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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| 7572308 | Mechanical system for installing and removing contacting devices from a chemical process tower An apparatus for installing and removing candles from a packed tower comprises a rail or series of rails attached to the inside of the top of the vessel. The rail(s) may be supported from either the roof or walls of the tower. A traveler assembly is supported on the... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7422626 | Method and device for declogging filter A method of declogging at least one filter of a plant for manufacturing uranium oxide from uranium hexafluoride, including separating, from the wall of the filter, uranium oxyfluoride particles deposited, by a stream of inert gas such as nitrogen, injected into the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416574 | Filter apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device-producing method A filter apparatus for improving gas temperature stability while maintaining a high impurity removal capacity. The filter apparatus includes a filter for removing impurities from a gas and a temperature adjuster for adjusting the temperature of the gas to a predeter... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416580 | Filter assemblies and systems for intake air for fuel cells A filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants and chemical contaminants from an incoming dirty air stream for a fuel cell. The filter assembly also includes a noise suppression element that reduces sound waves or noise emanating from any equipment, such as... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390340 | Filtration apparatus A filtration apparatus for use in a system containing a gas or vapor to be cleaned. The apparatus has at least one housing for a filter that removes contaminants from a gas or vapor. The housing contains an inlet portion and an outlet portion in association with val... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7332004 | Effluent filtering and containment apparatus An apparatus for filtering and containing grease or other effluent discharged from a drain spout of an exhaust fan includes a hollow housing and top and bottom portions covering each end thereof. A filter element disposed within the housing for filtering the effluen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329310 | Filter module The invention relates to a filter module having a module housing and at least one filter element. The filter module has at least one inlet opening, at least one filtrate outlet and a module housing having at least one joint line. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7285149 | Oil separator for vehicle air system An oil separator for use in a vehicle air system includes a recycling valve for removing coalesced oil. The recycling valve may include a piston movable in a cylinder in response to a control air pressure to open the recycling valve and thus drain coalesced oil from... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7201787 | Air cleaner and method of controlling operation thereof An air cleaner and method of controlling an operation of the same is disclosed. The air cleaner includes a cabinet having an inlet and an outlet; a filter assembly removing dust and smell particles from a room air; a fan; a sensor assembly sensing the composition of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182804 | Aerosol separator; and method An arrangement for separating a hydrophobic liquid phase from a gaseous stream includes a coalescer filter, a housing, a gas flow direction arrangement, and a liquid collection arrangement. The coalescer filter includes a non-woven media of fibers. The housing inclu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7160505 | Method for bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal and insecticidal treatment of ambient air A method for bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal and insecticidal treatment of ambient air includes circulating air through a permeable container having at least a treating agent therein. The treating agent is used as bactericide, fungicide, virucide and insecticide... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7138008 | Filter assemblies and systems for intake air for fuel cells A filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants and chemical contaminants from an incoming dirty air stream for a fuel cell. The filter assembly also includes a noise suppression element that reduces sound waves or noise emanating from any equipment, such as... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7094269 | Air pre-cleaner The air pre-cleaner includes a housing, a drain valve, and an air exhaust pipe. The housing is provided with an air inlet. The drain valve is disposed in the housing and is configured to drain impurities separated from intake air entering the housing through the air... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090711 | Multistage air cleaner including pulse cleaning system A V-pack filter includes a frame construction having a first frame structure and a second frame structure. The V-pack filter also includes first and second panel sections mounted in extension between the first and second frame structures. The first panel section has... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081145 | Aerosol separator; and method An arrangement for separating a hydrophobic liquid phase from a gaseous stream includes a coalescer filter, a housing, a gas flow direction arrangement, and a liquid collection arrangement. The coalescer filter includes a non-woven media of fibers. The housing inclu... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077888 | Device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants The invention relates to a device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants, comprising at least one dust filter via which the flue gases are guided, and by means of which the dust from the flue gases can be ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7037359 | Grease containment system A device, system, and method for collecting grease on rooftop exhaust fans, comprising a gasket formed of sorbent material. The gasket is dimensioned for placement between an exhaust fan and a base for the exhaust fan. When placed between the exhaust fan and the bas... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994738 | Snow filter A snow filter for an airplane cabin air supply system is provided with a coned inlet screen which allows some air to pass through and some snow to be retained. The coned configuration diverts much of the air and snow toward a downstream conical retaining and collect... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979359 | Portable filter unit and methods for using same Portable, rapidly deployable filter unit for use in air filtering methods providing high efficiency filtration of airborne toxins. The filter unit includes a fan section and a filter section that are releasably attachable at their respective lateral ends permitting ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969414 | Waste stream separator A waste stream separator separates liquid and solid waste from a conveying air stream. The liquid and solid waste are first separated from the air steam by gravity and filtration in a removable primary waste barrel. The air is then drawn through a secondary waste ba... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951697 | Integrated systems for use with fuel cells, and methods Integrated systems, including components for control of contaminants, sound, and humidity, are provided for a fuel cell system. The integrated system combines contamination control, sound control, and water management. The contamination control system provides filtr... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6936085 | Vacuum loader A specially arranged vacuum loader and industrial dust collector with a perforated plate tangential cyclone separator is provided to efficiently remove, readily collect, effectively separate and safely dispose of wet, dry and fibrous materials, including liquids and... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929057 | Building heating assembly A heating assembly for a house or other building includes a furnace module, an evaporator coil module and an adaptor module disposed between the furnace module and the evaporator coil module. Tension straps are employed to connect the modules and maintain the adapto... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926762 | Air cleaning apparatus An air cleaning apparatus includes an air cleaning unit at its upper and lower portions thereof which are independently operated to effectively and uniformly clean room air in a short period of time. The air cleaning apparatus includes a cabinet provided with first ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908494 | Multistage air cleaner including pulse cleaning system A V-pack filter includes a frame construction having a first frame structure and a second frame structure. The V-pack filter also includes first and second panel sections mounted in extension between the first and second frame structures. The first panel section has... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6878177 | Incubator having combined HEPA and VOC filter A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber adapted to be heated and humidified. An easily accessed blower is located within the gaseous environment of the incubator chamber and includes a HEPA filter and VOC filter readily replaceable by the user f... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6800200 | Dual-flow filter cartridge A filter cartridge configured to provide two or more levels of fluid filtration or conditioning from within a single filter cartridge is disclosed, the filter cartridge including a housing that defines an interior cavity and has an inlet portion for receiving fluid ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797027 | Filter assemblies and systems for intake air for fuel cells A filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants and chemical contaminants from an incoming dirty air stream for a fuel cell. The filter assembly also includes a noise suppression element that reduces sound waves or noise emanating from any equipment, such as... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6764532 | Method and apparatus for filtering exhaust particulates A particulate filter for an exhaust system having an exhaust flow and a nominal flow area includes a housing and a plurality of plates arranged parallel to each other within the housing. Each plate has a plurality of orifices and a plurality of micropockets configur... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758873 | Aerosol separator and method An arrangement for separating a hydrophobic liquid phase from a gaseous stream includes a coalescer filter, a housing, a gas flow direction arrangement, and a liquid collection arrangement. The coalescer filter includes a non-woven media of fibers. The housing inclu... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6742383 | Diluter to reduce quantity of micro particles in the air so as to facilitate calculation of concentration of the micro particles in the air A diluter includes a filtering assembly and an intake assembly. The filtering assembly has a top cap that is provided with a first connector and a first through hole defined through the top cap, a lower cap having a second connector, a second through hole defined th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6726456 | Foreign matter removing structure in a fluid circuit and a compressor therewith A filter 42 comprises a cylindrical filter body 45 which is disposed in a suction passage 41, a lid portion 47 which closes an opening 45b positioned in a downstream side of the suction passage 41 in the filter body | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723146 | Blower apparatus for vehicle A blower apparatus for a vehicle for blowing air into a cabin. The blower apparatus including a case member, various units and airflow passages. The units include an air cleaning unit for cleaning the air, and a component-adding unit for adding air components such a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6723145 | Open powder booth collection design An under booth paint collection apparatus is positioned beneath a paint application booth that includes an air circulation system for painting a product with particulate paint. A plurality of discrete powder reclamation collectors are arranged in aligned rows beneat... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6680028 | Portable air purifier apparatus and system A portable air purifier system and apparatus which includes a multi-element filter pack that is replaceable as a single unit, thus facilitating health safety of maintenance personnel. By serially disposing filter elements in order of descending sizes of p... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6676721 | Multistage air cleaner including pulse cleaning system A V-pack filter includes a frame construction having a first frame structure and a second frame structure. The V-pack filter also includes first and second panel sections mounted in extension between the first and second frame structures. The first panel ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6584768 | Vehicle exhaust filtration system and method A Vehicle Exhaust Filtration System and Method is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system and method that reduces the airborne contaminants leaving the exhaust pipe of any internal combustion engine to which the system is attached. Furthermore, the method a... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6569217 | Industrial dust collector with multiple filter compartments A specially arranged industrial dust collector with multiple filtering compartments is provided which is efficient, effective, and economical. The special industrial dust collector has a solids-gas separation compartment which is positioned generally alon... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6551818 | Biological filter structures A cartridge for holding compost in a biofilter is substantially uniform in cross section perpendicular to the axis of the cartridge and has a sidewall formed with openings that are small enough to substantially retain the compost in the cartridge yet larg... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540801 | Aerosol separator; and method An arrangement for separating a hydrophobic liquid phase from a gaseous stream includes a coalescer filter, a housing, a gas flow direction arrangement, and a liquid collection arrangement. The coalescer filter includes a non-woven media of fibers. The ho... | 04/01/2003 |
