Patents Examined by Terry K Cecil
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Patent number: 12291463Abstract: A water purifying filter coupled to a mouth (20) of a beverage container (10) in which water or drinking water is stored, includes: a tubular housing (100) having a first screw (110) for coupling to a screw part (21) provided at the mouth of the beverage container that is formed on an inside of a lower end portion thereof and a second screw (120) for coupling a cap (30) of the beverage container that is formed on an outside of an upper end portion thereof; a first filter (200) disposed inside the housing to primarily purify the drinking water discharged from the beverage container; a second filter (300) disposed at an upper end portion of the first filter to secondarily purify the drinking water primarily purified through the first filter; and a cover unit (400) inserted into a lower end portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: REALWATER CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyeok Jae Kwon
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Patent number: 12286364Abstract: In a method for extracting boron from feed water, boron is extracted from feed water received as irrigation runoff water from an agricultural source at a pressurized vessel located at a first location, the pressurized vessel including a boron-selective resin bed. The pressurized vessel is uncoupled from the agricultural source, wherein the boron-selective resin bed is boron-saturated. The pressurized vessel comprising the boron-saturated resin bed is transported to a second location. The pressurized vessel comprising the boron-saturated resin bed is coupled to a boron extraction system at the second location. An acid-based solution is injected into the boron-saturated resin bed, causing the boron to be released from the resin bed and into a boron solution. The boron solution is drained from the pressurized vessel into a holding tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Inventors: Kirk M. Pumphrey, Kenneth Aoki, Darrell R. Aoki
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Patent number: 12286365Abstract: A gravity water filter comprises a cover, a filter water bucket, a purified water bucket, and a filter element component; wherein the cover, the filter water bucket and the purified water bucket are detachably connected from top to bottom; a water flowing hole is arranged at the bottom of the filter water bucket; the filter element component is arranged in the filter water bucket through a sealed fixed structure, and the water outlet port of the filter element component is connected to the purified water bucket. The advantage of adopting the above technical solutions is that through the action of gravity, clean and drinkable water is obtained through filtration by the filter element component and flows to the purified water bucket. The watch window facilitates users to observe the remaining amount of purified water, and the accommodating slot reduces the unfilterable liquid to be filtered in the filter water bucket.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Inventor: Jie Ren
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Patent number: 12280334Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: COWAY Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Suk Chang, Yong-Yeon Noh, Woo-Jin Joo, Myeong-Hoon Kang, Ki-Hong Min, Jin-Woo Choi, Young-Jae Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Sang-Jin Youn, Gyeong-Jong Kim
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Patent number: 12264091Abstract: Water treatment systems for year round consistent achievement of less than 2.5 mg/L of total nitrogen from a gray water starting effluent having about 65 mg/L of total nitrogen. The system may include a septic tank, an anaerobic upflow filter (AUF) that receives wastewater from the septic tank, a recirculating media filter (RMF) that receives wastewater from the AUF, and an anoxic denitrification filter that receives wastewater from the RMF. A drain field may be positioned downstream from the denitrification filter for ultimate disposal of the wastewater. The AUF may reduce the biological oxygen demand (BOD), although its presence also aids the combination of the RMF and denitrification filter that follow to consistently achieve <2.5 mg/L of total nitrogen in the system effluent. An equalization tank, recirculation tank, one or more recycle loops, and various pump stations may also be included. The system may be configured as a two-stage system.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: HOLM ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY RESOURCES LLCInventor: Pio S. Lombardo
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Patent number: 12263426Abstract: A fuel-water separator includes a cartridge assembly and a bowl. The cartridge assembly receives a fuel-water mixture and provides a fuel. The cartridge assembly includes an endplate. The bowl is configured to store water separated from the fuel-water mixture. The bowl is coupled to the endplate. The endplate includes an air vent that receives air from the bowl. The air vent establishes a pressure equilibrium within the bowl and the cartridge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP, Inc.Inventors: Mrinmayee Balasaheb Pokharkar, Nilesh Bhaskar Nagare, Gregory D. Shope, Bharath Siddaramanna Onkarappa, Brian M. Palmer
