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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075649 | Vacuum bag and vacuum bag attachment assembly A vacuum bag includes a container portion having at least one opening. A threaded fitting is disposed in communication with the at least one opening, and the threaded fitting is configured for attachment to a vacuum nozzle of a vacuum cleaner. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7879121 | Cyclone dust-collecting apparatus for vacuum cleaner A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus is provided. The dust-collecting apparatus is detachably mounted in a main cleaner body of a vacuum cleaner and disposed on a suction flow path extending from a suction port body to a suction source. The dust-collecting apparatus ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7357825 | Cyclonic fluid separator with vortex generator in inlet section A cyclonic fluid separator of the type comprising a tubular throat portion in which a fluid mixture is accelerated to a subsonic or supersonic speed and thereby expanded and cooled down so that condensable components condense and/or solidify and then swirl into a di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316733 | Diffuser for separator vessel A third stage separator vessel includes a diffuser to promote uniform flow among an array of separation cyclones in the vessel. The vessel has an inlet to receive a gas stream containing solid particles, and the diffuser is mounted at the inlet so that at least some... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258727 | Apparatus for separating particles from a flowing medium A separating apparatus which enables particles to be separated from a flowing medium by a preliminary separator which avoids the undesirably high pressure losses due to the flow resistance of known preliminary separators. The separating apparatus has a housing with ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244282 | Separator device A separator device, particularly a separator for separating particles from an air stream, which includes a first stage having at least one centrifugal separator through which the fluid flows along a first axial path. The centrifugal separator has a guide device for ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7192462 | Engine air filter and sealing system An air induction system for an engine to remove contaminants from intake air prior to delivery to the engine. The system includes an assembly for filtering air which is mounted in advance of the engine, and a duct for delivering air from the assembly to the engine. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182803 | Solids multi-clone separator A cyclone separator includes a body having a side entry fluid inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet both aligned substantially transverse to the fluid inlet, and has the first and second outlets opposing each other. A cyclone tube assembly is positioned within t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144437 | Vertically arranged separator for separating liquid from a gas flow A vertically oriented separator for separating liquid from a gas stream, where the incoming fluid enters the separator through an inlet nozzle arranged mainly perpendicular to the center axis of the separator and communicates with a circular swirl-inducing inlet dev... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7070637 | Apparatus for separating particles from a fluid A particle separation device for removing particles from a fluid. An embodiment of the device includes a particle separation chamber with an annular tunnel. A plurality of inlet vanes extend within the annular tunnel for imparting a helical fluid flow by deflecting ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070645 | Process and apparatus for separating two phases from each other The invention relates to a method and apparatus for separating two phases from each other. According to the invention, a stream made up of at least two phases is directed to a separation apparatus, which comprises a separation container (25) and cyclones (... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048782 | Apparatus and process for power recovery Disclosed is a third stage separator which includes two main clean gas outlets. One main clean gas outlet communicates with a power recovery unit such as an expander turbine while the second main clean gas outlet communicates with a conduit that bypasses the expande... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7008467 | Air cleaner and method of filtering A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally includes a z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004987 | Intake air pre-cleaner with aspirator port chamber for collecting and holding particles for later aspiration A pre-cleaner for an air induction system of an internal combustion engine including a housing enclosing an upper chamber and an aspirator port chamber, the upper chamber containing a plurality of particulate separator tubes for removing particles from air flowing t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991664 | Intake system An intake system for the combustion air of a motor of a hand held implement is provided. The system includes an air filter and a centrifugal separator. The air filter has a dirt chamber and a clean chamber that is separated therefrom by a filter medium. The clean ch... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989039 | Cyclonic separating apparatus The invention provides a cyclonic separating apparatus that includes a plurality of cyclones, each having an inlet and being arranged in parallel with one another, and a passageway arranged upstream of the cyclones for carrying an airflow to the inlets of the cyclon... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6966940 | Air filter cartridge A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally includes z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, an... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6932849 | Serviceable vortex-type filter assembly and method for servicing same A vortex-type filter assembly comprising a housing, a removable inlet module, and a removable outlet module. The housing comprises an inlet portion, a filtration chamber, and an outlet portion. The inlet module separates the inlet portion from the filtration chamber... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6902595 | Intake water separator A water separator is formed in two pieces, one of which is unitary (in one piece) with the intake air scoop, and the other of which is unitary (in one piece) with the air cleaner housing, or cowl therefore. An inlet scoop piece includes an enlarged rib defining an i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902593 | Separation device to remove fine particles A multi-cyclone gas/solids separator with reduced solids re-entrainment is disclosed. The separator uses a plurality of cyclones spaced horizontally apart from adjacent cyclones to process flue gas containing residual catalyst fines. Each cyclone has a body that has... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884273 | Multicell cyclone and method for producing it A multicell cyclone with a plurality of cyclone cells and a method for the production thereof, in which the cyclone cells of the multicell cyclone are combined into groups from which deposited particles are cleaned out by vacuum suction through channel structures. T... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6863703 | Compact footprint CFB with mechanical dust collector A circulating fluidized bed (CFB) unit utilizing a mechanical dust collector located in a vertical flue above at least one heat exchange surface, and at least partially underneath the floor of a non-vertical flue, includes a plurality of individual collection elemen... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6620217 | Centrifugal separator for separating off water A centrifugal separator is provided for separating water out of wet steam, and comprises a first cylindrical tube and a second cylindrical tube that is coaxially disposed in the first tube. The inner diameter of the first tube is greater than the outer di... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6432173 | Centrifugal separator arrangement for powder coating recovery system and methods Methods and systems for recovering paint include utilizing a plurality of centrifugal separator modules downstream of a paint booth. Each of the centrifugal separator modules includes a plurality of centrifugal separators. Each of the centrifugal separato... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6148535 | Gas dryer A gas dryer comprises a chamber with an inlet and an outlet for a gas which is to be dried by flowing under pressure through the dryer. The chamber is arranged so that the direction of flow of the gas is between its end faces. The location of the inlet an... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5927510 | Particle classification apparatus and processes thereof An apparatus for the classification of solid particulates entrained in a fluid, comprising: a housing provided with a feed inlet, a fine fraction outlet, and a coarse fraction outlet; and a classifier wheel having an upper and lower surface, and a plurali... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5616303 | Centrifugal bed reactor A combination reaction chamber and gas/solids separator is provided in a common reactor vessel. The reactor is capable of carrying out various types of gas/solids reactions within the reaction chamber and, contemporaneously, separates the gas from the par... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5575826 | Air cleaner An air cleaner construction including a precleaner arrangement, a filter assembly and a scavenger arrangement is provided. In the precleaner arrangement, air directed into the air cleaner assembly is subjected to some particulate removal. The air from the... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5538696 | FCC process and apparatus with contained vortex third stage separator Horizontal, small diameter cyclones are disclosed. Gas and fines are added tangentially around a clean vapor outlet tube in a cylindrical cyclone. A vortex of solids and some gas passes into a contiguous and axially aligned cylindrical vortex containment ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5510194 | Perforated plate filter media and related products Perforated plates for use as filter media and devices for fluid injection and extrusion have a multiplicity of holes of a uniform size and a selected diameter as small as 0.5 micron. The plates are made by a "wire drawing" process wherein a sacrificial wi... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5401285 | Air cleaner having scavenger arrangement for precleaner and filter thereof An air cleaner construction including a precleaner arrangement, a filter assembly and a scavenger arrangement is provided. In the precleaner arrangement, air directed into the air cleaner assembly is subjected to some particulate removal. The air from the... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5320654 | Air cleaner for cooling device in driving system mounted on large size dump truck An air cleaner for a cooling device in a driving system mounted on a large-size dump truck capable of separating and removing dust and rain water contained the air flow flowing in through an air intake portion from the air with a high efficiency. This air... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5320653 | Air precleaning apparatus A vortex air precleaner having snap-fit, self-sealing vortex tubes. Each vortex tube includes a flexible lip projecting laterally outward from the tube and spaced from an end of the tube. An annular shoulder is located between the lip and the tube end and... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5129124 | Cleaning machine A cleaning machine includes a frame having wheels, a suction blower having an air inlet and an air outlet and mounted on the frame, an intake opening communicating with the air inlet of the suction blower for sucking dirt containing relatively large dirt ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5061304 | Steam processing apparatus and method A steam processing apparatus and method in which a plurality of separators are disposed along the length of a cylindrical drum having inlet means for receiving a mixture of liquid and vapor and outlet means for discharging the separated liquid and vapor. ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5009684 | Multiple cyclone separator A purification unit for separation of solid particles from gases comprises at least one group of a plurality of flow cylinders arranged in a common chamber. Each flow cylinder has a fixed rotary head for setting incoming gas in rotary motion, an outlet di... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4786299 | Vacuum loader with silencer base A unique vacuum loader is provided with a special silencer base to quietly, efficiently, and effectively remove particulate matter, debris and waste from industrial plants and other locations. The silencer base comprises a muffler and sound abatement cont... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4746340 | Air cleaner apparatus An air cleaner including a plurality of regularly arranged vortex separators and a network of regularly arranged exhaust ducts is disclosed. The vortex separators include a restriction between vortex air and particulate laden scavengable air. The duct net... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4648890 | Combination downflow-upflow vapor-liquid separator An improved vapor-liquid separator having a vertically disposed conduit for flow of a mixture. A first, second and third plurality of curved arms penetrate and extend within the conduit. A cylindrical member is radially spaced from the conduit forming an ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4605495 | Hydrocyclone separator apparatus Hydrocyclone separator apparatus includes hydrocyclone separator(s) capable of separating light impurities from a paper-making fiber slurry. The separator inner wall is cylindrical with an apertured inlet portion adjacent one end which directs feed slurry... | 08/12/1986 |
