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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038755 | Particle separator A particle separator for an air inlet unit, comprising at least one inlet channel, for a fluid flow contaminated with particles, defined between two opposing fluid guide surfaces, narrowing in the fluid flow direction and opening in an outlet channel for particles, ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7955408 | Device with no emission for treatment of exhaust gas This Invention relates to a kind of devices with no emission resulted for treatment of exhaust gas. The Device comprises a vessel having openings that serve only as inlet. At least two exchange sections are provided inside the vessel after inlet of exhaust gas. Ther... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7803208 | Dust collecting mechanism A dust collecting mechanism for an air pump, in particular, an electromagnetic vibrational pump having a compact structure, capable of realizing the efficiency of dust collecting ability is disclosed. The mechanism is simple in assembly work. An inlet and an outlet ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7237801 | Gas generating system A gas generating system (10) includes a tubular outer housing (12) having a longitudinal axis (L) and one or more apertures (12d) formed therealong to enable fluid communication between an interior of the outer housing and an exterior of ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7160361 | Evaporative emission treatment device Disclosed herein an evaporative emission treatment device comprising: a housing; and an adsorption member disposed in the housing, the adsorption member comprising an adsorption component comprising an activated carbon textile made from a novoloid precursor. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7086924 | Modular cavity nesting for hymenoptera A modular nest including a backing member including a pair of generally opposing leafs connected to a spine and a removable nesting substrate including a plurality of grooves formed on a first face, the plurality of grooves forming a plurality of nesting cavities wh... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041159 | Separation apparatus A separation cartridge is disclosed which comprises a first separation medium, a second separation medium, and a frame. The second separation medium is positioned adjacent to the first separation medium. The frame is configured to hold the first and second separatio... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6966936 | Processing system, evacuating system for processing system, low-pressure CVD system, and evacuating system and trapping device for low-pressure CVD system An object of the present invention is to ensure the stable operation of a vacuum pump for discharging an unused source gas and reaction byproduct gases from a low-pressure processing chamber, to recover the reaction byproducts efficiently for the effective utilizati... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959698 | Fuel treating canister A canister for treating evaporated fuel includes a casing which is provided with a fuel vapor inlet, a purge port and a port communicating with atmosphere and in which an adsorbent is accommodated, an air passage disposed inside the casing so as to communicate with ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941652 | Methods of fabricating a thin-wall expandable well screen assembly An expandable well screen has a desirable thin-wall construction together with a simplified fabrication method. In fabricating the screen, a flexible sheet of metal mesh filter media is diffusion bonded to an inner side of a perforated metal sheet which is then defo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6929843 | Fence tape A tape barrier consisting of flexible material, has generally parallel edges and substantially greater length than width. Cuts are made into the tape at intervals along the tape forming slits that define cross members that extend generally along the length of the ta... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923911 | Method of filtering air through an air passageway The filter system for filtering particulate material from a generally unidirectional fluid stream comprising a first filter removably positioned in the fluid stream and a second filter removably positioned in the fluid stream downstream of the first filter. The firs... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6857188 | Process for producing a particle filter A process for producing a particle filter from metal foil includes pulling the metal foil from an endless storage device. A joining element or strip is applied to the metal foil. The metal foil is shaped into subsequent channels. The metal foil is wound or stacked t... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6740137 | Collapsible pleated filter element A reversibly expandable filter element includes pleated filter media and a flexible spacing structure attached to the pleated media that provides the pleated media with uniform pleat spacing. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6656244 | Fat removing labyrinth filter for aspirating hoods A fat-removing labyrinth filter for aspirating hoods, comprising an upper shell (11) and a lower shell (12) reciprocally fitting into each other and presenting a multiple number of transversal slots (13, 14). The shells (11, 12) enclose a separating eleme... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648939 | Inertial separator An inertial separator (10) for removing droplets from a gas stream. The inertial separator (10) has a housing (18) which is provided with an inlet (11) for untreated gas and an outlet (12) for treated gas. In the housing (18) are first and second separati... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6585793 | Filter apparatus and methods The invention provides a filter apparatus for removing air entrained particles comprising a pleated filter media. A first media member has a plurality of alternating upstream and downstream folds and a wall connecting the folds. A pair of slits forms an a... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6576045 | Multi-stage diesel particulate collector system with combined processes of inertial impaction, virtual impaction, and filtration A diesel particulate collector (10) based on the principles of inertial impaction, virtual impaction, and filtration, for controlling exhaust emissions (12) from a diesel internal combustion engine (14) includes a housing (16) having a first plate (24) wi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6576032 | Particle filter of metal foil and process for producing a particle filter A particle filter of metal foil has walls defining fluid flow channels with inlets and outlets. A first channel has an open entry cross section at a first end side extended partway into the first channel. A second channel has an open exit cross section su... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573479 | Radial byproduct trap and filter assembly for a cooking appliance A quick-cook type convection cooking appliance includes an oven cavity in communication with an air channel assembly incorporating a radial byproduct trap and filter assembly defining a concentric ring-type baffle filter having two cylindrical sets of opp... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6554879 | Trap apparatus A trap apparatus includes a discharge path for evacuating a hermetically sealed chamber through a vacuum pump, a hermetically sealed trap container extended across the discharge path and a regeneration path disposed adjacent to the discharge path, a trap ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6547844 | Exhaust gas filtration device, auxiliary filtration device and trap device The present invention has an object to improve the efficiency of collection of solidification constituents and solids in exhaust gas and to prevent early blockage of the filter without damaging the vacuum pump. In an exhaust path 48a, a vacuum pump and ex... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6517592 | Cold trap assembly A temperature-controlled exhaust assembly with cold trap capability. One embodiment of the exhaust assembly comprises a multi-heater design which allows for independent multi-zone closed-loop temperature control. Another embodiment comprises a compact mul... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6488745 | Trap apparatus and method for condensable by-products of deposition reactions A trap for condensable liquids, such as tantalum pentoxide, has a primary trapping chamber surrounding a secondary trapping chamber and a sump connected by a small enough opening to the primary or secondary chamber such that trapped liquid in the sump is ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6454825 | Exhaust baffle filter An exhaust baffle filter comprising a frame, a plurality of overlapping upper and lower channels extending between the sides of the frame, and at least one trough at the end of the lower channels. Each upper channel has a ceiling and downwardly-extending ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6325834 | Exhaust filter and catalyst structure A filter assembly useful in collecting the particulate matter from a diesel engine onto surfaces on which the combustion vapors are condensed, and thereafter exposing the exhaust stream to catalytic reaction, is defined by a split cavity in which a row of... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6315960 | Apparatus for treating pyrophoric gases and toxic global warming gases A mixing chamber receives pyrophoric gas for mixing with oxygen prior to discharge into an upright housing of the apparatus. Tubular members within the housing define annular passageways through which the mixed gas and oxygen flow in a serpentine manner w... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6251296 | Apparatus and method for separating particles from a cyclonic fluid flow A particle separation member is provided for use with a cyclone separator. The particle separation member divides the separator into a cyclone chamber and a particle receiving chamber. The cyclone chamber and the particle receiving chamber communicate via... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6228260 | Apparatus for separating particles from a cyclonic fluid flow A particle separation member is provided for use with a cyclone separator. The particle separation member divides the separator into a cyclone chamber and a particle receiving chamber. The cyclone chamber and the particle receiving chamber communicate via... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6156107 | Trap apparatus The trap apparatus of the present invention includes a case provided for a gas exhaust system used for a film forming equipment which carries out a film forming process on an object, a gas supply port, made in the case and connected to an exhaust pipe of ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6101886 | Multi-stage sampler concentrator Atmospheric Samplers are disclosed using aerogel filter material. The samplers include one or more cascaded impact sample stations with discs of aerogel as the targets. Ambient air carrying particulate matter is introduced into the sampler and the particl... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6030585 | Apparatus for oxidizing and removing matter from a hazardous gas flow An apparatus includes a housing into which a hazardous gas is introduced. A sleeve in the housing includes a perforate segment into which the gas is discharged along with flows of oxygen delivered from sleeve mounted nozzles. Particles forming in a sleeve... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6030584 | Hazardous gas precipitator An apparatus defines a chamber into which hazardous gas is discharged. Disposed about the hazardous gas discharge flow are nozzles from which oxygen flows for mixing with the hazardous gas. A structure within the chamber receives the hazardous gas and oxy... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6010554 | Micro-machined virtual impactor and method of operation A micro-machined virtual impactor device to permit the separation, collection and concentration of a significant portion of environmental particulates having a diameter of less than ten microns and its method of operation. The device includes a plurality ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5904757 | Trap apparatus The trap apparatus of the present invention includes a case provided for a gas exhaust system used for a film forming equipment which carries out a film forming process on an object, a gas supply port, made in the case and connected to an exhaust pipe of ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5662722 | Air and gas mixing apparatus with removable baffle plates A housing receives ambient air through an inlet located so as to direct the airflow against blades of a rotor which disperses the airflow. A gas inlet conduit discharges hazardous gas into a chamber of the housing. The dispersed airflow acts on the hazard... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5569315 | Process and device for cleaning the waste air of systems for the solidification of melts A melt is converted into pieces by being converted to individual quantities that are dropped onto a cooling surface. Disposed above the cooling surface is a hood having a suction outlet for conducting waste air to a cleaner. Disposed in the hood upstream ... | 10/29/1996 |