Patents Examined by T. Bennett McKenzie
  • Patent number: 10464004
    Abstract: A bag filter filtration and dust collecting apparatus according to the present invention is a bag filter filtration and dust collecting apparatus using a bag filter for collecting dust and the like from supplied polluted air and then discharging the dust and the like to the outside, and the bag filter filtration and dust collecting apparatus comprises: an upper case in which a plurality of bag filters for filtering dust are installed in the vertical direction; a lower case, formed at a lower end of the upper case, which collects dust that falls from the bag filter; and at least two mutually parallel air supply pipes, passing through the lower case, which supply polluted air into the bag filter filtration and dust collecting apparatus, wherein the air supply pipe is provided with a side discharge hole formed on the side thereof whereby the air spray is directed toward the inner side wall of the upper case or the lower case, and accordingly, a central space between the at least two air supply pipes forms a regi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-Sop Kim, Won-Chan Park, Yong-Jin Baek, Jong-Oh Won
  • Patent number: 10441911
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-type filter frame for receiving at least one filter media pack, said V-type filter frame being arranged to be mounted to a filter holding structure, the V-type filter frame comprising first and second side plates and a molded plastic rectangular front plate coupled to the side plates, said side plates each comprising a front edge portion and an opposite rear edge portion and the front plate having a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the front plate comprising a first coupling portion comprising a first groove configured to receive the front edge portion of the first side plate, a second coupling portion comprising a second groove configured to receive the front edge portion of the second side plate, a trough for receiving a front edge of a filter media pack, extending between the first and the second coupling portion of the front plate, characterized in that said trough is in fluid connection with each of said first groove and said second groove when th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CAMFIL AB
    Inventor: Mathieu Hugues
  • Patent number: 10436469
    Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include at least one blowing device including a main fan that generates air flow and a first discharge outlet through which air passing through the main fan is discharged; a flow controller movably provided at one side of the at least one blowing device, the flow controller including a sub-fan that generates air flow and a discharge grill through which air passing through the sub-fan is discharged; and a display provided in the discharge grill, the display device displaying operation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yeongcheol Mun, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Jaekyun Park, Soohyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10434452
    Abstract: An air purification plant, having a partition wall for the spatial separation of a dirty-air space, which is disposed upstream, from a clean-air space, which is disposed downstream, which partition wall has a support frame and a plurality of filter boxes which project from the support frame in the direction of the dirty-air space, and the filter boxes have at least one filter wall which extends from the support frame into the dirty-air space. The filter boxes are in each case open only in the clean-air space which is disposed downstream, wherein filter walls, which face one another, of adjacent filter boxes in each case form a filter pocket which is open on the upstream side and at the bottom, and for switching from one filter pocket into an adjacent filter pocket a suction nozzle is moved through below the filter box which separates the two filter pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LUWA AIR ENGINEERING AG
    Inventors: André Remschak, Jürgen Wehner
  • Patent number: 10434448
    Abstract: A cabinet for a furnace filter is positioned beneath the base of a forced air furnace system, the cabinet being made up of a base plate, vertical side and end panels joined together to define a generally rectangular housing, one of the end panels having a door way and an upper door panel mounted in the door way and hinged along its lower edge with spring loaded hinges and pivotal side clip members between the door and sides of the door frame or side panels to securely retain the door in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventors: Von Honnecke, Chase J. Honnecke
  • Patent number: 10434441
    Abstract: A fuel bunkering apparatus shapes fluid flow in a flow shaping line preferably shaped to have a plurality of loops. Shaping the two-phase flow drives the heavier, denser fluids to the outside wall of the flow shaping line and allows the lighter, less dense fluids such as gas to occupy the inner wall of the flow shaping line. With the gas positioned on the inner wall, an exit port on the inner wall permits a majority, if not all, of the gas, along with a minimal amount of liquid, to be diverted to a conventional gas-liquid separator at a flow rate much lower than the total flow rate within the flow shaping line. The remaining liquid flow in the flow shaping line is subsequently introduced into an adjustable phase splitter to separate different liquid components from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HAVEN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: David James Elms, Gregory Allen Hudspeth
  • Patent number: 10391226
