Deflectors In Alternate Rows Aligned (i.e., Staggered) Patents (Class 55/444)
  • Patent number: 11867407
    Abstract: A range hood for collecting oil scattered from a rotating disk filter, capable of improving the cleaning workability is provided. The range hood includes a fan configured to generate an air flow, a disk filter provided on a flow path of the air flow and having a slit, a motor configured to rotate the disk filter, a rectifying plate provided upstream of the disk filter on the flow path of the air flow, and a disk cover configured to surround an outer periphery portion of the disc filter and having an outlet portion that allows oil from the disk filter to flow out to a predetermined portion of the rectifying plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Iwamoto, Kazutoshi Takenoshita, Kenichi Murata, Yurika Kida
  • Patent number: 11691477
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vortex degassing device (1) for a fluid transfer circuit (F1, F2), in particular of a motor vehicle, this device (1) comprising: a first internal chamber (10) connected to a first inlet (11) for a fluid (F1) as well as to a first outlet (12) for a liquid fraction and to a second outlet (13) for a gaseous fraction, a second internal chamber (20) connected to a second inlet (21) for a fluid (F2) as well as to a third outlet (22) for a liquid fraction and to a fourth outlet (23) for a gaseous fraction, the second chamber (20) being located above the first chamber (10) and the second outlet (13) extending through the second chamber (20) to the level of the fourth outlet (23). The invention also relates to a fluid transfer circuit comprising at least one such device (1) as well as a method for using such a device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Philippe Grouillet, Bastien Rouprich
  • Patent number: 11313565
    Abstract: A filtering device of a cooker hood is configured in a V shape with an upward opening as a whole, and includes a V-shaped inner surface and a V-shaped outer surface. A tube portion is embedded between the inner surface and the outer surface, both ends of the tube portion being closed. The tube portion has a V shape with an upward opening. The tube portion includes an air inlet and an air outlet disposed in an interleaved manner, with the air inlet being located on the outer surface, and the air outlet being located on the inner surface. In this way, a rotating airflow is suitable to be formed in the tube portion of the filtering device, thereby improving a grease separation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Xia, Yongzhi Yang, Jing Liao, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11207627
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a first screen, defining a first flow passageway, a second screen, defining a second flow passageway, and a third screen defining a third flow passageway. The second screen is positioned between the first screen and the third screen. The first flow passageway is aligned with the third flow passageway and the second flow passageway is offset from the first flow passageway and the third flow passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ashish Ranjan Kumar, Steven Schafrik, William Chad Wedding, Oscar Velasquez
  • Patent number: 10969115
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a smoke filter device, which comprises a plurality of oil filter sections (10), each oil filter section (10) has at least two filter holes (11); and in the two adjacent two filter holes (11), an area defined by the filter hole (11) near the at the end of the oil filter section (10) is smaller than an area defined by the filter hole (11) near the middle portion of the oil filter section (10). The present invention also discloses to a range hood with the smoke filter device. In the present invention, without changing the overall air volume, the suction force of the filter holes at the end of each oil filter section is increased, so that the smoke can be further prevented from escaping to the surrounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhineng Xu, Ting Yu
  • Patent number: 10960332
    Abstract: A water extractor includes a plurality of layers of low pressure zones and a plurality of channels of high pressure zones. The low pressure zone layers alternate, in a radial direction, with the high pressure zone channels. At least one of the low pressure zones is configured to enable a flow to enter, from at least one high pressure zone, to at least one low pressure zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ron Friestad, Mark Fewell, Mike Faust, Juan Sosa
  • Patent number: 10837653
    Abstract: A grease filter (10) has a frame (12) and a grease filter baffle assembly (14) which includes a front (30), a rear panel (32), and an air deflector assembly (34). The front panel has entrance openings (38) therethrough and a series of first bypass holes (42) therethrough. Similarly, the rear panel has a series of exit openings (46) therethrough and a series of fourth bypass holes (50) therethrough. The air deflector assembly has a repeating series of convoluted first baffle walls (56) and a repeating series of convoluted second baffle walls (58). The first baffle walls include second bypass holes (60) therethrough. The second baffle walls includes third bypass holes (62) therethrough. The combination of the front panel, first baffle walls, second baffle walls, and rear panel create a primary air flow channel (66) and a bypass air flow path (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kason Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett A. Mitchell, Raymond J. Hiller, Todd Peters
