Patents Examined by T. Bennett McKenzie
  • Patent number: 10842332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface cleaning apparatus comprising a regenerative filter having at least one filter, the at least one filter comprising a plurality of layers of filter material, the filter having a first filtering configuration where the plurality of layers are held together such that air to be cleaned can pass through the plurality of layers of filter media during use of the surface treating apparatus, and a second regeneration configuration wherein at least a portion of one of the plurality of layers of filter material is spaced from the remainder of the layers of filter material for regeneration, and a filter regenerator for regenerating the filter material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Richard David Nicolaou
  • Patent number: 10844871
    Abstract: An air flow controller for an air cleaner and an air cleaner are provided. The air flow controller may include a fan, and a housing, the fan being provided in the housing and the housing being movable from an initial horizontal position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a vertical direction to an inclined position in which the air flow controller directs air flow in a diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaekyun Park, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Yeongcheol Mun, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10835851
    Abstract: A pocket filter adapted for filtering grease and other liquid aerosols has first and second depth loading media with a separator that prevents wicking thereby to extend filter life and capacity. The first layer is also of lower efficiency than the second to distribute loading and further extend life. The spacer may be of unwoven fiber mesh. Various feature of the pocket filter ensure free flow of effluent streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuoad A. Parvin, Bernard A. Olson, Andrey V. Livchak
  • Patent number: 10828592
    Abstract: A removable filter system and a dust collector with the removable filter system. The dust collector includes a filter carriage movably connected to a carriage base; at least one filter and filter support removably connected to the filter carriage. The filter carriage is movable between at least three positions: in the first position the filter being in an operational location, in the second position the filter being vertically lower but inside the dust collector, and in the third position the filter being outside the dust collector. A method for replacing a filter in the dust collector includes lowering the filter with the filter carriage; translating the filter and carriage out of the dust collector housing; removing the filter from the carriage; placing a replacement filter on the carriage; translating the replacement into the dust collector housing; and raising the filter carriage to lock the replaced filter into an operational location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AIREAU QUALITE CONTROLE INC.
    Inventors: Martin Brisebois, Denis Houle, Michel Sirois
  • Patent number: 10828583
    Abstract: A device is provided that provides an unbiased filtration effect and an effect of removing captured substances through backwashing by causing a fluid to uniformly pass through a filter element over the entire length in an axial direction at the time of backwashing so as to efficiently rotate a captured-substance removal tool in a filtration unit 1 which includes the captured-substance removal tool 20 axially supported inside the tubular filter element 2 to be rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI FILTER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10821391
    Abstract: A dust collector includes an enclosure and a tube sheet separating filter and clean air compartments. The tube sheet forms a filter opening and a filter is located within the filter compartment and includes a filter flange having an air outlet aligned with said filter opening. The flange includes first and second alignment structures located on a first lateral side of the flange. A clamping assembly includes first and second filter clamps that are movable between a sealing position for sealing the filter flange against the tube sheet, and a release position. The first filter clamp engages the first alignment structure when in the sealing position. The second filter clamp engages the second alignment structure when in the sealing position. The dust collector includes means for moving the filter clamps between the sealing position and the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Nino V. Silvestro, Brian Shetler
  • Patent number: 10814252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for separation of high volume flows of mixtures provided with at least two immiscible phases, especially for the first separation steps of flows of water/oil/gas/sand mixture that enter the apparatus as a wellstream mixture. The invention also relates to a method for separation of high volume flows of mixtures provided with at least immiscible phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sulzer Management AG
    Inventors: Per-Reidar Larnholm, Frederik Albert Lammers
  • Patent number: 10814262
    Abstract: A flow control device for controlling fluid flow into a filter cartridge. The flow control device comprises a hollow body comprising a fluid flow inlet and a fluid flow outlet. The flow control device is configured to split fluid flowing toward the filter cartridge into at least two distinct flow streams, a first distinct flow stream of the at least two distinct flow streams being a flow stream which flows into the hollow body through the fluid flow inlet and out of the hollow body through the fluid flow outlet, and a second distinct flow stream of the at least two distinct flow streams being a flow stream which does not flow into the hollow body through the fluid flow inlet and out of the hollow body through the fluid flow outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AAF LTD.