    Abstract: A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10384157
    Abstract: Industrial air filtering technology and a new component for their internal cleaning system are disclosed leading to dramatic increase in system cleaning efficiency as well as energy efficiency. A telescopic cleaning mechanism is able to move at the front of filtering cassette bodies via linear guiding rollers and servo motors transfer cleaning air into the cassettes and extends till to the end of surfaces for enabling better cleaning functionality. A suction blockage paddle further enhances cleaning performance via avoiding suction power only at the right time that is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Adeba Muhendislik Danismanlik Halkla Iliskiler Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
    Inventor: Hasan Engin Balcik
  • Patent number: 10381121
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to the separation of tritium from an aqueous stream are described. The separation method is a multi-stage method that includes a first stage during which tritium of a tritium-contaminated aqueous stream is adsorbed onto a separation phase, a second stage during which the adsorbed tritium is exchanged with hydrogen in a gaseous stream to provide a gaseous stream with a high tritium concentration, and a third stage during which the tritium of the gaseous stream is separated from the gaseous stream as a gaseous tritium product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Xin Xiao
  • Patent number: 10371106
    Abstract: An intake air distribution system for removing contamination from an air filter screen includes walls defining an interior space. The intake air distribution system includes an air blower positioned within the interior space of the air filter screen. The air blower includes an inlet positioned to draw air in through the air filter screen and an outlet through which air is exhausted from the blower. A manifold is connected to the outlet of the blower for directing air onto the walls of the air filter screen and out through the air filter screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Underhill
  • Patent number: 10363809
    Abstract: A radiator screen device for a construction machine, an agricultural machine, or an industrial vehicle, each having a vehicle body and a radiator, includes a screen to filter dust contained in cooling air flowing toward the radiator, and a dust removing member disposed upstream of the radiator with respect to a flowing direction of cooling air and movable relative to the screen in contact with a surface of the screen to remove dust attached to the screen. The dust removing member and the screen are supported by the vehicle body. One of the dust removing member and the screen is vibrated relative to the other of the dust removing member and the screen by vibration of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Manabu Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10363512
    Abstract: A filter cylinder having a dust cleaning device of a dust collector is provided. The filter cylinder has a cylindrical outer frame. An HEPA filter is provided inside the filter cylinder. The inner wall of the filter is provided with a collar. A cleaning device is disposed in the filter cylinder. The cleaning device includes a bracket. Two ends of the bracket are each provided with a flap member corresponding to the inner wall of the collar. The cleaning device is rotatable in the filter cylinder, with the flap member to flap the collar and further to vibrate the filter, so that the dust adsorbed to the filter drops from the filter to enhance the structural strength of the filter and to prolong the service life of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAN FORD MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan-Tai Cheng
  • Patent number: 10364661
    Abstract: A system for separating liquid and gas flowing through a multiphase pipeline, said system comprising: A riser (8) having an upper end (2) and a lower end (10), said riser being at its lower end configured to receive fluid from said multiphase pipeline (4) and having means for delivering (5) of gas at its upper end, said riser further comprising valve means (6) for adjusting the flow at which the gas is delivered through the upper end of said riser; a pipe (7) to be arranged outside or inside the riser, said pipe having an upper part (3) and a lower part (9), where the lower part is connected to or inserted into the riser, thereby creating a liquid flow path between the riser and the lower part of the pipe, said pipe having a liquid intake (11) configured to receive liquid from a liquid column in said riser, and said upper end of said pipe being configured to deliver said liquid, said pipe further comprising means for adjusting the flow at which said liquid is delivered through the upper end of said pipe; leve
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAL E&P DANMARK A/S
    Inventor: Jørgen Gross-Petersen
  • Patent number: 10357733
    Abstract: A system and method for removing retentate from filters is disclosed, which utilizes pressurized and/or vacuum fluid through localized application. The disclosure describes a cleaning system and sequence of steps for carrying out the cleaning process, whereby, a fluid is directed to flow through a localized region of the filter media, thereby dislodging and removing accumulated retentate from the filter. In addition, the localized application of fluid flow allows for localized monitoring of the cleanliness of the filter with a high degree of spatial resolution. This filter retentate removal system and method is broadly applicable to a wide range of systems and processes ranging to engines and exhaust systems to production plants and equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Ragaller, Alexander Sappok, Leslie Bromberg
