Patents Issued in April 11, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130087472
    Abstract: The present invention describes a beverage container that is configured to dispense an additive into a beverage. The beverage container includes a vessel configured to hold a beverage and a lid that includes a flap configured to expose the beverage in the vessel after the flap is triggered. This beverage container also includes a chamber configured to hold an additive that can be exposed to the beverage after the flap is triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Anantha Pradeep
  • Publication number: 20130087473
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for an emergency information system (EIS) are described that may be used to provide emergency information about a person, animal, or other entity when necessary to treat an emergency condition or situation. The EIS may include a packet including a sheath, a pocket configured on a surface of the sheath, an information sheet configured to fit substantially inside the pocket; a closing mechanisms configured to be secure packet around a member in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Linda Peterson
  • Publication number: 20130087474
    Abstract: A cover sleeve for standard cigarette packs to cover over undesirable graphic displays printed on such cigarette packs is formed of an assemblable flat blank comprising a plurality of panels. The flat blank is suitable for point of purchase sale to the consumer and has a bottom panel for structural rigidity with a hole permitting access to the bottom of the cigarette pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Josh Joelson
  • Publication number: 20130087475
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical product supply is disclosed in the form of a container, a pharmaceutical product receiver, pharmaceutical product, an adhesive, and at least one release liner. The pharmaceutical product receiver includes a plurality of receptacles for pharmaceutical product. The container is initially disposed in a first configuration where all of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles may be accessible. The container is thereafter disposable in a second configuration where no covering for any of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles is accessible through any openable access incorporated by the container. One or more release liners may be moved to expose adhesive for disposing and retaining the container in its second configuration. The noted second configuration of the container facilitates disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MALLINCKRODT LLC
    Inventor: MALLINCKRODT LLC
  • Publication number: 20130087476
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a shipping and display tray a having a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of opposed side walls foldably joined with one another for holding different products contained therein in an upright position at a point of sale. The shipping and display tray comprising a one-piece shallow tray having a plurality of different sizes of compartments each of which contains a different product size and count therein. Each of the plurality of different sizes of compartments includes an adjustable buffer configured to change the size of the compartment and to accommodate the different product size and count while maintaining a fixed perimeter or outside dimension of the one-piece shallow tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventor: Walter D. Keefe
  • Publication number: 20130087477
    Abstract: A stabilizing tray for shipping and displaying stacked containers has a plurality of indexing openings through its bottom wall for receiving the necks of subjacent containers so that the necks of containers in a lower tray extend into recessed bottoms of containers in an upper tray. The bottom wall of the tray around the openings rests on shoulders of subjacent containers, and indexing notches around the edges of the indexing openings engage with protrusions on the containers to uniformly orient the containers. In one embodiment interlocking tabs and openings in adjacent walls hold the tray in erected configuration, and in another embodiment flaps on the ends of some of the walls are adhered to adjacent walls to hold the tray in erected configuration. The tray front wall has a reduced height and the back wall has an increased height to obscure date codes on the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventors: Wayne Harry Kuhn, Frederick R. Holch
  • Publication number: 20130087478
    Abstract: A paint tray bag is provided. The paint tray bag comprises a bag comprising dimensions for containing a paint tray, and optionally painting tools, therein. The paint tray bag further comprises a sealing apparatus for releasably sealing the bag, the sealing apparatus around at least portion of a perimeter of the bag such that the bag comprises a closed position for containing the paint tray therein when the sealing apparatus is closed and an open position when the sealing apparatus is open, the bag enabled to lay flat in the open position to act as a drop sheet for the paint tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KOVRD PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Vance MacDonald, Benjamin Leonard
  • Publication number: 20130087479
    Abstract: A package for an oral care implement comprising a container having a display portion and a periphery, and a backing attached to the container for defining an interior for receiving an oral care implement. The backing further comprises a first portion attached to a portion of the periphery for defining an interior of the container and a second portion attached to the display portion; wherein the second portion of the backing further comprises a separable portion that facilitates separation of the first portion of the backing from the display portion and thereby facilitates access to the interior of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Bloch, David K. Lee, Alan Sorrentino, Quang Nguyen, Paul D. Carse
