Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258765 | Vaporization chamber, and distillation system comprising same, providing improved temperature sensing of liquid contained in the chamber Vaporization chambers (distillation “pots”) are disclosed in which the liquid contained in such a pot is heated and circulated to establish thermal uniformity of the liquid and to route the circulated liquid past a thermally conductive member that contacts the l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252743 | Method for concentrating solution An low concentration dope is fed through a nozzle into a concentrating apparatus, and flash evaporation of the low concentration dope is performed at an end of the nozzle. The low concentration dope is concentrated thereby to an concentrating dope which is contained... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7089762 | Multi-stage vacuum distilling, cooling and freezing processes and apparatuses for solution separation and seawater desalination Multi-stage vacuum distilling, cooling, and freezing processes for solution separation and seawater desalination are implemented through multi-stage vacuum distilling, cooling, and freezing systems. The systems are set to their initial state for implementing constan... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6833056 | Desalination method and desalination apparatus A desalination apparatus capable of obtaining fresh water stably at low cost by utilizing low-temperature waste, wherein the desalination apparatus including a heat exchanger 92 cooperating with an evaporation can 60 so as to subject a low-temperature ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6716320 | Evaporation of liquids A liquid sample 3 held in an open container 2 and including a volatile solvent, is evaporated by continuously removing inert gas rich in vapor by means of a suction tube 5 whose open end is held close to the top surface of the liquid. Vapor in t... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6685801 | Chambered circulation evaporator A circulation evaporator for separating mixtures having more volatile and less volatile components. The circulation evaporator contains an evaporator, a discharge container connected to the evaporator by a connecting piece, a condenser, a vacuum pump, a r... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6673213 | Method and apparatus for the thermo-solar distillation and transportation of water from a water table The invention refers to a simultaneous system for the distillation and elevation of water on top of the water table itself, which driven by thermo solar energy allows in an autonomous operation the generation of electrical power through transportation and... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6638397 | Simplified automated distillation system for recovering a solvent from a liquid mixture A system is described for recovering a purified distillable component from a starting mixture utilizing a transition tank to receive a transition mixture distilled from a starting mixture, which is returned to the system for further distillation. The syst... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6589395 | Distillation plant with a column and a heat pump The distillation plant comprises a column (1) and a heat pump (4, 5) which operates between a sump vaporizer (3) and an exhaust vapor compressor (2) of the column. The heat pump is substitutable by devices (6, 7) which can be switched to the sump vaporize... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6517686 | Apparatus for purification of electronic specialty gases by vapor phase transfilling A system and method for purifying liquefied corrosive gases of metallic impurities is described. The principle for this purification method relies on vapor-phase transfilling the vapor phase from a source container into a receiving container. This method ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6428656 | Water-cooled distilling apparatus A water-cooled distilling apparatus for purifying or distilling raw water. The apparatus includes a boiler, cooling tray assembly, and collection vessel. In use, raw water is initially poured into the boiler which has a self-regulating screen in it. As th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6387221 | Processing method and system to convert garbage to oil Garbage and waste of all types that includes or comprises organic matter, particularly including medical waste, plastics, paper, food waste, animal by-products, and the like, can be economically recycled into petroleum products, including oil. Machinery p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6354369 | Condensing and extraction apparatus Apparatus and method for condensing moisture from an air stream. The condensing comprises concentric cylinders having a common wall. The outer cylinder contains a cooling material, such as water, and upon contact therewith, the air stream is cooled and mo... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349563 | Device and method for desalinating salt water and method of producing carbon dioxide exhausting means A salt water desalinating device, characterized by having an absorption refrigerating machine using a first dilute salt water and concentrated salt water and characterized in that a second dilute salt water to be desalinated is evaporated by heat flowing ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6303005 | Process and device for producing high-purity liquid chemicals For a process for producing high-purity liquids, particularly liquid chemicals, by distillation it is proposed that the liquid to be purified (1) is heated by microwave radiation (5) preferably in the uppermost layers. To implement this process a device w... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6277246 | Purification of electronic specialty gases by vapor phase transfilling A system and method for purifying liquefied corrosive gases of metallic impurities is described. The principle for this purification method relies on vapor-phase transfilling the vapor phase from a source container into a receiving container. This method ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6238524 | Rotating plate heat exchanger The invention relates to an improved evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid such as water. The evaporator and condenser unit includes a plurality of stacked, spaced-apart plates disposed within a housing. The plates are horizontally ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6214173 | On-site manufacture of ultra-high-purity nitric acid Provided is a novel on-site system and method for providing ultra-high-purity nitric acid to a point of use. The system includes a source of nitric acid at a concentration greater than 68 wt %; a reflux distillation column having an inlet in communication... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203693 | Process and apparatus for strongly reducing the coke dust in the effluents during the decoking of the hydrocarbon cracking ovens for the production of olefins An apparatus for reducing the coke dust in the decoking effluents of the hydrocarbon cracking ovens according to the invention provides means for the condensation of the effluent, means for collecting a liquid condensate, means for filtering said liquid c... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6099693 | Movable water distiller A movable water distiller capable of use in conjunction with a water heater includes a frame having a top which supports the water heater. The distiller components are supported on a tray having a guide assembly engaging a track assembly horizontally posi... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6083380 | Fluid coalescing method and apparatus A method to condense or coalesce matter is carried out by providing a suitable, narrow passageway for throughput of matter in a vapor state, and passing the matter in a vapor state through said passageway, under conditions such that the matter is coalesce... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6063242 | Evaporation system An evaporation system for separation of a fluid mixture into its component parts, especially for the reclamation of solvents, has a vacuum pump connected to the evaporator, especially a rotation evaporator, with at least one separator being connected to t... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6001221 | Extraction and drying apparatus Apparatus for condensing moisture from an air stream. The condenser includes concentric cylinders having a common wall. The outer cylinder contains a cooling material, such as water, and upon contact therewith, the air stream is cooled and moisture contai... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5980695 | Apparatus for vacuum distillation of solvents A system for the vacuum distillation of contaminated solvents incorporates a tank for holding a liquid contaminated solvent, a heating chamber surrounding the tank for heating the liquid contaminated solvent into an evaporated solvent, a drift elimination... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5865956 | Process and apparatus for the conversion of sludges A process for the conversion of organic sludges, the process comprising the steps of: (a) feeding dried sludge through a first reactor (16); (b) heating the dried sludge in the first reactor (16) in the absence of oxygen for the volatilization of oil producing... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5853671 | Condenser cooling and temperature control system An improved condenser system for condensing vapor containing liquid or solid particles to minimize contamination of the condenser system by such particles and to increase the efficiency of liquid processing systems, including extracting particles from the... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5846387 | On-site manufacture of ultra-high-purity hydrochloric acid for semiconductor processing Highly purified HCl for use in semiconductor manufacturing is prepared on-site by drawing HCl vapor from a liquid HCl reservoir, and scrubbing the filtered vapor in a low-pH aqueous scrubber.... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5827404 | Method and apparatus for solvent recovery from waste wash liquid of printing machine A solvent recovery method and apparatus recover waste wash liquid generated in automatic washing of a printing machine so as to enable a printing machine washing of high productivity, excellent safety and health effect, and low cost. The solvent recovery ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5817217 | Machine for confining a primary fluid by means of a secondary fluid in the vapor phase The invention relates to a machine for confining a primary fluid by means of a secondary fluid whose boiling temperature is lower than that of the primary fluid. The machine includes, in particular, primary vapor cooling means comprising a heat exchanger ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5762763 | Method and apparatus for separating water from compressed air system condensate A method and apparatus for separating water from a condensate mixture having two or more components drained from a compressed gas system is disclosed. The apparatus has a boiler with an inlet for receiving the condensate mixture and an outlet through whic... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5750008 | Method and device for the extraction treatment of a sample In a method for the extraction treatment of a sample (19) with a solvent which is liquid at normal ambient temperature and normal pressure, in which the solvent is introduced into a preferably heatable sample chamber (12a) and there brought into contact w... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5744008 | Hurricane tower water desalination device A simple, portable and efficient water desalination device uses deep ocean water, solar energy and the dynamics of generated secondary vortices. The device includes a tower, a heat exchanger positioned inside the tower near the top of the tower, a cold wa... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5677193 | Method and apparatus for processing a test sample to concentrate an analyte in the sample from a solvent in the sample A method of processing a test sample to concentrate an analyte in the sample from a solvent in the sample includes: a) boiling the test sample containing the analyte and solvent in a boiling chamber to a temperature greater than or equal to the solvent bo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676801 | Radial inflow compressor for large volumetric flows A radial-inflow large volume-rate low pressure-differential, single-stage compressor comprising 2 periphiral concentric sets of axial blades spaced circumferentially between two supporting rings and further strengthened against bending by intermediate rin... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5672250 | Seawater solar desalination system A solar seawater desalination system is designed to operate in a self-sustaining manner without the need for any moving parts. Seawater is converted to steam in a solar heat collector panel and the steam is led in a steam pipe through a series of primary ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5643418 | Method of and arrangement for separating fluid mixtures A device for intercepting liquid obtained from a stream of mixed fluids contains an enclosure having an upper opening and a lower opening. The upper opening is connectible to a source of suction while the lower opening is connectible to a source of the mi... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5614066 | Water distillation apparatus An apparatus for converting seawater or other contaminated water into pure water for reuse including: a source of the contaminated water; a first horizontal housing connected to the source of contaminated water and having a heat exchanger therein for vapo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5556539 | Apparatus for separating a liquid mixture by pervaporation An apparatus for separating a liquid by pervaporation, which comprises at least one pervaporation membrane module unit for purifying a liquid to be treated, a supply line connected to said pervaporation membrane module unit for supplying the liquid to be ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5549794 | Continuous linear-toroidal extraction-distillation apparatus An apparatus (10) for continuously extracting a solute from a carrier medium (102) is provided. The apparatus is formed from a vessel (12) including a convergent baffle (22) separating the vessel into a lower distillation chamber (24) and an upper extract... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5490906 | Fluid distillation apparatus Several embodiments of a fluid distillation system wherein each embodiment uses a primary container or chamber for water or fluid to be distilled and a secondary water container or chamber. The two chambers are adjacent to each other, and the secondary ch... | 02/13/1996 |
