Patents Assigned to Monteco Ltd.
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Patent number: 8287726Abstract: A system for removing sediment from water is disclosed. The exemplary embodiments described herein disclose a system comprising a filter chamber, having a deck positioned inside to divide it into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The deck may have a plurality of holes to hold filtration elements and also may have a ridge or a skirt or both. An inlet line may be tangentially connected to the filter chamber and introduce influent liquid into the filter chamber below the deck and outside of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Monteco LtdInventors: Gregory Williams, Roland Dubois, Scott Perry, Joel Garbon, Bob Gallucci
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Patent number: 8221618Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for removing sediment from water is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus includes a tubular filter assembly comprising a support member; and a filtratable element surrounding the support member, the filtratable element comprising a backing mesh; and a fibrous batting. A system for removing sediment from water is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the system includes a filter chamber to receive a liquid having suspended particles therein; at least one filtration cartridge housed within the filter chamber, wherein the filtration cartridge comprises at least one elongated filtratable element, each filtratable element comprising a support member, and a filtratable media adapted to surround the inner core. A method for removing sediment from water is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Monteco Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Adam Murray, Darren Francis Kevin Lawless
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Patent number: 8123935Abstract: A system for removing sediment from water is disclosed. The exemplary embodiments described herein disclose a system comprising a filter chamber, having a deck positioned inside to divide it into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The deck may have a plurality of holes to hold filtration elements and also may have a ridge or a skirt or both. An inlet line may be tangentially connected to the filter chamber and introduce influent liquid into the filter chamber below the deck and outside of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Monteco Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Adam Murray, Darren Francis Kevin Lawless, Gregory Richard Williams, Stephen Eric Braun, Joel Anthony Garbon
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Patent number: 7666303Abstract: A separator tank for separating and trapping contaminants in rainwater and runoff is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the separator tank comprises a container having a bottom wall, side wall, and top wall defining an internal chamber; an insert located inside of the internal chamber, the insert comprising a weir defining an intake area between the weir and the side wall; and a round-edged orifice positioned within the intake area; an inlet conduit for introducing an influent liquid into the intake area; wherein the weir is positioned such that the weir induces the influent liquid to flow in a swirling motion within the intake area. According to another embodiment of the present invention an insert for a separator tank is disclosed. The insert includes a weir defining an intake area for receiving an influent liquid; and a round-edged orifice positioned within the intake area.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Monteco Ltd.Inventors: Gregory Richard Williams, Daniel F. Nason, George E. Hecker, Mahadevan Padmanabhan, James T. Mailloux, Stuart A. Cain
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Patent number: 7361800Abstract: Chitosan membranes chelated with silver or cuprous material may be used to separate olefins from a mixture of olefins and paraffins. The feed stream is humidified, demisted, treated to remove sulfur compounds and passed to a cell having a chitosan membrane containing chelated silver or cuprous compounds. The process has a reasonable flux rate and is operable at reasonable temperatures and pressures. The process could be used in an olefin separation train.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Monteco Ltd.Inventors: Patricio S. Herrera, Xianshe Feng, John Donald Payzant, Jeong-Hoon Kim