  • Patent number: 10159922
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for removing a contaminated material, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a first duct and a second duct; a plurality of partition walls slantly installed at the inside wall of the housing to form a zigzag air current; and a adsorbent discharging unit installed inside the housing to discharge an adsorbent to the zigzag air current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KF E&E CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 10159921
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inertial impact type energy recovering and dust removing assembly comprising: a first blade inclined with respect to a flow of a high temperature contaminated gas by a predetermined angle to thereby be inclined with respect to a direction of a wind of the high temperature contaminated gas by a predetermined angle; a second blade extended from the first blade while having a bending angle; and a heat pipe formed at a connection point between the first blade and the second blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KF E&E CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 9266047
    Abstract: Vane type mist eliminator segments are arranged in a plurality of tiers at separate vertically spaced locations in a tower, typically of the upright, cylindrical type, with the eliminator at each tier covering only a portion of the cross section of the tower. The eliminator segment(s) in each tier are laterally displaced in the tower from the adjacent vertically spaced eliminator segments to form a staggered configuration for the segments. Each mist eliminator preferably extends over 50-70% of the cross-sectional area of the tower to leave an open flow passage in the tier; the staggering of the segments and the associated flow passages defines an upward tortuous or zig-zag open flow path for vapors ascending the tower through the open flow passages when the eliminator segment(s) become fouled in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Piszczek, Todd P. Marut, Brian D. Albert, Vikram Singh, Simon Y. Yeung
  • Patent number: 9175866
    Abstract: A dustproof device is disclosed. The first blade set includes a plurality of first blades. The first blade has a first linking portion and a first blocking portion. The first blocking portion forms a first opening with another first linking portion of an adjacent first blade. The second blade set includes a plurality of second blades. The second blade has a second linking portion and a second blocking portion. The second blocking portion forms a second opening with another second linking portion of an adjacent second blade. Dust or particles entering the first blade set will be blocked by the second blade set and fallen between the first blade set and the second blade set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Huw-Ching Fuh, Shen-Feng Chan, Chun-Chin Chang
  • Patent number: 9125302
    Abstract: Electronic equipment enclosures of the present disclosure are configured to house electronic equipment. The enclosures generally include vent opening configured to allow air to flow into and out of the enclosures, and fans configured to circulate the air within the enclosures around the electronic equipment housed therein. The enclosures also include backflow assemblies located between the vent openings and the fans, and configured to inhibit movement of unwanted materials through the enclosures between the vent openings and the fans. In addition, the backflow assemblies may include multiple vanes disposed adjacent the vent openings and arranged to block straight paths from the vent openings into the enclosures past the multiple vanes. The multiple vanes may be operable both to inhibit the movement of the unwanted materials through the enclosures and to allow air to flow out of the vent openings from the enclosures without moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Elkins
  • Patent number: 8992647
    Abstract: A droplet separator pack having at least two elongate lamella droplet separator profiles is described. Retaining strips that have a planar front and rear face and side faces adapted to the curved shape of the lamella droplet separator profiles are arranged between the lamella droplet separator profiles at at least one end thereof. The retaining strips include latching connection means for clipping together wherein the corresponding lamella droplet separator profiles are clipped together between adjacent retaining strips. In this manner droplet separator packs can be assembled in a simple manner at the place of installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Munters Euroform GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Krauss
  • Patent number: 8992646