  • Patent number: 10352135
    Abstract: A method of producing oil and gas from a gathering manifold or a well. The method includes the steps of channeling field production into a sealed vessel through an inlet pipe, and permitting oil and gas components of the field production to separate naturally from water and other fluids within the vessel. The method further includes the steps of evacuating the separated oil and gas from the vessel via pipelines attached to the vessel at locations corresponding to the separated oil and gas, and pumping seawater into the vessel to pressurize the vessel and thereby aid in the production of oil and gas from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Mari Hussain Alqahtani
  • Patent number: 10350528
    Abstract: A filter for use in safety air bags as employed in vehicles and the like comprises one or more compressed grooved wires, wherein the wire or wires have an outer diameter of about 0.010 to 0.050 inches and the grooves have a depth in the range of 0.001 to about 0.005 inches. A plurality of grooves, preferable about 10-14, of about 0.018 diameter stainless steel wire, having a depth of about 0.001 inches to about 0.0025 inches, are equally spaced about the periphery of the wire, which is cylindrical. The pitch of the groove spacing may differ for different implementations. The wire outer surface between grooves may have a radius, preferably about 0.0025 inches in a wire of about 0.018 inches diameter. A stainless steel wire is preferred, but other wire metals may be used according to a given implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Metal Textiles Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Spatz, Connor Arnell, Kurry Emmons
  • Patent number: 10344572
    Abstract: A method of producing oil and gas from a gathering manifold or a well. The method includes the steps of channeling field production into a sealed vessel through an inlet pipe, and permitting oil and gas components of the field production to separate naturally from water and other fluids within the vessel. The method further includes the steps of evacuating the separated oil and gas from the vessel via pipelines attached to the vessel at locations corresponding to the separated oil and gas, and pumping seawater into the vessel to pressurize the vessel and thereby aid in the production of oil and gas from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Mari Hussain Alqahtani
  • Patent number: 10327613
    Abstract: A filtration assembly (100) for a vacuum cleaner includes a filtration member (1) for filtering an impurity, in which an outer circumferential wall of the filtration member (1) is provided with a fixing frame (11) adapted to be fixed in the vacuum cleaner; and an ash tapping part (2) which includes a rack (21), a moving member (22), a gear (23) and a tapping member (24). Two ends of the rack (21) are fixed to the fixing frame (11), the moving member (22) is movably disposed to the rack (21), the gear (23) is disposed to the moving member (22) and meshes with the rack (21), the tapping member (24) is disposed to the gear (23) through a connecting shaft (241) so as to be driven to rotate by the gear (23), and the tapping member (24) is configured to tap the filtration member (1) during rotation to vibrate the filtration member (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MEDIA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shenghui Liu, Junying Niu, Yan Zhao, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10330131
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid de-aeration device for a hydraulically actuated variable valve actuation system is provided. The device includes a bridge and a de-aeration chamber having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a central axis. A vent pipe is arranged along the central axis of the de-aeration chamber and can include at least one vent hole. The bridge is arranged such that hydraulic fluid flowing from the bridge is directed towards an outer wall of a top portion of the lower chamber. The device includes a cover that integrates the upper chamber with a vent hole for air that is expelled from the hydraulic fluid. An optional gasket or plate configured with at least one vent hole can be arranged between the upper and lower chamber. The vent pipe can be arranged within the cover and extend through the upper chamber to the lower chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: John Stallmann
  • Patent number: 10307694
    Abstract: A phase splitter for separating a multiphase fluid into a relatively light phase and a relatively heavy phase includes a separator tube which comprises a fluid inlet through which the multiphase fluid enters the apparatus, a heavy phase outlet through which the heavy phase exits the apparatus and an inner diameter surface which defines a flow bore that extends between the fluid inlet and the heavy phase outlet. A swirl element positioned in the flow bore downstream of the fluid inlet causes the multiphase fluid to rotate and separate the heavy phase from the light phase. The light phase forms an elongated core which extends axially through the flow bore radially inwardly of the heavy phase from proximate the swirl element toward the heavy phase outlet. A core stabilizer is positioned in the flow bore between the swirl element and the heavy phase outlet and engages the distal end of the light phase core to thereby inhibit the light phase from exiting the apparatus through the heavy phase outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FMC Separation Systems, BV
    Inventor: Mohamed Reda Akdim