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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167985 | Clean corona gas ionization for static charge neutralization Clean corona gas ionization by separating contaminant byproducts from corona generated ions includes establishing a non-ionized gas stream having a pressure and flowing in a downstream direction, establishing a plasma region of ions and contaminant byproducts in whi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7998255 | Electrostatic phase change generating apparatus An electrostatic phase change generating apparatus is described. The apparatus causes a change of state to occur in an input gas, for example, ambient air. The electrostatic phase change generating apparatus removes moisture from air, and may be used to generate wat... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7828883 | Carbon ion pump for removal of carbon dioxide from combustion gas and other gas mixtures A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramati... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7708814 | Carbon dioxide absorption device Carbon dioxide contained within exhaust gas is combined with bivalent metal ions such as calcium ions or the like in concentrated salt water to form precipitated calcium carbonate and then can be expelled out. Such an environmental friendly design is realized by a b... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7517394 | Wet electrostatic Ionising step in an electrostatic deposition device A wet electrostatic ionization stage in an electrostatic separation device for purifying a flowing aerosal including finely dispersed particles entrained in a gas. The wet electrostatic ionization stage includes a plate disposed across a cross section of a flow chan... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510600 | Gas purifying apparatus A gas purifying apparatus includes an adsorption member (e.g., a honeycomb structural body) that adsorbs particulate matter contained in the gas by the action of an electric field. The apparatus also includes a supply device (e.g., an ozone generator including a dis... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7465339 | Air purifier In an air purifier including a streamer discharge part (40) generating plasma by streamer discharge, a catalytic part (34) promoting the treatment of air using active species contained in the plasma and a dust collecting part (33) collecting dus... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7449053 | Air filtration device The present invention provides an air filtration cartridge suitable for use in the treatment of air in a forced airflow air supply system. The cartridge comprises an inner casing having an upstream stage defining a chamber having an inlet for receiving a forced airf... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431752 | Air purifier with Ozone reduction arrangement An air purifier includes an outer case having an air purifying cavity, an ionizer module, and an ozone reduction module. The ionizer module includes a power unit and an ionizing electrode. The ozone reduction module is electrically connected to the power unit for ge... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7368003 | Systems for and methods of providing air purification in combination with odor elimination Systems for and methods of providing air purification and cleaning in combination with odor elimination in a single unit, such as a tabletop unit for home or office use, are disclosed. The air cleaning device includes a housing, an air intake port, an air movement m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361212 | Electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator is detailed. The precipitator includes a conduit for the passage of particles in an air flow and a generator of an electrostatic field substantially orthogonal to the air flow, and an ion supply, capable of charging the particles, in wh... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7318856 | Air treatment apparatus having an electrode extending along an axis which is substantially perpendicular to an air flow path An air transporter-conditioner device is disclosed that can include an elongated housing having a bottom, a top and an elongated side wall. The housing can have an inlet located adjacent to the bottom and an outlet located adjacent to the elongated side wall, an emi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316729 | Air cleaner with improved airflow An air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes an air duct including an inlet end and an outlet end, a pre-filter positioned at the inlet end, an electrostatic precipitator positioned in the air duct downstream of th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300496 | Methods and apparatus for air pollution control A method for filtering particle-laden gas includes electrostatically precipitating particles from the particle-laden gas to produce a gas having residual particulates, agglomerating the residual particulates, and using a fabric filter to filter the agglomerated resi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7261764 | System and method for spatially-selective particulate deposition and enhanced deposition efficiency The present invention relates to a methods, apparatuses and systems that utilize electric currents to direct the deposition of particulate matter to various surfaces. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258730 | Air purifier Disclosed is an air purifier with a small size, having an excellent air purifying capacity, capable of preventing a large amount of ozone from being generated, the ozone harmful to a human body. The air purifier includes a case, a pair of discharge electrodes provid... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256979 | Ion generator, and electric apparatus and air conditioning apparatus incorporating the same A booster coil is stored in a coil storing room provided in the bottom section of a common case having an opening on one side, and is insulation-molded with a filler. A circuit substrate is inserted into the common case and supported by a supporting edge which is pr... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7235120 | Electrostatic aerosol filtering apparatus A battery (16) drives an electric motor (17) which in turn drives a fan (18). A circuit board (20) controls the operation of the motor and fan to maintain the flow rate. Air is drawn through an inlet (22) and out through a vent ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198660 | Electrostatic device for ionic air emission Ionic emission electrostatic device (1) for depositing on the surface (sp) of a multitude of aerosol particles (p1, p2, . . . , pn) within a fluid (F), a quasi-homogeneous quantity of ions (iq). This electrostatic device (1) is... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7160521 | Treatment of effluent from a substrate processing chamber A substrate processing apparatus has a process chamber and an effluent treatment reactor. The process chamber has a substrate support, a process gas supply, a gas energizer, and an exhaust conduit. The effluent treatment reactor has an effluent inlet to receive effl... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160365 | Ion generating apparatus, air conditioning apparatus, and charging apparatus An ion generating apparatus is built by sandwiching a dielectric layer between an induction electrode and a discharge electrode. The induction electrode is formed of a metal substrate of, for example, aluminum. Even when the apparatus is made larger, it offers impro... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156897 | Anti-infection and toxin elimination device The invention provides an apparatus for removing airborne pathogens and toxic substances from a surface of an article or a volume of air, comprising: a main processing chamber having a door for ingress to and egress from the main processing chamber, at least two hig... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156902 | Wet electro-core gas particulate separator A gas separation apparatus combines the technologies of electrostatic precipitators and centrifugal particle separators into a single unit. At an inlet into the gas separation apparatus, a water spray is introduced into the gas stream. The water spray may include va... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147692 | Air cleaning apparatus and method for cleaning air The method involves contacting the air with an aqueous or non-aqueous liquid in a stand-alone system. The air may be brought into contact with the liquid using a number of different types of apparatus, including a packed column scrubber. The liquid may be non-evapor... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132009 | Air filter device for air exhauster An air filter device for an air exhauster includes at least one static electricity dust-collecting module, at least one water-cleaning module and a casing. The static electricity dust-collecting module is operated to generate static electricity for electrically attr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115155 | Air filtration apparatus and aromatizer An air filtration and aromatizer apparatus which includes a housing, a motor in the housing with a fan for drawing air through an inlet toward an outlet through a pollution-collecting chamber, and an elongated hollow tubular perforated member having an upper end con... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115153 | Electric separator with a rinsing cleaning system Electric oil separator that separates oil from an airflow of a ventilator. The separator includes an emission electrode and a collecting electrode. Moreover, the separator includes an injection device structured and arranged to inject oil as a cleaning fluid onto at... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105042 | Apparatus for separating aerosols or particles from gases An apparatus for separating aerosols or particles from a gas stream composed of a flow housing through which the gas containing the components to be separated flows, a separator, which is arranged in the flow housing, and a corona electrode, which is provided upstre... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094274 | Use of manganese compounds to improve the efficiency of and reduce back-corona discharge on electrostatic precipitators Manganese is added to a combustion fuel, combustion air, or the resulting combustion exhaust gas in order to improve the efficiency of an electrostatic precipitator in collecting the resulting fly ash. Further, manganese or other flame suppressant is added to a fuel... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7041153 | Method of measuring floating dusts In a method of measuring particles floating in an atmosphere, the atmosphere containing the particles is sucked into a container, ions are generated from a discharge electrode disposed in the container to charge the particles with the ions. A dust-collecting electro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6974494 | Apparatus and method using an electrified filter bed for removal of pollutants from a flue gas stream Pollutants in a flue gas stream from a dryer of products, such as wood chips, are removed by a pollution abatement system that includes an electrified filter bed unit for removing solid particulates. To prevent deteriorated operation of the electrified filter bed un... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966942 | Process for purifying exhaust gases by employing a bubble generator A process for purifying exhaust gases using a bubble generation device is disclosed. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964808 | Wall surface panel capable of generating minus ions utilizing natural volcanic ash soil A wall is formed by adding a predetermined amount of binding agent and water to volcanic ash sediment, which is comprised of mineral silicate including at least silicic acid and aluminum oxide, kneading them, and applying to an arbitrary plane. Through a natural rea... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964698 | Gas supply for electrostatic filter and electrostatic filter arrangement The invention relates to a gas supply for an electrostatic filter and an electrostatic filter arrangement which has an electrostatic filter and a gas supply. Here, the gas supply has an incoming flow channel of constant cross-sectional area, a gas inlet hood with cr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955075 | Portable liquid collection electrostatic precipitator A portable liquid collection electrostatic collection precipitator for analyzing air is provided which is a relatively small, self-contained device. The device has a tubular collection electrode, a reservoir for a liquid, and a pump. The pump pumps the liquid into t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955708 | Air-treatment apparatus and methods Air-treatment apparatus and methods are disclosed that are especially suitable for treating the air in a room or other dwelling or working space. An apparatus embodiment of the subject apparatus includes a housing having air-intake and air-output openings. A gas-fil... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926758 | Electrostatic filter An electrostatic filter (1) has a chamber (11) into which a gas stream is introduced. An ioniser (19) in the form of an electrode array (20) is located in the chamber (11) and creates an ionising zone through which the gas stream p... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923848 | Collecting apparatus of floating dusts in atmosphere A collecting device for collecting particles floating in the atmosphere includes a collecting container; a pump for sucking the atmosphere into the collecting container; a discharge electrode disposed in the collecting container for generating single polarity ions t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921424 | Dust pre-separator for an automobile engine A pre-separator removes contaminants from dirty air and an air intake system of an automobile engine. The pre-separator includes a central body connected to a plurality of vanes, the central body including a leading nose-cone portion and a trailing nose-cone portion... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6911064 | Method and apparatus for the preparation of clean gases A method and apparatus for preventing contamination of a substrate or a substrate surface, and particularly relates to prevention of contamination of raw materials, semi-finished products, base materials of products and substrate surface in a high-tech industry such... | 06/28/2005 |