  • Publication number: 20130087480
    Abstract: Corrosive amine salts in hydrocarbon streams such as desalted crude oil streams can be prevented or avoided by adding certain amine scavenging chemicals to the streams to remove the amines therefrom. Suitable amine scavengers include, but are not necessarily limited to, carboxylic anhydrides and copolymers of carboxylic anhydrides, aromatic anhydrides, isocyanates, polyisocyanates, and epoxides. The non-corrosive reaction products of the amines and/or ammonia with these scavengers are preferably oil-soluble, non-basic and thermally stable. The amine scavengers bind up and react with the amines and/or ammonia to keep them from reacting with materials such as acids (e.g. HCl) to form corrosive amine salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Baker Hughes Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20130087481
    Abstract: A process for the hydroconversion of heavy oil feedstocks comprises a step for hydroconversion of the feedstock in at least one reactor containing a catalyst in slurry mode used to recover metals from the residual unconverted fraction, especially those used as catalysts. The process comprises a hydroconversion step, a gas/liquid separation step, a liquid/liquid extraction step, a grinding step, a leaching step, a combustion step, a metals extraction step and a step for the preparation of catalytic solutions which are recycled to the hydroconversion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Heraud, Frédéric Morel, Alain Quignard
  • Publication number: 20130087482
    Abstract: A reforming process includes integrating catalytic cracking product naphtha dehydrogenation and naphtha from a hydrocracking zone and feeding them to a dehydrogenation zone. The dehydrogenation zone includes a first portion of reforming catalyst from a catalyst regenerator that moves downward through the dehydrogenation zone. A product stream from the dehydrogenation zone flows to an aromatics unit and is separated into an aromatic-rich extract and a raffinate. Straight run naphtha and the raffinate are introduced to a first reforming zone that includes a second portion of reforming catalyst. The reforming catalyst moves through the first reforming zone then is removed from the bottom of each of the first reforming zone and the dehydrogenation zone and is fed to a second reforming zone. An effluent from the first reforming zone is fed to a plurality of reforming zones. The reforming catalyst moves downward through the multiple refoiniing zones then to a regenerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert Haizmann, Laura E. Leonard
  • Publication number: 20130087483
    Abstract: A process for maximizing p-xylene production includes producing a naphtha fraction and a light cycle oil fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking zone. These fractions are combined and hydrotreated. Fractionation of the hydrotreated product makes a hydrocracker feed that is sent to a hydrocracking zone to make a naphtha cut and a hydrocracker product. The hydrocracker product is recycled back to the fractionation zone, and the naphtha cut is dehydrogenated in a dehydrogenation zone to make aromatics. Reforming catalyst from a catalyst regenerator moves downward through the dehydrogenation zone. Straight run naphtha and raffinate from the aromatics unit are introduced to an additional series of reforming zones. The reforming catalyst moves in parallel through the first reforming zone and the dehydrogenation zones, then is combined for entry to the second and subsequent reforming zones prior to regeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert Haizmann, Laura E. Leonard
  • Publication number: 20130087484
    Abstract: A process for maximizing p-xylene production begins by producing a naphtha fraction and a light cycle oil fraction from a fluid catalytic cracking zone. The gasoline and light cycle oil fractions are combined and hydrotreated to produce a hydrotreated product. Fractionation of the hydrotreated product in a fractionation zone makes a light ends cut, a naphtha cut, a hydrocracker feed and an unconverted oil fraction. The hydrocracker feed is sent to a hydrocracking zone to make a hydrocracker product, which is then recycled back to the fractionation zone, feeding the hydrocracker product above an outlet for the hydrocracker feed, but below an outlet for the naphtha cut. The naphtha cut goes to a dehydrogenation zone where hydrogen is removed to make aromatics from naphthenes to make a dehydrogenated naphtha. The dehydrogenated naphtha is fed to an aromatics recovery unit to recover p-xylene and other aromatics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert Haizmann, Laura E. Leonard
  • Publication number: 20130087485
    Abstract: The use of nondendrimeric hyperbranched polyesters and/or polyesteramides which comprise alkyl- and/or alkenyl-substituted succinic acid units as demulsifiers for splitting oil-water emulsions, especially crude oil emulsions, and also nondendrimeric hyperbranched polyesters or polyesteramides which comprise alkyl- and/or alkenyl-substituted succinic acid units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventor: BASF SE
  • Publication number: 20130087486
    Abstract: A cover for a drain assembly is provided. The cover includes a skirt material defining a plurality of openings therein for allowing flowthrough of liquid and one or more fasteners extending from the skirt material and configured for being received within an opening defined in the drain assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: CLEARLY BETTER, LLC
