Patents Assigned to THE WATER INC.
  • SOLAR THERMAL UNIT
    Publication number: 20170294876
    Abstract: Solar thermal units and methods of operating solar thermal units for the conversion of solar insolation to thermal energy are provided. In some examples, solar thermal units have an inlet, and a split flow of heat absorbing fluid to either side of the solar thermal unit, along a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path. Optionally, one or more photovoltaic panels can be provided as part of the solar thermal unit, which may convert solar insolation to electric power that may be used by a system connected to the solar thermal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: ZERO MASS WATER, INC.
    Inventors: Cody FRIESEN, Michael ROBINSON, Grant FRIESEN, Heath LORZEL, Justin Zachary BESSANT
  • Method and device for removing dust and cooling for active coke regeneration apparatus
    Patent number: 9770704
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dust removing and coding method for an active coke regeneration apparatus. When the active coke regeneration apparatus is operating, the method includes the following: generating two negative pressure regions respectively at a discharge end and a feeding end; sucking out leaked vapor and dust by means of the negative regions; and cooling down the active coke regeneration apparatus by using gas flow generated by the negative pressure. Moreover, the present invention provides a device for implementing the method as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: MISSISSIPPI INTERNATIONAL WATER INC.
    Inventor: Dawei Zhang
  • Water filter cartridge with slanted nozzles
    Patent number: 9737834
    Abstract: A water filter cartridge has an end cap with separate inlet and outlet nozzles connected to the end of a cylindrical tube that extends from the end cap. The nozzles are slanted and laterally offset from the cylindrical tube. A cam surface on the outer side of the nozzles actuates valves in a mating manifold. The passage in the nozzles is conical, expanding toward the nozzle end and opening onto a portion of the nozzle side to form a sharper tip. Expanding ice pushes itself out of the conical passage and facilitates ice removal. The narrow end of the conical passage facilitates breakage and removal of ice from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TST Water, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Baird
  • Water production, filtration and dispensing system
    Patent number: 9731218
    Abstract: A water production system with a thermal separation device that defines a cold region and a hot region, a fluid-air heat exchanger located remotely from the thermal separation device and exposed to air, and a fluid circulation loop that thermally connects the cold region of the thermal separation device to the fluid-air heat exchanger so as to cool the fluid-air heat exchanger and condense water from ambient air to produce water pure enough so that with further treatment it can be made potable. Also disclosed are filtration and dispensing features that are appropriate for a potable water supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Infinite Water, Inc
    Inventors: Robert K. Waite, Arthur Neumann
  • Cryogenic pump for liquefied gases
    Patent number: 9562533
    Abstract: A cryogenic pump for liquefied gases is provided, which shortens precooling time, has a small loss of cryogenic liquefied gas, excels in pump efficiency, and is advantageous in cost. A motor 1 and an impeller 2 are coupled by a shaft 3 for transmitting a rotative drive force therebetween, and the motor 1 is arranged on an upper side and the impeller 2 is arranged on a lower side. The motor 1 and the impeller 2 exist in an enclosed space 14 where they are communicated with each other and into which the cryogenic liquefied gas is introduced. A heat adjusting unit 11 is provided between the motor 1 and the impeller 2, the heat adjusting unit maintaining existence of the impeller 2 in a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas and maintaining existence of the motor 1 in a gas phase of the cryogenic liquefied gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Taketo Johchi, Shingo Kunitani, Akira Yoshino
  • Ultraviolet disinfection lighting system
    Patent number: 9517280
    Abstract: Germicidal light fixtures and germicidal light fixture systems. One embodiment of a germicidal light fixture includes a support structure and at least one first lighting device coupled with the support structure operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a first predetermined wavelength. At least one second lighting device is coupled with the support structure and is operative to emit ultraviolet radiation at a second predetermined wavelength. The first and second predetermined wavelengths are selected such that ultraviolet radiation emitted from the at least one first lighting device and from the at least one second lighting device, respectively, is operative to inactivate microorganisms. At least one third lighting device is coupled with the support structure and is operative to emit visible radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: American Air & Water, Inc.
    Inventors: William Warren Lynn, Steven Joseph Jackson, II
  • Forward osmosis membranes
    Patent number: 9463422
    Abstract: Forward osmosis membranes include an active layer and a thin support layer. A bilayer substrate including a removable backing layer may allow forward osmosis membranes with reduced supporting layer thickness to be processed on existing manufacturing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Oasys Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. McGinnis, Gary McGurgan
  • Method of heat treatment and the directions for use of furnace of heat treatment
    Patent number: 9453277
    Abstract: A furnace of heat treatment capable of keeping a stable nitriding quality for a long period of time is provided. The furnace of heat treatment performs a halogenation treatment and a nitriding treatment by heating a steel material under a predetermined atmosphere. An alloy containing Ni ranging between 50 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less and Fe ranging between 0 mass % or more and 20 mass % or less is used as a material of surfaces of core internals exposed to a treatment space where the nitriding treatment is performed. Accordingly, a nitriding reaction is hardly caused on the surfaces of the core internals, and the halogenation treatment and the nitriding treatment to an article to be treated can be stably executed for a long period of time. Further, a nitrided layer can be stably formed according to purposes on any types of steel materials including a steel type hard to be nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Air Water Inc.
