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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300572 | Water screen A traveling water screen comprising an endless foraminous belt with flights. The foraminous belt forms a water screen extending from a lower end in a flowing stream to an upper end above the surface of the stream. The stream flows through openings in the foraminous ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7247245 | Filtration cartridge and process for filtering a slurry A depth filter design is disclosed which has little if any open void area upstream of the media. Preferably, it also has little if any open void area downstream of the media as well. A preferred embodiment uses layers of stacked, fibrous media with several of the la... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7208084 | Modular aquarium filter A modular aquarium filter includes one or more cartridges connected in series. The cartridges may contain filter media for chemical, biological and/or mechanical filtration. In addition, the cartridges are designed such that they provide a unique internal helical ge... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7153425 | Process and filter for filtering a slurry The present invention comprises a process for filtering a slurry and a filter cartridge construction for filtering a slurry having a filtration medium formed of a depth filter such as a cylindrical seamless fibrous depth filter comprising a nonwoven fibrous mass, wo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7048850 | Water screen A traveling water screen comprising an endless foraminous belt with flights. The foraminous belt forms a water screen extending from a lower end in a flowing stream to an upper end above the surface of the stream. The stream flows through openings in the foraminous ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6918951 | Disc-type air filters An air filter includes a stack of filter discs formed with contacting faces having surface formations defining filtering passageways between adjacent discs for removing solid particles from the air passing through the stack. The filter discs in the stack further inc... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6391199 | Filtration member for a horizontal disc filter A filter member for horizontal disc filters has a base plate having a peripheral edge and a hub connected to the base plate. The base plate has cavities extending in a radial direction of the base plate at a slant toward the hub, wherein the cavities are ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6287459 | Drainwater treatment system for use in a vertical passageway A drainwater treatment system positionable within the vertical passageway of a drainage system utilizes a catch basin for accepting drainwater which flows downwardly into the drainage system and a filter-supporting section disposed alongside the catch bas... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6117322 | Dynamic filter system A dynamic filter system includes a dynamic filter assembly including one or more filter elements and one or more members disposed within a housing. The filter elements and the members are interleaved and arranged to rotate with respect to one another. The... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6099725 | Tower press filtering system A tower press filtering system (1) is provided. System (1) includes a frame assembly (10) having at least one support engagement portion (14); a collapsible filter tower assembly (20) having a plurality of displaceable filter plate members (20); a press a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6077428 | Disk filter The invention relates to a filter for the deposition filtration of liquids such as juice, wine, beer or the like. A filter packet (28) of plate-type filter elements (25), stacked one on top of the other, is disposed in a container (3), each filter element... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5858223 | Magnetic separators A magnetic separator for separating magnetizable particles from a fluid is described. The separator is of the type comprising a separating chamber having an inlet and an outlet with means for establishing an axial magnetic field within the chamber. Two or... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5817236 | Filter and filter medium unit for use therein A filter suitable for automobile oil filter includes a housing with a pair of casings connected together with open ends facing each other and having respective communicating ports, a partition wall interposed between the open ends of the casings and havin... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5759391 | Magnetic separators A magnetic separator for separating magnetizable particles from a fluid is described herein. The separator includes a separating chamber having an inlet and outlet and a magnetic field generator for establishing an axial magnetic field within the separati... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5679249 | Dynamic filter system A dynamic filter system comprises a dynamic filter assembly including one or more filter elements and one or more members disposed within a housing. The filter elements and the members are interleaved and arranged to rotate with respect to one another.... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5637216 | Filter matting for a reversible-flow filter A filter mat for use in reverse rinsing filter devices consisting of at least two filter mat devices and one static rigid filter mat base. The filter mat produces evenly distributed reverse rinse channels that provide even distribution of pressure in the ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5453184 | Filter carrier The present invention relates to a filter carrier 1 for the construction of a filter tower 9. To simplify the construction on the whole, the invention provides for a seal which is arranged on the pressure-exerting plate of the filter carrier and comprises... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5422005 | Rotating disk filter with flow distribution means The invention relates to a horizontal filter with a filter housing, in which an arrangement of superimposed, spaced filter elements is contained, and with distributor means supplying liquid to be filtered to the filter arrangement in a main direction of f... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5296140 | Continuous filtration device A continuous filtration device, comprising cells (1) arranged in a carousel around an axis of rotation and each presenting a horizontal axis of tilt, follower elements (9, 10), carried by a lever (7), at least one stationary guiding element (13, 14) for e... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5130019 | Mud cleaning apparatus for removing sand, shale, and other debris from drilling mud A mud cleaning apparatus is set forth and has an upstanding cylindrical housing supported by a frame work with legs. There is a mud inlet line at the top of the housing. Centrally, a motor drives a drive shaft extending vertically in the housing and suppo... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5087363 | Filtering cell The filtering cell includes a tank having a base wall and a filter bed supported above the base wall which divides the tank into an upper compartment for receiving a substance to be filtered and a lower compartment for receiving a filtrate. The base wall ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5084175 | Pool filter A pool filter with a housing having at least one opening for an inlet and at least one additional opening for an outlet, in which housing at least one filter pad in contact with its margins is arranged with both its sides freely accessible such that one s... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5069791 | Filter apparatus A filter apparatus having a plurality of filter zones that are disposed one above the other and have associated therewith at least one common unfiltered fluid channel and at least one common filtrate channel. Each filter zone has at least one filter sheet... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4892656 | Vacuum filter with releasably clamped sealing strip A vacuum filter for the separation of solids from liquids, comprising an endlessly circulating array of troughs which constitute a common horizontal filter surface, on which an endless filter cloth is laid, in which each trough has an elastic sealing stri... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4793928 | Polymer filtering apparatus A polymer filtering apparatus (1) is used to filter a molten polymer in a step of extruding a molten polymer to manufacture films and fibers. A plate type filter medium (4), which is incapable of resisting a filtration pressure, is supported at its rear p... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4752390 | Rotary vacuum filters with a horizontal filtration plane Vacuum rotary filter with horizontal filtering plane comprising a distributor consisting of a distributor part, a collector part and a gas separation chamber. The collector part (110) consists of a single vat divided into three compartments (139, 140, 141... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4721566 | Tilting pan filters and cam therefor Tilting filter pans is disclosed having generally parallel leading and trailing sidewalls which are sloped at an angle to permit increased filtration rates for a predetermined filtering efficiency, and also to permit increased filtering efficiency where t... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4708797 | Rotary disc filter element A rotary disc filter element having a large surface area for tank filters, such rotary disc filter element being composed of a hub, a circular bottom plate mounted thereon, a filter mesh clamped above it, and a supporting mesh arranged between the bottom ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4675107 | Tilting pan filters Tilting filter pans having generally parallel leading and trailing sidewalls which are sloped at an angle to permit increased filtration rates for a predetermined filtering efficiency, and also to permit increased filtering efficiency where the feed rate ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4582601 | Polymeric basket frame for a traveling water screen A basket frame for a traveling water screen includes a pair of hollow parallel lip beams connected together by end plates which are secured to the lip beams by plugs fixed to the ends of the hollow lip beams. The hollow cores of the lip beams are sealed a... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4547288 | Metallic profile wire screen for a filter surface A metallic profile wire screen for a filter surface for use with a tilting pan type filter exhibiting sufficient open area for acceptable liquid flow with optimum spacing between the profiled wires for the retention of solids being filtered.... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4541930 | Interchangeable screen panels for a traveling water screen A traveling water screen is provided with a support frame having a transverse tray for accommodating a conventional screen panel of a specific configuration or alternatively a modified screen panel having an integral pan for positioning over the transvers... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4496462 | Anchoring device An anchoring device for anchoring a grid relative a frame member of a filter pan is disclosed. The anchoring device comprises an aperture defined by the grid. An open topped housing is rigidly connected to the grid with the open top of the housing registe... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4439066 | Pervious tunnel liner member This invention discloses a prefabricated liner plate for lining the interior of a subterranean tunnel as a primary lining. The liner plate is formed in such a manner that an outer arcuate face has a depression formed therein so that a filter placed in the... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4392422 | Apparatus for removing liquid from a suspension In the embodiments of the web press disclosed in the specification, a pair of webs carries suspension material partly about a series of press drums of decreasing diameter in a first pressing section. One of the webs carrying the suspension material passes... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4391706 | Filter element sealing device for filter pan A filter element sealing device for a filter pan in which a rubber sealing strip cooperates with one or more ledges formed in the peripheral sidewall of the pan to lock the edge of the filter element between the sealing strip and the sidewall of the pan. ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4330404 | Multiple cell filter with baffles A cell filter having a series of filtering cells and a distributor for collecting and adjusting the distribution of fluids passing through the cell filtering surface. Each cell has a planar filtering bed composed of a filtering cloth bearing on a rigid ap... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4322295 | Fluid filtration apparatus A fluid filtration apparatus including a filter packet enclosed by a container and comprised of a filtering element arranged on a hollow shaft through which filtrate is removed. The filtration apparatus also includes a seal arrangement to prevent filtrate... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4221663 | Multiple plate filter apparatus A multiple-plate filter apparatus characterized by a plurality of individual filter units, each having dual filtering surfaces. The filtering surfaces are defined in part by bags made of plastic cloth. During the cleaning cycle, a flotation collar raises ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4172791 | Multiple cell filter having a gas discharge A cell filter having a collecting part divided into chambers and compartments and provided with cavities. Each compartment is provided on the one hand at the bottom thereof with at least one liquid-discharge outlet lying substantially below that level whe... | 10/30/1979 |