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses are described that collect dust from the air in a manner that maximizes the volume of air that can be cleaned, while allowing for easier transport of the dust-collecting apparatus to the installation site and improving distribution of air flow within the apparatus so as to provide for a more efficient filtration of the air. In particular, the dust-collecting apparatus includes first and second housing modules that are designed to be joined longitudinally to create a housing. The module having an inlet opening of the apparatus further includes an inlet baffling system that includes multiple baffle plates near the inlet opening that facilitate a cross flow air profile for the air entering the housing. Other components, including a target plate, a baffle support structure having support plates and cross supports, and hopper baffles, may also be provided to secure the baffle plates and enhance the airflow distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Dustex Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick M. Paul
  • Patent number: 8945263
    Abstract: A filter unit and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two parallel tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one S-shaped flow path through the housing, and the flow path routes air around a downstream side of a first of the at least two tubes and then around an upstream side of a second of the at least two tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Sikkenga, Robert Prasser
  • Patent number: 8945291
    Abstract: This invention relates to an in-situ cleaning fixture for mist removal separator vane assemblies. The cleaning fixture includes an injection chamber with an inlet and a perforated plate which extends horizontally, substantially over the length of the mist removal separator vane assembly. A cleaning fluid source is connected to the injection chamber during a cleaning process. The injection chamber is designed to receive the cleaning fluid, pass the cleaning fluid through the holes formed in the plate, downwardly along a plurality of vanes in the mist removal separator vane assembly and into the drain trough. The in-situ cleaning fixture facilitates removal of scale build-up from the mist removal separator vane assembly and thereby restores the efficacy of the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: Padmanabha J. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 8852307
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Patent number: 8790433
    Abstract: A moisture separator where a corrugated plate 43 is provided with a collecting plate 49 formed to cover a flat portion 74 and an upstream end of a slope portion disposed on a downstream side of the flat portion 74. The collecting plate 74 has an opening which opens to an upstream side in the direction of the wet steam flow S1. The collecting plate 49 is fixed to the slope portion at a base end. Between the collecting plate 49 and a body portion of the corrugated plate, a pocket section 47 and a drain duct section 48 are formed. The moisture contained in the wet steam S1 turns into droplets and enters the pocket section 47 and the drain duct section 48 from the opening of the collecting plate 49 and falls down the pocket section 47 and the drain duct section 48 respectively by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Nishiura, Issaku Fujita, Jiro Kasahara
  • Patent number: 8728189
    Abstract: An embodiment of filter unit heat exchanger according to the present invention provides improved operability and manufacturability. Such device may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle apertures on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser apertures on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle apertures and diffuser apertures are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries so as to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Thermo Recovery Filters, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. Prasser
  • Patent number: 8679213
    Abstract: A dust collector for catching dust generated by temperature drop comprises a box, a plurality of separating boards, a plurality of catch boards, and a plurality of baffle boards. The separating boards partition the box to form an air flow channel. The catch boards and the baffle boards are staggered in the air flow channel; a portion of the catch boards are arranged in a central column to form a superimposition region along the vertical direction. The pores of the catch boards in the superimposition region are overlapped to make the air flow pour into the air flow channel easily. The baffle boards are staggered at the left or right of the catch boards, whereby the air flow takes more time to have a longer travel in the air flow channel, and dust is not accumulated in a single area but uniformly caught by the catch boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rexchip Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chin Hsiu Lu, Chin Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 8673039
    Abstract: An enhanced vane bundle design that provides additional inlet chord area. An enhanced vane bundle for use in separator vessels includes top and bottom convexly-curved outlet baffles that extend horizontally from the outlet-side of the vane pack, the outlet baffles including a plurality of corresponding holes. The enhanced vane bundle further includes curved plates affixed to the convexly-curved outlet baffles, the curved plates and the convexly-curved outlet baffles define vertical pockets that extend vertically through an entirety of an outlet chord area on an outlet side of the enhanced vane bundle. The enhanced vane bundle further includes a plurality of tubes connecting the corresponding holes of the outlet baffles and extending vertically through the entirety of the outlet chord area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Peerless Mfg, Co.
