Abstract: A suspension mechanism for mounting a combustion chamber fan motor in a combustion powered hand tool including a flexible rubber web secured between a motor retaining ring and a cylinder head mounting bracket. The suspension mechanism is tuned for at least one of reducing the axial acceleration of the motor and dampening the oscillation of the motor relative to the tool. The web includes concentric grooves on its upper and lower surface and a number of bores on the upper surface to provide the requisite flexibility depending on the characteristics of the tool.

Abstract: A method for separating water-miscible organic species from a process stream by aqueous biphasic extraction is provided. An aqueous biphase system is generated by contacting a process stream comprised of water, salt, and organic species with an aqueous polymer solution. The organic species transfer from the salt-rich phase to the polymer-rich phase, and the phases are separated. Next, the polymer is recovered from the loaded polymer phase by selectively extracting the polymer into an organic phase at an elevated temperature, while the organic species remain in a substantially salt-free aqueous solution. Alternatively, the polymer is recovered from the loaded polymer by a temperature induced phase separation (cloud point extraction), whereby the polymer and the organic species separate into two distinct solutions.