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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374603 | Particle transport and near field analytical detection Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Elec... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7235123 | Particle transport and near field analytical detection Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Elec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6948715 | Seal assembly with accumulator ring A seal assembly with an accumulator ring for protecting a seal from explosive decompression is disclosed. The accumulator ring and the seal are contained within a seal gland. The seal is made of a material that is susceptible to damage from explosive decompression. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6500673 | Electrostatic device and method for immunological detection The invention concerns a device and a method for ultrasensitive detection comprising an electrically inert porous sheet sandwiched between two positively charged fine electrodes. The invention uses the capacity of the electrodes, resulting from their powe... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6096179 | Carbon-reinforced electrode and method of making same A carbon-reinforced electrode is disclosed. The electrode is formed from a high surface area absorptive material ("HSAAM electrode") made from resorcinol, formaldehyde, a carbon reinforcing agent, a catalyst, and reaction products thereof, and is in a car... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6090259 | Liquid deionization apparatus having independently powered carbon-reinforced electrode structures An apparatus for deionization of a liquid is disclosed. The apparatus has a number of deionization cells, each cell having two different types of electrodes. The first type of electrode is formed from a high surface area absorptive material ("HSAAM electr... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5925230 | Deionization apparatus having non-sacrificial electrodes of different types An apparatus for deionization of a liquid is disclosed. The apparatus has a number of deionization cells, each cell having two different types of electrodes. The first type of electrode is formed from a high surface area absorptive material ("HSAAM electr... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5759390 | Particle separator This invention relates to a separator device for the separation of fine particles from a contaminated liquid. The device utilizes the process of electrolysis to produce small gas bubbles which attach themselves to the fine particles and move the particles... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5645704 | Electrostatic filter device The invention comprises a fluid treatment of electrostatic flocculation of minute particles in a fluid such as oil. The device has a electrostatic chamber which has a plurality of perforated metal screens aligned along a path in the chamber. Means are pro... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5593560 | Fluid-filtering device for filtering out particulates in fluid A method of charging, coagulating, and filtering out particulates in a fluid. In this method, impurity particulates typified by coloring matter particulates can be efficiently removed without inducing clogging and without the need of maintenance for a lon... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5575974 | Apparatus and method for an anodic oxidation biocidal treatment An apparatus for destroying bacterial pathogens including at least one pair of electrodes secured in a housing configured to constrain flow of water through the region between the electrodes. In one construction, the electrodes are supported in a tube wit... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5036365 | Field assisted filter and electrophotographic copying machine using the same A filter for separating a flowing fluid containing charged particles into two streams, one essentially free of particles and one laden with particles, includes a main conduit having an inlet at one end for receiving the flowing fluid, and having two outle... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4927511 | Method and device for breaking a disperse system in an electrochemical cell A method and a device for breaking an aqueous emulsion, wherein the emulsion flows through an electrochemical cell in which the small emulsified droplets combine in or on a working electrode to form larger separable droplets. The method can be applied in ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4767514 | Apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material is provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of spaced apart electrodes for being disposed on opposite sides of the material, a unit for creating an electrostatic field between the e... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4636290 | Liquid-liquid exchangers and process of using Liquid-liquid exchanger where a dispersed phase circulates also in a continuous phase, wherein an electrocoalescer is placed in that part of the exchanger located between the dispersed phase inlet and the continuous phase outlet. Application to the separa... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4624765 | Separation of dispersed liquid phase from continuous fluid phase Separation of dispersed liquid contaminant, for example removal of water droplets from oil, is achieved by introducing free charge into the mixture by means of charge injector (1) and discharging the charged mixture through a gas or vapor gap into a separ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4454016 | Removal of PCB from oil and other liquids A technique is disclosed herein for separating out one group of polar particles for example PCB molecules having polar moments of given magnitudes, from a separate group of polar particles, for example oil molecules having polar moments of lesser magnitud... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4415426 | Electrodes for electrical coalescense of liquid emulsions Improved electrodes for electrically coalescing water-in-oil emulsions in an AC electrical field, wherein the improvement comprises insulated electrodes having a dielectric constant of at least about 3 and a hydrophobic surface in contact with the emulsio... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4347110 | Method for tall oil recovery and apparatus therefor A system and apparatus are disclosed for removing particles from suspension in a liquid, particularly for removing tall oil soap particles from black liquor. The black liquor flows along a fluid flow path (10) which runs between a source of black liquor a... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4182672 | Plural stage desalter/dehydrator in a single vessel A desalter/dehydrator having a plurality of electrified coalescing stages in a single vessel, wherein the stages are isolated hydraulically to allow parallel or serial stage operations. In one embodiment, several electrical stages, each separately energiz... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4149958 | Plural stage desalter/dehydrator in a single vessel A desalter/dehydrator having a plurality of electrified coalescing stages in a single vessel, wherein the stages are isolated hydraulically to allow parallel or serial stage operations. In one embodiment, several electrical stages, each separately energiz... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4116790 | Method and apparatus for separation of fluids with an electric field and centrifuge Fluids are separated from each other by passing their mixture through an electric field and centrifuge in sequence. The drops of a first fluid dispersed in a second fluid are coalesced by the force of an electric field to a predetermined size. The mixture... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4057482 | Apparatus for removing liquid from liquid bearing material Apparatus for moving moisture in moisture bearing material by disposing the material in an electrostatic field comprising a plurality of non-uniform electrostatic fields with each field having the higher intensity portion thereof substantially oppositely ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3930982 | Ferroelectric apparatus for dielectrophoresis particle extraction Polarizable particulate material, such as organic and inorganic colloidal particles such as small pieces of metal, oxides and the like, zwitterionic molecules, and even living organisms and viruses can be preferentially removed from a liquid by dielectrop... | 01/06/1976 |