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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172548 | Driving agent vacuum pump A driving agent vacuum pump configured as a micropump is presented. The vacuum pump includes an evaporation chamber and a pumping chamber, which are separated by a jet arrangement. The jet arrangement includes a planar arrangement of at least one jet running vertica... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7206605 | Radio receiver A radio receiver disclosed is composed of a signal processing part, which includes a receive band pass filter 2 and a receive low noise amplifier 3, to process receive signal and discharge gas with time, the signal processing part being cooled by the c... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6955695 | Conversion of petroleum residua to methane This invention discloses improvements on previous inventions for catalytic conversion of coal and steam to methane. The disclosed improvements permit conversion of petroleum residua or heavy crude petroleum to methane and carbon dioxide such that nearly all of the h... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6902378 | Electronically controlled vacuum pump A vacuum system comprises, as an integral assembly, a vacuum pump with drive motor, a purge valve, a roughing valve and an electronic control module. A cryogenic vacuum pump and a turbomolecular vacuum pump are disclosed. The control module has a programmed processo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6767192 | Vapor jet pump with ejector stage in foreline A vapor jet vacuum pump includes a housing having an inlet port and a foreline conduit, a vapor jet assembly within the housing, a vapor source for supplying a vapor to the vapor jet assembly, and at least one ejector stage. The ejector stage includes an ejector noz... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6517320 | Hose siphon A hose siphon for cleaning sand, dirt and other particulate impurities from tanks or vessels. The hose siphon typically includes an aspirator conduit for receiving the pressurized water and a main conduit for receiving the pressurized water from the aspir... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6099266 | Air pump An air pump (10) having a separation chamber (15) defined by a top wall (11), a bottom wall (12) and generally annular side walls (13). A liquid entry tube (24) configured to draw air into a stream of liquid passing through the liquid entry tube is couple... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5993166 | Diffusion pumps having an integrated reservoir for the working fluid A diffusion pump having a hollow outer body and a heater to heat working fluid that is used in the pump. The hollow outer body includes an outlet for connection to a backing pump and an inlet for communication with the chamber to be evacuated. A sump cont... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5913662 | Diffusion pump with two inlets and two stage pumping capability A diffusion pump for evacuating a chamber is provided with a hollow outer body including an outlet for connection to a backing pump and a base for containing a working fluid. A vapor chimney extends from the base within the hollow outer body and includes ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5281245 | Flue gas treatment apparatus and flue gas treatment system This invention relates to a flue gas treatment apparatus for treating flue gas in which a contaminant in the form of fine solid particles and a gaseous air pollutant are mixed. In the flue gas treatment apparatus, a gas suction portion (29a) for drawing f... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5137429 | Diffusion pump A high vacua diffusion pump for use in a vacuum system including a chamber to be evacuated and a positive displacement pump. The diffusion pump includes a pump body structure having an open upper end and a closed lower end. A boiler and jet assembly is yi... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5002464 | Double buffer vacuum system The subject invention provides a double buffer vacuum system having a high vacuum inner chamber, a rough vacuum outer chamber, two rough vacuum pumps, a high vacuum pump, and two vacuum gauges. The double buffer vacuum system is adaptable for use in equip... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4845360 | Counterflow leak detector with high and low sensitivity operating modes A counterflow helium mass spectrometer leak detector in which a helium sample passes in a reverse direction through a diffusion pump to a mass spectrometer for measurement. The diffusion pump includes a conventional foreline and a second foreline provided... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4545739 | Start-up for hydrokinetic amplifier Several expedients can start-up a hydrokinetic amplifier powered by operating vapor at subatmospheric pressure. One expedient connects an evacuated region to the discharge region of suction chamber 13 so that subatmospheric pressure vapor flows through va... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4361418 | High vacuum processing system having improved recycle draw-down capability under high humidity ambient atmospheric conditions Water contamination of the oil in vacuum pumps of high vacuum systems is a major problem in maintaining efficient operation of those pumps. The problem is especially acute where a system includes an evacuated work chamber that must be repeatedly opened fo... | 11/30/1982 |
| 3943330 | Method and apparatus for electrically heating a fluid Fluid heating arrangements and methods are provided wherein liquid is caused to flow through a fluid permeable electrical resistance heater body. Prior to the heater body, the liquid passes through a fluid permeable flow control member which offers a unif... | 03/09/1976 |