    Inventor: James Epstein
  • Publication number: 20130087487
    Abstract: A compact and portable liquid concentrator includes a gas inlet, a gas exit and a flow corridor connecting the gas inlet and the gas exit, wherein the flow corridor includes a narrowed portion that accelerates the gas through the flow corridor. A liquid inlet injects liquid into the gas stream at a point prior to the narrowed portion so that the gas-liquid mixture is thoroughly mixed within the flow corridor, causing a portion of the liquid to be evaporated. A demister or fluid scrubber downstream of the narrowed portion removes entrained liquid droplets from the gas stream and re-circulates the removed liquid to the liquid inlet through a re-circulating circuit. The compact and portable liquid concentrator is mountable on a truck bed or skid for easy transportation to remote sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HEARTLAND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC
    Inventor: Heartland Technology Partners LLC
  • Publication number: 20130087488
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing reducing water that maintains a neutral range of pH and exhibits superior reducing force. The apparatus for producing reducing water includes an electrolytic bath including a cathode chamber provided with a cathode, an anode chamber provided with an anode, and an intermediate chamber interposed between the cathode chamber and the anode chamber, wherein the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber are provided with an inlet through which water is supplied, and an outlet through which water is discharged, a cation exchange membrane is provided between the cathode chamber and the intermediate chamber, and the intermediate chamber includes a cation exchange resin that dissociates hydrogen ions when the cation exchange resin reacts with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130087489
    Abstract: A disposable filtering unit includes a tube having a first connection portion and an outlet respectively located on two ends thereof, and the first connection portion is connected to a faucet body. The tube has a first path unit and a second path unit which has a filtering unit. A valve unit is located on a side of the tube so as to change direction of water flow to guide water to enter from the second path and exits from the outlet via the filtering unit. The tube can be disengaged from the faucet and disposable, and the filtering unit filters water to ensure that the water is clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Yao-Tung Chen
  • Publication number: 20130087490
    Abstract: Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump (5), a filter element (9), a container for collecting treated liquid, a first circuit section connecting a source of said biological liquid to an inlet orifice of said filter element (9), including a circuit element adapted to cooperate with said circulation pump (5); a second circuit section, connecting an outlet orifice of said filter element (9) to said treated liquid collecting container; characterized in that said treated liquid collecting container, said first circuit section and said second circuit section are disposable and said installation further includes a first cart (1) carrying said pump (5) and a second cart (2) including a housing (14) for said collecting container, separable from the first cart (1) and adapted to be at least partly nested in said first cart (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: EMD Millipore Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130087491
    Abstract: A method for performing maintenance on a chromatography column (1; 41) comprising the steps of: a) when maintenance is required, detaching a detachable joint (7; 63) between a bottom plate (5; 53) of the chromatography column and a stand (3; 43) on which the chromatography column is provided; b) attaching an adaptor (15; 59) provided in the chromatography system to any part of the chromatography column (1; 41) making it possible to lift the bottom plate (5; 53) from the stand (3; 43) with the adaptor (15; 59); and c) raising the adaptor (15; 59) and thereby also the bottom plate (5; 53) such that maintenance can be performed under the bottom plate (5; 53).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES AB
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Ramakrishna, Daniel Salomonsson, Per Uselius
  • Publication number: 20130087492
    Abstract: This device is designed to separate liquid from matter, or water from ground up cement or concrete. Water is recycled from the bi-product heavy grey mud or slurry, drying up the left-over matter. This process is possible through absorption containment liquid gravity filtration, This makes the water follow toward the adsorption gravite route of exite, or drip drying. The slurry liquid or matter is suspended in an absorbent filtration by using gravity to push the water out. The filter is designed in such a way that the water drips into the desired place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Anthony Michael Lea
  • Publication number: 20130087493
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a liquid includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, (b) a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, wherein the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat, and (c) a wave energy source having a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that extends through the outlet of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis. The liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: FORET PLASMA LABS, LLC
    Inventor: FORET PLASMA LABS, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130087494
