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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335241 | Cyclone vessel dust collector and vacuum cleaner having the same Disclosed are a cyclone vessel dust collection and a vacuum cleaner including the same. The cyclone vessel dust collector comprises a cyclone vessel main-body including a primary cyclone vessel unit for separating dusts from dust containing air, and one or more seco... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7160347 | Waste separating device for vacuum cleaner The invention concerns a device for separating and collecting waste driven by an air stream, comprising an intake duct (52) emerging along a tangential direction in a waste separating chamber (53) defining an internal volume having substantially the sh... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6979360 | Apparatus and process for preventing coke accumlation in a centripetal separator In a cyclone separator used for separating solids from gases, we discovered placing at least one opening in a lateral surface of a gas outlet conduit on a side facing away from an inlet to the cyclone separator prevents coke deposits from forming thereon. A pluralit... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6938780 | Centrifugal separator in particular for fluidized bed reactor device A centrifugal separator for separating particles from gas uses a separator chamber having an upper potion with at least three substantially vertical planar walls with perpendicular inner faces, and a lower portion, for defining in the chamber a vertical gas vortex. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926749 | Cyclone separator with compact inlet A cyclone separator is provided with a compact inlet path, in which the inner and outer walls of the inlet path are curved, with the inner wall having a radius that is essentially the same as the radius of the cyclone body wall and with the outer wall wrapping aroun... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6755897 | Constant velocity radial inflow particle separator A vehicle air cleaner system 10 includes a cyclone chamber 14 and a variable inlet 30. The variable inlet 30 communicates airflow to the cyclone chamber 14 at a relatively constant velocity by varying an opening 32 in respon... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6599348 | Methods for reducing entrainment of solids and liquids Methods are provided for the reduction in entrainment of solids and liquids, and loss of valuable chemicals such as catalysts, in processing and refining sequences that employ separation devices in which non-vapors are to be separated from vapors. The met... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6494929 | Cyclone for suction cleaner A cyclone is provided above a liquid receptacle (4) in a housing (1,3) whose interior is at reduced pressure in operation. Liquid and solid particles carried by the incoming stream of air accumulate in the cyclone (18) and circulate as a body of solid-lad... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6485534 | Contaminant collector trap for ion implanter An evacuation system for a chamber (14) is provided, including a pump (12) for removing gases and contaminants from the chamber. The pump has an outlet (32) connected to an exhaust duct (34). A collector trap (42) for use in collecting contaminants evacua... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6398973 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator has an inlet chamber 52 and an outlet chamber 53, means 51 for introducing a fluid mixture into the inlet chamber so that it swirls around the chamber and passes to the outlet chamber in which it swirls about an outlet chamber axis, th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6379411 | Two stroke engine exhaust emissions separator A separator for substantially resolving at least one component of a process stream, such as from the exhaust of an internal combustion engine. The separator includes a body defining a chamber therein. A nozzle housing is located proximate the chamber. An ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6322601 | Cyclone separator smoke inlet trunking Smoke inlet trunking for a cyclone separator has two lateral faces referred to as an extrados face and an intrados face, the latter terminating at a nose of the cyclone, a ceiling face and a floor face. The intrados face, which connects a point at the sta... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6238579 | Device for separating solid particles in a fluid stream The present invention provides for discharge (exit) ports for exit fluid flow disposed at or adjacent to one another on one end of a vortex separating body; an inlet port(s) disposed at one end of a separating body having discharge (exit) ports for exit f... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6090286 | Separator centrifuge The separator centrifuge for separating solid particles suspended in a fluid comprises a container having an inlet for the fluid and an outlet for the fluid once cleaned of the solid particles, the outlet being situated higher than the inlet. The containe... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5879545 | Cyclonic filter assembly A compact cyclonic filter assembly used for separating unwanted debris from a fluid. The cyclonic filter assembly uses the centrifugal forces to separate large pieces of debris from the fluid and a filter to separate the remaining unwanted debris from the... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5843211 | Method and apparatus for separating a heavier phase from a lighter phase in a material flow by centrifugal force Phases of different densities are separated from each other in a vortex separator chamber. A primary flow to be cleaned drives a secondary vortex flow in the chamber. The primary flow is introduced into the chamber centrally between the chamber ends throu... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5587078 | Centrifugal cleaner A centrifugal cleaner is constructed so that its efficiency is less sensitive to consistency changes of the feed slurry, and so that it can operate at a higher consistency than conventional cleaners, yet optimizes separation efficiency. This is accomplish... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5536289 | Gas-liquid separator A liquid separator for the separation of liquids from gases is disclosed. The separator has an inlet orifice for receiving a flow of the gas laden with liquid, a first outlet for the liquid and a second outlet for the gas liberated from the liquid, and an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5510019 | Bubble separating apparatus A vortical flow type bubble separating apparatus comprises a container defining a substantially cone-shaped vortical flow chamber having a lower larger diameter end with a plurality of holes, an outer casing for receiving a liquid discharged from the vort... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5437375 | Double-document detection systems A method for on-the-fly detection and separation of multiple checks or like documents transported in a track, wherein the documents are first subjected to twin opposed vacuum forces from a suction source, to separate multiple documents; then a measuring a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5275641 | Improved method for transferring entrained solids to a cyclone Accordingly, the present invention, in one embodiment, encompasses an apparatus for the fluidized catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon feed comprising: a riser which is generally vertically positioned within a catalyst disengaging zone and which has a plur... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5225082 | Hydrocyclone with finely tapered tail section A hydrocyclone separator for separating oil from water includes a substantially cylindrical first portion with a central overflow outlet and at least one tangential flow inlet, at least one converging section, and a tail portion with a central underflow o... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5207805 | Cyclone separator system An improved cyclone separator and method of construction are disclosed. Such cyclone separators are employed for separating particulates from hot gas entering the separator barrel through an axially disposed slot in its periphery. An improvement in effici... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5156500 | Appliance for the decantation and recovery of powdery products in pneumatic conveyors Appliance to decant and recover powdery products in pneumatic conveyors, where air is tangentially driven into an annular passage inside a body, where it is subject to an expansion of the product and which it leaves through a conduit and an outlet pipe. T... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5122171 | Apparatus for separating particulate material from hot gas An apparatus are disclosed for separating particulates from hot gas in the type of system employing a particulate gas chamber, a clean gas outlet chamber and an array of separator units. The structure defining the clean gas chamber is suspended solely fro... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5024684 | Multi-stage vortex reactor A multistage vortex reactor for contacting a gas stream with a gas, a fluid or other stream, comprising a housing having end walls and a peripheral side wall defining an elongated generally cylindrical vortex chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end,... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4983283 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator comprising an elongated separating chamber having a longitudinal axis of symmetry between opposite first and second ends, the separator including at least one feed inlet (3) adjacent the first end and at least two outlets (4), (5), the... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4976872 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator for separating a denser liquid component from a less dense liquid component of a multi-phase liquid mixture wherein one phase is in the form of drops dispersed in the other phase, the separator having an elongated, unobstructed separat... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4900345 | Separator for use in installations for conveying objects over distances by means of a flow of air A separator for use in installations for conveying objects over distances by means of a flow of air, the separator including a generally cylindrical separator grid within a casing, and a spiral grid portion extending outside the cylindrical grid. The spir... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4606739 | Method of increasing the separating efficiency of a cyclone separator and a cyclone for carrying out the method The separating efficiency of a cyclone separator used for removing solid particles from a gas stream (for example ash particles from the combustion gas which is passed to a gas turbine) is increased by retarding the particles before they arrive at the cyc... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4596586 | Separator for oil and gas, and separation process A separator suitable for separating a crude oil feed containing gas into gas and liquid the separator comprising a vessel (4) having an inlet (6) for feed disposed so that feed introduced under a pressure gradient is caused to form a downwardly flowing vo... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4483698 | Apparatus for paint mist removal Apparatus for washing paint mist from exhaust air from a spray-painting operation draws the exhaust air, paint mist, and a washing liquid down a funnel inlet into an open ended cylindrical mixing chamber. In the mixing chamber, they turbulently spiral out... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4344783 | Cyclone separator A cyclone intended in particular for multistage heat exchangers, the inlet of which communicates with several partial spirals lying one above the other and having different lengths decreasing in the downward direction. A cyclone of this type is distinguis... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4308038 | Inertial-electrostatic wet precipitator An inertial-electrostatic wet precipitator for removing particulate contaminants from a gaseous stream passing through a collector tube having a discharge electrode assembly coaxially disposed therein to establish an electrostatic field between the assemb... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4260401 | Regenerative cyclone-type air/particulate concentrator and collector A cyclone-type particulate collector and concentrator is provided wherein the outlet tube is provided with a conical concentrator having its sidewalls formed of a plurality of tapered, spaced, nested, generally U-shaped and cross-section vaned members bet... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4225325 | Steam separator with variably sized rectangular inlet opening A cyclone type steam separator (10) having a square inlet opening (46) which may be adjusted in size by means of an inlet control device (20). The device includes a rigid body (62) having perpendicular arms which form two sides of the square opening. The ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4065277 | Inlet for cyclone-type particulate matter gas separator device A dirty gas inlet configuration for a cyclone-type particulate matter gas separator device has two annular concentrically disposed converging dirty gas channels. The outer annular channel has a plurality of gas flow directing vanes disposed therein to imp... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4011068 | Particle separator Apparatus for separating particles from a stream of gas and entrained parles comprising an annular duct having at one end an inlet to direct the stream into the duct such that the stream passes through the duct with swirl and at the other end outlet mean... | 03/08/1977 |
