Rotatable Solid Disc Or Surface Patents (Class 96/282)
  • Patent number: 11732911
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an overhead type upper water adding humidifier, which nests the atomization cavity in a water tank, and the water contained in the two is relatively separated and independent, and the two can communicate with each other through the control valve of the water level adjustment component, so that the humidifier is in When working, a constant water level depth can be maintained above the atomizing film, so that the atomizing film is always in the best working state, achieving maximum atomization efficiency and avoiding energy waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FOSHAN SHUNDE ULTEK ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Mark Ou
  • Patent number: 11261871
    Abstract: A dual stage blower assembly includes a first fan configured to rotate about the rotational axis and including a first plurality blades. The first plurality of blades include a plurality of backward curved blades. The dual stage blower assembly also includes a second fan circumscribing the first fan and configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The second fan includes a second plurality of blades, wherein the second plurality of blades include one of a plurality of forward curved blades, a plurality of a radial blades, or a plurality of backward curved blades. At least one motor is coupled to the first fan and the second fan and configured to rotate the first fan and the second fan about the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Sahand Pirouzpanah, Joseph A. Henry
  • Patent number: 8961658
    Abstract: A mist/dust collector includes a tank body, a recovery tank having a demister member, a spraying unit spraying water or coolant fluid from a nozzle, an impeller mounted on a main shaft located in the tank body, so as to be rotatable by air flow, a disc rotary brush and a shaking-off member mounted on the shaft. A suction unit is actuated to draw air containing mist and dust into the tank body interior maintained in a negative pressure state. The impeller is rotated by collision of water or coolant fluid at a predetermined pressure, and the rotary brush and the shaking-off member are rotated simultaneously with the impeller, so that mist and dust are separated from air by a centrifugal action of the rotary brush and the shaking-off member. Mist and dust remaining in the air flowing into the recovery tank are collected by the demister member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Anlet Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuna Yokoi, Yoshinobu Ito, Toshiaki Kato, Kouiti Kume, Hideyuki Okano
  • Patent number: 8313569
    Abstract: An air washer adsorbs outside contaminated air to disks, which have water films formed thereon, and settles contaminants in water in a water reservoir, thus purifying and humidifying air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: WiniaMando Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Hyung Park, Seung Dae Yang, Hwa Ohk Kim, Joon Ho Jang, Il Ho So
  • Publication number: 20120255447
    Abstract: The protecting filter comprises: a casing having an inner space; an exhaust gas intake pipe guiding exhaust gas with microparticles; a rotating body supported rotatably on the center axis of the exhaust gas intake pipe and at an opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe inside the casing; and an endless belt provided rotatably inside the casing and facing the opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe across the rotating body and including microparticle collection liquid at least on its surface, wherein the surface of the endless belt contacts the rotating body, the rotating body is rotated by rotation of the endless belt, the microparticle collection liquid on the surface of the endless belt is applied to a surface of the rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: TEOSS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi MURAI, Toshinori KONAKA
  • Patent number: 8052779
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator device for concurrent separation of solid and/or liquid particles suspended in a gaseous media includes a rotor having a multiplicity of sedimentation members and which is mounted rotatably in a surrounding housing. An intake is provided for the gaseous medium to be cleaned, which leads to a central inlet shaft of the rotor. The housing has an outlet for cleaned gas, which has been freed of solid and/or liquid particles on passage through the sedimentation members in the rotor, and an outlet for the solid and/or liquid particles, which have been deposited on the sedimentation members and then transferred to a side wall of the housing by a centrifugal force. A nozzle is arranged upstream of the sedimentation members in order to supply a liquid to the sedimentation members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: 3Nine AB
    Inventors: Torgny Lagerstedt, Claes Inge, Peter Franzen, Olev Maehans, Martin Sandgren
  • Patent number: 8012248
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wet type centrifugal “filter less” air cleaner utilizing a labyrinth effect on the basis of spiral grooves for generating vortex flow, thus the separation of particular dust, mist can be absolutely, above 99.9% purified from air with the difference of specific gravity, 1:1000 between air and water under centrifugal force, 10000G-80000G after collecting pollution substances from air with an aqua viscosity of water mist. An wet type air cleaner utilizing a centrifugal impeller comprising: spiral grooves (416), a spin vaporizer (401) for large size, an ultra sonic vaporizer (482) for small size, an electric motor (433) with a centrifugal impeller 408, a drain trap (441) and humidity controller (442) installed on an exit pipe (432) etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: Jangshik Yun
  • Patent number: 7833328
