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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021453 | Collecting chamber for a vacuum cleaner A bagless vacuum cleaner includes a separating unit for separating dirt and dust from a dirt-laden airflow which is drawn in by the cleaner. The separating unit has a chamber with collection areas for collecting dirt and dust which is separated from the airflow. A b... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7357825 | Cyclonic fluid separator with vortex generator in inlet section A cyclonic fluid separator of the type comprising a tubular throat portion in which a fluid mixture is accelerated to a subsonic or supersonic speed and thereby expanded and cooled down so that condensable components condense and/or solidify and then swirl into a di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7318849 | Cyclonic fluid separator equipped with adjustable vortex finder position A cyclonic fluid separator for separating one or more condensable components, such as water, and/or solids, such as smoke or sand particles, from a fluid mixture has a tubular housing having a fluid inlet section in which the fluid mixture is accelerated to a supers... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311765 | Energy and/or mass exchange apparatus having an integrated fluid separator A liquid separator configured to separate liquid from a fluid stream. The separator includes a housing, a separation chamber disposed within the housing, a drain having a drain passageway for draining liquid from the separation chamber, an inlet chamber configured t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7150773 | Liquid extractor A liquid device for extracting liquids entrained in gasses flowing through a pipeline consists of a housing having a separation and collection chamber for the extracted liquids and a flow through passage for the gasses being dried. As the gasses flow into an extract... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131165 | Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic airflow A vacuum cleaner includes a first housing defining a cyclonic airflow chamber and a second housing defining a main suction opening that is in communication with an inlet of the cyclonic chamber. A suction source has a suction airstream inlet in communication with an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7070639 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner A cyclonic vacuum cleaner with simple structure, low airflow leakage, excellent maintainability, and less possibility of littering a floor in the case of dumping dusts or care of the cleaner. A cyclonic portion 14 of an approximately cylindrical shape, having... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059311 | Air/oil separating device An air/oil separating device for removing oil that has become entrained in blow-by gases passing through a crankcase of an internal combustion engine. The air/oil separating device includes a spiral element forming a spiral passageway and a perforated tube. As the a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048783 | Vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator A vacuum cleaner air/liquid separator is provided according to the invention. The separator includes an offset air/liquid airflow inlet for receiving an air/liquid airflow, with the offset air/liquid airflow inlet possessing a width and a height. The separator furth... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044999 | Oil separator for a welder An oil separator usable with a welder and air compressor combination unit. The oil separator includes a cylindrical housing having an inlet that receives the stream of compressed air containing oil from the air compressor. Within the oil separator, there is a deflec... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6977004 | Vapor-liquid separator A vapor-liquid separator includes an outer tube, an introduction tube, a delivery tube, and a discharge tube. The introduction tube allows passage of a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid in a swirling state. The delivery tube allows passage of the vapor phase separated fr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6929670 | Sand separating apparatus for a thermal sand removal oven An apparatus for the separation of sand from an air stream in a thermal sand removal oven is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the apparatus comprises a plurality of members comprising two planar members joined to form “V” shaped members. The vertex of the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6896720 | Cleaning apparatus Apparatus for separating particulate matter from an airstream includes a housing including an intake for particulates-containing air and an exhaust for cleaned air, in which the apparatus includes a primary vortex generator in the intake air and the housing includes... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896719 | Dirt collecting system for a floor care appliance A dirt collecting system for a vacuum cleaner includes a dirt cup formed from a cylindrical sidewall having a disc shaped member separating the dirt cup into an upper portion and a lower portion. The dirty airstream flows past the disc shaped member from the upper p... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6890375 | Cyclonic air filter with exit baffle The described embodiments of the present invention include a cyclonic filter having an inlet and outlet. The cyclonic filter includes a chamber in communication with the inlet, flow from the inlet being directed in a rotational flow about an axis within the chamber.... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6811712 | Method and apparatus for treating fluids A method and apparatus for treating fluids includes a vortex nozzle assembly having improved vortex nozzles. The overall system and system layout, which includes an elbow design, are improved as well as vortex system methods. The vortex nozzle assembly includes an a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811698 | Method and apparatus for treating fluids A method and apparatus for treating fluids includes a vortex nozzle assembly having improved vortex nozzles. The overall system and system layout, which includes an elbow design, are improved as well as vortex system methods. The vortex nozzle assembly includes an a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811687 | Vortex pool cleaner The present invention aims at improving pool cleaners. The improved pool cleaners utilize toroidal vortex technology to provide efficient fluid flow in a sealed system. The sealed system prevents dirt from escaping into surrounding fluid and retains kinetic energy o... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6797170 | Method and apparatus for treating fluids A method and apparatus for treating fluids includes a vortex nozzle assembly having improved vortex nozzles. The overall system and system layout, which includes an elbow design, are improved as well as vortex system methods. The vortex nozzle assembly includes an a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6733576 | Gas sampling separator A gas sampling separator 29 for the separation of liquid or other contaminants from gas received from a pipeline may be easily inspected visually and cleaned. A cylindrical body 62 forming a separation chamber 64 is threaded onto a base 40 | 05/11/2004 |
