Transparent Patents (Class 96/416)
  • Patent number: 5904757
    Abstract: The trap apparatus of the present invention includes a case provided for a gas exhaust system used for a film forming equipment which carries out a film forming process on an object, a gas supply port, made in the case and connected to an exhaust pipe of the gas exhaust system, for introducing an exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe, into the case, a gas exhaust port, made in the case and connected to an exhaust pipe of the gas exhaust system, for exhausting the exhaust gas flowing through an inner space of the case, to the exhaust pipe, a plurality of partition plates arranged in the case so as to partition the inner space of the case into a plurality of rooms between the gas supply port and the gas exhaust port, a gas distribution port provided in some of the partition plates such that the exhaust gas introduced into the case through the gas supply port, is allowed to flow through the rooms partitioned by the partition plates, in the order, and then exhausted from the gas exhaust port, and a trap me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuichi Hayashi, Yuichiro Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 5862737
    Abstract: This invention relates to a filter change indicator that is operable in various orientations of the device incorporating it. For example, the filter change indicator is operable when the device is positioned in either the upright or sideways position. The device incorporating the filter change indicator can be any air moving device which incorporates a cleanable or replaceable filter. The filter change indicator includes a transparent viewing window and a tubulation. The viewing window displays a visible signal when the filter needs changing. The visible signal can be a float retained in the tubulation. The tubulation is a hollow transparent tube which forms an incline plane within the housing. The tubulation includes a first end, a second end and a step. The first end is in fluid communication with an air flow path through the tubulation, and this air flow path is exposed to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Honeywell Consumer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard Chiu, Jui-Shang Wang, Stephen Gatchell
  • Patent number: 5820715
    Abstract: A line strainer for screening fluid flow in a small diameter conduit is constructed with an integral housing of clear or transparent thermoplastic polymer. A fluid flow channel through the housing center is terminated at opposite ends by sonically welded end fittings. Internally of the housing, a screen chamber is separated from a flow meter chamber by a screen support hub with flow diversion passages. The screen chamber confines a conically formed screen mesh for passing substantially all flow through the housing. The flow meter chamber has conically tapered walls that support radial fins projecting from the walls inwardly to a cylindrical void that confines the metering ball to displacement along the housing axis. A spring bearing against the metering ball resiliently biases the ball toward the flow restriction passage and against the fluid flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Standex International Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Clinton Singleterry, John Zavisa