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for carbon dioxide from air, which comprises exposing solvent covered surfaces to air streams where the airflow is kept laminar, or close to the laminar regime. The invention also provides for an apparatus, which is a laminar scrubber, comprising solvent covered surfaces situated such that they can be exposed to air streams such that the airflow is kept laminar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Kilimanjaro Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus S. Lackner, Allen Wright
  • Patent number: 7815718
    Abstract: Fan blades within a fan assembly are rotated in a first rotational direction, thereby generating airflow from above the fan blades downward past the fan blades. Airborne particles adhere to the surface of the fan blades as the air flows past. The fan direction is then reversed maintained at a relatively low rotational rate. A fluid is dispensed onto the hub of the fan blades. Due to the centripetal force of the spinning fan blades, the fluid is spread thin across the top surface of the fan blades and the liquid film washes the blade of the fan, removing particulates from the fan blade. The solution is pushed outward against the inner wall of the fan housing forming a fluid meniscus. The fan speed is increased to push the fluid meniscus into an annular reservoir. The collected fluid is then vacuumed and consolidated into the collection vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: MicroFluidic Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Yuan, Chun-Wah Phil Lin
  • Patent number: 7749310
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods for cleaning centrifugal separators for concurrent and countercurrent separation of solid and/or liquid particles suspended in gaseous media. The device comprises a rotor (12) which is provided with a multiplicity of sedimentation members (14) and which is mounted rotatably in a surrounding housing (20). In concurrent separation, a flushing nozzle (36) is arranged upstream of the sedimentation members (14) in order to supply a cleaning liquid for flushing the sedimentation members clean. In countercurrent separation, the flushing nozzle is arranged upstream and/or downstream of the sedimentation members in order to supply cleaning liquid from outside and/or from inside the rotor for flushing the sedimentation members clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: 3Nine AB
    Inventors: Torgny Lagerstedt, Claes Inge, Peter Franzen, Olev Maehans, Martin Sandgren
  • Patent number: 7727317
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7513938
    Abstract: A wet type air cleaner includes a housing accommodating therein water; a blower having a fan for downwardly transferring air, installed above the water in the housing; an outer guide portion for transferring the air downwardly transferred by the blower into the water, connected to the blower as a unit; a driving unit for rotating the blower and the outer guide portion as a unit; and a plurality of discharge holes formed on a circumferential bottom surface of the outer guide portion. The air downwardly transferred by the blower is dispersed into the water in the housing through the discharge holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20080250933
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wet type centrifugal “filter less” air cleaner utilizing a labyrinth effect on the basis of spiral grooves for generating vortex flow, thus the separation of particular dust, mist can be absolutely, above 99.9% purified from air with the difference of specific gravity, 1:1000 between air and water under centrifugal force, 10000G-80000G after collecting pollution substances from air with an aqua viscosity of water mist. An wet type air cleaner utilizing a centrifugal impeller comprising: spiral grooves (416), a spin vaporizer (401) for large size, an ultra sonic vaporizer (482) for small size, an electric motor (433) with a centrifugal impeller 408, a drain trap (441) and humidity controller (442) installed on an exit pipe (432) etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Jangshik Yun
  • Patent number: 7252703
    Abstract: The direct contact liquid air contaminant control system and method to revitalize air by removal of carbon dioxide and other trace gas contaminants use a direct contact air, liquid scrubber element and stripper element. The scrubber element has two rotor elements rotatably mounted in a housing first for centrifugal separation of an air flow and liquid absorbent mixture which liquid absorbent has absorbed carbon dioxide and trace gas contaminants. Then second for centrifugal separation of an air flow and acid water wash mixture which acid water wash has liquid absorbent and other contaminants. The processed air is then passed through a charcoal bed filter for further removal of contaminants. A rotary contact processor may also be used to reprocess contaminated liquid absorbent for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventor: Al MacKnight
  • Patent number: 6946022
    Abstract: A scrubber removes dust from an exhaust gas. The scrubber includes a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet, an impeller housed in the casing and supported by a shaft, and a cleaning liquid supply tube for ejecting a cleaning liquid by which the dust contained in the exhaust gas is captured. The scrubber further includes a plurality of protrusions provided around the impeller such that the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid which are discharged from the impeller impinge upon the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kotaro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6946018
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning a gas comprising a rotatable centrifugal cylinder having passageways for flowing a gas stream with a liquid stream through the cylinder to centrifugally remove the particulates from the gas stream with the liquid stream; turbine blades positioned inside the cylinder and connected to the cylinder to rotate the cylinder when the liquid stream flows through the turbine blades; fan blades positioned inside the cylinder and connected to the cylinder to rotate with the cylinder to pump the gas stream through the cylinder; and a pump connected to a reservoir of liquid, for pumping the liquid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: J. S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6905537
