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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8430941 | Filter element arrangement and portable air cleaner incorporating same A portable dust collection air cleaner assembly is provided. A access hatch is hinged to a dust collection bin to provide ready access to the filter element. The filter element may include an outer annular flange carrying a gasket that rests upon, engagement and sea... | 04/30/2013 |
| 7611558 | Dust compressing apparatus of vacuum cleaner A dust compressing apparatus of a vacuum cleaner capable of automatically compressing dust or dirt collected in a dust separating unit is disclosed. The dust compressing apparatus includes a compressing plate to compress the dust or dirt collected in the dust separa... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7422616 | Suspension type damper unit, suction type powder collector, and air mixing suction type powder collector A suspension type damper unit, a suction type powder collector and an air mixing suction type powder collector are disclosed, which have a cover plate suspended at a material discharge port thereof with a suspension member so as to form a space for the material disc... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7323037 | Filtering device with enhanced bleeding assembly and diesel fuel supply line comprising same The device (6) includes a sealed casing (10) provided, in its lower part, with a bowl (22) for collection of a residual liquid, and an assembly (30) for purging the residual liquid which comprises means for evacuation of the liquid collec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323022 | Vacuuming machine The subject invention pertains to a vacuuming machine with a primary chamber in which vacuum pressure within allows the ingress of debris through a hose. Air and debris entering the primary chamber decelerate upon entry into the chamber which allows debris to settle... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7297173 | Gas turbine air intake system with bypass arrangement and methods A hopper arrangement includes a damper arrangement selectively moveable in a plurality of positions to manipulate access to the interior volume. A first position includes a standby position wherein the enclosure and the damper arrangement block access to the interio... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7272871 | Dirt vessel equipped with cleaning plunger A vacuum cleaner is provided including a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt vessel carried on the housing. The dirt vessel includes a sidewall and an open end. A plunger is received in the dirt vessel. The plunger is selec... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243673 | Gas injection device The subject invention is related to a gas injection device with back-flow leaking liquid discharge, comprising a chamber, a gas inlet conduit, a gas outlet conduit, and a liquid discharging conduit, wherein the gas outlet conduit and the liquid discharging conduit a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7188599 | Sump for cooling package air intake housing of an agricultural machine An apparatus is configured for supplying air to a cooling package for an internal combustion engine that powers an agricultural machine. The apparatus includes an air intake housing defining an air intake opening and a sump. The sump has a wall and a port. A gating ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171725 | Vacuum cleaner device with a screw conveyor A device for a vacuum cleaner comprising a particle separator, which is provided with an inlet (11) for dust laden air, an outlet (16) for the separated particles, and an outlet (14) for cleaned air that is connected to a vacuum source (14 | 02/06/2007 |
| 7118011 | Fluid dispensing apparatus A disposable tube set apparatus is provided for delivering a precise volume of a fluid to containers which comprise a reservoir for a fluid, an inlet conduit to the said reservoir, at least one first outlet conduits from the reservoir, a sight tube connected to each... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7008465 | Cleanable high efficiency filter media structure and applications for use An improved cartridge, typically in cylindrical or panel form that can be used in a dry or wet/dry vacuum cleaner. The cartridge is cleanable using a stream of service water, or by rapping on a solid object, or by using a compressed gas stream, but can provide excep... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6960241 | Paper trap A paper trap includes a trap chamber. An outlet of the trap chamber is preferably connected to an inlet of the exhaust bypass damper. An inlet of the trap chamber is coupled to dust capture hoods and an outlet of the bypass chamber is coupled to a dust collector. A ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6942717 | Venturi effect material return system of a material collection system and appertaining method A material return system of a material collection system and appertaining method permits fine material collected in a fine material collector to be returned to a main debris tank by taking advantage of the venturi effect, thus permitting a relatively trouble-free op... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6818045 | Liquid separator with integral sight glass The liquid separator with integral sight glass separates liquids, if present, from gases and allows a technician to visually confirm the presence or absence of liquids in the gas. The present invention is typically used when taking a spot sample from a natural gas p... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6818033 | Dust/particle collecting arrangement for cyclone separators Apparatus is described for separating particulate material from an airstream established by suction. The apparatus comprises a primary separation chamber (12) in which particles are separated from the airstream therein by centrifugal force, a main particle co... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6818034 | Device for separating dirt and debris in flowing media The present invention relates to a device for separating dirt and debris in flowing media by making use of centrifugal forces, said device comprising a separation chamber (1), and a dirt collection chamber (3) connected with said separation chamber ( | 11/16/2004 |
| 6764526 | Dry air filter for combusion engines of vehicles A dry air filter for combustion engines of commercial vehicles with a device to produce compressed air, whereby the dry air filter (4) consisting of a filter housing (5) containing a filter cartridge (7) and a dust preliminary filtering stage ( | 07/20/2004 |
