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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048211 | Tank with a gas extraction device for storing cryogenic liquid or fuel for spacecraft A tank arrangement includes a tank for storing a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft and a pressurized driving gas for conveying the liquid out of the tank, and a gas supply and extraction device. The device includes a housing shell and plu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8025721 | Tank with a gas supply and extraction device for storing cryogenic liquid or fuel for spacecraft A gas supply and extraction device is arranged preferably on a tank lid or a tank wall in a tank for storing a pressurized driving gas and a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft. A device housing defines an interior reservoir space. Upper tr... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7419531 | Safety system and process for its operation A safety system for prevention of the escape of noxious media, such as explosive gas mixtures and/or ignitable substances, has at least one interception element (10; 30) which at least partly encloses and seals off a potential escape point (12) for the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7371268 | Filter with thermal vent A compressed air filtering cartridge includes a housing and a filter in the housing, the filter having a thermal vent. In one embodiment the filter includes a wall portion having a first condition when below a predetermined temperature range in which the wall portio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7352838 | Reactor pressure vessel of a boiling water reactor and method for water vapor separation in a reactor pressure vessel of a boiling water reactor A pressure vessel of a reactor has a flow space between the reactor core and a separation device for separating water from water steam. The cross-section area of the flow section of the space expands upstream of the separation device. This makes it possible to pre-s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7285149 | Oil separator for vehicle air system An oil separator for use in a vehicle air system includes a recycling valve for removing coalesced oil. The recycling valve may include a piston movable in a cylinder in response to a control air pressure to open the recycling valve and thus drain coalesced oil from... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7211123 | Apparatus for venting a transmission Device for the ventilation of a transmission case (11) that is normally intended to hold liquid lubricant for transmission components and includes a residual internal volume of air inside the transmission case that is connected to the atmospheric pressure by ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194869 | Turbine exhaust water recovery system The exhaust gas of a turbine engine can include water vapor. Aspects of the invention relate to various systems for recovering water from the exhaust gas of a gas turbine engine. In one system, a portion of the exhaust gas can be routed to an absorption chiller. In ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7101418 | Method and device for degassing a suspension, specifically a fiber stock suspension The invention relates to a method and a device for degassing of suspension, specifically fiber stock suspension. The method according to the invention is characterized in that separated excess suspension is discharged sideways through an overflow having an overflow ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7004988 | Gas-liquid separator A gas-liquid separator having two or more vertically spaced rows of parallel horizontally spaced upwardly facing gutters, the gutters having an upwardly extending gutter wall, wherein the upper end of the gutter wall is provided with a U-turn deflector. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966938 | Oil separator for pumps overflowing with oil An oil separator for oil-flooded rotary vane vacuum pumps has a filter housing (10) and a plurality of filter cartridges (14) disposed therein through which the pumping medium flows. The filter cartridges (14) are each inserted through a respect... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955713 | Device for enriching air with oxygen A device for enriching air with oxygen by pressure swing adsorption in a molecular sieve bed provides for the separation of water from the air to be enriched with oxygen. The water separator is arranged directly upstream of the molecular sieve bed (8). The wa... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6860915 | Oil separating device for crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine The invention concerns an oil separator (2) for crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising a preliminary separator (28), a cyclone separator (30), a fine separator (32) and, if necessary, a valve device (36) that ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6811586 | Oil separating device for crankshaft gases of an internal combustion engine The invention concerns an oil separator (2) for crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising a preliminary separator (28), a cyclone separator (30), a fine separator (32) and, if necessary, a valve device (36) that ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6770121 | Separator with regions of differing surface tensions The separator has a vane assembly made up of a number of corrugated vanes that are oriented with respect to each other so as to provide serpentine paths for the gas stream therethrough. As the gas stream flows through the serpentine paths, it changes direction and l... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6726752 | Water remover for an air compressor system A water remover for an air compressor system has a housing and at least one baffle mounted in the housing to define a tortuous air-flowing channel in the housing. Accordingly, the moisture in the high-pressured air will condense on the surface of the housing and the... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6709474 | Quick connect for a water separator housing A water separator is provided for use in an environmental control system that includes first and second housing portions at least partially defining an interior cavity. A coalescer assembly that may include a mesh material is disposed within the interior cavity for ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6673135 | System and method of separating entrained immiscible liquid component of an inlet stream A system and a method for separating interdispersed gas and liquid components of an inlet stream includes introducing the inlet steam into a vessel having a dry gas outlet and a liquid outlet, passing the inlet stream into at least one vortex tube support... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6648939 | Inertial separator An inertial separator (10) for removing droplets from a gas stream. The inertial separator (10) has a housing (18) which is provided with an inlet (11) for untreated gas and an outlet (12) for treated gas. In the housing (18) are first and second separati... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6616719 | Air-liquid separating method and apparatus for compressed air An air-liquid separating method and apparatus for compressed air. The high pressure air output from an air compressor is transferred through a transfer tube to pass through the cooling tube of a cooling tank. The cooling tube has a diameter larger than th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6494930 | Oil separator having a tortuous path disposed between an inlet and first outlet The present invention relates to an oil separator for separating oil from a gaseous medium discharged by a compressor. The oil separator includes an inlet for communication with the discharge outlet of a compressor, and first and second outlets. The first... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6419730 | Gas transmission system including a water separator A water separator for a gas transmission system and including a cylindrical vessel having a front end wall defining a gas inlet, a rear end wall defining a gas outlet, and a bottom wall defining at least one water discharge opening; a tank disposed below ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416632 | Apparatus for degassing an aqueous suspension containing pulp fibers An apparatus for degassing an aqueous suspension containing pulp fibres, the apparatus comprising an elongated horizontal reservoir and a bypass manifold extending into the reservoir. The bypass manifold is placed inside the reservoir such that it it posi... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6350301 | Housing-free maintenance unit The invention concerns a maintenance unit for compressed air with at least two connecting pieces, wherein the maintenance unit is formed without a housing, in that the connecting pieces can be inserted into or disposed onto the free pipe ends transporting... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6302933 | Apparatus for separating liquid from gases The separator (1) has a tubular inlet opening (2) and two tubular outlet openings (3, 4) which are connected with one another in a flow-carrying manner. A separating device (6) is disposed in the flow direction (5) between the inlet opening (2) and the ou... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6206943 | Separator system for aircraft waste system An aircraft separator system for removing moisture suspended in a gas of an aircraft waste system includes a waste tank and a vacuum source operatively coupled to the waste tank for creating a vacuum for drawing the waste material into the tank and drawin... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6096120 | Deaeration vessel An improved double acting deaeration vessel is most desirably used in the pulp and paper industry. The deaeration vessel removes gas from a fiber suspension without requiring fine adjustment of the final consistency of the suspension fed to the deaeration... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6056806 | Apparatus for the heating-up and degassing of water An apparatus for the heating-up and degassing of make-up water by means of steam in a power station plant. The apparatus includes a steam condenser having a casing wall and a second casing wall mounted on the steam condenser. The casing walls are spaced a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6048376 | Combination baffle and filter element system for removing oil from an oil/gas mixture A separator tank for removing oil from a gas/oil mixture includes a lower chamber for collecting the oil removed from the gas/oil mixture, an intermediate chamber overlying the lower chamber and an upper chamber overlying the intermediate chamber. The sep... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6033450 | Deoiler shaft vortex separator The pressure drop through a passageway that flows a compressible fluid that flows axially with a vortex component is reduced by dividing the passageway into smaller parallel passageways. The vortex separator is combined with a deoiler that includes a rota... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6033462 | Multi-chambered air/oil separator An air/oil separator used with a closed loop oil seal system for a liquid ring vacuum pump, which incorporates a multi-chambered design for facilitating multiple stages of oil particulate separation is disclosed. The separator includes a cylindrical multi... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6019822 | Apparatus for air dehumidification having a unitary casing for a cyclone separator, a primary filter, a secondary filter, and a separation membrane element An air dehumidifying apparatus having a cyclone separator, a primary filter, a secondary filter, and a separation membrane element made of a special high polymer for passing steam smoothly and hardly passing air. The elements of the apparatus are disposed... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6000685 | Gas/liquid contact structure A gas liquid contact structure having a plurality of corrugated woven wire sheets alternated with rigid support members to separate and support the woven wire sheets. The vees or peaks of the corrugations are aligned and oriented in the same direction wit... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5885333 | Low pressure drop steam separators The steam/water separator includes a lower standpipe for receiving a two-phase mixture of water and steam at its lower end. Internal threads or elements spaced about the interior wall of the standpipe impart a swirl to the incoming mixture, producing a th... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5800598 | Generator for producing a narrowly size-distributed aerosol According to a generator for producing a narrowly size-distributed aerosol, the solution is atomized into the first droplets including a predetermined small-sized range of droplets by the atomizer, and then using the droplet depositor, the larger droplets... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5653786 | High capacity marine separator A high capacity marine separator (30) is disclosed which uses a first stage formed by an inertial vane separator (32), a second stage formed by a coalescer stage (36) and a third stage formed by an inertial vane separator (34). The coalescer stage (36) is... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5626651 | Method and apparatus for removing suspended fine particles from gases and liquids A method of removing particulates from a gas stream involves introducing the gas stream in a turbulent flow condition into and through a flow passage situated over spaced surfaces defining a plurality of stagnant, turbulent-free regions of gas in which th... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5586996 | Vapor separating device In a device for separating oil from the blow-by exhaust vapors of a combustion engine, a filter stack is mounted in a canister having an inlet port for the intake of vapors from the engine, a gas outlet port for connection to a source of suction for causi... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5569315 | Process and device for cleaning the waste air of systems for the solidification of melts A melt is converted into pieces by being converted to individual quantities that are dropped onto a cooling surface. Disposed above the cooling surface is a hood having a suction outlet for conducting waste air to a cleaner. Disposed in the hood upstream ... | 10/29/1996 |
