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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285576 | Absorbent polymer compositions, medical articles, and methods An absorbent polymer composition, which can be in the form of a foam, that includes a polymeric material, absorbent particles and thermally expandable (or expanded) microspheres. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7235616 | Curable resin compositions and process for preparing oligomers containing acrylate groups and substituted methacrylate groups A curable resin composition which exhibits excellent hardness of their curing products as well as storage stability is provided, and a simple method to obtain acrylated resins is provided. The composition comprises a curable oligomer which has an acryloyl group and ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7090958 | Positive photoresist compositions having enhanced processing time Novel compositions comprising photoactive polymers comprising a dinitrobenzyl group in conjunction with a photoacid generator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the photoacid generator is a diazide and/or a sulfonyl aceto carbonyl compound. The photoacid generators a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7045266 | Lithographic printing plate A lithographic printing original plate, a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing original plate and a process for producing the lithographic printing plate are disclosed. The lithographic printing original plate has, on a substrate, a photosensi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018395 | Photodynamic treatment of targeted cells The present invention is drawn to methods for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of a target cell, target tissue or target composition in a mammalian subject, using a therapeutically effective amount of a targeted substance, which is either a targeted photosensitizing agent... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6951580 | Method for minimizing bowing of collector plates in an electrostatic precipitator, and a collector plate-clip combination A bow-reduced precipitator collector plate assembly and an appertaining method include a precipitator collector plate that contacts a spring-like stiffening element configured to be attached to a fixed anchor or an adjacent anchoring collector plate. The stiffening ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6936404 | Radiation-sensitive recording material having a structured back The invention relates to a recording material for the production of offset printing plates, having a web- or plate-form support, a radiation-sensitive layer on the front of the support and a continuous, pigment particle-free layer on the back of the support. The bac... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911291 | Recording material having a negative-working, radiation-sensitive layer which comprises additives for promoting developability The invention relates to a recording material having a dimensionally stable, two-dimensional support, preferably an aluminium support, and a negative-working, radiation-sensitive layer which comprises a diazonium salt, a polymeric binder and a sulphobetaine. In addi... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6540812 | Method and system for improved rapper control An improved method and system is provided to control the rapping process used to clean the internal collection plates and discharge electrodes of electrostatic precipitators. The system obtains the performance characteristics of a first rapper and calcula... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5931989 | Device in an electrostatic precipitator for the suspending, controlling and rapping of collecting electrodes A device in an electrostatic precipitator for suspending, controlling and rapping one or more collecting electrodes arranged essentially vertically in one or more substantially parallel rows includes, for each row, a substantially horizontally oriented ca... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5639359 | Electrostatic precipitator discharge rapper anvil An anvil arrangement for receiving rapper impacts and transmitting them to a discharge electrode of a precipitator has an electrode tube made of deformable material, having an open end and forming part of the discharge electrode. An anvil having a head an... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5554210 | Suspension device and a rapping mechanism for electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator A suspension device and a rapping mechanism for electrodes in a high voltage supplied electrostatic precipitator, wherein the suspension device has at least one horizontally arranged supporting element from which a number of electrodes are suspended, the ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5366540 | Rapping mechanism for rapping the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator A mechanism for rapping the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator for the purpose of dislodging dust deposited on the electrodes is disclosed. The rapping mechanism incorporates a pair of impact beams (1, 1') between which collecting electrodes are ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5344481 | Suspension device and rapping mechanism for electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator In an assembly incorporating a suspension device and a rapping mechanism for vertically mounted electrodes of a high-voltage supplied electrostatic precipitator, discharge electrodes (9) are suspended from horizontal frame tubes (8'), which are in turn co... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5156658 | Electrostatic precipitator gas inlet plenum having a corrugated perforated plate A gas flow distribution system for directing the flow of gas across the inlet portion of and into an electrostatic precipitator. The gas distribution system including a corrugated perforated plate for shifting and spreading gas across the inlet portion of... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5009677 | Process for separating particulates in an electrostatic precipitator An improved electrostatic precipitator, and its process of operation is described which contains essentially vertical tubes acting as vertical collector electrodes with discharge wire electrodes suspended therein, wherein a novel nonfouling chain screen i... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4844718 | Method of and apparatus for removing dust from collector electrodes When collecting electrode walls are cleaned by rapping blows, a discharge of dust is prevented in that the aligned collecting electrode walls which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of gas flow are cleaned at the same time in all fields, ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4706763 | Rapping mechanism for an electrostatic precipitator A rapping mechanism for an electrostatic precipitator comprises hammers (1) which are swingable on a shaft (2) carrying a driver pin (6). As the shaft rotates, the driver pin (6) engages a surface (7) of a pawl (4), which is pivoted on the hammer (1), thu... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4502870 | Method and apparatus for controlling tumbling hammer rapper for electrostatic precipitator In a tumbling hammer type rapper (10), a feedback signal is provided via limit switch (30) and cam (28) mounted on rapper shaft (14) to control the rotation of rapper shaft (14) through one revolution. Rapper shaft (14) rotation is monitored to ensure tha... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4356008 | Knocking arrangement for electric precipitation A knocking arrangement for cleaning electrodes of an electric precipitator has a plurality of hammer members mounted on a rotary shaft, a plurality of anvil members arranged so that the hammer members strike against the anvil members, and connecting eleme... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4353718 | Electric precipitator An electric precipitator has a plurality of electrodes arranged in a housing, and a knocking device for cleaning the electrodes and including a plurality of anvils connected with the electrodes, a plurality of hammers arranged on a rotary knocking shaft, ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4263022 | Electrostatic precipitator with rappers for the corona electrodes An electrostatic filter having a plurality of adjacent precipitating or separating fields in a box-shaped housing, each field being defined between at least one collector electrode and at least one corona-discharge electrode. A rapper arrangement is provi... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4007023 | Electrostatic precipitator with collector-electrode spacers A dust-collecting electrostatic precipitator has a housing in which a multiplicity of collecting-electrode walls are provided in transversely spaced parallel relationship and defined between two gas channels. Each wall consists of a plurality of individua... | 02/08/1977 |
