Patents Examined by Adam W Bergfelder
  • Patent number: 9061230
    Abstract: The system to remove contaminants from an air stream provides an apparatus and method for removing pollutants, especially carbon, from polluted air. The apparatus and method include a device for thoroughly mixing polluted air with water in a manner to cause the carbon to disassociate from the air and be suspended in the water. The cleansed air is re-circulated for reuse. In one embodiment, clay or sand is utilized to absorb the carbon from the water. As contemplated, the carbon-enriched clay or sand may be used for land reclamation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Yaser K. Barakat
  • Patent number: 9010736
    Abstract: A liquid control apparatus that controls a spread of a liquid has a main body that has a supply subject surface onto which the liquid is supplied. The apparatus also has a mesh form body that is woven into a mesh form and provided to contact the supply subject surface. A heater that heats the supply subject surface is provided in an interior of the main body. A supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body. A groove is provided in the supply subject surface to suppress spreading of the liquid from the supply port to a side opposite to the heater in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: CDK Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Kouketsu, Hiroshi Itafuji