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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7066988 | Segmented plate for assembly within a confined area having limited access A segmented plate adapted for assembly within a confined area or volume, and a method of assembly of the segmented plate. The plate, as assembled, has an exterior perimeter that includes exterior edge-boundaries of a plurality of generally rigid plate-sections, each... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056371 | Liquid cleaning device A liquid cleaning device comprises a vessel (1), a bottom plate (3), a heating device and a tubular riser (12) arranged in the vessel for heated liquid ascending through the riser, the heated liquid from the upper, open end of the riser running ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033420 | Process and apparatus for the thermal degassing of the working medium of a two-phase process A process is disclosed for thermally degassing a condensate or feedwater by heating the condensate or feedwater in a feedwater vessel/degassing means, to which preheated condensate is fed and from which feedwater for heating surfaces heated in a heat recovery steam ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6793701 | Air-liquid separating apparatus for compressed air An air-liquid separating apparatus for compressed air includes a cooling device adapted to be connected to an air source via a first transfer tube. The cooling device includes a liquid cooling tank filled with cooling agent and a cooling tube spiraled in the liquid ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6376732 | Wetted wall vapor/liquid separator A centrifugal vapor/liquid separator separates the vapor and liquid in a flash of hydrocarbon and steam mixture, such that only the vapor stream is fed and processed further downstream. The design of the separator ensures that all partially wetted surface... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5746808 | Thermal processing and packaging system employing an intermediate degassing tank A thermal processing system for processing a hot-fill liquid product and filling containers with the hot-fill liquid product is set forth that includes: 1) a thermal processing unit for thermally processing the hot-fill liquid product; 2) a packaging mach... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5618335 | Air oil separator An air oil separator adapted for attachment to a dry sump type oil pump incorporates a novel centrifuge and air ducting system. The centrifuge is formed of two disks axially spaced on a hollow rotatable shaft with the shaft having small air passages locat... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5389264 | Hydraulic energy dissipator for wet oxidation process This invention relates to a process and apparatus for dissipating the energy of a wet oxidation mixture after that stream traverses a pressure control valve. The depressurized stream is discharged into a phase separator vessel containing a gas phase and a... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5383958 | Deaeration system A water deaeration system has a pump in a supply pipe supplying water to a deaeration vessel. A recirculation pipe interconnecting a heat exchanger between the discharge side and the suction side of the supply pump heats a recirculated portion of the wate... | 01/24/1995 |
| 4995945 | Counter-current gas-liquid contacting device A counter-current contacting device which includes a number of features which increase the efficiency and/or increase the pressure differential across the device is disclosed. Systems for reducing the alcohol content of an alcohol containing beverage or w... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4437813 | Gas receiving and transmitting system A compressor that uses an excess of lubricant for sealing and cooling is driven by a natural gas engine and pumps natural gas to a transmission outlet, the lubricant drawing off moisture from the gas and portion then being pumped through a circuit in whic... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4371385 | Deaerating liquid Liquid deaeration apparatus having a deaeration chamber, a positive displacement pump downstream of the deaeration chamber, a first flow restrictor upstream of the deaeration chamber, a low pressure sink connected to an air outlet of the deaeration chambe... | 02/01/1983 |
