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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850754 | Device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, in particular during ventilation of a crankcase of an internal combustion engine A device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, wherein a liquid part is in the form of small particles by separating and coagulating the liquid particles in a separation surface including, at least one region of an inner wall surface of a cyclone, the separation surf... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7655061 | Cyclone assembly and method for increasing or decreasing flow capacity of a cyclone separator in use A cyclone separator (40) includes a housing (42), in which a cyclone assembly (10) is contained. The housing (42) has an inflow chamber (44), an overflow chamber (46) and a discharge chamber (48). The cyclone assembly... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7377960 | Cyclonic separator with secondary vortex break A cyclonic separator and methods of cyclonic separation which provide for a band pass separation of particles. That is, a cyclonic separator able to remove particles from an air stream that are greater than a predetermined minimum (which is greater than zero) while ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357824 | Cyclone with in-situ replaceable liner mechanisms and methods for accomplishing same Apparatus and methods for replacing worn out liners in material classifying cyclones which include segmented inlet housing liners that are removable through the opened top thereof. In a first embodiment, a stacked array of the especially configured liners are suppor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7250066 | Centrifuge for separating soot from the exhaust of an internal combustion engine A centrifuge (10) suitable for separating soot from an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine; the centrifuge being disposed between, and arranged coaxially in relation to, a raw gas inlet pipe (11) and a clean gas outlet pipe (12);... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7185765 | Cyclone with in-situ replaceable liner system and method for accomplishing same Cyclones having abrasion resistant liners with a system and method for replacing the liners when they worn out due to the destructive nature of the materials being classified in the cyclone. The cyclone includes segmented inlet housing liners which are separately re... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7135060 | Particle collection apparatus and method A particle collector comprises a housing defining an enclosed chamber. An inlet opening in the housing provides fluid communication between a source of gas and particles and the chamber and an outlet opening provides fluid communication between the chamber and the e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7011219 | Erosion-resistant hydrocyclone liner Erosion-resistant liquid/liquid hydrocyclone liners, wherein the weight and cost of the liners are kept within acceptable parameters through the construction of a composite hydrocyclone liner, comprised of two or more different materials. The hydrocyclone liner incl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6837913 | Cyclone separator A hot gas cyclone separator is provided with a segmented dip tube whose smooth sheet metal dip-tube segments have tops which are securely fastened to a cap of the separator in hook like manner by U-shaped angle rails. The adjacent lower ends of the dip-tube segments... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6770121 | Separator with regions of differing surface tensions The separator has a vane assembly made up of a number of corrugated vanes that are oriented with respect to each other so as to provide serpentine paths for the gas stream therethrough. As the gas stream flows through the serpentine paths, it changes direction and l... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6692553 | Particle collection apparatus and method A particle collector comprises a housing defining an enclosed chamber. An inlet opening in the housing provides fluid communication between a source of gas and particles and the chamber and an outlet opening provides fluid communication between the chambe... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6686752 | Wear indicator for refractory linings A vessel, as for a cyclone separator, includes a continuous electrical conductor embedded in the wall of the vessel for sensing when the lining has eroded.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6540918 | Hydrocyclone separator A hydrocyclone separator comprising a truncated cone-shaped vessel having a tangential fluid stream inlet, a fluid stream outlet, a solid particle collector and a conical insert removably mounted between the truncated cone-shaped vessel and the solid part... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6517597 | Insertion element subject to thermal stress and wear, in particular, a segment for the assembly of a segmented cyclone dip tube A heat-resistant and wear-resistant insertion element or segment of a segmented dip tube suitable for use in a refractory-lined cyclone of a cement clinker production line. The insertion element, is capable of being fabricated and installed with a length ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6485534 | Contaminant collector trap for ion implanter An evacuation system for a chamber (14) is provided, including a pump (12) for removing gases and contaminants from the chamber. The pump has an outlet (32) connected to an exhaust duct (34). A collector trap (42) for use in collecting contaminants evacua... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6428609 | Exhaust particulate controller and method An exhaust gas particulate controller is included between an exhaust of a barrel chemical vapor deposition reactor and the gas scrubber system. The exhaust gas particulate controller is positioned as close to the exhaust of the reactor as is practical. Th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6267803 | Abrasive wear barrier A device for reducing wear to the inner wall of a cyclone separator by causing a protective layer of particulate to accumulate along the inner wall. The protective layer is facilitated by securing an expanded metal sheet along the inner wall of a cyclone ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6251153 | Centrifugal air filter The present invention provides a centrifugal air filter suitable for extracting impurities suspended in air. The filter includes a front wall, a rear wall spaced from the front wall, and a perimeter wall joining the front and rear walls and forming a cavi... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6210457 | Transparent lid for auxiliary dust removal receptacle A transparent molded plastic lid for use on an auxiliary trash collection container used with a shop vacuum cleaner or dust collector system that permits inspection of the container contents without removal of the lid.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6027541 | Lid for auxiliary dust removal receptacle A molded plastic lid for use on an auxiliary trash collection container used with a shop vacuum cleaner or dust collector system. Incoming air and entrained materials are directed along the inside of the container at a shallow angle, and outgoing air is d... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017377 | Spray paint booth filter A reusable filter for use in a spray paint booth is advanced which includes a frame supporting a series of equally spaced horizontal vanes. Each vane is formed to have a shape which reduces clogging of the front face of the filter and forces the air strea... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5868809 | Cyclone refractory system A cyclone and inlet duct apparatus which includes a cyclone having a cylindrical axial portion. The cylindrical axial portion has a metallic housing and the housing has wall. The apparatus also includes a rectangular inlet duct that has an interface with ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5779267 | Airbag inflator with components protected from high-temperature, reactive generated gases Components of a vehicle airbag gas generator, or inflator, are coated with reactivity resistant materials to protect them from deterioration caused by contact with the high temperature, reactive gases generated by recently developed non-azide high reactiv... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5776217 | Vacuum receiver A vacuum receiver for use in a pneumatic vacuum conveying system having a lid which gas-tightly closes a particle storage vessel. The lid has two apertures therein allowing a gas-particle stream to enter the interior of the vessel and a gas stream to exit... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5746790 | Trap for collecting solid A trap for collecting solid is connected to either an exhaust port or a suction port of a vacuum pump for trapping a solid material separated from a sublimed gas discharged by the vacuum pump. The trap includes a casing, a passage defining member disposed... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5738712 | Centrifugal separator assembly and method for separating particles from hot gas A centrifugal separator has a plurality of substantially planar walls, including a first wall, defining a vortex chamber having an interior gas volume and for establishing at least one gas vortex in the gas volume, and the gas volume has a cross section t... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5417932 | Vent orifice in fluid catalytic cracking direct-connected cyclone apparatus A wear resistant vent orifice is formed by a ring plate member, having erosion protective material at least on the inner annulus thereof, defining the vent orifice between the inner annulus of the ring plate and a tube member passing therethrough.... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5250090 | Separation devices Embodiments of this invention include devices for removing particles, such as the fly ash from gaseous effluent produced by the combustion of pulverized coal, comprising arrays of ceramic rods that are contained within a housing having ingress and egress ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5181943 | Process and apparatus for separating liquid ash Disclosed are a process and apparatus for separating liquid ash from an exhaust gas which is formed by the combustion of carbonaceous fuels. The exhaust gas is at a temperature of from 1200° to 1800° C. and under a pressure from 1 to 100 bars and has an... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4961761 | Cyclone separator wall refractory material system A refractory material system for the wall of a cyclone separator in which a plurality of erosion-resistant refractory material wear blocks extend in a spaced relationship to the tubes of the water-steam walls of a cyclone separator. The wear blocks are at... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4913711 | Spiral coil cool wall construction for high temperature cylindrical furnaces, vessels, cyclones, etc. A vessel for separating entrained particles from a gas in which a vertically extending tubular portion extends through a portion of a housing for providing an outlet for the gas after separation from the particles. The tubular portion includes a tube form... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4880450 | Cyclone separator having water-steam cooled walls A cyclone separator in which an outer cylinder is formed by a plurality of vertically-extending, spaced, parallel tubes and extends around an inner pipe in a coaxial relationship therewith to define an annular chamber. A portion of the tubes forming the o... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4793925 | Hydrocyclone construction A hydrocyclone device having complementary upper vortex finder and lower cone units each made of hard polyurethane together with a resilient, flexible, replaceable, polyurethane liner having a positive sealing flange associated therewith. The sealing flan... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4755114 | Sealed type scroll compressor with wire mesh oil separating member A sealed scroll compressor comprises a scroll compressor section, an electric motor, a sealed container, an oil storage, a fixed and orbiting scroll members, and a wire mesh member for improvement of oil separation in refrigerant gas. A shell portion of s... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4746337 | Cyclone separator having water-steam cooled walls A cyclone separator in which an outer cylinder is formed by a plurality of vertically-extending, spaced, parallel tubes and extends around an inner pipe in a coaxial relationship therewith to define an annular chamber. A portion of the tubes forming the o... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4723970 | Gas-water separator A gas-water separator provided with a cylindrical partition wall member disposed in an upper portion within a casing of the separator to form an annular space between the partition wall member and the casing, with rotary vanes being disposed in the annula... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4707168 | Case guard device for air filter and lubricator of compressed air system A case guard device for an air filter and a lubricator of a compressed air system having a main body connected to piping, and a transparent case formed of synthetic resinous material and attached to the main body. The case guard device includes a transpar... | 11/17/1987 |