    Inventor: William S. Asbury
  • Patent number: 8663353
    Abstract: A filter including multiple tanks connected in series by connecting ducts. In the filter a flow of gaseous flows encounters multiple obstacles in it, an effect of which is efficiently to block constituents with heaviest molecular weight, without substantially hindering diffusion of lighter constituents. This may be obtained by internal baffles, or by a bank of finer ducts, for example at an inlet of the filter. Such a filter may find application to separation of hydrogen and radon produced by nuclear waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Pierre De Coninck, Christophe Brenneis, Guillaume Ranc
  • Patent number: 8657927
    Abstract: A filtration device 8 for filtering air used with a fuel vapor recovery system 100 may comprise a housing comprising an upper end 10 having at least one air inlet 18 and a lower end 12 having at least one air outlet 26, a first passageway 32 in fluid communication with the air inlet 18 and configured to increase the velocity of the air through the first passageway 32 compared to the air inlet 18, a collection cavity 34 in fluid communication the first passageway 32 and configured to reduce the velocity and abruptly change the direction of the air through the collection cavity 34 compared to the first passageway 32, a filter cavity 14 in fluid communication with the collection cavity 34 comprising a filtering media 16, and a clean air cavity 40 in fluid communication with the filter cavity 14 and the air outlet 26 of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Stoneridge, Inc.
    Inventors: James Rockwell, Paul Jamieson, Eric Matson
  • Patent number: 8657912
    Abstract: A dust collecting structure for an air-cooling electric apparatus includes a plurality of first vortex generating members which are disposed at a predetermined interval in a case and form a plurality of suction inlets; and a plurality of second vortex generating members which are disposed in an inner direction of the case and are spaced a predetermined distance apart from the suction inlets, wherein each of the first vortex generating members projects inside the case and has a shape that allows the air, which is sucked through the suction inlets by a suction fan, to generate a vortex near a rear end of the first vortex generating member, and wherein each of the second vortex generating members has a shape that divides the air into air streams and allows the air streams to generate a vortex near a rear end of the second vortex generating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-hyun Park, Jeong-ho Nho
  • Patent number: 8657897
    Abstract: A wet gas separator providing superior separation of entrained droplets of liquids in a gas stream when compared with prior art wet gas separators. The wet gas separator of the present invention has a combination of: a gas inlet system with vanes that divide and direct the gas stream very evenly across the cross-sectional area of the inlet portion of the apparatus, a first stage Z-shaped de-entraining device at the upstream side of a wire mesh mist eliminator, and a gas outlet system having cyclones for removal of traces of re-entrained droplets. The apparatus of the present invention has capability of improving processing throughput by 50% when compared with prior art apparatus, with greater de-entrainment efficiency (achieving 99.7% removal of droplets larger than 10 microns in size).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Zainab Kayat, Adam T. Lee, Farzad G. Tahmassi, Zakariah Bin Kasah, Hasni B. Haron
  • Patent number: 8580008
    Abstract: The invention hereby disclosed is a vertical filtering and separating suction machine of chips, steam and smoke for machining center, lathe machine or other machines, which operates by sudden changes of sucked air, thus generating hits which separate heavy particles, whose suction pipe extends almost up to the bottom of the rotor, which only uses filters at the end of the process of air purification, whose rotor has outer paddles modified in order to improve suction power and to cause more hits of air flow, and which includes an air pressure alarm showing the filter is saturated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Inventor: Tomio Ota
  • Patent number: 8500837
    Abstract: An enhanced vane bundle design that provides additional inlet chord area. An enhanced vane bundle for use in separator vessels includes top and bottom convexly-curved outlet baffles that extend horizontally from the outlet-side of the vane pack, the outlet baffles including a plurality of corresponding holes. The enhanced vane bundle further includes curved plates affixed to the convexly-curved outlet baffles, the curved plates and the convexly-curved outlet baffles define vertical pockets that extend vertically through an entirety of an outlet chord area on an outlet side of the enhanced vane bundle. The enhanced vane bundle further includes a plurality of tubes connecting the corresponding holes of the outlet baffles and extending vertically through the entirety of the outlet chord area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Peerless Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: William S. Asbury
  • Patent number: 8470062
    Abstract: A drain tube for an air-oil separator system, the tube being configured vertically in the system, the tube having an upper opening for receiving oil separated from air in the system, and a lower opening for releasing oil separated from air in the system, wherein the upper opening has a horizontal cross-sectional area that is greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the lower opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP Inc.