    Abstract: A pressurized fluid filtering vessel of the type having a rigid porous container which may be a basket filled with filtering material has a barrier disposed in the outlet such that, in the event of structural failure of the container, particles of the container are prevented from entering the outlet of the pressure vessel. In one version, the barrier comprises a grid and in another version, the barrier comprises a perforated plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: David Jay Taubenslag, Christopher Scott Rau
  • Publication number: 20130087495
    Abstract: A filter module according to the present invention comprises a housing having an inlet and an outlet, said housing enclosing a tubular, elongate filter element defining a longitudinal axis and a cleaning head connected by means of a conduit to a coaxially arranged and rotatably mounted pipe, said cleaning head being resiliently biased towards the internal surface of said tubular, elongate filter element. Moreover, said cleaning head has an opening of adjustable size facing said internal surface of said filter element and providing fluid communication be-tween the interior of said housing and the interior of said pipe. The filter module further comprises means for creating a pressure difference between the interior of said housing and the interior of said pipe so as to cause a fluid flow from the interior of said housing to the interior of said pipe as well as means for effecting a rotation of said pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Wilfried Riggers
  • Publication number: 20130087496
    Abstract: A disposable filtering unit includes a tube having a connection portion and an outlet respectively located on two ends thereof, and the connection portion is connected to a faucet body. The tube has a first path unit and a second path unit which has a filtering unit. A valve unit is located on a side of the tube so as to change direction of water flow to guide water to enter the first path unit and flow out from the outlet, or to enter the second path unit and flow out from the outlet via the filtering unit. The tube can be disengaged from the faucet body and disposable, and the filtering unit filters water to ensure that the water is clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Yao-Tung Chen
  • Publication number: 20130087497
    Abstract: A filter within a filter cartridge design is described that includes a sealing structure on an endplate of an outer filter element. Generally, the sealing structure includes an annular flange on the endplate that can directly seal against an interior surface of a housing when the filter cartridge is assembled for use. During filtration, the annular flange prevents a working fluid from bypassing the outer filter element. The sealing flange can seal with the housing in a press fit engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron M. WELLS, Terry W. SHULTS, Ismail C. BAGCI, Dean OLSON, Zemin JIANG, Kevin C. SOUTH, Peter K. HERMAN, Hendrik N. AMIRKHANIAN, Jeffrey B. SHARP, David P. GENTER, Norman C. BLIZARD, Melvin Douglas MCCORMICK, Jeffrey A. HUSBAND, Wassem ABDALLA, Michael J. CONNOR, Barry M. VERDEGAN, Donna BUTLER, Chad T. BRUMMITT
  • Publication number: 20130087498
    Abstract: A filtering device (100) for highly viscous media comprises at least one screen plug (10) which is movably arranged in a screen plug bore (27) of a housing (20) and which has at least one screen cavity (11, 12), a filter element (11.7) lying in said screen cavity. The screen cavity (11, 12) narrows to a funnel section (11.6) in a rear region when viewed in the flow direction, said funnel section opening into at least one screen plug outlet channel that opens upstream of the housing outlet channel (24, 25) in the production position. According to the invention, the screen plug outlet channel comprises an inlet zone (11.1, 11.2), at least one deflecting point (11.3), and an outlet zone (11.2, 12.2). The intake zone (11.1, 12.1) extends from an edge region of the funnel section (11.6), and the outlet zone (11.2, 12.2) is designed as a groove that extends on the outlet face of the screen plug (10, 10?) and/or on the inner face of the screen plug bore (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Kreyenborg Verwaltungen und Beteligungen GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Stefan Wostmann, Frank Hartmann, Robert Middler
  • Publication number: 20130087499
    Abstract: The spiral separation membrane element of the present invention includes: a perforated hollow tube (1) having a plurality of perforations (2) leading from an outer peripheral surface to an inner peripheral surface thereof; and a stack that includes a separation membrane and a passage member and that is wound around the perforated hollow tube (1). A bottomed recessed portion (3) is provided in a region covered by the stack on the outer peripheral surface of the perforated hollow tube (1). According to the present invention, permeated liquid flows into the bottomed recessed portion (3). Since the permeated liquid can flow smoothly in the bottomed recessed portion (3), the resistance to the permeated liquid can be reduced. As a result, the pressure loss can be reduced and the amount of the permeated liquid can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Uda, Toshimitsu Hamada, Shinichi Chikura
  • Publication number: 20130087500
