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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988756 | Gas-solid separator A gas-solid separator has: an inner cylinder 10 having a closed lower end 11 and an opened upper end 1, and extending in a vertical direction; and an outer cylinder 2 that coaxially covers the inner cylinder 10 from the outside and... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7381235 | Cyclone separator, liquid collecting box and pressure vessel A cyclone separator provided with a tube with an axial inflow opening and an axial outflow opening, a stationary swirl body arranged in the tube, designed for imparting a spiraling movement to an axially directed gas liquid flow entering the tube in use, while in th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7332008 | Cyclone dust collecting apparatus and a vacuum cleaner having the same A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus capable of separately collecting relatively large dust particles and small dust particles, and implementing compact size and light weight thereof comprises a suction air inlet, a first dust-collecting chamber for collecting relati... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305912 | Chemically driven hydrogen gun An electrothermal gun uses an apparatus for generating high gas pressure. The apparatus includes a receiver having a combustion chamber for holding a propellant which produces a gas component and a particle component when the propellant undergoes an exothermic chemi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7264660 | Apparatus for drying a gas Apparatus for drying a gas comprises an elongate housing having an inlet port and an outlet port for the gas. The housing comprises at least two axially separable parts which can be separated to allow access to the interior of the housing. A cartridge contains an ad... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261007 | Circumferential slot virtual impactor for concentrating aerosols A circumferential slot virtual impactor includes a disk-shaped housing with an endless circumferential slot for receiving aerosols. The slot forms an acceleration nozzle, and a receiver nozzle spaced apart radially inwardly from the acceleration nozzle exit. In an a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7063734 | Air/oil separation system and method A centrifugal air/oil separation system communicates with bearing cavities of the engine and substantially isolates separated oil from contacting the gearbox. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048782 | Apparatus and process for power recovery Disclosed is a third stage separator which includes two main clean gas outlets. One main clean gas outlet communicates with a power recovery unit such as an expander turbine while the second main clean gas outlet communicates with a conduit that bypasses the expande... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6981995 | Separator for fluids and solids A separator device for separating heavier small particles, solids and liquids, in suspension in a fluid that are forced through a wound conduit member with a plurality of through openings on the outermost wall portion. The fluid is forced by a pressure differential ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6905528 | Conveying air filtration system An arrangement used for filtering out conveying air when supplying fiber material to a processing machine is provided. The arrangement has an essentially vertical filling chute for the fiber material, the chute having an upper intake opening and a lower exit opening... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902593 | Separation device to remove fine particles A multi-cyclone gas/solids separator with reduced solids re-entrainment is disclosed. The separator uses a plurality of cyclones spaced horizontally apart from adjacent cyclones to process flue gas containing residual catalyst fines. Each cyclone has a body that has... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6736884 | Air/oil separation tank An air/oil separation tank for installation in a circuit for the production of compressed air, the circuit including an intake regulator (1) which intercepts external air and sends the air to an oil bath spin compressor (2) which is activated by an ele... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6666338 | Device for the separation of solid objects from a flowing fluid A device for the separation of solid objects (9) from fluid flowing in a conduit tube (2) includes a housing that includes a tubular outer wall (3) and a tubular inner wall (4). Between these is delimited a collecting space (8). Concentrically relative to... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6485536 | Vortex particle separator The invention is a particle separator which separates entrained particulates from a fluid. The particle separator utilizes an auger enclosed within a cylinder to form a cyclonic chamber, through which air is propelled. The centrifugal motion of particles ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6019825 | Hydrocyclone gas separator A hydrocyclone for separating a combined phase input stream has two nesting truncated, downwardly tapering conical members having an annular space therebetween. A tangential inlet leads to the annular space between the conical members. Alternate embodimen... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5800578 | Air separation system including a tangential separator and a pneumatic relay conveyer A separating system for separating material transported by air utilizing apparatus having a tangential inlet for a stream of air and entrained material, a bottom material exit, a boundary wall air exit and a central interior air exit. Each air exit includ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5779746 | Underflow cyclone with perforated barrel A cyclone and process for fluidized catalytic cracking of heavy oils is disclosed. Gas and entrained solids are added tangentially around a vapor outlet tube in a cylindrical tube cyclone body. Solids and some gas is withdrawn via a plurality of openings ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5690709 | Separation apparatus to remove particles from a gas stream A separator (13) to remove particles from a gas stream, the separator (13) includes a casing (11) divided into three zones (A,B,C) by two divider plates (9,10). A plurality of uniflow cyclone separators (12) are supported by the divider plates (9,10) and ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5641339 | Tangential separator and method A method and apparatus for separating material transported by air is disclosed which includes a separator casing having a tangential inlet adapted to receive a stream of air and entrained material and a plurality of exits. One of the exits of the disclose... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5634964 | Air mixer with water separator An air mixer, with a water collector, is disclosed for supplying recirculated cabin air in aircraft. In the preferred embodiment: used cabin air flows over pipes of colder fresh air to cool the used air and condense out most of the moisture contained in i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5514271 | Underflow cyclone with perforated barrel A cyclone and process for fluidized catalytic cracking of heavy oils is disclosed. Gas and entrained solids are added tangentially around a vapor outlet tube in a cylindrical tube cyclone body. Solids and some gas is withdrawn via a plurality of openings ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5510017 | Pipe liquid/gas separator having vane sets A liquid/gas separator has a pipe section receiving a liquid/gas mixture to be separated and discharging gas that is substantially free of liquid. A first drain (8) is coupled to the upstream end of the pipe section for draining liquid that has undergone ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5114575 | Oil filter An improvement in an oil filter is provided, the oil filter being of the type which comprise a housing opened at one end thereof, a cylindrical first separator unit disposed in the housing for removing solid contaminants from the oil introduced into the h... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4904281 | Method and apparatus for separation of solids from a gaseous stream A method for separating particulate solids from a gaseous stream laden with the solids includes discharging the gaseous stream with a swirling movement downwardly into a containment vessel, and impinging the stream on a bed of the separated solids maintai... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4846860 | Air cleaner An air cleaner having a tangentially directed inlet, a converging flow path about the unfiltered side of the air filter and a plurality of openings in the sidewall of the air cleaner housing for expelling heavier than air particles.... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4731228 | Reactor and horizontal cyclone separator with primary mass flow and secondary centrifugal separation of solid and fluid phases The invention here disclosed is a novel apparatus and method for the separation of solid and fluid phases in a horizontal elongated cyclone separator with a novel inclined solid dropout continuous and uninterrupted slot in the bottom to transfer a solid p... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4654061 | Geothermal steam separator A device for separating liquid droplets and solids out of a geothermally produced vapor stream traveling under pressure through a pipeline comprising a first means for inducing a force in the vapor stream to induce the droplets and solids to migrate to th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4634456 | Classification and/or grading Classifying and/or grading equipment includes a main vortex chamber and a secondary vortex chamber intersecting and opening into the main chamber. A gas/solids, liquid/solids or liquid/liquid combination is fed into the main vortex chamber and a component... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4629481 | Low pressure drop modular centrifugal moisture separator A modular separating unit for separating a liquid from a gas-liquid mixture, comprising an annular riser tube, a hub coaxial with and located within the riser tube, four curved blades mounted between the hub and the riser tube, an annular downcomer tube s... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4622048 | Liquid-gas separator Apparatus for separating a liquid from a gas includes a cylindrical separator element disposed in a sealed housing. The separator element includes a helical ramp wrapped around a cylindrical column both of which are disposed in a hollow cylindrical shell.... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4612120 | Axisymmetrical separator for separating solids and gas from a fluid medium A dimensionally compact centrifugal separator having no moving parts is described that is effective for separating entrained solids and gases from a liquid in order to cleanse the liquid. The internal configuration of the apparatus is such as to effective... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4591367 | Horizontal gas/liquid separator Horizontal gas/liquid separator comprising a vessel having a gas inlet with a gas inlet channel and a gas outlet with a gas outlet channel. The channels are separated from one another by a horizontal gas/liquid separation zone provided with swirl tubes. T... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4558696 | Water trap The present invention is a liquid water trap for continuous trapping of liquid from the gas passed by a pressurized breathing circuit of a ventilator, respirator, anaesthesia unit or the like. A hollow, spherically shaped member has a plurality of holes t... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4457082 | Heat exchanger The invention relates to a multiple-stage heat exchanger 1 in which at least one of the lower heat exchange stages contains a deflector/separator with a horizontal gas inlet pipe and a gas outlet, and at least the upper heat exchange stage has a conventio... | 07/03/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4342576 | Particle separator A cyclone type particle separator comprising a lower cone with a particle outlet, an intermediate cylinder and an upper truncated cone. An inlet is opened at the intermediate cylinder tangentially or involutedly thereof and adjacent to the upper end of th... | 08/03/1982 |
