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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167984 | Multistage electrically charged agglomeration system A system for the electrical agglomeration of particles in a fluid using a plurality of electrically charged panels, such as electrets, metal panels, or any conductive material, positioned in series perpendicular to the direction of flow of fluid. The panels are abou... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7901489 | Electrostatic precipitator with high efficiency This invention relates to an electrostatic precipitator suitable for removing industrial dust particles. This electrostatic precipitator with high efficiency includes a casing, in which the corona discharge electrode lines and the dust-collecting electrode plates, w... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7717984 | Electrostatic precipitator unit An electrostatic precipitator unit used for the removal of coolant liquid and particles generated by a machine tool includes an electrostatic precipitator cell. The electrostatic precipitator cell includes power and collector ground fins and an ionizer grid position... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7601204 | Air conditioning apparatus with integrated air filtration system An air conditioning apparatus includes a cabinet having air inlet and outlet openings and an intense field dielectric air filtration system disposed in the cabinet between the inlet and outlet openings. The filtration system includes a field charging unit and a filt... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7435287 | Air cleaner having separate modules for collector plates and ionizing wires An air cleaner is provided that includes one or more ionizing panels having at least one ionizing wire in connection with a voltage source. One or more collector cells separate from the one or more ionizing wire panels are releasably received within the air cleaner ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413594 | Electrical power disable in an air cleaner An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a power supply, an electrostatic precipitator cell, and a door. The door closes the electrostatic precipitator cell inside the air cleaner. The air cleaner further inclu... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413593 | Polarity reversing circuit for electrostatic precipitator systems A gas separation apparatus using electrostatic precipitators and mechanical rappers is enhanced by the addition of an opposite polarity refreshing power supply and a switching arrangement. The switching components selectively disconnect the primary power supply and ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7368004 | Electric dust collector The electric dust collector has an oblong holding unit provided on the air channel of an air conditioner or the like; a high-voltage applying device provided at an end of the holding unit; a front-open contact protector of substantially inverted U-shape that contain... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351274 | Air filtration system control An intense field dielectric air filtration system associated with an air conditioning unit includes a microprocessor based control system which may be connected to the thermostat of the air conditioning unit to energize the air filtration system in response to a cal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332019 | Air filtration system An air filtration system includable in and for HVAC equipment includes one or more intense field dielectric filter units and a field charging unit retained in a support structure or cabinet by a removable door which includes control circuitry and contactors engageab... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7294169 | Electrical enhancement of fabric filter performance A method for operating a filter assembly having a filter medium includes applying a constant or nearly constant static DC potential to dust entering the filter assembly and the filter medium, passing dust-laden gas through the filter medium in a first direction thro... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267712 | Planar electric precipitator A plane type electric precipitator includes an electrode plate of plane shape, made of electricity-conducting material; a collecting plate, parallel to the electrode plate and made of electricity-conducting material; a plurality of electrode units, placed on the ele... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258715 | Air cleaner An improved filter element for use in an electrostatic precipitation air cleaning device, the filter element including rod electrodes arranged through a stack of alternating fluted plastic sheets and plate electrodes. Successive plate electrodes are arranged to make... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258723 | Particulate filter assembly and associated method A particulate filter assembly includes an electrode assembly, a particulate filter positioned in an electrode gap defined between two electrodes of the electrode assembly, a power supply electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a controller for controllin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244290 | Electrostatic room air cleaner An electrostatic room air cleaner includes a housing having a given profile and a plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector units arrayed in the housing with a common fan to circulate room air through the plurality of electrostatic precipitation collector u... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182805 | Corona-discharge air mover and purifier for packaged terminal and room air conditioners An air conditioning device for heating and/or an environment is provided. The air conditioning device includes a heat exchanging apparatus, a passage, and a corona discharge apparatus. The passage is in thermal communication with the heat exchanging apparatus and ex... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7101422 | Polarity reversing circuit for electrostatic precipitator systems A gas separation apparatus using electrostatic precipitators and mechanical rappers is enhanced by the addition of an opposite polarity refreshing power supply and a switching arrangement. The switching components selectively disconnect the primary power supply and ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7001447 | Polarity reversing circuit for electrostatic precipitator system A gas separation apparatus using electrostatic precipitators and mechanical rappers is enhanced by the addition of an opposite polarity refreshing power supply and a switching arrangement. The switching components selectively disconnect the primary power supply and ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6958088 | Carbon separation and collection device used for high performance dust collector A carbon separation and collection device used for a high performance dust collector includes a water supply tube, a water pump, a high pressure negative electrode discharge device, a high pressure positive electrode discharge device, a rotary brush, a removing plat... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6517608 | Process and apparatus for removing particles from high purity gas systems An apparatus for removing particles from a gas in a high purity flowing gas system is provided which includes a flow tube inserted inline in the flowing gas system having an inlet and an outlet, a pressure sealed, electrically insulated feed-through integ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6447580 | Electrostatic precipitator A low density ash particle separation and collection method and device for separating low density particles, primarily frothy-solid particles with internal and external porosity and thick walled hollow particles, from the overall mixture of higher density... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6398848 | Method of separating a low density fly ash fraction from an overall group of fly ash A method of separating a low density fly ash fraction from an overall group of fly ash entrained in a gas stream including the steps of passing the gas through a duct having a first area; passing the gas stream from the duct through an expansion nozzle; p... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6336961 | Electric precipitator and electric precipitation electrode used for the same A plurality of discharge electrodes are grouped for respective gas passages that are defined by collecting electrodes (11-15). The discharge electrodes in each group are connected to a common power supply unit for receiving output voltage through a diode ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6171368 | Gas extraction from closed containers Apparatus and an associated method of operation are disclosed for removal of gaseous contaminants, particularly oxygen, from closed containers. The apparatus is economical, simple to install and operate, of convenient size, and highly effective. A gas ext... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6156099 | Method and apparatus for self-cleaning dust collection electrode of electronic dust collector and electronic dust collector having self-cleaning function and air conditioner with electronic dust collector An electronic dust collector for collecting and removing dust from an air stream uses a corona discharge between a discharge electrode and a dust collection electrode to ionize the dust particles which are then attracted to, and held, on the surface of th... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5820660 | Air cleaner having improved dust collector An air cleaner having an improved dust collector is provided. The dust collector can be readily removed for cleaning since the dust collector is directly attached to the rear cover of the filter, such that it can be removed together with the rear cover fo... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5628818 | Electronic air cleaner cell containment structure A housing for an electrostatic air cleaner is made adaptable to various sizes of cells by use of the same components. Top and bottom wall members are interconnected by telescoping corner members which can be contracted or expanded to vary the height of th... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5160351 | Process of and apparatus for cleaning a dedusting electrostatic precipitator The process for cleaning collecting surfaces of dedusting electrostatic precipitators includes the steps of introducing a coarse-grained cleaning dust into the dedusting electrostatic precipitator, collecting at least the cleaning dust electrostatically i... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4406672 | Process and installation for the intermittent cleaning of dust-laden crude gases An intermittently operated apparatus for cleaning dust laden gases has a gas-tight housing, a pair of spaced gas-permeable walls holding a filter bed consisting of granular filter material. A centrally located conveying pipe is mounted to the housing for ... | 09/27/1983 |