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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875095 | Skimmer for concentrating an aerosol A skimmer device for concentrating an aerosol from a flowing gas stream, having an inlet with inlet aperture and inlet raceway, an outlet with virtual impact void and collector channel, and bulk flow divertors symmetrically disposed on either side of the long axis o... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7704294 | Aerodynamic lens particle separator Respirable particles with diameters on the order of 0.05 to 10 microns entrained in an air stream, are concentrated in an aerodynamic lens (FIG. 2) for separation from the air steam. The entire structure is made by microfabrication techniques, such as silicon... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7682415 | Device for the intermediate storage of condensation water A device for intermediate storage of condensation water includes a swirl body which causes an inflowing air-water mixture to rotate, and a venturi tube through which the air-water mixture leaves the device. A ring groove in which water accumulates because of the swi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7537626 | Gas-liquid separator for a fuel cell system onboard a vehicle A gas-liquid separator for a fuel cell system onboard a vehicle includes an upper chamber, a lower chamber, a plate for separating the upper and lower chambers, a pipe for circulating the exhaust gas and connecting holes bored in the plate. The upper chamber receive... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7429363 | Riser termination device The present invention provides an improved separator for use in hydrocarbon cracking process. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7299522 | Compressed air vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaning device powered by compressed air includes a canister forming an internal collection chamber for collecting liquid and debris sucked up by the vacuum cleaning device. The vacuum includes a user operated drain from which liquid and debris collected i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296395 | Engine inlet air particle separator with active flow control An engine inlet air particulate separator that uses zero mass active flow control devices, and methods of using the same, are provided. The separator has a separator body that has an arcuate portion with a bight region. The separator body may have an angle α betwee... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7238223 | Acoustical stimulation of vapor diffusion system and method An apparatus for removing constituents from a fluid stream is provided. The apparatus includes a duct, a collection device, a sorbent injector, and an acoustic generator. The duct has a fluid passageway to receive a fluid stream having constituents. The collection d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7198659 | Gas buster exhaust stack liquid containment apparatus and method A containment apparatus for collecting liquids including oil and water emitted from a gas buster exhaust stack. The containment includes baffling and a liquid float and discharge line for returning the liquids to a reservoir. Multiple containments may be connected t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7147684 | Device for filtering particles out of a coolant flow in a turbo machine For preparing a gas stream cleaned from dust and dirt particles, a device is proposed in which an outflow channel (2) for cleaned medium has at its mouth in an inflow channel (1) an extension element (4), which projects into the inflow channel. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141095 | Precursor material delivery system for atomic layer deposition A precursor delivery system includes a flow path from a precursor container to a reaction space of a thin film deposition system, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. A staging volume is preferably established between the precursor container and the rea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7115168 | Patterned thin-film deposition using collimating heated masked assembly Scanning localized evaporation and deposition of an evaporant on a substrate utilizes a mask assembly comprised of a series of mask elements with openings thereon and spaced apart in a stack. The openings are aligned so as to direct the evaporant therethrough onto t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7029852 | Apparatus and method for detecting and classifying chemicals, particles, vira, and bacteria in fluids The present invention is drawn to the detection of harmful agents, known or previously unknown, using a biosensor. The biosensor makes use of non-living biological or biochemical sensor molecules for detecting and classifying chemicals, poisons, particles, vira, and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004999 | Apparatus for separating fouling contaminants from non-condensable gases at the end of a pyrolysis/thermolysis of biomass process A method of continuously capturing BioOil and its constituents from a gas stream produced in a fast pyrolysis/thermolysis process, in a usable liquid form so as to produce a non-condensable gas free of fouling contaminates. The method includes separating BioOil and ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6936086 | High conductivity particle filter A high conductivity particle filter provides a flow path to subject a fluid stream to a series of turns. The turns require an abrupt directional change for the fluid stream. Traps are positioned in proximity to the turns to capture particles, which have greater iner... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6887294 | Diesel particulate filter apparatus A DPF apparatus includes: a container; an exhaust inlet pipe; a diesel particulate filter; a pair of perforated plugs; a pair of partition plates; and a diffusion chamber. The exhaust inlet pipe is inserted into the container and having openings formed in a pipe wal... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6746503 | Precision gap particle separator A system for separating particles entrained in a fluid includes a base with a first channel and a second channel. A precision gap connects the first channel and the second channel. The precision gap is of a size that allows small particles to pass from the first cha... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6702873 | High particle separation efficiency system An inertial inlet particle separator system (14) for a vehicle engine (12) is provided. The system (14) includes a particle sensor (60) that generates a contamination signal. An inertial inlet particle separator (56) is also included in the system (14) an... | 03/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6544312 | Device for separating the particle-size spectrum of a polydisperse aerosol In a device for separating the particle size spectrum of a polydisperse aerosol comprising a housing including an inlet part, a guide part, an outlet part, a nozzle insert and a separation insert, all parts are axially symmetrical and joined by centering ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540803 | Fluid media particle isolating system A fluid meter particle isolating system having a tortuous path formed between a pair of walls with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is open to a contaminant-free (clean) zone while an outlet is open to a particle generating contaminated (dirty) zone. The... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6521010 | Filter, filtering frame, and semiconductor device manufacturing method and apparatus A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus employs filters. The filters have openings whose diameters are reduced in proportion to the distances of the filters from cathodes. This arrangement improves the directivity of sputtered particles and evenly ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491734 | Air cleaner for internal combustion engine with internally formed air inlet pipe An air cleaner for an internal combustion engine includes a body having a chamber space, an air inlet pipe connected to the body for introducing air into the chamber space, a drain cock formed on a bottom surface of the body for collecting particles and m... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6478856 | Apparatus and method for collection, sorting, concentrating and impinging particles on a surface The present invention is drawn to an apparatus and method for collection, sorting, concentrating and impinging particles on a surface, primarily for use in detecting and classifying chemicals, particles, vira, and bacteria in fluids. In addition to mechan... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6402817 | Low pressure drop, multi-slit virtual impactor Fluid flow is directed into a multiplicity of slit nozzles positioned so that the fluid flow is directed into a gap between the nozzles and (a) a number of receiving chambers and (b) a number of exhaust chambers. The nozzles and chambers are select so tha... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6368372 | Fluid media particle isolating system A fluid meter particle isolating system having a tortuous path formed between a pair of walls with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is open to a contaminant-free (clean) zone while an outlet is open to a particle generating contaminated (dirty) zone. The... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6328790 | Tapered gas inlet for gas treatment system A compact inlet system for redirecting the flow of gas to a gas treatment apparatus is shown. The inlet system is used to redirect a high volume flow of gas, such as the effluent from an industrial process, by as much as 180° while introducing the gas fl... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6210455 | Evaporation apparatus for evaporation of liquids An evaporation apparatus for evaporation of, for example, spent liquor from pulp cooking. The apparatus has a vertical cylinder that has evaporation surfaces disposed therein. An outlet opening is defined in a widened part of the cylinder to receive drive... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6113777 | Direct turn separator for particles in a gaseous mixture and its use for fluidized bed thermal or catalytic cracking A separator and process for separating particles from a gaseous mixture wherein the separator includes: at least one chamber comprising a zone (1) which forms a rectangular or square cross section for passage of the mixture circulating in a tube reactor (... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5672102 | Dust reduction system for electronic enclosures A dust reduction system for electronic enclosures which utilizes several techniques to eliminate, or minimize, the dust in the air stream that ventilates an electronic enclosure. More specifically, the system includes (1) multiple small holes in panels of... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5618323 | Integral cab and engine air intake system for a vehicle An air intake system for a cab and engine of a vehicle is shown and described. In a preferred embodiment, dry, ambient air is provided to the cab and engine through a duct that is mounted to an inner surface of a vehicle hood such that the hood forms a to... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5580362 | Process for gasification and/or reforming The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for gasifying liquid and/or fine-grain solid gasification substances and/or for reforming a gas, using a gasification agent, in a reactor (1). In the process the process heat is supplied by heat carrier ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5580361 | Gas conditioner apparatus Disclosed is a gas conditioner and a method for treating crude, relatively impure gases produced from a gasification process to yield a relatively clean, tar-free producer gas having an energy value of about 1200 to 1500 Kcal/m3. The gas condit... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5413619 | Parts cleaning apparatus The blow off unit is an open top box with the front lower than the sides and back. A splash shield is placed at an angle at the back of the work area to deflect the blow off air stream and debris down into the collection filter. A space is left behind the... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5170949 | Apparatus and method for processing scrap film An economical apparatus and method for reprocessing scrap film. The apparatus includes a film-air separation chamber for separating air from incoming strips of scrap film, a cutter for cutting the strips into fine pieces, and a storage tank or further rep... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5161910 | Pavement diamond grinder A pavement grinder for grinding and grooving pavement surfaces has a grinding carriage with a rotating arbor supporting a number of radial blades. The arbor is directly coupled to shafts of hydraulic motors with an adaptor between the arbor shaft and the ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5122168 | C+P-500 An air pollution separator with a liquid to trap the particulate matter and gaseous contaminates in unhealthy, contaminated air by use of an external suction, which draws the contaminated air into, and thru a simplified flat element labyrinth which causes... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4865633 | Separator A baffle (34) configurable in a cyclone separator (10) in order to improve the flow capacity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the separator (10). The baffle (34) is disposed for vertical insertion through an upper wall (18) of the separation chamber (12)... | 09/12/1989 |
