"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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 |
| 8063112 | Process for the regeneration of an ion exchange resin using sulfurous acid A diamine absorbent that contains heat stable salts is regenerated using an ion exchange process wherein the cation exchange resin is regenerated using sulfurous acid reflux. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7763666 | Plug-flow regeneration process A process for the regeneration of loaded ion-exchange resin comprising (a) providing loaded resin for regeneration; (b) providing first stage and third stage regenerant suitable for regenerating loaded resin; (c) providing a plurality of regeneration vessels; (d) fi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7482387 | Method for processing spent ion-exchange resins A method for processing spent ion-exchange resins is provided by reducing the volume of the spent ion-exchange resins through a wet oxidation process and solidifying the residual wet oxidation slurry and the waste solution with high efficiency. The method comprises ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7361273 | Separation of sugars, sugar alcohols, carbohydrates and mixtures thereof The present invention relates to a method of separating sugars and sugar alcohols from each other. More particularly the present invention relates to the use of a weakly basic anion exchange resin in a chromatographic separation process. The advantage of the present... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341662 | Distribution and collection headers for a filter bed A filtration vessel has an inlet for inflow into the filtration vessel of liquid media to be filtered, a body of filter media in the filtration vessel, and a drain to receive filtered liquid media for take off from the filtration vessel. The inlet is configured to i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338649 | Method of producing food grade hydrated lime A method is shown for producing food grade hydrated lime. A source of raw, hydrated lime is first passed through a classification step which divides the raw hydrated lime into a first fine stream and a first coarse stream. The first fine stream is passed through a f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326736 | Composite proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same A composite proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same. The composite proton exchange membrane comprises a proton exchange membrane which has been modified by replacing membrane protons in desired areas of the membrane with a cationic polymer. The... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314568 | Water conditioning system A multi-stage water conditioning system is structured for conditioning a flow of influent water passing through the conditioning system by removing one or more cations including sodium, iron, barium, and or ammonia from the influent water, while also possibly adding... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311843 | Bio degradation of oxyanions such as perchlorate on ion exchange resins Systems and methods for removing perchlorate load off of ion exchange resins are disclosed. The systems and methods rely upon direct contact between the resin and a liquid product formed by the culturing of perchlorate-destroying microorganisms. These methods can be... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294654 | Method of making thermally regenerable salt sorbent resins A heterogenous hybrid thermally regenerable salt sorbent resin is formed from a hybrid precursor resin. The hybrid precursor resin is formed by intimately mixing a dry, solid crosslinked macroporous copolymer with a solution containing a polyunsaturated monomer, a m... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255798 | Recycling of used perfluorosulfonic acid membranes A method for recovering and recycling catalyst coated fuel cell membranes includes dissolving the used membranes in water and solvent, heating the dissolved membranes under pressure and separating the components. Active membranes are produced from the recycled mater... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7211550 | Compositions for controlling scaling and completion fluids An aqueous-based composition containing cesium formate and at least one chelating agent is described. Methods of removing scaling deposits, which may include alkaline earth metal sulfates, present on surfaces, including porous media, such as alkaline earth metal sul... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7163964 | Method for preparing an ion exchange media This invention presents an ion exchange media including a plurality of cation exchange zones and anion exchange zones in flow paths that are contained in a substantially nonporous resin transport framework. During electrodeionization and other potential applications... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157005 | Regenerant reuse The invention provides a method for recycling the waste regenerant from softeners. The method includes passing a high concentration of monovalent ionic halide salt through a resin bed. The high monovalent cation concentration causes the divalent cations on the resin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132052 | System for the purification and reuse of spent brine in a water softener System and method for purifying and recycling spent brine in a water softener are provided. The system may be made up of a cation exchange resin tank fluidly coupled for passing spent brine comprising monovalent and divalent ions. A fluid mixer valve is coupled to t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7094469 | Porous or non-porous substrate coated with an immobilized polymeric composition having sulfonyl groups and hydrophilic functional groups and process A porous or non-porous polymeric substrate having its surface modified with an immobilized fluorocarbon such as perfluorocarbon, polymeric composition is provided. The immobilized fluorocarbon is formed from a monomer having formula: [T—SO2Y—SO2 | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087162 | Accessible well for brine tank A well (12) outside of a brine tank (10) is provided which provides better accessibility to the brine refill valve (112) or other components within the well. Also, apertures (42–48) of differing elevations above the bottom of the brine ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071240 | Carboxylic cationites and methods of manufacture A method for preparing synthetic polymerized resins for ion exchange, namely, carboxylic cationites, which are suitable as sorbents for preparative separation and purification of biologically active compounds by low pressure liquid chromatography (LPLC). The directi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067702 | Process for preparing vinyl substituted beta-diketones A process for preparing vinyl substituted beta-diketones includes reacting a halogen-containing beta-diketone with an olefin in a reaction zone under Heck coupling reaction conditions in the presence of a catalyst, a base, and an organic phosphine to provide a vinyl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7025884 | Method and apparatus for treatment of a fluid system A method for treating a fluid by providing raw fluid to a process tank, adding an ion exchange resin to the process tank to form a raw fluid/ion exchange resin mixture, removing treated fluid from the process tank through a membrane filter located within the process... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7000409 | Use of flow through capacitor in the recovery and purification of water from exhaust gases of internal combustion engines A process for recovering potable water from the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. In this process the exhaust gases are cooled causing water to condense out, and the water formed is passed through particulate filters, activated carbon filt... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993113 | Method of evaluating ion-exchange film, method of evaluating organic sample and X-ray measuring apparatus Disclosed herein is a method of evaluating the performance of an ion-exchange film. In the method, small-angle scattering curves for the ion-exchange film are obtained by an X-ray measuring apparatus that can detect X-rays scattered at small angles with respect to t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6972091 | Ion exchange resin plant An ion exchange resin plant for the demineralizing or softening water with an arrangement that allows the plant to operate continuously. The plant tank is divided into to two separate compartments that work simultaneously. One compartment effects water demineralizat... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962968 | Purification of macrocyclic oligoesters Acid impurities, such as carboxylic acid-terminated polymers, are removed from macrocyclic oligoesters with ion exchange resins, resulting in macrocyclic oligoesters that are substantially free of acid impurities. The ion exchange resins can be regenerated anew and ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6933257 | Sol-gel derived porous microcomposite of perfluorinated ion-exchange polymer and metal oxide Porous microcomposites have been prepared from perfluorinated ion-exchange polymer and metal oxides such as silica using the sol-gel process. Such microcomposites possess high surface area and exhibit extremely high catalytic activity. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919382 | Preparation and uses of conjugated solid supports for boronic acids The invention provides novel solid supports comprising dihydroxyalkyl aminoalkyl and dihydroxyalkylaminobenzyl groups, and methods for making and using them. The supports are particularly useful for immobilizing and derivatizing functionalized boronic acids for use ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913741 | System and process for producing halogen oxides A system and process for oxidizing inorganic or organic species is disclosed. The system and process includes feeding a dilute aqueous alkali metal halite solution into a cation exchange column, wherein the cation exchange column contains a cation exchange material;... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911481 | Method of regenerating ion exchange resin A method of regenerating an ion exchange resin, comprising the steps of packing a used ion exchange resin in a regeneration tower; and repeating at least twice a step comprising passing an aqueous solution of regenerant through the regeneration tower downward from a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6875415 | Resin preconditioning methods using carbon dioxide and methods for purifying hydrogen peroxide Provided are a preconditioned resin and methods of preparation thereof as well as methods for purifying hydrogen peroxide solutions. The method includes preconditioning an anion exchange resin, wherein an anion exchange resin bed is provided and carbon dioxide gas i... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6693139 | Treated ion exchange resin and method for treatment thereof This invention relates to ion exchange resins that have a reduced amount of physically adsorbed organic compounds, as well as methods of producing and using such resins. In particular, the amount of extractable total organic carbon on the resins may be le... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6624206 | Process for the preparation of free-flowing strongly acidic cation exchangers The invention relates to processes for the preparation of free-flowing end products of strongly acidic cation exchangers. In the case of the strongly acidic cation exchangers prepared by the processes described in Patent Application P 195 48 012.0, the pa... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6593379 | Method for converting a weakly acid ion exchanger material from the H form into the Ca form The invention relates to a method and a device for converting a preferably weak acid ion-exchange material from the H form into the Ca form, according to which the ion-exchange material is brought into contact with an aqueous, preferably saturated, Ca(OH)... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6508939 | Mixed bed type sugar solution refining system and regeneration method for such apparatus By passing an alkali regenerating agent A through a basic anion exchange resin (3), and through a strongly acidic cation exchange resin (4), the basic anion exchange resin can be regenerated while amphoteric organic materials such as the amino acids captu... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6448299 | Regeneration of strong-base anion-exchange resins by sequential chemical displacement A method for regenerating strong-base anion exchange resins utilizing a sequential chemical displacement technique with new regenerant formulation. The new first regenerant solution is composed of a mixture of ferric chloride, a water-miscible organic sol... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6437010 | Device and method for the regeneration of mixed ion exchange resin beds A method for desalination of water or of aqueous solutions derived from industrial process that use two columns: the first treatment column containing a mixed bed of ion exchange resins, in which the cation exchange resins are regenerated, and a second co... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6436294 | Process for modifying the metal ion sorption capacity of a medium A process for modifying a medium is disclosed that includes treating a medium having a metal ion sorption capacity with a solution that includes: A) an agent capable of forming a complex with metal ions; and B) ions selected from the group consisting of s... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6407143 | Method and solvent composition for regenerating an ion exchange resin A method and composition for removing perchlorate from a highly selective ion exchange resin is disclosed. The disclosed approach comprises treating the resin in a solution of super critical or liquid carbon dioxide and one or more quaternary ammonium chl... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6372143 | Purification of produced water from coal seam natural gas wells using ion exchange and reverse osmosis A method and apparatus are provided for treating produced water to lower the total dissolved solids of the water for safe discharge to the environment. The produced water is passed through a weak acid cation resin in H+ form to remove cations i... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6362240 | Mixed-bed type sugar solution refining system and regeneration method for such apparatus By passing an alkali regenerating agent A through a basic anion exchange resin (3), and through a strongly acidic cation exchange resin (4), the basic anion exchange resin can be regenerated while amphoteric organic materials such as the amino acids captu... | 03/26/2002 |