    Inventors: Peter K. Herman, Ashwin K. Koleshwar, Glenn B. Schneider, Arun Janakiraman, Vinay Joshi, Kwok-Lam Ng, Srikanth Varaganti, Bradley Smith
  • Patent number: 8444732
    Abstract: A vane-type separator with pockets for removing solid and liquid particles entrained in a gaseous stream. Vanes are fabricated from a plurality of modular components which may be assembled to form vanes of varying lengths. The vanes include pockets with rounded leading edges to encourage particulate to impinge on the vane and move into the pockets by surface tension and aerodynamic forces. The vane-type separator allows for a higher gas stream velocity before particulate is found downstream of the vane-type separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: 800839 Alberta Limited
    Inventor: Rodney Allan Bratton
  • Publication number: 20130104507
    Abstract: A dust collector for catching dust generated by temperature drop comprises a box, a plurality of separating boards, a plurality of catch boards, and a plurality of baffle boards. The separating boards partition the box to form an air flow channel. The catch boards and the baffle boards are staggered in the air flow channel; a portion of the catch boards are arranged in a central column to form a superimposition region along the vertical direction. The pores of the catch boards in the superimposition region are overlapped to make the air flow pour into the air flow channel easily. The baffle boards are staggered at the left or right of the catch boards, whereby the air flow takes more time to have a longer travel in the air flow channel, and dust is not accumulated in a single area but uniformly caught by the catch boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Chin Hsiu LU, Chin Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 8419836
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for separating a liquid from a gas-liquid mixture. The apparatus has an enclosure having an inlet and an outlet defining a flow path for the gas-liquid mixture. The apparatus includes a plurality of plates in the enclosure that are arranged in the flow path between the inlet and outlet, with the plates being configured to coalesce liquid from the gas-liquid mixture contacting the plates. A reservoir may be in fluid communication with the plates and be positioned to receive fluid coalesced by the plates. The plates may be arranged so as to create a turbulent flow of the gas-liquid mixture flowing from the inlet toward the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hydrotech, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard Ardizzone
  • Patent number: 8404028
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a vacuum trap labyrinth with improved trapping characteristics. The vacuum trap labyrinth comprised of an inner part and an outer part that fit together while in use, and come apart for easy cleaning during maintenance. The vacuum trap labyrinth is installed in a catchpot. In one embodiment, an O-ring is used to seal off an area of the catchpot to facilitate a visual inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Charles Easton, Joseph P. DeGeorge
  • Patent number: 8357231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for recovering moisture present in the atmosphere. The device comprises a collection structure with a water recovery surface which during use at least partly makes an angle with respect to the orientation of gravity. Further, the collection structure is detachably couplable to a reservoir for storing the recovered moisture. In addition, the collection structure is nestable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: P.M.M. Hoff Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus Mattheus Maria Hoff
  • Patent number: 8343246
    Abstract: A separator is provided. The separator in which the flow is conducted using separation elements from an inflow to an outflow in such a manner that at reversal points media separators deposit a separation medium. Depending on the flow through them and the orientation with respect to the acceleration due to gravity, individually shaped separating elements are arranged in such a manner that at least two different paths of the flow along the separating elements in the separator form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: JĂ¼rgen Geisner, Lutz Pinkepank
  • Patent number: 8313548
    Abstract: A method of designing a gas-solid separator that has an inner cylinder having a closed lower end and an opened upper end, and extending in a vertical direction; an outer cylinder that coaxially covers the inner cylinder from the outside and has a gas vent port formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior; and a plurality of axially extending long holes formed a side surface on the lower end side of the inner cylinder in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes being provided with a guide blade that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum, Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, legal representative, Akira Uchiura
  • Patent number: 8241379
    Abstract: A natural gas reclaimer device includes a pressure vessel with an inlet port and an outlet port. A conditioner is disposed in the pressure vessel to remove contaminants and stabilize the flow of natural gas received by the inlet port and prior to releasing the natural gas from the outlet port for subsequent use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: PTG Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Kraig R Gates
  • Patent number: 8216331