    Abstract: A crystalline polymer microporous membrane, which contains a laminate containing two or more layers and a plurality of pores piercing through the laminate in a thickness direction thereof, where the two or more layers include a layer containing a first crystalline polymer, and a layer containing a second crystalline polymer stacked to form the laminate, wherein the first crystalline polymer has a higher melting point than a melting point of the second crystalline polymer, wherein at least the layer containing the second crystalline polymer in the laminate has a microstructure containing at least fibrils having an average long axial length of 1 ?m or shorter, and wherein at least one of the layers constituting the laminate has a plurality of pores whose average pore diameter is constant without any variation at least at part along a thickness direction of the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: FUJIFILM Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130087501
    Abstract: In a desalination system, water is treated, for example by reverse osmosis, to produce desalinated product water and a reject stream. Salt from the reject stream is transferred to a flow of low salinity wastewater, such as effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. For example, the reject stream may be fed to the high salinity cell in an electrodialysis (ED) unit. The adjacent low salinity cell receives the low salinity wastewater. The high salinity and low salinity cells are separated by ion exchange membranes. The salty wastewater is discharged, for example to the ocean. The salt-reduced reject stream is treated to extract more product water from it, for example by recycling it to the feed water. Less feed water is needed to produce a given volume of product water. If a thermal desalination unit is combined with divalent ion selective ion exchange membranes, then scaling is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPAY
    Inventors: Neil Edwin MOE, John BARBER
  • Publication number: 20130087502
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhanced water treatment comprise inorganic filter systems for impurity removal. Embodiments for water impurity removal include introducing contaminated water into an impurity removal system having an inorganic filter. The inorganic filter comprises an inorganic membrane layer supported by an inorganic support. The inorganic membrane layer comprises pores sized from about 1,000 Daltons to about 10 microns for filtering impurities such as kinetic hydrate inhibitor. Other pre-treatment and post-treatment stages may be included. The inorganic membrane layer or inorganic membrane support may comprise a ceramic such as alumina, zirconia, silica, silicon carbide, and mixed oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: David J. BLUMER, Ying XU, Bruce B. RANDOLPH, John A. CRUZE
  • Publication number: 20130087503
    Abstract: A system for collecting matter provides a low energy, low cost and nearly zero pollutant process for extracting suspended and/or dissolved matter in a medium. The system collects the matter on a material which is deployed into the medium, and the matter is extracted off the material. If the extracted matter is algae, then it can be processed into end user commercial products such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, biofuels, food products, crop fertilizer, animal feed and polymers. If the extracted matter is oil or bitumen, then it can be recovered at oil spills or in tar sands. If the medium is infected with a harmful algae bloom of cyanobacteria, then the system could not only harvest the algae for processing but also cut off a food source of remaining algae by additionally extracting suspended silt. This invention collects matter in an economically and environmentally viable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Algaeventure Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross O. Youngs, James R. Cook, Shanon I. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20130087504
    Abstract: A water treatment device and methods of treating water such as cooling tower water, agricultural water, water used in the production of oil and/or gas, swimming pool water, and hot tub or spa water, are described. The water treatment device utilizes ultraviolet radiation, a magnetic field, and ozone fortified air to treat the water, typically resulting in reduced microbial contamination and reduced alkalinity in cooling tower water. Cooling tower water may consequently be run at higher cycles of concentration while reducing or eliminating deposition of minerals on cooling tower components. Swimming pool water and hot tub water treated with the water treatment device typically requires less chlorine, and chlorine levels are typically more stable than without the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Aardvark IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Aardvark IP Holdings, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130087505
    Abstract: A travelling field reactor and a method for separating magnetizable particles from a liquid using said travelling field reactor are disclosed. The travelling field reactor may include a tubular reactor, the outer circumference of which is provided with at least one magnet for producing a travelling field and through the interior of which the liquid flows. A displacement element may be located in the interior of the tubular reactor, said element admitting a liquid into the interior of the tubular reactor, which mixes with the liquid flowing in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Vladimir Danov, Bernd Gromoll, Werner Hartmann, Andreas Schröter
  • Publication number: 20130087506
    Abstract: An assembly for separating magnetisable particles from a liquid may include a tubular reactor through which the liquid can flow and which includes a first region with at least one permanent magnet and a second region with at least one electromagnet. The first and the second region are arranged one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of the tubular reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Vladimir Danov, Andreas Schröter
  • Publication number: 20130087507