    Inventors: Paul Jackson, Mark Smith, Rodrigo Nessi
  • Patent number: 10813512
    Abstract: A cyclone dust collector having improved usability and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The cyclone dust collector includes: a cyclone chamber including an inlet through which air is drawn in and an outlet through which dust-filtered air is discharged; a discharge passage disposed inside the cyclone chamber; a spiral part formed around the discharge passage to be inclined in a spiral pattern; and a grill rotatably disposed on the discharge passage, and the outlet is formed inside the discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-jin Cho, Hyeon-woo Tak
  • Patent number: 10814359
    Abstract: A cleaning mechanism, a cleaning device, and an air conditioner are disclosed. The cleaning mechanism is configured to remove dust of an member object to be cleaned, and includes a dust suction member and a switch member. The dust suction member is movable in a reciprocating manner with respect to a surface to be cleaned of the object, and is provided with at least two separate dust suction chambers each having a dust suction port. In an extension direction of the dust suction chambers, a projected length of the dust suction port on the surface to be cleaned is smaller than the length of the surface to be cleaned. Each of the dust suction chambers is configured to communicate with a fan, and the switch member selectively communicates the fan with one of the dust suction chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Jiebin Yu, Zhihui Liang
  • Patent number: 10807031
    Abstract: Provided are filtration systems, filters, and corresponding methods of installing and using a clean room filter. A filtration system may include a housing defining a vent opening and a filter opening. The housing may include a knife edge disposed about a perimeter of the filter opening and configured to extend downwardly. The filtration system may include a filter removably attached to the housing. The filter may include a frame having an opening and a channel disposed about a perimeter of the opening. The filter may further include a filter substrate disposed in the opening of the frame, a gasket disposed about a perimeter of the opening within the channel, and an adhesive compound disposed within the channel between the gasket and the channel. The filter may be configured to engage the knife edge of the housing, such that air may be configured to pass between the clean room and a duct via the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FLANDERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satish Dinakaran, Kenneth Beacham, Joseph Wood, John Taylor, Dean Andrews, Joel Davis
  • Patent number: 10799820
    Abstract: A present invention is directed to a laminated filtration media comprising a nanofiber coating applied onto a synthetic substrate. Generally, the laminated filtration media can be produced by applying the nanofiber layer onto the synthetic substrate via an electrospinning process and then thermo-mechanically bonding the nanofiber layer onto the synthetic substrate via a thermal bonding process. The laminated filtration media exhibits superior durability and can be used in a wide array of air filtration applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NXTANO, LLC
    Inventor: Alan Smithies
  • Patent number: 10800669
    Abstract: A system for removing a gas from a liquid comprises an aeration tank for aerating a raw liquid containing a gas to remove the gas by causing an agitated air flow through the liquid. A plurality of aeration plates placed substantially horizontally across the horizontal cross sectional plane of the tank, the aeriation plates perforated by a plurality of openings. Aerating the liquid occurs with the liquid flowing downward into the aeration tank, and an airflow flowing upward through the liquid from a point proximate to the bottom of the aeriation tank, wherein the aeriation plates are configured to impart a crisscross movement pattern in the liquid flow down and the airflow up as each passes the other to agitate and mix the flow of liquid and air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: George Doumit
  • Patent number: 10794265
    Abstract: A venting tank (1) for a cooling system of a motor vehicle includes a main wall (3), which defines an inner venting volume (V) of the venting tank, the main wall including a bottom (5) and a cover (7) opposite one another, an intake (45, 47, 49, 51, 53) for a heat transfer fluid to be vented within the interior venting volume, and a discharge (55, 57) for discharging the vented heat transfer fluid outside the inner venting volume. This venting tank (1) further includes a heat transfer fluid duct (19), which crosses through the cover (7) and the bottom (5) and includes an inner segment (29) extending within the inner venting volume (V) from the cover (7) to the bottom (5) and whereof an inner volume (V29) is separated from the inner venting volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Dumas, Serge Iafrate
  • Patent number: 10786773