    Inventors: Takanori Watanabe, Asahiro Sakata, Hideaki Iwamura
  • Osmotic separation systems and methods
    Patent number: 9266065
    Abstract: Separation processes using engineered osmosis are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Enhanced efficiency may result from using low grade waste heat from industrial or commercial sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Oasys Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. McGinnis, Joseph Edward Zuback
  • Forward osmosis separation processes
    Patent number: 9248405
    Abstract: Separation processes using engineered osmosis are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Enhanced efficiency may result from using low grade waste heat from industrial or commercial sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Oasys Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. McGinnis, Joseph Edward Zuback
  • Thin film composite heat exchangers
    Patent number: 9186627
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to thin film composite heat exchangers and methods of making thin film composite heat exchangers. The heat exchangers can be made with polymers or other materials including, but not limited to, inorganic materials such as silicon, clay, ceramic, brick, or metal. Heat exchangers in accordance with the invention may be made of a material that is non-corrosive, durable, and that may be applied in a thin coating so as to minimize resistance to heat transfer and material costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: OASYS WATER, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L. McGinnis, Gary McGurgan
  • Systems, devices and methods for high volume fluid filtering
    Patent number: 9155985
    Abstract: Fluid filtration devices, systems and methods are disclosed. The device comprises a pump-filter hybrid system that uses rotational motion to produce pressure to drive liquid through filter elements, capturing filtrate in an isolated chamber of the device and rejecting separated solids into a second isolated chamber. The fluid filtration device, which can be configured to filter a wide variety of fluids, comprises: an influent input manifold; an impeller bowl and filter assembly configured to rotate about an axis; a barrier and routing configuration to catch and distribute filtrate; a barrier and routing configuration to catch and distribute rejected solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: RTE Water, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Frank Yanda
  • OSMOTICALLY DRIVEN MEMBRANE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRAW SOLUTE RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20150232351
    Abstract: The invention relates to osmotically driven membrane processes and systems and methods for recovering draw solutes in the osmotically driven membrane processes. Osmotically driven membrane processes involve the extraction of a solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Draw solute recovery may be carried out by various means including with the use of a membrane device. The draw solute recovery may also include the use of multi-stage solute recovery using distillation columns and/or membranes, where the recovery may be assisted by a heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: OASYS WATER, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. McGinnis
  • Method of manufacturing esterified substance
    Patent number: 9070628
    Abstract: According to the invention, a method of manufacturing an esterified substance including a process in which a copolymer is obtained by copolymerizing a 1-alkene having 5 to 80 carbon atoms and maleic anhydride, and a process in which an esterification reaction of the copolymer and an alcohol having 5 to 25 carbon atoms is caused in a presence of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid in order to obtain a reaction mixture containing an esterified substance including at least one repetition unit selected from formulae (c) to (f) is provided, and, in the formulae (c) to (f), R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 78 carbon atoms, R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 5 to 25 carbon atoms, m represents the copolymerization molar ratio X/Y of the 1-alkene (X) to the maleic anhydride (Y) and is 1/2 to 10/1, and n is an integer of more than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignees: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD., AIR WATER INC.
    Inventors: Jun-ichi Tabei, Yoshihisa Sone, Kiyotaka Murata, Kou Takahashi
  • Osmotically driven membrane processes and systems and methods for draw solute recovery
    Patent number: 9044711
    Abstract: The invention relates to osmotically driven membrane processes and systems and methods for recovering draw solutes in the osmotically driven membrane processes. Osmotically driven membrane processes involve the extraction of a solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Draw solute recovery may be carried out by various means including with the use of a membrane device. The draw solute recovery may also include the use of multi-stage solute recovery using distillation columns and/or membranes, where the recovery may be assisted by a heat pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: OASYS WATER, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. McGinnis
  • Flow device
    Patent number: D736024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: FLO WATER INC.
    Inventors: Wyatt Taubman, Ravi Sawhney, Noureddine Malaeb, Lance Hussey, Kurt Botsai, Greg Vanderpol
  • Water filter assembly
    Patent number: D753263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Soma Water, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Del Ponte, Markus Peter Diebel, Joe Sung-Ho Tan
  • Bypass projection and nozzles for a water filter
    Patent number: D785133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TST Water, INC.
    Inventor: Michael T. Baird
  • Bypass projection and nozzles for a water filter
    Patent number: D785752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: TST Water, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Baird
  • Doorless flow device
    Patent number: D790898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FLO WATER INC.
    Inventors: Wyatt Taubman, Ravi Sawhney, Noureddine Malaeb, Lance Hussey, Kurt Botsai, Gregory Vanderpol