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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338545 | Apparatus for separating liquid from a process gas stream of an electrochemical cell stack A liquid separator includes a housing, a separation chamber disposed within the housing, a drain, an inlet channel, a swirler disposed within the inlet channel, and an outlet channel. The drain has a drain passageway for draining liquid from the separation chamber. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6540917 | Cyclonic inertial fluid cleaning apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for the cyclonic inertial separation of particles from a fluid stream, wherein a generator and an outlet tube are disposed within a housing, a scavenge port is disposed about the housing, and the outlet tube has a plurality of sl... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6464743 | Mobile telecommunication station A mobile telecommunication station which is connected to a mobile telecommunication network and is provided with a mobile telecommunication service from the network, providing a function enabling unit (for example a voice coding unit) with a function whic... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6214071 | Oil separator structure for an oil collector blower A fluid level measuring device for measuring a fluid filling level in a container contains a float disposed in the container and a magnet disposed in the container. The magnet is coupled to the float in terms of movement and, in the event of a change in t... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6161627 | Particle separator and pneumatic tool incorporating same A particle separator and a pneumatic tool incorporating the same for separating particles from a fluid passed therethrough. The particle separator includes an inlet passageway having an upstream end and a downstream end and an inlet which is in fluid comm... | 12/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5178656 | Solid particle separator for gas flows loaded with solid particles A device for the separation of solid particles from a gas flow that is loaded with solid particles, particularly for the separation of coarsely grained solid particles, includes a housing through which the gas flow to be cleaned has to pass and a discharg... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4746340 | Air cleaner apparatus An air cleaner including a plurality of regularly arranged vortex separators and a network of regularly arranged exhaust ducts is disclosed. The vortex separators include a restriction between vortex air and particulate laden scavengable air. The duct net... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4407663 | Modular spin filters and housing therefor This filter module comprises a rectangularly shaped housing made from four separate parts--namely, a pair of rectangularly shaped front and rear sections, respectively, and a pair of rectangular end panels or caps releasably fastened to opposite ends of t... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4394138 | Diverging vortex separator A centrifugal separator for the separation of the liquid and gaseous phases of a mixture thereof, which separator has an upwardly diverging vortex section with a relatively small diameter inlet to produce a high centrifugal acceleration and a relatively l... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4278550 | Fluid separator A continuous separator for a pressurized mixture of fluids of different densities based on a progressively increasing centrifugal force acting on the mixture to successively separate fluids in the order of their densities beginning with the densest fluid.... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4276067 | Induction air cleaner for a lawn mower engine A carburetor air cleaner for an air cushion supported lawn mover provides a cyclone dust separator with carburetor air input from the vortex. The air is drawn through the separator by suction from the lawn mower air impeller which produces the air cushion... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4265640 | Method and apparatus for separating particles from a flow by centrifugal force Solid particles suspended in a flowing gas are separated from the gas by gentially driving the gas and particles into a substantially cylindrical eddy chamber substantially along the entire axial length of the chamber. Axially arranged suction pipes are ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4247313 | Gas-particulate separator with pulse-jet cleanable filter elements A vortical-type separator for removing from the gas stream suspended particulates present in the gas stream has an internally generated scavenging gas flow and a pulse jet system for cleaning scavenging gas filter elements. The separator has two or more c... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4208197 | Air precleaner An air introduction assembly for a vehicle engine located with respect to a roof mounted air deflecting member to perform an air cleaning or contaminant separating function. The air inlet is placed in a plane substantially parallel to the surface of the d... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4207181 | Self-cleaning filters Filters self-cleaning by hydrocyclonic action are described, in which one end of the filter housing is mounted at a higher elevation than its opposite end, the filter housing having at its lower end a chamber for accumulating dirt particles washed from th... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4201557 | Precleaner An apparatus for separating particulate matter entrained in a gas, as air, from the gas. The apparatus has a housing surrounding a separation chamber. A vane assembly carrying a cylindrical bowl is secured to an upper portion of the housing. The vane asse... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4080186 | Device for extracting energy, fresh water and pollution from moist air This disclosure describes a device to extract useful energy and fresh water from moist air, with an associated removal of pollutant particles entrained in the extracted water. The device comprises an enclosure with a tall stack and an extended base which ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4050913 | Vortex air cleaner assembly with acoustic attenuator A vortex air cleaner and acoustic attenuator assembly is provided having an array of vortex air cleaners which remove contaminant particles from influent air, and an array of spaced acoustic sheets defining passages therebetween for reception of clean eff... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3987862 | Offset air intake hood An improved intake hood for the air inlet pipe of the internal combustion engines of vehicles having a cab, the hood comprising a right angle conduit arranged to telescope over the inlet pipe so as to provide an annular chamber for trapping water. Interna... | 10/26/1976 |