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Patent number: 12263284Abstract: A flow path device of a biological component bag system is equipped with a device main body. The device main body includes a first sheet and a second sheet, and flow paths are formed between the first sheet and the second sheet. The flow paths include a first flow path, a second flow path, a filter accommodating chamber, and a third flow path. In the device main body, flow path sealed portions that join the first sheet and the second sheet to each other in a liquid-tight manner are disposed along the flow paths.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masatsugu Igarashi
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Patent number: 12257552Abstract: The present invention relates to a separation membrane element including a supply-side channel member, in which: the supply-side channel member has a net shape in which plural fibrous rows X including fibrous objects A and plural fibrous rows Y including fibrous objects B cross each other sterically to form intersections; at least one of the fibrous objects A and the fibrous objects B have a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion along a longitudinal direction; at least one of the fibrous objects A and the fibrous objects B include a thread that is thinner at a central portion located between intersection portions than at the large diameter portion; and a fiber between an arbitrary intersection and an adjacent intersection is a tapered fiber whose diameter increases like a taper in a direction from one intersection to the other intersection.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Shu Taniguchi, Kentaro Takagi, Takeshi Konda
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Patent number: 12252427Abstract: The disclosure relates to devices and systems for configurable, contaminant-specific water filtration and treatment under pressure. In particular, the disclosure relates to a contaminant-specific configurable and modular water filter and a water filtration system maintained under positive or negative pressure, comprising modular housings, each housing defining a plurality of reconfigurable compartments operable to accommodate contaminant-specific filtering units in an order configured to minimize pressure drop along the flow direction of the water.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Inventors: Shimon Ben Dor, Ronald Silver
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Patent number: 12239942Abstract: A separation membrane (10) of the present disclosure includes: a separation functional layer (30) composed of a polyamide containing, as a monomer unit, at least one selected from the group consisting of piperazine and a piperazine derivative; and a coating (40) covering the separation functional layer (30) and containing a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), N+ is a nitrogen atom constituting a quaternary ammonium cation, and R1 and R2 are each independently a substituent containing a carbon atom bonded to the nitrogen atom.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATIONInventors: Tomotsugu Miyabe, Atsuhito Komoto
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Patent number: 12234166Abstract: A cartridge dispenser having a rotatable sleeve for alerting a person as to when a cartridge dispenser should be replaced based on when the cartridge dispenser is placed in a body of water with the cartridge replacement date carried forward on the cartridge dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: King Technology, Inc.Inventors: Eric Barton, Jeffrey D. Johnson, Darrin M Swagel
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Patent number: 12221365Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for concentrating, with low energy, a solute-containing solution in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference (M(multiple)???=0 RO), and, more specifically, to a method for concentrating, with low energy, an solute-containing solution intended to be concentrated, as a low pressure in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference. The method for concentrating a solution containing a solute at a low pressure in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference, of the present invention, consumes less energy, enables concentration to be performed until a saturated aqueous solution with a maximum solute concentration is obtained or the concentration of the solute becomes 100% even though an extraction solvent is not used, and does not require the use of an additional osmosis-inducing solution.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: SEEBIO INC.Inventors: Ho Nam Chang, Yoon Seok Chang, Nam Uook Kim
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Patent number: 12221364Abstract: A system for producing and packaging fluid may comprise a water distillation device. The system may further comprise a mixing circuit coupled to an output of the water distillation device and including a source of concentrate. The mixing circuit may include a plurality of flow controllers configured to adjust the flow of fluid through the mixing circuit so as to generate a preset fluid. The system may further comprise an enclosure including an antechamber and a packaging compartment. The system may further comprise a reservoir dispenser in the packaging compartment having a feed plate and a housing block. The reservoir dispenser may include a bias member which urges the feed plate toward the housing block. The system may further comprise a filling station in the packaging compartment including a filling nozzle coupled to the mixing circuit. The system may further comprise a sealing station in the packaging compartment having a ram and a sealing member dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Hans Erik Johnson, Thaddeus Joseph Hughes, Michael J. Haynes, Margaret Bayne Bradley, Robert Houston Lawler, Jr., Gregory Hurley, Keller Waldron, Jeremy Shane Dube