    Abstract: A separator is provided for separating liquids from a gas stream and has a plurality of separating profiles juxtaposed parallel to one another, each profile forming two curved deflection surfaces which lie opposite one another with the concave side laterally offset, wherein the deflection surfaces between them include a swirl chamber having an inlet gap and an outlet gap and terminate at their longitudinal edges in a projection that projects from the deflection surfaces and extends along the longitudinal edges. At least one of the projections has a first, substantially planar outer surface emanating from the deflection surface substantially transversely thereof and a second, substantially planar outer surface adjoining the first outer surface at an acute angle, so that the at least one projection forms a sharp edge that projects into the gas stream flowing along the deflection surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Rentschler Reven-LĂ¼ftungssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Axel MĂ¼ller, Sven Rentschler
  • Patent number: 8142534
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a filter is provided including a first layer of sheet material having a first base portion, and a plurality of first raised portions extending from the first base portion and defining a corresponding plurality of first openings through the first layer. A second layer of sheet material also has a second base portion and a plurality of second raised portions extending from the second base portion and defining a corresponding plurality of second openings through the sheet material. The second layer of sheet material is positioned adjacent the first layer of sheet material such that the first raised portions extend from the first base portion toward the second layer, and the second raised portions extend from the second base portion toward the first layer. A gas generating system and a vehicle occupant protection system utilizing the filter are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: TK Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Whang, Kousuke Nishigaki
  • Patent number: 8123844
    Abstract: The invention is directed at a mist eliminator for horizontal gas flow applications which is built as a combination of tubular and vane type elements and which is used to separate droplets from flue gas flows in a flue gas desulphurization (FGD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: REA Plastik Tech GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Buthmann, Georg Neubauer, Detlef Weber
  • Patent number: 8118917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for recovering moisture present in the atmosphere. The device comprises a collection structure with a water recovery surface which during use at least partly makes an angle with respect to the orientation of gravity. Further, the collection structure is detachably couplable to a reservoir for storing the recovered moisture. In addition, the collection structure is nestable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: P.M.M. Hoff Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Petrus Mattheus Maria Hoff
  • Patent number: 8097051
    Abstract: A separator for liquids, in particular condensate, from liquid-loaded compressed gases-generally serves, by coarse separation of condensate from the compressed gases, to protect downstream prefilters of cold dryers or adsorption dryers against overload due to condensate. In the separator of the invention, in a pot-shaped housing, a separator element in the form of a hollow cylinder is arranged, which consists of a multiplicity of flow chicanes formed from guiding bodies and impact bodies. The moisture-loaded gases are passed from the interior of the hollow cylinder to the exterior via these flow chicanes, condensate separating off on the chicanes and collecting in the collecting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alexandros Zachos
  • Patent number: 8083824
    Abstract: 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 has a gas vent port 6 formed on the upper end side and communicating with an exterior, wherein a plurality of axially extending long holes 4 are formed on a side surface on the lower end 11 side of the inner cylinder 10 in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes 4 is provided with a guide blade 5 that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole 4, and in a section of the outer cylinder 2 that surrounds the plurality of long holes 4 of the inner cylinder 10, an inner diameter D1 of a lower part is larger than an inner diameter D2 of an upper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum, Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, legal representative
  • Patent number: 8047162
    Abstract: A system and method for quickly cooling and de-pressurizing a boiler arrangement in the event of a plant power loss, a.k.a. a black plant condition. A steam discharge system injects steam from the steam/water circuit into the furnace, thereby both cooling components of the boiler arrangement and reducing pressure in the steam/water circuit. This reduces or eliminates the additional cost associated with providing extra capacity in a steam drum and/or an independently powered boiler water pump. The system and method is particularly useful for quickly cooling the U-beams of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler during a black plant condition. In application to boiler arrangements with a selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system employing steam as a carrier for a NOx reducing agent, the steam discharge system advantageously uses the discharge nozzles of the SNCR system to inject the steam into the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikhail Maryamchik, Michael J. Szmania, David J. Walker, Donald L. Wietzke
  • Patent number: 8048184