| 6709479 | Precleaner for vacuum systems An air precleaner for mechanically removing particulate contaminants from an enclosed environment includes a peripheral air intake manifold that is in communication with the inlet port of a mechanical separation unit, and a central exhaust port that is in communicat... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6635095 | Oil separator An object of the present invention is to provide an oil separator which can be manufactured at a low cost and can prevent the leakage of removed oil, and an oil separator which has improved separation efficiency of the oil mist without increasing the pres... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626984 | High volume dust and fume collector An apparatus for removing dust and fumes from a flow of air, particularly a flow of air exhausted from an industrial work area. There is a large, cylindrical filter element mounted within a cylindrical collector barrel so as to define an annular flow spac... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6576031 | Droplet separator including a flow tube, and a droplet separation tube surrounding a portion of the flow tube The invention relates to a droplet separator for separating liquid droplets as well as the solid matter and condensate associated therewith from a gas flow (a) brought into rotary motion. The droplet separator (1) comprises a gas flow duct (11, 13, 15) an... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572667 | Filter system A filter system for the air intake of an internal combustion engine, in which an oval filter element is disposed in a housing, and a pre-separator is also provided which includes one or more cyclones.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6562108 | Stack liquid separator and method of use A method of removing a liquid entrained in a gas moving at a velocity in an upward direction from a base to a top of a stack comprising the steps of imparting a swirling direction to the velocity of the gas adjacent the base of the stack and then recoveri... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6478962 | Dynamic bubble trap The bubble trap is used in extracorporeal blood flow circuits of the type used for open heart surgery. The trap is placed in the external blood flow and it removes small micro bubbles from the blood prior to delivery to the body. The device accelerates th... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6478838 | Airflow system An air treatment appliance for treating surrounding air including a body. A spider-mount mounted to the body has a motor mounted thereto in cantilever fashion. A fan attached to the motor may be a radial fan, and is operable to draw in surrounding air and... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6468320 | Filter unit and filter A filter unit for removing particulates in a gas to be treated, which unit includes a gas impermeable bulkhead that forms a channel through which the gas advances in the filter unit at least one round, and a filter member laminated on at least one side su... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6461508 | Apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow The invention provides apparatus for separating dirt or dust from an airflow, comprising a collector (32) having an outer wall (32a) forming an air-rotational surface, an inner wall (34a), an airflow inlet for introducing the airflow substantially tangent... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6375715 | Procedure and device for fast separation of solid particles and gaseous fluids and their use A receptacle (14) open in its upper part into which opens a conduit (13), is inserted between a device (11) for fast extraction and the stripping zone (18). The receptacle (14) consists at its base of at least one diffuser (15) fed in fluidization gas and... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376732 | Wetted wall vapor/liquid separator A centrifugal vapor/liquid separator separates the vapor and liquid in a flash of hydrocarbon and steam mixture, such that only the vapor stream is fed and processed further downstream. The design of the separator ensures that all partially wetted surface... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6361574 | Intake air cleaning apparatus Intake air cleaning apparatus includes a filter canister with a filter mounted therein to filter air passing from an inlet end of the canister to an outlet end. A hood is mounted to the filter canister at the inlet end and has a discharge port for dischar... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6331195 | Coanda water extractor A water extractor of an environmental control system includes a swirl section and a water collector downstream the swirl section. The water collector includes an upstream sump having an inlet positioned to capture the bulk of water droplets leaving the sw... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6322706 | Radial plasma mass filter A plasma filter for separating particles includes a hollow semi-cylindrical chamber that is enclosed by a wall. At least one plasma source is mounted in the chamber between the longitudinal axis of the chamber and the wall for generating a multi-species p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6251281 | Negative ion filter A plasma filter for separating positive ions from negative ions in a multi-species plasma includes a cylindrical shaped chamber. Magnetic coils surrounding the chamber generate a magnetic field that is aligned substantially parallel to the chamber's longi... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248240 | Plasma mass filter A method for separating charged particles according to their mass requires providing a multi-species plasma in a chamber. The plasma includes both relatively low-mass charged particles (M1) and relatively high-mass charged particles (M2 | 06/19/2001 |
