Patents Examined by Dirk R Bass
  • Patent number: 11034599
    Abstract: A system for treatment of a polluted effluent, includes an outer chamber configured to treat the polluted effluent in mixture with a purification slurry including particles of one or more catalysts and/or organoclays, or a mixture thereof. The outer chamber includes (i) a stirring unit consisting of an engine and a stirrer, configured to mix the polluted effluent and the purification slurry to prevent the particles from sinking without causing a turbulence, (ii) a membrane located at the top of the outer chamber through which a treated effluent passes, while preventing the particles of one or more catalysts and/or organoclays from exiting the outer chamber together with the treated effluent, (iii) a membrane cleaning system configured to remove and collect the particles of one or more catalysts and/or organoclays accumulated on the membrane, and re-introducing the particles back to the bottom of the outer chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: GAVISH-GALILEE BIO APPLICATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Giora Rytwo, Gonen Daskal
  • Patent number: 11034603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine and a helical shaft thereof. The multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine includes fixed rings, movable rings, the helical shaft, a sludge inlet tank and a sludge discharging tank; the helical shaft adopts a variable diameter variable pitch helical shaft, a lead angle arrangement sequence of a helical blade of the whole helical shaft is gradual reduction from the sludge discharging tank to the sludge inlet tank, and the lead angle arrangement sequence is gradually reduced from 16°-22° to 6°-14°; a pitch of the helical shaft is gradually increased along a direction from the sludge inlet tank to the sludge discharging tank; a diameter of a shaft body of the helical shaft is gradually increased along with a direction of the sludge discharging tank from a ? position of a shaft length; and blockage prevention plates are arranged on two sides of the bottom of the helical blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TECHASE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gangfan Sun, Daoguang Liu, Wenbiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11014832
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing the concentration of aluminum and nickel cations in a brine comprising aluminum and nickel cations. The treated brine can be used as a feedstock to membrane cell chlor-alkali process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Cube IP LLC
    Inventors: Jianqing Zhou, Kurt Garbade, Sergio Sabater-Prieto, Martin Offermann
  • Patent number: 11014025
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for the selective extraction and recycling of medication from body fluid, using a pressurized filtration system and device. The disclosure further relates to methods for extracting and/or recycling medication from body fluid in a pressurized system and methods of using the medication collected/extracted from that body fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin-Steven Creagh Buford
  • Patent number: 11000822
    Abstract: A method of sorbing a PFAS compound from a contaminated environment can include admixing a modified clay sorbent with the environment. The modified clay can include a clay intercalated with a blend of mono-quaternary amine compound and di-quaternary amine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Donovan
  • Patent number: 11000642
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating dialysate for dialysis comprising a dialysate outlet and a dialysate inlet and dialysate purifying means, wherein the purifying means comprise a cryopurifier for generating pure water, wherein the inlet of the cryopurifier is connected to the dialysate outlet and the outlet of the cryopurifier is connected to the dialysate inlet; and a method for reclaiming of fresh dialysate from ultrafiltrate and wasted dialysate extracted from a dialysis patient, comprising the following steps: preparing an ice slurry from the dialysate, wherein the ice slurry contains ice crystals and a liquid containing solutes; and separating the ice crystals from the liquid containing the solutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Rainer Goldau
  • Patent number: 10981949
    Abstract: Described herein are fluid treatment devices for use in tangential flow filtration, comprising a housing unit and a composite material, wherein the composite material comprises: a support member comprising a plurality of pores extending through the support member; and a non-self-supporting macroporous cross-linked gel comprising macropores having an average size of 10 nm to 3000 nm, said macroporous gel being located in the pores of the support member. The invention also relates to a method of separating a substance from a fluid, comprising the step of placing the fluid in contact with an inventive device, thereby adsorbing or absorbing the substance to the composite material contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Millipore Ltd.
    Inventors: Damian Brellisford, Donna Lisa Crossley, Greg McIntosh, Robert Ruman, John Rydall, Christopher S. Shields
  • Patent number: 10973970
    Abstract: A container for forming a solution for use in a hemodialysis device comprises a first portion comprising a powder, a second portion disposed separate from and in fluid communication with the first portion, and a filter disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The container is configured to receive a fluid flow into the first portion to at least partially dissolve the powder thereby forming a solution, such that the solution and at least a portion of the dissolved powder is passable through the filter into the second portion, and further such that any undissolved portion of the powder is not passable through the filter into the second portion. The filter may be configured such that the solution of the fluid and the at least the portion of the dissolved powder is filtered into the second portion of the container is homogenous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Merchant
  • Patent number: 10974255
    Abstract: A magnetic density separator includes a process channel, a magnetization device, a laminator, and a feed including an entraining device. The process channel may permit magnetic process liquid and particles to be separated to flow through in a flow direction. The magnetization device may be arranged to extend in flow direction along at least one of the walls of the channel and to apply a magnetic field to the process liquid in a separation zone of the channel to establish a cut density of the magnetic process liquid to separate the particles in the process liquid based on their density. The laminator may be configured to introduce magnetic process liquid into the channel to flow laminarized in flow direction along the separation zone. The feed may introduce a mixture of process liquid and particles to be separated into the process channel to join the laminarized process liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Urban Mining Corp. B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Carlo Rem, Simon Peter Maria Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10974176