| 6630015 | Method and apparatus for separating vapor-grown carbon fibers from gaseous effluent A method and apparatus are provided for separating carbon fibers from gaseous effluent which fibers have been formed in a continuous gas phase reaction. The apparatus is a collection chamber including top and bottom portions and including exit tubes attac... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6605131 | Integrated active noise control with self-cleaning filter apparatus An air induction system with active noise control includes a self-cleaning air filter that is integrated within an air intake housing. The self-cleaning air filter filters out contaminants such as dust and dirt particulates from air flowing through the in... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6576028 | Noise abatement device and separation aid for use in fluid flow systems A device to be interposed within the conduit of a fluid flow system to reduce or eliminate the noise associated with such systems. The device is made up of at least two cylindrical chambers, one within the other. The inner chamber is closed at the top, ha... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6540802 | Air intake system including a water separator with an inner pipe projecting into an outer pipe The invention relates to an intake system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle for separating entrained water droplets. The intake system has an untreated air intake (10), an untreated air pipe (11) connected to said untreated air intake (... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6484761 | Venting device for hazardous material containers A venting lid cover for a container that has a plate member that configurably attaches to the coaming of the drum container, and a plenum member that attaches to this plate member. The plate member has at least one plate opening (preferably two for standa... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6413289 | Reverse flow air filter arrangement A reverse flow air filter arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a filter element having first and second end caps, the second end cap having a central drainage aperture. A funnel shape on an interior surface of second end cap is used to direct... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6402799 | Vortex-stream gas-liquid separator and gas-liquid separation system A compact vortex-stream gas-liquid separator, and a gas-liquid separation system employing it, offers high gas-liquid separation performance with minimal pressure loss. A substantially cylindrical casing (10) is arranged with its axis lying horizontally. ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6309435 | Bag dump apparatus An apparatus into which particulate material may be charged for further handling generally includes a housing having a support wall including a primary inlet through which particulate material may be charged, producing portions of settling and airborne pa... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6251294 | Ultrasonic filter regenerating apparatus and method A self-regenerating filter unit having a housing which carries an ultrasonic transducer periodically energizable to dislodge caked solids from a filter element in the housing. The removed solids collect in a storage zone where they are periodically remove... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251169 | Method for vacuum/reduced-pressure refining and facility for vacuum/reduced-pressure refining A vacuum/reduced pressure refining vessel (1) is connected, by an upstream duct (5) to a dry dust collector (3) that uses a filter (2). The dry dust collector (3) is connected to a reduced pressure evacuating apparatus (4) by a downstream duct (6), and a ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6219880 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a tank assembly having an open end, a cap assembly removably connected to and generally closing off the open end, an inlet assembly disposed on one of the tank and cap assemblies, an exit opening disposed on one of the tank and c... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6149699 | Method and apparatus relating to disposable filter modules for filtering air containing hazardous substances Rather than providing replaceable filter elements in fixed permanent housings which require replacement by plastic bagging techniques, easily disposable and incineratable filter modules are removed and replaced as integral units while providing complete p... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6099622 | Method for agglomerating and precipitating particles An agglomeration and precipitation assembly which includes an agglomeration device in combination with a precipitation device. The agglomeration device is intended to receive a turbulent gas stream containing fine suspended particles and to discharge the ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099610 | Automatically emptying central vacuum cleaning apparatus A central vacuum system particularly adapted to collect and dispose of hair from hair cutting and from pet grooming. The system includes an automatic arrangement for collecting and dumping accumulated hair or other material. A housing includes an inlet fo... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6071321 | E-1 air dryer liquid separator with baffle In a centrifugal separator for separating a liquid from a compressed gas, a baffle is provided to separate the centrifugal chamber into an upper sub-chamber and a lower sub-chamber but does not contact the walls of the chamber thereby being insufficient t... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6048376 | Combination baffle and filter element system for removing oil from an oil/gas mixture A separator tank for removing oil from a gas/oil mixture includes a lower chamber for collecting the oil removed from the gas/oil mixture, an intermediate chamber overlying the lower chamber and an upper chamber overlying the intermediate chamber. The sep... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6007593 | Device for agglomerating and precipitating particles in a gas stream An agglomeration and precipitation assembly which includes an agglomeration device in combination with a precipitation device. The agglomeration device is intended to receive a turbulent gas stream containing fine suspended particles and to discharge the ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5879552 | Method and apparatus for a self-purifying filter system A self-purifying filter apparatus comprising (1) a filter having a first surface and a second surface; (2) flow control means, such as a vacuum pump, for causing a stream of fluid interspersed with solid particulates to pass from the first surface to the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5795360 | Apparatus for the separation of tobacco lamina from an air stream A lamina/air separator for use atop apparatus for removing tobacco lamina from a lamina/stem mixture includes a horizontally disposed perforated cylindrical drum rotatively secured within a housing having sidewalls containing air exit ports adjacent the e... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5769911 | Device for the removal of liquid and solid contaminants from a gas A device for the removal of liquids and/or impurities from a gas includes a primary receiver which at an upper area thereof communicates with a space or conduit in which liquid or impurities containing gas is contained and in this primary receiver a secon... | 06/23/1998 |