    Abstract: A baffle tool operative to manually install and remove commercial grill baffles and filters has a longitudinally extensive handle. First and second filter plates pivotally attach to the handle and are operative to couple through a set of prongs with a commercial grill filter. An actuating handle is moveable relative to the longitudinally extensive handle. First and second linking rods extend between the filter plates and actuating handle, and transmit motion of the actuating handle to the first and second filter plates. Movement of the actuating handle thereby causes the filter plates to move relative to the longitudinally extensive handle. A lock is also provided for selectively locking the actuating handle to the longitudinally extensive handle and preventing motion therebetween, which facilitates the securement of a baffle to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventor: Gary D. Evanson
  • Patent number: 8048211
    Abstract: A tank arrangement includes a tank for storing a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft and a pressurized driving gas for conveying the liquid out of the tank, and a gas supply and extraction device. The device includes a housing shell and plural outwardly expanding passage bodies providing openings that communicate the interior space of the tank to the inner reservoir space of the device. A baffle plate shields the outer opening of each passage body. Deflector plates are arranged in each passage body. Capillary plates extend longitudinally along the inner wall of the housing shell. By a capillary effect, the plates separate liquid from gas entering the device, so that the gas can be extracted while the liquid is stored in a reservoir of the device until it is drained back into the tank during an accelerated operation phase of the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Kei Philipp Behruzi, Gaston Netter
  • Patent number: 8038755
    Abstract: A particle separator for an air inlet unit, comprising at least one inlet channel, for a fluid flow contaminated with particles, defined between two opposing fluid guide surfaces, narrowing in the fluid flow direction and opening in an outlet channel for particles, connected to at least one fluid channel for the purified fluid which leads away from the inlet channel in a region outside the inlet channel. A method for the purification of the fluid flow contaminated with particles whereby the above is led along one of the fluid guide surfaces, which is curved, at least in a part before the outlet channel, towards the interior of the inlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Eisenmann Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Apostolos Katefidis
  • Patent number: 8025721
    Abstract: A gas supply and extraction device is arranged preferably on a tank lid or a tank wall in a tank for storing a pressurized driving gas and a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft. A device housing defines an interior reservoir space. Upper trumpet-shaped passage bodies and a lower trumpet-shaped passage body communicate from the interior reservoir space into the interior space of the tank. By capillary effects, baffle plates, deflector plates, capillary plates, a separation chamber and other components separate liquid from gas entering the device, so that the gas can be extracted while the liquid is stored in the reservoir space of the device until it is drained back into the tank during an accelerated operation phase of the spacecraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Kei Philipp Behruzi, Gaston Netter
  • Patent number: 7988756
    Abstract: 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 has a gas vent port 6 formed on the upper end side of the inner cylinder and communicating with an exterior, wherein a plurality of axially extending long holes 4 are formed on a side surface on the lower end 11 side of the inner cylinder 10 in a circumferential direction, one of long side edge parts of each of the long holes 4 is provided with a guide blade 5 that protrudes outward and is inclined circumferentially so as to cover the long hole 4, and a part between the long holes 4 of the inner cylinder 10 is concaved in a center direction of the inner cylinder 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Japan Cooperation Ctr., Petroleum, Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichiro Fujiyama, Toshiaki Okuhara, Shigeko Okuhara, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7988755
    Abstract: Provided is a byproduct collecting apparatus for efficiently collecting reaction-byproducts contained in an exhaust gas exhausted from a process chamber during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a housing and a trap module. The housing has a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port. The trap module is installed inside the housing and has first plates curved or inclined to guide an exhaust gas flow in a curved fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Milaebo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Hoo Cho, Jung-Eui Hong, Tae-Woo Kim, In-Mun Hwang
  • Patent number: 7981182
    Abstract: A labyrinth box can include a housing that has an open end, a closed end, and defines two cavities. A cover is configured to cover the opening and can include a divider that extends into one of the two cavities of the housing to define first and second chamber passageways in that cavity. An inlet port is located in the bottom closed end of one of the cavities and an outlet port is located in the other of the cavities. The surfaces that define the chambers can be configured such that the box can be oriented in different positions and still work, namely, in horizontal and vertical positions. When in the vertical position, the divider can include surfaces that are angled off of the horizontal plane and towards the inlet port such that water and debris will return to the inlet port via gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Scott Jeffrey Volchko