    Abstract: A method of controlling an enhanced primary treatment (EPT) system that includes an EPT settling tank. A sludge drain discharges a sludge including BOD from the EPT settling tank and a clarified effluent discharge recovers decanted fluid from the EPT settling tank. A controller has at least one computer processor. A sludge sensor is communicatively coupled to the controller. The sludge sensor provides a sludge BOD concentration measurement, or a measurement from which the sludge BOD concentration is calculated. A process algorithm controls the sludge valve to control the discharge of the sludge by gravity or by pumping in response to data from the sludge sensor of the sludge BOD concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Clear Cove Systems, Inc
    Inventor: Terry Wright
  • Patent number: 10967303
    Abstract: A water treatment filter backwash process control system, comprising a control system that receives filter level data and filter backwash turbidity data. The control system having a filter level set point, wherein the filter level set point corresponds to a desired filter media bed expansion. The control system having a filter backwash turbidity set point, wherein the control system controls the filter backwash process by, while monitoring the filter backwash turbidity, sending one or more output signals that are used to control a backwash inlet liquid flow in order to maintain a desired media bed expansion, and stop the backwash inlet liquid flow when the filter backwash turbidity set point is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Mark W. Romers
  • Patent number: 10961143
    Abstract: A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate. The ultrapure water may be further treated by utilizing ion exchange media and degasification apparatus. A control system can be utilized to regulate a continuously variable intensity of the actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Hall, Bruce Lee Coulter
  • Patent number: 10960404
    Abstract: A drainage processing apparatus that processes drainage expelled from a scrubber apparatus is provided. The drainage processing apparatus includes: a magnetic powder adding unit that adds magnetic powders to the drainage; a transfer unit that transfers the drainage; and an adsorbing unit that: is provided in the transfer unit; adsorbs bound matter that is contained in the drainage and contains at least a process-target substance and the magnetic powders; and retains the bound matter in the transfer unit. In one example, the adsorbing unit is able to re-release adsorbed bound matter into the transfer unit. In one example, the adsorbing unit has a permanent magnet provided to be directly insertable into and removable from within the transfer unit, and the permanent magnet adsorbs the bound matter by being inserted into the transfer unit, and re-releases the bound matter into the transfer unit by being removed from within the transfer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yosuke Hanai, Yasuzo Sakai
  • Patent number: 10953354
    Abstract: A filter element comprising two layers of weft (1) interlaced with warp (2). Additionally laid-in (3) yarns are provided in-between the two weft layers. The laid-in yarns (3) are not interlaced with the weft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CLEAR EDGE-GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Dominic Baron
  • Patent number: 10953355
    Abstract: A filter element comprising two layers of weft (1) interlaced with warp (2). Additionally laid-in (3) yarns are provided in-between the two weft layers. The laid-in yarns are not interlaced with the weft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CLEAR EDGE-GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Dominic Baron
  • Patent number: 10946316
    Abstract: A filter cartridge having a double water-stop function, that comprises: a filter cartridge main body, a rotation body, and a water channel main body. The filter cartridge main body includes: an outer shell body, a filter cartridge, a filter cartridge cover, a first water outlet, a second water outlet, a first compression spring, a second compression spring, a first tight seal ring, a second tight seal ring, a first water input port, a second water input port, a first water outlet channel, and a second water outlet channel. The rotation body includes: a first water channel, a second water channel, a third water channel. The water channel main body includes: a first water input hole, a first water output hole, and a second water output hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN FILTERTECH INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Qiang Xu, Can-Xiang Xu
  • Patent number: 10940412
    Abstract: A purification device comprises a main body having an open extending horizontally; a rotator in the opening to be rotatably mounted on the main body; and a manipulation structure spaced from and above the rotator and rotatably connected to a top face of the main body, the manipulation structure protruding forward of the main body. The device also includes a water-outlet module with a fixed cover fixed to the rotator through the opening, the fixed cover protruding forward of the main body, and a top of the fixed cover being connected to a bottom of the manipulation structure; a vertically-movable cover held in contact with the fixed cover; and a water-outlet nozzle mounted onto a bottom of the vertically-movable cover. When the vertically-movable cover rises to a highest level, a top of the vertically-movable cover is located in a space between the rotator and the manipulation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jewook Jeon, Minho Kim, Youngseok Kim, Hoon Jang, Soonki Jung, Jingyu Ji
  • Patent number: 10940258
    Abstract: A dialysis device having an extracorporeal blood circuit which has an arterial line having a blood pump and an arterial needle for connection to a patient, a venous line having a venous needle for connection to a patient and a dialyzer arranged between the arterial line and the venous line and having a blood chamber and a dialysis fluid chamber is provided. The dialysis device furthermore has a control unit and an extracorporeal blood pressure sensor which is arranged at the suction side of the blood pump. The control unit is configured such that a signal output takes place which indicates the presence of recirculation when a change in the signal of the sensor following a trigger event exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Kopperschmidt, Alfred Gagel
  • Patent number: 10926017
    Abstract: A customizable modular dialysate regeneration assembly with connectable sorbent packaging systems. The dialysate regeneration assembly can be customized based on patient parameters or dialysis session parameters. A processor can be included that can determine the correct amount of each sorbent material necessary for a given patient and a given dialysis session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin T. Gerber, Christopher M. Hobot
  • Patent number: 10926204
    Abstract: A purification device comprises a main body; and a water-outlet module formed to protrude forward of the main body, wherein the water-outlet module includes a water-outlet nozzle for supplying water passing through the filter out of the main body, wherein the water-outlet module includes: a casing, wherein at least a portion of the water-outlet nozzle is mounted on a bottom of the casing so as to be exposed to an outside; a water-supply hose, wherein one end thereof is connected to an inside of the main body while the other end thereof is provided inside the casing and is connected to the water-outlet nozzle, such water from the main body is supplied to the water-outlet nozzle; and a valve provided within the casing, wherein the valve is provided above the water-discharge nozzle and is installed on the water-supply hose to control a flow of water through the water-supply hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jewook Jeon, Hoon Jang, Minho Kim, Youngseok Kim, Soonki Jung, Jingyu Ji