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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062494 | Micro-machining dust removing device, micro-machining apparatus, and micro-machining dust removing method There is a micro-machining apparatus for removing the micro-machining dust generated at the time of machining while a workpiece M is machined within a liquid W using a probe tip. The apparatus includes a stage on which the workpiece is to be placed; a probe having t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7943031 | Dewatering treatment system and method An apparatus and method for reducing the liquid content of a particulate/liquid dispersion, such as a sewage sludge or mine tailings, are described. The apparatus comprises containment means to contain the material, and means to apply pressure to the contained mater... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7112267 | Electric-field structuring of composite materials A method and apparatus for the spatial distribution of a filler component within the matrix of a composite material. An electric field is applied to a mixture consisting of two or more components that have different dielectric permittivities, at least one of which i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6797139 | Detection cell for guiding excitation light therein and method for using same The present invention provides a detection cell that comprises a body having a first end that defines a first opening, a second end that defines a second opening, and an internal surface that defines an interior cavity that fluidly connects the first opening and the... | 09/28/2004 |
| 5368708 | Lens decontamination system A system by which contaminants from and below the surface of contact lenses may be electrokinetically removed. The system includes a protective encasement packet in which a lens is safely protected upon its removal from the eye, through the cleaning proce... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5082541 | Method and apparatus for continuous electrophoresis A method and apparatus for conducting continuous separation of substances by electrophoresis are disclosed. The process involves electrophoretic separation combined with couette flow in a thin volume defined by opposing surfaces. By alternating the polari... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4917785 | Liquid processing system involving high-energy discharge A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficient endothermic processing of liquids and the precipitation of dissolved elements and chemical compounds. Improvements over prior systems include system layout, components and modes of operation of the system... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4900421 | Vortex stabilized electrophoretic separation apparatus An apparatus for the performance of efficient, large scale separations, particularly electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing, in free solution is described. Inner and outer cylinders define an annular separation chamber for solutions stabilized against c... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4770755 | Electrode unit to be used for purification of emulsions and polluted waters, especially oil-bearing waters, by means of electrolysis This invention is directed to an electrode unit to be used for purification of emulsions and polluted waters, especially oil-bearing waters, by electrolysis which comprises vertically placed adjacent electrode plates of a soluble material, spacers for adj... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4726903 | Continuous flow separation or mixing by electrophoresis with moving boundary sorption A continuous process for separating charged components of a fluid mixture is disclosed which comprises forming a sorption zone and a desorption zone, said sorption and desorption zones being separated by a boundary of a sorbent material which continuously... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4642169 | Continuous rotating electrophoresis column and process of using A continuous rotating annular electrophoresis column for the separation of chemical mixtures. The principle of separation is similar to the conventional electrophoresis; however, it is different in that the electric field is applied in the axial direction... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4618409 | Electrophoretic separator A continuous flow electrophoretic separator 10 comprises a cylindrical stator 12 and a tubular rotor 14 defining an annular chamber 28 therebetween, through which a carrier liquid 44 is passed and in which electrophoresis of a migrant material injected in... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617103 | Electrophoretic separator A continuous flow electrophoretic separator (10) is provided, comprising a cylindrical stator (12) and a concentric tubular rotor (14), and electrode systems (24, 26) incorporated into the stator and the rotor defining between them an annular separation c... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4551217 | Liquid treater having hinge-action cleaning brushes An electric treater for promoting flocculation of suspended solids in a liquid is provided with special scrubbing brushes that bear against electrodes of the treater tending to accumulate a layer of adhering ionic particles so as to dislodge and remove th... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4465583 | Electrophoretic separator A continuous flow electrophoretic separator 10 includes a multiple valve assembly 60 to enable each of a plurality of outlet streams of liquid to be diverted to one of two or more outlets 54 or 56 independently of the other streams, and also to enable the... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4444637 | Electrical treating apparatus having electrode cleaner The treater includes a rotating, immersed electrode within the treating chamber, and a scrubbing member in contact with the rotating electrode for cleaning unwanted deposits from the electrode. In one form of the invention, a rotating cylindrical scrubbin... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4432849 | Method and apparatus for separating macromolecules or particles in a liquid solution A solution of macromolecules or other particles suspended therein is subjected to a centrifugal force applied in one direction and simultaneously to a force imposed in a direction opposite to said one direction by an electric field applied, thereby separa... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4382848 | Cam-actuated stop member for lifting mechanism A cam-actuated stop member in an electrode stripping mechanism prevents any lifting of the electrode away from the hooked lifting elements during lowering of the electrode against the doctor blades and so avoids damaging the electrode and/or lifting eleme... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4292163 | Liquid treater having electrode stripper In an electrolytic treater the molecular particles contained in waste liquid are encouraged to move into physical contact with the rotating primary electrode for electronation because the electrode is continuously and mechanically stripped free of any fil... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4149957 | Separation apparatus An electrophoretic separation apparatus of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,844,926 wherein the means for generating the electric field is constituted by an anode system and a cathode system, said systems being positioned on opposite sides of the ann... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4060477 | Apparatus for removing ions from an ionized liquid The system for removing ions from an ionized liquid of the type employing rotating bipolar electrodes wherein at least one of the electrodes is provided with a surface comprising a plurality of segments of electrically conducting material, each of which s... | 11/29/1977 |
