in a circuit, such as blood in an extracorporeal circuit, is provided. The apparatus includes a housing which defines a substantially vertical chamber. Blood is introduced into the chamber through an inle... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5403388 | Surfactant mediation sparge tube A surfactant mediation sparge tube for use with analytical instruments includes a two part purge vessel having an upper portion attached to a lower portion by a coupling device, an inner foam directing tube carried by a non-permeable disk positioned gener... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5372621 | Condensate trap for vapor extraction system A condensate trap for use in a Vapor Extraction System (VES), which uses negative pressure to extract contaminated vapors from soil, is disclosed. The trap includes a vapor tight vessel, part of which acts as a condensate reservoir. One or more mist elimi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5312479 | Inverted dome arterial filter An arterial filter includes a filter housing provided with a uniquely shaped housing cover. The housing cover is in the shape of a toroid which forms a coil-like tunnel which is enlarged midway about the circumference of the housing cover. The highest poi... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5167921 | Liquid and gas separation system A defoaming device for separating foam and bubbles from a liquid, such as blood, is disclosed. The device can be used in conjunction with a medical device, such as a membrane oxygenator, for separating air from blood while minimizing blood contact with th... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5137551 | Extraction method and apparatus A method and apparatus for separating surfactant depleted liquid from an at least partially stable foamed aqueous admixture of water, surfactant and air includes introducing the at least partially stable foamed admixture to a channel of preselected height... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5064448 | Surge dampening three-phase production separator A separating system is provided for a fluid stream containing oil, water and gas. The fluid stream has a nominal flow rate, a maximum surge flow rate, and a cycle time or period. The system includes upper and lower elongated horizontal vessels. A weir sep... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5039486 | Liquid and gas separation system A defoaming device for separating foam and bubbles from a liquid, such as blood, is disclosed. The device can be used in conjunction with a medical device, such as a membrane oxygenator, for separating air from blood while minimizing blood contact with th... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5039430 | Method and apparatus for combining cardiotomy and venous blood A combined cardiotomy and venous return reservoir which combines defoamed and filtered cardiotomy blood with venous blood in a common chamber and then passes the combined blood fractions through a second defoaming element to achieve positive mixing of the... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5015273 | Foam breaker and method An apparatus and method for breaking up a mixture of gas and liquid forming a foam returning from an oil and/or gas well. The foam breaker includes a housing having a bore for receiving the foam and a restriction in the bore for compressing the foam. A pl... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4985054 | Foam-bursting device A foam-breaking device comprising a heating element enclosed in a synthetic resin membrane.... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4820456 | Mass-transfer apparatus The mass-transfer apparatus comprises a case (1), accommodating at least one horizontal perforated tray (6) and a froth retainer (7). The froth retainer (7) is mounted directly on the tray (6) and is made in the form of a grid composed of vertical bars (8... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4743371 | Blood filter A filter device for a cardiotomy reservoir comprises multiple layers of concentric, tubular elements with a central passage for supply of blood, purified by passage through the device. A first, inner element for defoaming the blood comprises a porous spon... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4737139 | Unitary venous return reservoir with cardiotomy filter A unitary device for the treatment and collection of blood from two different sources during a surgical procedure comprises a hollow housing made of a rigid, preferably transparent, material, first and second blood inlets in the housing, a first blood tre... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4704203 | Cardiotomy reservoir apparatus and method A novel cardiotomy reservoir apparatus and method for use in an extracorporeal blood circuit which provides for the effective defoaming of blood that has been aspirated from a patient during surgery. The apparatus includes an outer receptacle, which is pr... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4664682 | Device for receiving and treating blood In a blood reservoir comprising a hollow housing and filtration/defoaming and blood collecting sections therein; the blood collecting section is located below and separated from the filtration/defoaming section receiving bubbled blood and has a sufficient... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4642089 | Unitary venous return reservoir with cardiotomy filter A unitary device for the treatment and collection of blood from two different sources during a surgical procedure comprises a hollow housing made of a rigid, preferably transparent, material, first and second blood inlets in the housing, a first blood tre... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4572724 | Blood filter A blood filter such as may be used in a cordiopulmonary bypass system includes a housing having upper and lower chambers with a cylindrical filter element disposed in the lower chamber. The inlet to the housing is in the upper chamber, which is upstream o... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4568367 | Blood defoamer with improved liquid seal A blood defoamer for use in surgical procedures is disclosed comprising a porous defoaming element, a non-porous end piece in contact with a surface of the defoaming element, and a layer of fabric affixed to the end piece adjacent to said surface. Bypass ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4393538 | Scrubber with foam and spray suppressor An industrial scrubbing machine is provided including a foam and spray suppressor in the detergent solution recovery system. The foam suppressor decreases the velocity of the detergent solution as it is drawn from the floor back into the apparatus by the ... | 07/19/1983 |