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Patent number: 12215041Abstract: A water filter includes a filtering head, a filter bottle assembly, a switch member, and a quick release device. The filtering head includes a flow channel module. The filter bottle assembly includes a filter bottle. The quick release device includes a press lever, two links, and two push members. When the press lever is pivoted, the two links and the two push members are driven by the press lever to move the filter bottle simultaneously so that the filter bottle is mounted on or detached from the filtering head quickly. A switch member functions as a waterway switch to control a water supply of the filtering head and functions as a locking mechanism for locking or unlocking the quick release device.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Kemflo International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sheng-Nan Lin, Hao-Chan Wei, Yi-Wen Liao, Zhe-Hua Ou
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Patent number: 12208349Abstract: An in-tank filter assembly for an industrial fluid reservoir tank includes a two piece filter assembly mount comprising an upper filter mount and a lower tank extension member; an element and bypass plate; a bypass structure within the element and bypass plate; a filter element mount coupled to the element and bypass plate; the disposable filter element removably coupled to the filter element mount, wherein the filter assembly forms a bowl-less in tank return line filter having inside-out flow; and an inlet closing valve configured to selectively close off the inlet and biased toward a closed position, wherein the inlet closing valve is configured to automatically close off the inlet when the disposable filter element is removed from the filter element mount.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SCHROEDER INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Christopher B. Bortnik, Matt Adams, Scott F. Surdick, Michael J. Schmitt, Augustus O. Schroeder
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Patent number: 12208347Abstract: An in-tank filter assembly for an industrial fluid reservoir tank includes a filter assembly mount with tank coupling elements to secure the assembly mount to a tank, and wherein the mount includes an inlet connection configured to be coupled to an inlet line of the tank; a bypass structure configured to selectively open allowing flow to flow around the filter element into the tank in bypass operation; and a disposable filter element including at least a top end cap and a bottom end cap with filter media extending between the top end cap and a lower end cap, wherein the filter assembly forms a bowl-less in tank return line filter having inside-out flow.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SCHROEDER INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Christopher B. Bortnik, Matt Adams, Scott F. Surdick, Michael J. Schmitt, Augustus O. Schroeder
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Patent number: 12202746Abstract: An orifice cavitation device is disclosed herein which promotes cavitation at low operating pressures. An output opening has a sharp edge which facilitates cavitation. Moreover, an inner perimeter length may be increased by forming notches in the opening. Also, grooves may be formed on the inner surface of a funnel of the orifice cavitation device. The grooves may be straight and also spiral or slanted to encourage the water to rotate and increase shearing forces which also facilitates cavitation.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventor: Mark Malmquist
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Patent number: 12201949Abstract: Autonomous localized permeability material systems are provided that can include: a dynamically permeable porous material; and immobilized reagents operatively associated with the porous material in sufficient proximity to trigger a localized change in material pore size upon reagent reaction. Methods for preparing these materials are also provided as well as methods for autonomously modifying localized permeability of material.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TELEDYNE FLIR DEFENSE, INC.Inventors: Jennifer L. Poole, Jeremy P. Walker, Scott Donahue
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Patent number: 12202740Abstract: A container assembly is disclosed. The container assembly includes a container that contains a volume. Selected portions of the container assembly may provide indication to a user of features or status of the container assembly, including portions thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Brita, LPInventors: Rick T. Nishijima, Elizabeth Bransford
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Patent number: 12194414Abstract: A desalination apparatus 12 (liquid treatment apparatus) includes a first water treatment unit 26 (liquid treatment unit) that includes a reverse osmosis membrane and in which a treated liquid is separated into a permeate that permeates the reverse osmosis membrane and a concentrate other than the permeate, a water recovery unit 28 (liquid recovery unit) that includes a reverse osmosis membrane and in which the concentrate is separated into a recovered liquid that permeates the reverse osmosis membrane and a waste liquid other than the recovered liquid, and a pressure increasing means that increases a liquid pressure of the concentrate, such that a state capable of separating into the recovered liquid and the waste liquid in the liquid recovery unit continues, and that directly feeds the concentrate from the liquid treatment unit to the liquid recovery unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Nomura Micro Science Co., Ltd.Inventor: Seiichi Nakamura