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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255722 | Gas filter A filtration portion 11 constituting a filter element 3 is composed of a first filtration material 9 wound around the outer periphery of an inner tube 8 and a second filtration material 10 wound tightly around the outer peripheral ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7179326 | Oxygen concentration apparatus An oxygen concentrating apparatus 10 for generating oxygen enriched gas by adsorbing and separating nitrogen gas from air, comprises; an oxygen concentrator 40 having an adsorption cylinder filled with adsorbent for adsorbing nitrogen gas, also having ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172645 | Gas filtration and storage using activated carbon/graphite foam monoliths An apparatus for separating a first gas from a mixture of the first gas and at least one second gas comprises a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port and an adsorbent which is positioned in the housing. The adsorbent comprising a carbon based foam monolith... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166149 | Adsorption process for continuous purification of high value gas feeds Using a high pressure rotary adsorbent wheel, a high value compressed gas feed can be purified by concentrating the impurity such as water, condensing it out, before final purification. Instead of exhausting gas from the system, the effluent can be put back into the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158369 | Single phase or polyphase switchgear in an enveloping housing Single phase or polyphase switchgear having one or more switches which are mounted with the aid of solid insulation such that they are insulated, as well as associated live components such as rail systems, connectors and the like. Both the switches and the associate... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156903 | Sound enclosure for portable oxygen concentrators A portable pressure swing adsorption apparatus and conservation device for medical use, and a sound enclosure for the apparatus having two isolating sections to enclose the apparatus, the enclosure having an inlet in one of the sections for allowing ambient air into... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137417 | Tire inflation technology An apparatus for purging an article such as a tire of moisture and other impurities and for inflating the article with dry pure gas. The apparatus includes a four way valve; a gas input assembly communicatively connected to the valve; a vacuum generator communicativ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135059 | Portable gas fractionalization system A portable gas fractionalization apparatus that provides oxygen rich air to patients is provided. The apparatus is compact, lightweight, and low-noise. The components are assembled in a housing that is divided into two compartments. One compartment is maintained at ... | 11/14/2006 |
| RE39122 | Regenerative compressed air/gas dryer A system for drying a gas, such as air, includes a source of gas to be dried, a multistage compressor having an inlet connected to the source, and a dryer connected interstage to the compressor and to the outlet of the compressor. The dryer is connected interstage t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029521 | Process and device in connection with the production of oxygen or oxygen enriched air Process in conjunction with the production of oxygen (22), wherein incoming air (10, 16, 16a, 16b,) is brought to pass through a sorbent/zeolite structure (18), which comprises at least three zeolite units (50a–f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014683 | Method for the regeneration of humidity-laden process air and arrangement for carrying out said method A method for the regeneration of humidity-laden drying cartridges includes heating to 220 to 300° C. and introducing it into a drying cartridge for regeneration. Subsequent cooling of the drying cartridge is achieved by a partial stream of air diverted from the dri... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6960243 | Production of drinking water from air A method and apparatus for the extraction of water from a gas stream, such as atmospheric air. The method includes contacting the gas stream with a porous adsorbent material having a surface modifying agent adsorbed on the surface of a porous support. The surface mo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6908503 | Reduced noise oxygen concentrator A pressure swing adsorption apparatus for producing a gas mixture with a higher concentration of a particular gas such as oxygen from ambient air, in which the noisier components of the apparatus are contained in an internal removable module that is separated by sou... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6878186 | Pure vacuum swing adsorption system and apparatus A pure vacuum swing adsorption/desorption system and method, wherein supplied air feedstock gas is consistently separated to obtain a high-purity oxygen end-product gas mixture, is described. The system and method separate high-purity oxygen product from air by sequ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6666911 | Treatment system for waste gas containing volatile organic compounds A treatment system for waste gas containing VOCs is composed of a zeolite revolver (10), an incinerator (20) and a network of pipes, valves and filters. The zeolite revolver (10) consists of an adsorption zone (11), a purge zone (12), and a desorption zon... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6585192 | Vented compartment inerting system 1. An inerting system for a vented controlled atmosphere container, for inerting a flammable gas comprising a flammable vapor and oxygen, comprising: (i) a container; (ii) an outlet in the container for the flammable gas; (iii) a compressor, in fluid communica... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6511525 | Method and apparatus for extracting water from air using a desiccant The present invention provides a method and apparatus for extracting liquid water from moist air using minimal energy input. The method can be considered as four phases: (1) adsorbing water from air into a desiccant, (2) isolating the water-laden desiccan... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6508865 | Method and apparatus for compressing atmospheric air, and corresponding air distillation and gas turbine installations Atmospheric air passes through a droplet separator and then through one or more filtration stages. The first filtration stage is made of bag-filter elements with filter medium made up of synthetic fibres with a density which increases in the direction of ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6488747 | Pressure swing adsorption with axial or centrifugal compression machinery A gas separation system for separating a feed gas mixture into a first component of the gas mixture and a second component of the gas mixture includes an adsorbent bed assembly and an axial or centrifugal compression machine. The adsorbent bed assembly in... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478849 | Vapor recovery system for fuel storage tank A vapor recovery system for a fuel storage tank. The system includes a pair of VOC adsorbent canisters that alternately recover VOC vapors from the fuel tank ullage or are regenerated. Regeneration of the VOC adsorbent canisters is provided by exhausting ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6402812 | Filtered environmental control system An integrated environmental control (IEC) system includes a decontamination Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) system in which a contaminated decontamination bed is purged through a purge exhaust duct and subsequently dumped overboard through a purge ejector... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6294000 | Rotary concentrator and method of processing adsorbable pollutants A rotary concentrator heats media in a desorption zone to a desorption temperature, then removes the pollutants using a second cold desorbent gas stream in a desorbent zone. First, the adsorbent media is rotated and an inlet gas stream is passed over the ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6251164 | Fluid separation process and separation system therefor Separation of one or more fluidic components from a feed fluid containing a plurality of components is accomplished by adsorbent powder entrained in a stream of fluid, such as gas, and preferably is operated as a temperature swing adsorption process using... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6251172 | Portable water recovery and dispensing apparatus A water dispenser has an apparatus for removing water from the air and an apparatus for treating the water to provide a consumer with potable water.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6221130 | Method of compressing and drying a gas and apparatus for use therein A method and apparatus for compressing and drying a gas, typically air, are provided in which a multistage compressor is employed to produce interstage and final stage compressed gas. Regenerative adsorbent is employed to dry the final stage compressed ga... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6193785 | Process for providing subjects with an increased oxygen supply The invention relates to a process for providing subjects with an increased oxygen supply. Prior art processes, especially diaphragm or molecular sieve technology, are used to prepare oxygen-enriched pure air (10), which is used to flood premises in a bui... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6171377 | Regenerative compressed air/gas dryer A system for drying a gas, such as air, includes a source of gas to be dried, a multi-stage compressor having an inlet connected to the source, and a dryer connected interstage to the compressor and to the outlet of the compressor. The dryer is connected ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6117211 | Gas desiccation and contaminant disposal method and apparatus Water containing contaminants is removed from a gas or liquid stream and then treated to separate the water from the contaminants. The water is separated using a condenser and a semi-permeable membrane so that it is pure enough to be disposed-of in the lo... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6099617 | Air environment control systems A method is described for providing clean air at desired temperature to an environment. Incoming air possibly contaminated with nuclear biological and chemical contaminants is compressed. The compressed air is cooled in a first heat exchanger. The cooled ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099623 | Humidity control apparatus A humidity control apparatus for realizing the dehumidification, humidification, and ventilation operations in a compact configuration. The apparatus includes a rotary humidity control element, an electric heater, and sucking and/or forcing blowers. The r... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6004377 | System for collecting and refining SF6 gas and method therefor SF6 gas is collected from the inside of a gas insulated machine during maintenance and inspection and is refined. Compositions of the refined SF6 gas are analyzed and confirmed to be reusable at the site. In the process of SF6 | 12/21/1999 |
| 5980615 | Compact air dryer A compact desiccant-operated air dryer includes air directing housings, each housing including a separate desiccant bed. Each housing includes an associated desiccant bed to provide dehumidification to process air flow during a dehumidification phase of t... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5951741 | Hydrocarbon vapor recovery processes and apparatus An improved process and apparatus are provided for recovering hydrocarbons from an intermittent or continuous inlet air-hydrocarbon vapor mixture. The air-hydrocarbon vapor mixture is caused to flow through a bed of solid adsorbent whereby hydrocarbons ar... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5927084 | Air conditioning system An air conditioning system comprises first (8) and second (13) heat exchangers having first and second counterflow passages, a twin bed gas purification unit comprising (i) first (22) and second (23) parallel filter beds, (ii) valve means for directing ai... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925169 | Method and device for drying a gas which has been compressed by a compressor Method for drying a gas which has been compressed by a compressor (1) wherein compressed gas (2) from the compressor is driven through an amount of drying agent (3) until a dried, compressed gas (4) is obtained. An amount of used drying agent (7) is regen... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5807422 | Divided radial and spherical desiccant bed adsorption units A pre-compression dehydration system optimizes the gas flow parameters which are essential to the performance of a radial or spherical desiccant dryer. When used in conjunction with a low pressure dryer, the system protects the desiccant bed from channeli... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797980 | Process and installation for the treatment of atomospheric air An air compressor (1) is cooled by a water circuit (5) which comprises a buffer tank (6) and an air cooled cooler (7) provided with a fan (8) of adjustable speed. The buffer tank is supplied by makeup water and includes a purge (16) which serves, when the... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5759236 | Energy-saving process for the separation of organic compounds from gases A process for separating organic compounds, such as solvents, from gases, e.g. waste gases of paint shops. The gases to be treated are conducted in an adsorber over a sorbent which is composed of particulate activated carbon in an oxidic carrier. The char... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746807 | Gas handling system and adsorbent dryer regeneration apparatus A mobile regeneration apparatus is provided for regenerating dryers. The regeneration apparatus may be used to regenerate single tower desiccant dryers located at natural gas vehicle refueling stations. For optimum performance, each dryer may be located u... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5725639 | Device for drying air for motor vehicles An air dehumidifier or drier, particularly for a motor vehicle, has an air guiding housing defining three parallel air flow paths, which are defined by a common main air chamber separating two laterally spaced apart secondary air chambers. A reactor conta... | 03/10/1998 |