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention provides a filter element including: a bellows in the shape of a zig-zag having pleat walls and a pleat ridge, edges of the pleat walls and the pleat ridge being provided with edge elements; and a frame element being assigned to at least one end pleat of the bellows. The frame element surrounds the end pleat so as to form a positive fit on both sides, the frame element being fixed to the edge elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Regina Brack, Uwe Haefner, Alexander Oelsner
  • Patent number: 10786762
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a removal device for removing gas bubbles and/or dirt particles from a liquid in a liquid conduit system or for removing a second liquid from a first liquid in the conduit system. The removal device includes a main channel for a main flow, the main channel having an entry and an exit which are configured to be connected to the conduit system, a housing which defines an inner space, at least one supply channel extending from the main channel to the inner space, at least one return channel extending from the inner space back to the main channel, directly or indirectly via a return chamber, at least one quiet zone in the inner space in which in use the liquid has a substantially smaller velocity than in the main channel. The quiet zone is configured to allow dirt particles or a relatively heavy liquid to settle at a lower end of the housing and/or gas bubbles or a relatively light liquid to rise to an upper end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Flamco B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Henk Cnossen
  • Patent number: 10788000
    Abstract: A system for aspirating a pre-cleaner of a work vehicle may include a fluid conduit in flow communication with an outlet port of the pre-cleaner for receiving an aspirated airflow from the pre-cleaner. The system may also include a double-walled flow pipe having an inner tube that receives a primary fluid flow of the work vehicle. The double-walled flow pipe may also include an outer tube surrounding the inner tube such that an annular passage is defined between the inner and outer tubes. The annular passage may be in flow communication with the fluid conduit. When a vacuum is applied to the annular passage, the aspirated airflow may be drawn through the fluid conduit from the pre-cleaner and directed to the annular passage. The aspirated airflow flows through the annular passage as the primary fluid flow is being directed through the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Morey
  • Patent number: 10781112
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dehydrogenation tank. An atomization spray is disposed at the center of the upper part of the dehydrogenation tank, and flow stirring modules used for stirring a flowing solution are respectively disposed at the middle and the bottom of the dehydrogenation tank. Each of the two flow stirring modules includes at least two layers of flow stirring meshes. By means of disposing the atomizing spray and the flow stirring modules in the dehydrogenation tank, the TRO solution flowing into the dehydrogenation tank are fully stirred, so that hydrogen gas mixed with the TRO solution is able to diffuse out fully and rapidly, thereby increasing dehydrogenation efficiency as well as reducing volume of the dehydrogenation tank. In addition, the present invention also provides a ballast water treatment system having the dehydrogenation tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUNRUI MARINE ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangzhou Liu, Dongxia Duan, Ping Yao, Hongren Wang
  • Patent number: 10773196
    Abstract: A gluing method of a filter cartridge includes: preparing a filter core and a filter frame; disposing them in a lower mold with the filter frame under the filter core; filling glue on top of the lower mold, extending the glue to a gluing segment of the filter frame and an outer surface of the filter core; pressing down an upper mold toward the lower mold to cut the glue into an inner glue segment and an outer glue segment. The inner glue segment is pressed in between the filter frame and the filter core, coated around the gluing segment to increase adhering area. Pressure from the upper mold enhances the adhering effect. The cutting removes surplus glue and the glue is formed into a desired shape, thus the method is quick, accurate and consistent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PRO-PURE INC.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chi Lin, Zhen-Kun Zhan
  • Patent number: 10751662
    Abstract: Provided is a gas filter, which includes an adsorptive membrane for adsorbing foreign substances contained in a gas, wherein the adsorptive membrane has a corrugated structure folded in a number of times or a structure having a plurality of projections, in order to increase a contact surface area of the gas per unit area, and wherein the adsorptive membrane includes: a support member having a plurality of first pores; and a first adsorptive member which is stacked on the support member and has a plurality of second pores formed therein and which is made by accumulating ion exchange nanofibers for adsorbing foreign substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Yong Seo, Ui Young Jeong