Bizarre Patents
A haircutting appliance comprises an enclosed housing having a hollow handle connecting the housing to a vacuum source to carry away cut hairs from a subject's head.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043499 | Portable and autonomous desalination system The portable and autonomous desalination system is an autonomous reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system utilizing power from a combination of electricity generation and storage sources that include a photovoltaic (PV) unit, a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) unit... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038876 | Filter assembly of washer A filter assembly of a washer is disclosed, by which laundry can be prevented from being damaged by friction with the filter assembly in a manner of efficiently filtering off particles contained in water in the course of washing the laundry. In a washer including an... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7824547 | Filter arrangement A filter apparatus, particularly for filtering coolant/lubricant from a machining, including a filter tank having an inlet for the liquid to be filtered, an outlet for the filtered liquid and a belt of filter medium adapted to circulate within the filter tank and ha... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7740757 | Apparatus for removing buoyant pollutants An exemplary apparatus (20), for removing pollutants atop a body of coolant, includes a filter (21), a pollutant removing structure (22), and a pump (23). The filter includes a housing (210), and a filtering unit (211) posit... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7601260 | Ion exchanger container for a motor vehicle An ion exchanger vessel having a housing for receiving an ion exchange material and an inlet line and a discharge line in the housing for feeding and discharging a liquid to be passed through the ion exchange material. To heat the liquid, a heating medium is guided ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7438803 | Disposable weir liner A garnet settling/filtration system for use with a plurality of machine tools such as a water jet cutting machine is described. The garnet settling/filtration system comprises a settling tank, which utilizes a removable, disposable settling weir, which is received t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7364652 | Screening apparatus Screening apparatus (101,901) for use at an overflow weir (301, 902) in a sewerage system. The apparatus comprises a continuous moving screen band (201, 902) and a band cleaning mechanism (608). A first portion (801) of the screen ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354511 | Hydraulic unit for industrial trucks A hydraulic unit for industrial trucks, comprising a motor pump unit which is directly attached to a tank, a reflux filter which has an elongate filter casing for a filtering element adapted to be introduced into the tank through an opening, a hose coupling, and an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341320 | Electromagnetically actuated valve An electromagnetically actuated valve including a housing having a fluid path and a valve retaining bore located in course of the fluid path, a tubular valve casing mounted to the valve retaining bore, a valve body electromagnetically operative to axially move withi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326338 | Low cost oil/grease separator A container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil/grease to be removed has sectional covers. A main sectional cover supports a partially immersed rotatable disk; a drive on the main sectional cover rotates the disk; a trough on the main sectional c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311817 | System and method for sanitizing and refilling a potable water system onboard a transport vehicle A system for sanitizing and refilling a potable water system onboard a transport vehicle includes a potable water supply conduit, a potable water feed conduit, a potable water return conduit, a drain conduit, and a sanitizing and refilling station wherein the system... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309308 | Centrifugal oil separator in an internal combustion engine In a centrifugal oil separator in an internal combustion engine including a centrifuge housing which is placed in a rotationally fixed manner onto a rotating centrifuge shaft, the centrifuge housing is manufactured from plastic and a metal bushing is integrated into... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300575 | Portable filter system A filter system for receiving an aqueous-based fluid contaminated with particles and emulsified contaminant oil, removing the particles, and separating the emulsified contaminant oil from the aqueous-based fluid includes a filter media for receiving the aqueous-base... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7236239 | Illumination system and exposure apparatus Disclosed is an illumination system for illuminating a surface to be illuminated, with light from a light source, the illumination system including a first optical integrator having a plurality of lens groups, for forming a plurality of first secondary light sources... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217357 | Oil filter for engines, transmissions or automatic transmissions Oil filter for engines, transmissions or automatic transmissions, said oil filter being integrated in an oil pan, at least one bypass valve being arranged on the oil filter, the bypass valve containing a spring whose spring resistance increases with increasing tempe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208080 | Low cost oil/grease separator A container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil/grease to be removed has sectional covers. A main sectional cover supports a partially immersed rotatable disk; a drive on the main sectional cover rotates the disk; a trough on the main sectional c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192518 | Liquid circuit A circuit for filtering a liquid, comprising a storage vessel (10), a pump (17), a consumer device (14), a filter element (23) and a controller (24). The circuit maybe used in systems where liquid, e.g. water, oil or fuel, is filte... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175756 | Device for treating working fluid for electric discharge machining The device for treating working fluid includes a fluid level detecting device for detecting a fluid level of cleaned fluid in a cleaned fluid tank, and a control unit for determining an adjustment value for a discharge rate command for a filter device pump, based on... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172693 | Quick change filter and bracket with key system and universal key option A bracket system holds a filter(s) in quick-attach and quick-release fashion. Brackets are combined in modular fashion, with conduit between the brackets, to create a “bank” of filters easily changed in number, arrangement, and flow scheme. Top brackets and bott... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160447 | Fluid filtration system including replaceable filter module A fluid filtration system includes a filter receiver located in a fluid reservoir housing and a replaceable filter module adapted to mount in the filter receiver. Fluid to be filtered is exposed to a filter media included in the filter module and mounted in a filter... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153419 | Liquid treating device A liquid treating device without any restrictions for a sludge discharge device set above a liquid tank is provided. A cyclone separator adapted to swirl liquid to subject sludge to centrifugal separation from the liquid and precipitate the sludge is connected to th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138052 | Quick change fitter and bracket system with key system and universal key option A bracket system holds a filter(s) in quick-attach and quick-release fashion. Brackets are combined in modular fashion, with conduit between the brackets, to create a “bank” of filters easily changed in number, arrangement, and flow scheme. Top brackets and bott... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7086517 | Cargo system roller/lock/power drive unit tray integration An apparatus is provided for housing cargo-moving devices in a cargo handling system. The apparatus comprises a variable width tray having a wide section, a narrow section, and a transition section for connecting the narrow section to the wide section. The narrow se... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073994 | Cargo deck for an aircraft There are known cargo decks for aircraft that comprise floor beams or an equivalent floor substructure and floor panels, ball mats, roller tracks, or other such transport devices connected thereto for conveying and fixing in position pallets, containers or similar o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056432 | Tank mounted oil filter assembly The present invention relates to small vehicles such as lawn and garden tractors and more specifically to an oil filter assembly used with the transmissions of such vehicles. The filter assembly is housed within the transmission case to reduce mounting brackets outs... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052599 | Method and apparatus for reuse of abrasive fluid used in the manufacture of semiconductors An apparatus and method recycles the abrasive fluid or slurry effluent used in the polishing step in the manufacture of semiconductors. Agglomerations of abrasive grains built up in the slurry effluent are crushed using a mill, ultrasonic oscillation, or pressurized... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025357 | Shaft seal having lip supports A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having an outwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case is embedded into the body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the outer case. An annular inner case is embedded into the body adjacent the inser... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007786 | Conveyor apparatus on a cargo deck of an aircraft Some known types of conveyor apparatus on a cargo deck of an aircraft comprise roller tracks with a U-shaped cross section that are attached to or on the cargo deck, as well as ball units attached to the roller tracks. In order to enable simple and reversible attach... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6979397 | Dynamic particle removing flushing system A portable, controllable fluid filtration flushing system with automated feedback, remote access, and documented operation is designed for hydraulic fluid or the like and has a base mounted on wheels for transporting the system. A filtration system mounted on the ba... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972087 | Transmission sump filter with bypass valve A filter (10) for filtering debris out of the fluid in a transmission sump (S) prior to the fluid entering a transmission pump (P) is disclosed. The filter (10) includes a filter housing (12) presenting a filter inlet (30), a bypass inlet... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969459 | Processing apparatus and an operating method thereof A processing apparatus and an operating method of the processing apparatus, in which a water insoluble oil homogeneous to a water insoluble oil (processing oil) used for a mist-lubrication in a processing site on a work is used as a lubricating oil for a lubrication... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955755 | Liquid filter comprising a valve arranged in a support tube of a filter element A liquid filter including a valve arranged in a supporting tube of a filter insert, in which the valve is fixed by a disk (60) which is oversized relative to a mounting opening (61), so that reliable sealing to the edges of the disk is facilitated. Use... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926826 | Quick change filter and bracket system with key system and universal key option A bracket system holds a filter(s) in quick-attach and quick-release fashion. Brackets are combined in modular fashion, with conduit between the brackets, to create a “bank” of filters easily changed in number, arrangement, and flow scheme. Top brackets and bott... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926821 | Water treatment device with volumetric and time monitoring features A totalization meter system for a water treatment device, the device having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, and a channel for channeling water between the inlet and outlet apertures. A flow reactive device is positioned in the channel and is exposed to the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913689 | Methods and apparatus for removing sediment from a liquid using pulses of pressurized air Methods and apparatus for removing sediment from a liquid are provided. Pulses of pressurized air are directed into a conduit having an inlet disposed within a first liquid-containing vessel adjacent to (or within) the sediment to cause a slurry of liquid and sedime... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911142 | Overhead return piping system An apparatus and method for circulating coolant liquid between machine tools and a coolant filtering unit through an overhead return line. A small stream of clean coolant is diverted to a flush tank and the tank is pressurized, e.g., with compressed air. Periodic re... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6881330 | Multi-stage EDM filter A two-stage, retrofit filter is adapted for use with an electrical discharge machine (EDM) includes nested inner and outer filtering elements that may be placed as a unit in the same tank and over the apertured standpipe used for a one-stage filter, such that the fl... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6846408 | Filter assembly for a control valve in a vehicular brake system A filter assembly for a control valve for controlling fluid flow in a hydraulic control unit of a vehicular brake system includes a substantially annular filter body. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end, and a second end. The inner surface d... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6835306 | Return-side filter for use in a vehicle transmission A fluid filtration assembly (10) operable to provide both return-side and supply-side filtration, as, for example, of a fluid entering and leaving a sump (14) as it circulates in a vehicle transmission (12). The fluid filtration assembly (10 | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818126 | Filter system A filter system for receiving an oil-in-water emulsion contaminated with an emulsified contaminant oil, and separating the emulsified contaminant oil from the oil-in-water emulsion includes a filter media for receiving the oil-in-water emulsion and emulsified contam... | 11/16/2004 |
