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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043410 | Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of operating the same A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various metho... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7655068 | Method and systems to facilitate improving electrostatic precipitator performance A method to facilitate improving electrostatic precipitator performance is provided. The method includes providing an electrostatic precipitator including an inlet, a collector chamber and an outlet, where the collector chamber includes a plurality of discharge elec... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7364606 | Exhaust emission control device Provided are a hollow inner electrode constituted by an electrically conductive filter capable of capturing particulates, a cylindrical outer electrode circumferentially surrounding the electrode, a housing incorporated in a flow passage of exhaust and accommodating... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357828 | Air cleaner including constant current power supply An air cleaner including a constant current power supply is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a collector cell and a constant current power supply coupled to the collector cell. The constant current power supply is config... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351274 | Air filtration system control An intense field dielectric air filtration system associated with an air conditioning unit includes a microprocessor based control system which may be connected to the thermostat of the air conditioning unit to energize the air filtration system in response to a cal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7267711 | Electrostatic precipitator for diesel blow-by A compact electrostatic precipitator is designed specifically for use in connection with eliminating particles from crankcase emissions of a Diesel engine. Such emissions may carry solid soot particles as well as suspended oil droplets. The electrostatic precipitato... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258723 | Particulate filter assembly and associated method A particulate filter assembly includes an electrode assembly, a particulate filter positioned in an electrode gap defined between two electrodes of the electrode assembly, a power supply electrically coupled to the electrode assembly, and a controller for controllin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7175695 | Apparatus and method for enhancing filtration Disclosed is a filtration enhancement apparatus and an associated method. The apparatus includes a number of electromagnetic grids that are placed in series. The first grid conditions ambient particles to generate particles with both a positive and a negative charge... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171879 | Discrete proximity detection system A machine is described having at least one dangerous portion. The machine also includes a safety system to detect dangerous proximity between a person and the dangerous portion and perform a predetermined action to limit or prevent injury to the person from the dang... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7122070 | Method of and apparatus for electrostatic fluid acceleration control of a fluid flow A device for handling a fluid includes a corona discharge device and an electric power supply. The corona discharge device includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector electrode positioned proximate each other so as to provide a total ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7109448 | Control system for cooking appliance employing radiant cooking A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a convection fan and at least one heating element. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097689 | Process and system for purifying gases A process and system for purifying an impure gas to produce a purified gas in a gas purification system and protecting the system from damage by a) passing a portion of a first gas stream into a reactor vessel, which exits as a second purified gas stream; b) combini... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7081152 | ESP performance optimization control A gas separation apparatus which uses electrostatic precipitators and a DC power supply is controlled to optimally remove moderate to high resistivity ash. The DC power supply is pulse width modulated to maximize the product of the peak electric field and the averag... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6953556 | Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951582 | Air purifier device An air purifier device includes a fan unit in an electrically conductive housing for drawing ambient air into the housing via an air inlet, and an electrically conductive dust-collecting member in the housing and disposed adjacent to an air outlet. A detecting unit ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6910816 | Digital film processing method A method of developing a latent image on a photographic element (such as imagewise exposed photographic film) by absorbing a dye precursor into the film, applying a developer solution to the film to develop the latent image and form a dye in the film, scanning the f... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6540812 | Method and system for improved rapper control An improved method and system is provided to control the rapping process used to clean the internal collection plates and discharge electrodes of electrostatic precipitators. The system obtains the performance characteristics of a first rapper and calcula... | 04/01/2003 |
| 5707422 | Method of controlling the supply of conditioning agent to an electrostatic precipitator A method for use in an electrostatic precipitator unit, of controlling, with a view to cleaning an incoming dust-laden gas, the supply of conditioning agent to the incoming contaminated gas upstream of the precipitator unit. The precipitator unit includes... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5639294 | Method for controlling the power supply to an electrostatic precipitator Method for controlling, in case of flashover between electrodes in an electrostatic precipitator, the current supply to the electrodes from a controllable high-voltage direct-current source. The current supplied to the precipitator and the voltage between... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5597403 | Flue gas conditioning system for intermittently energized precipitation A system for preconditioning flue gas to be treated in an electrostatic precipitator having a set of electrostatic elements and a power supply, which supplies an intermittent power to the electrostatic elements, includes a source of a conditioning agent, ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5591249 | Flue gas conditioning method for intermittently energized precipitation A method is used for preconditioning flue gas to be treated in an electrostatic precipitator having a set of electrostatic elements which are intermittently energized by a power supply. The method uses a current sensor and a voltage sensor to detect the c... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5556448 | Electrostatic precipitator that operates in conductive grease atmosphere An improved electrostatic precipitator system is provided for use in high-grease atmospheres in which the grease is electrically conductive. The precipitator includes high-voltage insulators that are both located in areas unlikely to accumulate electrical... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5542964 | Method of air purification Air purification system where air is subjected to complex electrical field resulting from a DC voltage and AC frequency in kilovolt and kilohertz range respectively, applied to screen assembly in air path. DC amplitude and AC frequency self regulate to se... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5471377 | Process for controlling a power supply which supplies power to an electrostatic filter in which secondary circuit states are determined based on measured primary circuit values and in which short circuits are detected A filter short circuit is detected when the primary voltage of the high-voltage transformer drops below a specified minimum value and does not rise above the specified minimum value during a specified delay period and a filter current is greater than a sp... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5456741 | Air purifier An air purifier has discharge electrodes which generate a corona emission. These discharge electrodes are disposed within a flow passage provided in the air purifier along with a blower. Also included in the air purifier is a filter which scavenges contam... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5431714 | Process for investigating particles situated in a gas In the process for investigating particles situated in a gas, a gas stream is guided past a miniaturized UV excimer radiator. In this case, the particles are ionized and subsequently filtered out, and the resultant photoelectrically induced current is mea... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5401299 | Air purification apparatus Air purification system where air is subjected to complex electrical field resulting from a DC voltage and AC frequency in kilovolt and kilohertz range respectively, applied to screen assembly in air path. DC amplitude and AC frequency self regulate to se... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5356597 | In-duct flue gas conditioning system The present invention provides a flue gas conditioning system and method for generating conditioning agent used in the removal of entrained particles in a flue gas flow with an electrostatic precipitator. The invention involves the use of a catalytic conv... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5352610 | Tubular membrane assembly The invention relates to a reactor in which the gas is introduced by a gas feed pipe by at least one tube membrane. The tube membrane consists of a hollow cylinder with perforations or of a metal fabric on which a silicone hose is placed. On the silicone ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5311420 | Automatic back corona detection and protection system An automatic back corona detection and protection system (200) is provided for controlling an electrostatic dust precipitator (80). The system (200) includes a subsystem for monitoring voltage and current parameters of the high voltage transformer/rectifi... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5288303 | Flue gas conditioning system A flue gas conditioning system features a self-contained sulfur burner control loop that operates to maintain a constant desired temperature supply of sulfur dioxide in air by varying the rate of supply of sulfur fuel to the sulfur burner, and the absence... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5221474 | Transfusion filtering device A transfusion filtering device for preventing foreign matters from entering into a human body. This transfusion fiber comprises a cylindrical housing, hydrophilic porous hollow fibers disposed in the housing in parallel with the axis of the housing, and h... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4936876 | Method and apparatus for detecting back corona in an electrostatic filter with ordinary or intermittent DC-voltage supply In an electrostatic precipitator for cleansing flue gases from industrial plants, comprising one or more precipitator sections powered from a separate continuous or intermittent DC-voltage electric supplies, a method and apparatus for detecting back coron... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4808200 | Electrostatic precipitator power supply An electrostatic precipitator is supplied with a d-c voltage of variable level upon which is superimposed a series of voltage pulses. For each voltage pulse, the difference between a positive current-time area and a negative current-time area beneath a cu... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4779207 | SO3 flue gas conditioning system An air pollution control system for injecting a conditioning agent into the flue gas of a power generator. The conditioning agent changes the resistivity of particulate matter in the flue gas, rendering the particulate matter more easily able to accept an... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4680036 | Method of automatically controlling an electrostatic precipitator Disclosed is a method for the operation of an electrostatic precipitator so as to provide a pure gas having a predetermined dust content with a minimum consumption of energy. Characteristics for the operation with an unpulsed voltage are recorded for diff... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4626261 | Method of controlling intermittent voltage supply to an electrostatic precipitator In the method of controlling the period length of an intermittent voltage supply to an electrostatic precipitator, a search procedure is carried out at predetermined time intervals or at time intervals determined by one or more continuously monitored/meas... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4626260 | Method of controlling the pulse frequency of a pulse operated electrostatic precipitator A method of controlling the pulse frequency of an electrostatic precipitator energized by a pulse superimposed direct voltage, is disclosed in which, for a given direct and/or pulse voltage, the pulse repetition frequency, at intervals which are preset or... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4624685 | Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption in an electrostatic precipitator A process for optimizing the power consumption of electrostatic precipitators communicating with a boiler or the like includes a load indexed signal fed forward to a field power controller to approximate the required power levels. An optical transducer is... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4521223 | Method for determining the existence of an optimal interval for rapping the electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator A method for operationally determining the existence of an optimal rapping interval for the collector electrodes of an electrostatic precipitator comprises the comparison of the current-voltage characteristics for precipitator operation under pure-gas con... | 06/04/1985 |