    Abstract: A machine and process for filterless wet removal of particles from air, carpets or upholstery, comprised of a suction inlet pipe or other contained conveyance for drawing particle laden air and solvent fluid simultaneously into an impeller, an injection orifice for introducing water or other solvent into the suction, an impeller for atomizing fluid droplets, an impaction anvil to splatter atomized droplets into smaller droplets, an impeller housing configured to create multi-staged low pressure venturi zones to reduce surface tension and enhance entrainment of particles with fluid, a method of causing all dry particles to collide with solvent droplet surfaces, an apparatus of operating an impeller inside a demister and a method of discharging particle laden fluid tangentially to the interior wall of a demister, separating fluid from air and discharging particle laden fluid down a drain and cleaned air back into the original space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Garry Parkinson Isaacs
  • Patent number: 6899750
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases is disclosed. The invention uses a centrifugal scrubbing space to liquid wet a gas and includes a container for containing a liquid with a pump to circulate the liquid. The gas is pumped from outside the container, through an inlet cylinder, a fan wheel, a scrubbing space, over a surface of the liquid, through a cyclone space, and out a top outlet. The liquid may be pumped with a standard pump, a cone-shaped rotatable case attached to the fan wheel, or a pump with a non-case rotatable case and an impeller attached to a same shaft as the fan wheel. The gas inlet may be positioned below or above the apparatus, and the fan motor may be positioned inside or outside the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventor: Jim S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6797045
    Abstract: A scrubber including a casing having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet. An impeller is mounted in the casing, and the impeller is rotatable about its own axis. An exhaust gas can be introduced into the center of the impeller through the exhaust gas inlet of the casing. A cleaning liquid discharge nozzle is positioned at the center of the impeller for spraying a cleaning liquid in the impeller. Also, a baffle member is spaced apart from and surrounds the impeller. A mixture of the exhaust gas and the cleaning liquid exiting the impeller impinges on the baffle member. The cleaning liquid discharge nozzle is provided inside and rigidly connected to the impeller so as to rotate together with the impeller. The nozzle has a plurality of cleaning liquid discharge orifices extending radially through a cylindrical wall thereof to discharge a cleaning liquid into the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Okuda, Kohtaro Kawamura, Takeshi Tsuji, Yuji Shirao, Yoshihiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 6764531
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases of the type utilizing a centrifuge with various combinations and apparatus used to liquid wet a gas stream is provided. The gas scrubber of the present invention includes a container for containing a liquid having a surface forming a space between said surface and the container top; a motor having a rotatable vertically mounted shaft mounted above said top with said shaft connected to and rotatable with a centrifuge cylinder having an inlet positioned outside of said container and having an outlet positioned in said space. Said cylinder contains fan blades to draw gas from said cylinder inlet and out said cylinder outlet. A vertically mounted rotatable siphon pipe, connected to said shaft, that has an inlet positioned below said surface and an outlet positioned proximate said centrifuge inlet to draw liquid up and out to the centrifuge inlet and flow down the centrifuge wall to clean the wall and mix with said gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventor: J. S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6638343
    Abstract: A waste gas treatment system has a primary cooling section provided at a stage subsequent to a decomposition treatment section in which a waste gas is subjected to decomposition treatment at high temperature. The primary cooling section has a liquid spray part for spraying a liquid on the treated gas from the decomposition treatment section. A secondary cooling section cools the treated gas sprayed with the liquid in the primary cooling section to reduce the volume of the treated gas. Further, a particle collecting section injects a liquid into the treated gas cooled in the secondary cooling section to collect fine particles contained in the treated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Kohtaro Kawamura, Rikiya Nakamura, Kazutaka Okuda, Keiichi Ishikawa, Takeshi Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20030005825
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases of the type utilizing a centrifuge with various combinations and apparatus used to liquid wet a gas stream is provided. The gas scrubber of the present invention includes a container for containing a liquid having a surface forming a space between said surface and the container top; a motor having a rotatable vertically mounted shaft mounted above said top with said shaft connected to and rotatable with a centrifuge cylinder having an inlet positioned outside of said container and having an outlet positioned in said space. Said cylinder contains fan blades to draw gas from said cylinder inlet and out said cylinder outlet. A vertically mounted rotatable siphon pipe, connected to said shaft, that has an inlet positioned below said surface and an outlet positioned proximate said centrifuge inlet to draw liquid up and out to the centrifuge inlet and flow down the centrifuge wall to clean the wall and mix with said gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventor: J. S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6485548
