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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648544 | Swirl tube separator Swirl tube separator for separating solids from a gas-solid containing feed comprising a tubular housing, an inlet for introducing a gas-solids mixture at one end of said housing, a solids outlet opening at the opposite end of said housing, and a co-axial positioned... | 01/19/2010 |
| 6620217 | Centrifugal separator for separating off water A centrifugal separator is provided for separating water out of wet steam, and comprises a first cylindrical tube and a second cylindrical tube that is coaxially disposed in the first tube. The inner diameter of the first tube is greater than the outer di... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6389826 | High capacity air conditioning system with redundant staged recirculation air mixing for an aircraft In an air conditioning system for an aircraft, two pre-mixing units respectively mix cold air from two air conditioning units with recirculated fuselage interior air from two recirculation units, to prepare two pre-mixed air flows that are both directed i... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6280502 | Removing solids from a fluid A method and apparatus are provided for removing solid particles from a particle containing stream of fluid, the method including the steps of: inducing the stream to flow at supersonic velocity through a conduit; inducing a swirling motion to the superso... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6264712 | Low intake restriction air precleaner An air precleaner includes a base assembly, a hood mounted to the base assembly and spaced from the base assembly to define a circumferential gap, and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation within the air space between the hood and base assembly. The base ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6056798 | Multi stage separator A multi stage separator for separating fluid and material. The conduit has a series of tubes arranged to convey material in a fluid stream with the last tube emptying into a receptacle. Each tube is separated from the prior tube forming exhaust vents wher... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5498273 | Particle separation A vortex tube including an annular downstream scavenge duct is provided with a number of occluding members spaced circumferentially around the upstream entrance to the scavenge duct so as to restrict the entrance area of the duct. The occluding members ar... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5061304 | Steam processing apparatus and method A steam processing apparatus and method in which a plurality of separators are disposed along the length of a cylindrical drum having inlet means for receiving a mixture of liquid and vapor and outlet means for discharging the separated liquid and vapor. ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4966703 | Cyclone separator Cyclone separator having an elongate tapered separating chamber (25) with an axial overflow outlet (34) at the larger diameter end (10a) and an underflow outlet (23) at the smaller diameter end (10b). Inlet to the separating chamber is provided via an axi... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4942739 | Mixing chamber for an air-conditioning system A mixing chamber for an air-conditioning system including a cylindrical vessel having a plurality of inlet ports provided at an axial end portion for introducing cool air from an air-conditioning unit and warm air from passenger compartments. The vessel i... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4648890 | Combination downflow-upflow vapor-liquid separator An improved vapor-liquid separator having a vertically disposed conduit for flow of a mixture. A first, second and third plurality of curved arms penetrate and extend within the conduit. A cylindrical member is radially spaced from the conduit forming an ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4517813 | Air conditioning system and air mixing/water separation apparatus therein An aircraft cabin air conditioning system with an air mixing/water separation manifold providing accelerated mixing and attendant removal of water droplets, ice and snow so as to save fuel and to reduce maintenance requirements through lowering the temper... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4322233 | Apparatus for separating entrained liquid from a liquid gas mixture A vessel wall cooperating with a circular array of moisture separators which have a vertical riser tube, centrally disposed hubs, a vertical baffle disposed between the hub and the riser tube, turning vanes and an outer volute partial skirt or wall to com... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4289514 | Stacked re-entrant arm vapor-liquid separator An improved centrifugal separator for vapor-liquid mixtures having a vertical upflow conduit closed at the top end and open at the bottom end. A plurality of curved arms similar in shape to a truncated torus of rectangular cross-section penetrate and exte... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4279627 | Fine particle separation apparatus An apparatus for separating almost all fine particles, including particles less than 10 microns in diameter, from a gas stream, which requires the input of only a small amount of water and which discharges a correspondingly small amount of particle-water ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4263027 | Multi-vortical separator A multi-vortical separator for removing particulate matter suspended in a transport medium is described. A single pressure sealed enclosure has a plurality of contoured columnar baffles symmetrically arranged in quadruplets, the baffles having cooperating... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4008059 | Centrifugal separator A miniature centrifugal separator for use in an engine air cleaner. Two cn air take-off tubes are coaxially aligned in the main flow tube for successively removing selected fractions of the outer annular portion of the swirling gas stream. The clean air ... | 02/15/1977 |
