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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7972509 | Washbox Exemplary systems and methods relating to washboxes are described. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7922903 | System and method for uniformly distributing a fluid through a filter bed in a filter A system and method for uniformly distributing fluids (e.g., washing and in-service) through a filter bed of a filter. The system and method of the present invention can be used with any type of filter that uses media to remove impurities from a fluid. The filter be... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7736506 | System and method for uniformly distributing a fluid through a filter bed in a filter A system and method for uniformly distributing fluids (e.g., washing and in-service) through a filter bed of a filter. The system and method of the present invention can be used with any type of filter that uses media to remove impurities from a fluid. The filter be... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7374676 | High rate filtration system A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361281 | High efficiency ion exchange system and method for removing chromium from water The disclosed invention is a fixed bed ion exchange water purification system. It employs a combination of electronically controlled process steps and specific systems configurations to duplicate the effects of moving resin beds from one operating position to anothe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7332080 | Apparatus for salt free water softening A water softening system and process for softening water on an as needed basis is disclosed. The system and process softens water without the addition of a substitute metal exchange cation. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329338 | Conductivity sensor for an ion exchange water softener A water treatment system includes a tank that contains a particle bed for removing minerals from water flowing through the tank. The regeneration of the particle bed is conducted in response to measuring its conductivity. A probe is provided for that measuring. That... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300569 | Water treatment system A water treatment system which includes a control valve with a venturi for drawing air into a tank. The passage of untreated water into the control valve draws air into a tank for oxidation of the water. The flow of the air into the tank is independent of the flow o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285220 | Water softener Disclosed is a water softener capable of producing soft water at various temperatures and facilitating the regeneration of an ion exchange resin thereof. The water softener includes a water softening tank in which an internal region containing therein the ion exchan... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276160 | Method and apparatus for metal removal by ion exchange The present invention provides a method for selectively removing metal ions of interest from a solution (12), such as the wastewater from a chemical mechanical polishing process. The method comprises contacting a solution (12) containing solid particle... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273555 | Process for continuous ion exchange A process for continuous countercurrent ion exchange comprises piping a contaminated feed stream into a closed loop ion exchange contactor. The contactor is an ion exchange bed that has three or more reaction segments. The segments are comprised of at least an adsor... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267767 | Filtration apparatus A cleansing tank 38 and a screw conveyor 32 are removably mounted to a mounting opening 22 of a filtration tank 2. When the cleansing tank 38 and the screw conveyor 32 are to be removed, they can be extracted to the exterior... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252761 | Filtration installation for filtering the water of a water pool A filtration installation for a swimming pool (2) comprising a filter vessel (4) containing a filter bed (5), an inlet pipe (6) extending between the pool and the filter vessel, a return pipe (8) extending between the filter vessel... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7223347 | Apparatus and method for filtering fluids The present invention provides an apparatus and method for filtering fluids with a compressible filter media within at least a portion of a housing inwardly compressible. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217363 | Filtration system A filtration system for cleaning a fluid, typically water, that is contained in a tank having a rounded base and which cleans, during the backwash cycle, the filter media and, in particular, cleans the media in a usually stagnant area found in the rounded base of th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7144510 | Method and apparatus for treatment of a fluid stream A method for treating a fluid by providing a raw fluid to a process tank. The raw fluid may be water having varying degrees of contamination or another type of fluid. The method further consists of adding an ion exchange resin to the process tank to form a raw fluid... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7108784 | Apparatus for removal and destruction of ammonia from an aqueous medium Methods and apparatuses are provided for the removal and destruction of ammonia from an aqueous medium. The methods and apparatuses include the removal of ammonia from an aqueous medium by contact with either natural or synthetic zeolite. The spent zeolite is re-gen... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090771 | Filtration system underdrain The invention is directed to a filter underdrain for supporting a filter media between at least two dividers forming at least one cell, which includes at least one porous plate for supporting the filter media for filtering a fluid, the porous plate spanning across a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7045057 | Preparation of homogeneously loaded ion exchangers A process for preparing an ion-exchangeable media within a moving-bed or simulated moving-bed device, which can create a true or simulated media flow, comprising the steps of packing the bed with ion-exchangeable media and passing a solution, containing a mixture of... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7001522 | Systems for column-based separations, methods of forming packed columns, and methods of purifying sample components The invention encompasses systems for column-based separations, methods of packing and unpacking columns and methods of separating components of samples. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of packing and unpacking a column chamber, comprising: a) packing... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001509 | Aquarium filter having self-priming arrangement An external aquarium filter comprises a flow resistive, porous member disposed between a partition wall and the filter housing. Responsive to stopping the pump, water in the intake chamber begins to reversely flow out of the intake chamber into the aquarium tank thr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6984327 | System and method for separating heavy isotopes of hydrogen oxide from water An apparatus and method for separating heavy isotopes of hydrogen from contaminated water. The apparatus includes a treatment chamber with an elongated hollow core fiber (HCF) extending within the chamber. A reservoir holds contaminated water mixed with beads formed... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6966987 | Tangentially fed media filter method and apparatus A water treatment device for purifying process water by filtration comprising a housing containing a filter media, having a bottom gravel bed and an upper silica bed, and a fluidizer for backwashing the filter media. Process water is tangentially introduced and caus... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962657 | Water treatment system A water treatment system for removing hard ions from source water. The water treatment system is of the type that includes a pair of ion-exchange water softener tanks connectable to a source of pressurized water and with a water system to supply softened water to th... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953525 | Potable water treatment plant and method of maintaining same A package plant for treating raw water to yield potable water. The package plant includes an inlet for raw water, followed by an ozonator for disinfecting the water. Next is provided an up flow roughing filter including a chemically active layer, on top. A slow sand... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6936176 | Transportable water treatment system A transportable water treatment system comprising: an inlet adapted to receive water having a pressure of between 10 to 60 psig, a primary regenerable filter connected so as to receive water that has flown through the inlet, the primary regenerable filter configured... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926835 | Water softening device Sampling pipes 21 and 22 are inserted, separated from outlet openings, into first and second water softeners 4 and 11. Raw water flows through first water softener 4, and raw water does not flow through second water softener 11 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6838069 | Apparatus and method for ammonia removal from waste streams Apparatus, materials, and methods for removing ammonia from fluid using metal hydroxides (e.g. zinc hydroxide) and metal cation loaded media (e.g. zinc loaded ion exchange resins); the metal hydroxides and metal cation loaded media may be regenerated with a weak aci... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6797158 | Method and apparatus for acoustically driven media filtration A method and apparatus for acoustically enhanced particle separation uses a chamber through which flows a fluid containing particles to be separated. A porous medium is disposed within the chamber. A transducer mounted on one wall of the chamber is powered to impose... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793819 | Airtight waste solution sampling apparatus An airtight sampling apparatus for effectively and accurately sampling a waste solution including volatile organic compounds (VOC's) from a main waste solution conduit having a first pressure P1, is provided. The airtight sampling apparatus includes (a) a was... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6783684 | Water softening apparatus and associated method for sensing depletion of salt in a brine tank A water softening apparatus (10) comprises a regeneration tank (12) and a brine tank (14). An ion exchange resin (26) is located within the regeneration tank (12) and salt (38) is located within the brine tank (14). W... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780312 | Filtration apparatus A filtration apparatus comprising a container that houses a filtration tank to which contaminated water is supplied, a cleansing tank, and a screw conveyor disposed within said cleansing tank is provided. Filtration media is housed within the cleansing tank and the ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6773589 | Method and apparatus for removing particulate contaminants from commercial laundry waste water A filtration apparatus includes a tank having an upper chamber and a lower baffle, layers of stone and carbon between the upper chamber and the lower baffle, a water inlet to the upper chamber, and a water outlet below the lower baffle. The upper chamber is divided ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6749744 | Device for regenerating an ion exchange cartridge The invention relates to a device for regenerating an ion exchange cartridge. In household appliances with an electric heating element for heating water, such as irons, coffee makers, and electric water kettles, deposition of scale is prevented by using an ion excha... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6716344 | Liquid-solids circulating fluidized bed A continuous Liquid-Solids Circulating Fluidized Bed (LSCFB) preferably for use as an ion exchanger consists of two fluidized bed columns, a fluidized bed adsorber (downer) operating in conventional fluidized bed mode for adsorption of ions of interest and a fluidiz... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6607668 | Water purifier Water purifier using membranes, ion exchange resins and electricity to remove ionic, organic and suspended impurities from water to produce high quality, pure water. Supply water is pre-treated by directing it first into a sediment pre-filter module, a so... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605216 | Deep media filter A compact, rapid upflow deep media filter for removing suspended solids from a liquid flow, which includes: a filter casing having a liquid inlet port, a liquid outlet port, and a filter bed composed of a volume of granular filter media and located betwee... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6596159 | Automatic regeneration valve for water softener A regeneration valve 131 is adapted for automatic activation of ion exchange resin in a water softener. The regeneration valve includes a switching valve 1, a control valve 32, a water injection valve 54, a cam mechanism (FIG. 13) and a timer mechanism wh... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579445 | System for the production of laboratory grade ultrapure water There is disclosed a system capable of purifying water to a laboratory grade level that uses redox media, high energy catalytic activated carbon, ultraviolet radiation and high purity ion exchange media in series filtration. The system produces purified w... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6531063 | Zeolite bed leach septic system and method for wastewater treatment A septic system and method for the removal of nitrogen contaminants, such as nitrates and ammonia, from a wastewater effluent. The system comprises one or more zeolite tanks which contain a regenerable, granulated zeolite material to receive wastewater ef... | 03/11/2003 |