    Abstract: A system and method of scrubbing gas utilizing a liquid to wet a gas stream is provided. The scrubber comprises a container containing a liquid; a tube having a tube inlet opened exterior of the container connected via a throat to a tube outlet allowing a gas to flow from exterior the container into the space above the liquid; a motor having a rotatable shaft; a siphon pipe connected to the rotatable shaft having a siphon inlet disposed below the liquid surface and a siphon outlet positioned above the surface proximate the tube throat; wherein the rotating siphon pipe draws and rotates the liquid through the siphon pipe into the tube throat drawing the gas into the throat mixing with and scrubbing the gas; and a second opening in the container for discharging the scrubbed gas from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: J. S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6402815
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for purifying contaminated air using mixed liquid are disclosed. The invention includes an air inlet structure for taking in contaminated air, an air purifying compartment connected to the air inlet structure at one end for purifying contaminated air, and an air outlet structure connected to the air purifying compartment at another end for discharging purified air to the outside. The invention uses mixed liquid in its air purifying method. The invention includes a method that uses centrifugal force to form a mixed liquid filter, a method that takes in contaminated air, a method that purifies the contaminated air, and a method that discharges purified air to the outside. The invention can achieve a high degree of economic efficiency and a high degree of purification efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Cheolsoo Son
  • Patent number: 6391100
    Abstract: A system and method of cleansing a gas of undesired particulate, aromas, and gases of the type utilizing a liquid to wet a gas stream is provided. The gas scrubber of the present invention including: a container having a bottom wall and a top wall interconnected by a side wall and containing a liquid therein, the top wall having an opening formed therethrough by a sleeve having an inlet opening and an outlet opening interconnected by a throat, and a mechanism for pressurizing the liquid that may include a pump for directing the pressurized liquid through a converging nozzle discharging the pressurized liquid into the throat to draw a gas into the inlet opening and mix with the pressurized liquid in the throat and discharging the mixture into the container releasing the gas from the mixture and discharging the gas to the atmosphere. Undesired gases are removed from the original stream by absorption in the liquid and particulate is dropped out of the gas stream after being wetted by the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: J. S. Hogan
  • Patent number: 6042636
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of cooling incinerator exhaust gas for a cleaning treatment of high temperature exhaust gas discharged from an incinerator of refuse and/or waste in a post-step are provided. A spray cooling chamber includes a chamber having a lower end portion formed into a nearly cylindrical shape of an inverted conical shape, a gas distribution chamber equipped with a revolving blade, arranged at an upstream side of the chamber, a sprayer of a cooling liquid arranged at central upper portion of the chamber, a dust exhaust port arranged at the lower end portion of the chamber, and an exhaust pipe arranged on the chamber. Waste heat recovery from exhaust gas is limited to a temperature range capable of suppressing generation of dioxins, and high temperature exhaust gas is rapidly cooled, particularly at a temperature drop rate such that the vicinity of 300.degree. C. is dropped in a short time within 1 second, so that exhaust concentration of dioxins from an incinerator plant can be decreased to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Ohkawara Kakohki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shizuo Aishima, Takahito Goshi, Masaaki Ohkawara, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Takashi Itoh, Kazukuni Furukawa, Masashi Fujii, Gentaro Nemoto
  • Patent number: 6010559
    Abstract: Gases containing solubles or suspended particles are mixed with a scrubbing liquid in a mixing apparatus having a chamber with a rotatable wheel mounted therein. The gas is mixed with a scrubbing liquid by the rotating wheel which has first and second scrubbing surfaces including vanes for creating turbulence and moving the gas through the chamber. The vanes on the first scrubbing surface increase in height from the axis of the wheel to its periphery to move gas radially outwardly. The vanes on the second scrubbing surface increase in height from the periphery to the axis of the wheel to move the gas radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Vernon E. Morgan
  • Patent number: 5902520
    Abstract: Apparatus for the purification of gas and vapor streams by the removal of solid, liquid or aeriform polluting substances; the apparatus including a stator formed as a tubular body having a cylindrical inner wall, which body is furnished with at least one inlet aperture for the admission of gas or vapor streams containing solid, liquid or gaseous impurities and with at least one discharge aperture, a coaxial rotor extending longitudinally and revolvably supported inside the tubular body in such a way as to define with the cylindrical wall at least one annular passage, and an inlet for the admission of liquid into the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Vomm Impianti E Processi S.r.L.
    Inventor: Corrado Vezzani
  • Patent number: 5902377
    Abstract: Gases containing solubles or suspended particles are mixed with a scrubbing liquid in a mixing apparatus having a chamber with a rotatable wheel mounted therein. The gas is mixed with a scrubbing liquid by the rotating wheel which has first and second scrubbing surfaces including vanes for creating turbulence and moving the gas through the chamber. The vanes on the first scrubbing surface increase in height from the axis of the wheel to its periphery to move gas radially outwardly. The vanes on the second scrubbing surface increase in height from the periphery to the axis of the wheel to move the gas radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Vernon E. Morgan