    Abstract: Despite advances in off-shore oil exploration and drilling technology, accidental oil spills do occur. Depending on their magnitude and location, irreparable damage may be inflicted on marine and coastal ecosystems. Emulsification of a water/surfactant /oil system results in the production of oil droplets and this depends on the formulation and composition variables, mixing characteristics and system preparation. Thus, research is ongoing on improving methods of cleaning up oil spills. Cactus mucilage was used to disperse and absorb oil from a simulated oil slick in different salt concentrations. Results show correlations between emulsion properties and interfacial characteristics of mucilage as function of aqueous phase salinity. Mucilage powder added to the oil floating on the water dispersed the oil film and absorbed the oil while remaining afloat, facilitates removal of the oil-mucilage aggregate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventor: University of South Florida
  • Publication number: 20130087508
    Abstract: An apparatus and process of continuous, filtration of cooking oil during food processing to reduce and control free-fatty-acids and undesirable coloration in the cooking oil, including the movement of oil from a vessel to a flat-bed pressure chamber, where the oil is filtered through a stainless steel mesh screen under pressure. Differential pressure in the chamber causes the system to run the oil to a sister filter chamber which takes over the filter function while the first chamber cleans its filter. The filters are cleaned by inducing a high pressure inert gas into the filter chamber that dries the sediment, and then a mechanical sweep removes the sediment to a waste container. The resulting alternating process of filtering and filter cleaning between two chambers is fully automated and provides filtering that considerably extends oil life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Gary Haddock
  • Publication number: 20130087509
    Abstract: A filtration system and method are provided for removing suspended solids and other affiliated pollutants from stormwater runoff and any other contaminated water. The filtration system and method utilize a filter having a geosynthetic material. By improving or replacing a conventional filtration system, such as a sand filtration system, with a geosynthetic material, the removal efficiency of suspended solids and affiliated pollutants is maintained or improved and the lifespan of the filtration system is lengthened due to simpler cleaning processes and a reduced need for material replacements. The filter can be a retrofit filter for fitting to existing storm drains for removing suspended solids and affiliated pollutants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Allen P. Davis, Ahmet H. Aydilek, David M. Ayres, Carmen Franks
  • Publication number: 20130087510
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for removing and treating contaminated materials on a bottom of a body of water and introducing growth packets to revitalize the treated bottom of the body of water. The structure may comprise a vessel with an open face. The vessel may be lowered down to the bottom of the body of water with the face facing down. As a result, the vessel and the bottom form an isolated space. The structure may comprise at least one agitating device(s) for stirring up the materials inside the vessel so as to form a mixture containing the sediment materials which in turn contain the contaminants. Multiple at least one pipe(s) may be coupled to the vessel for transporting the mixture out of the vessel for processing (filtering, treating with chemicals, etc.) so as to neutralize or eliminate the contaminants in the mixture. Then, the treated mixture can be returned to the inside of the vessel via the at least one pipe(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Environmental Lunch Box Technology LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Kryzak
  • Publication number: 20130087511
    Abstract: A scrubbing system and method reduces volatile organic compound (VOC) vapors released during hydraulic fracturing. The water created by the process itself is used to help control the VOCs. During the collection process, the water and VOCs separate in a tank. A small amount of the water from below the separated VOCs is pumped to atomization equipment above the flowback liquid. In the preferred embodiment, rotary atomizers are used to create a mist of very fine droplets. Emulsifiers may be added to the water at the atomizer. The mist containing the emulsifiers is distributed throughout the space above the flowback water in the tank and on the liquid surface and walls of the tank. The mixing of the mist containing the emulsifiers and the VOC vapor allows the emulsifiers to capture the VOC vapor and return it to the liquid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Ledebuhr, Michael H. Hetherington
  • Publication number: 20130087512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and system for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater and water. A combination of reagents such as persulfate and ozone or persulfate, ozone and hydrogen peroxide may be used to enhance destruction of organic contaminants. Reagents may be injected into the smear zone to trap and destroy volatile compounds that may otherwise escape treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ENCHEM ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Enchem Engineering, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130087513
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for skimming an upper liquid layer from a fluid body. A pond surface decanter and skimmer uses a floating platform and suspended plenum to draw an upper layer of liquid off of a lower liquid without removing the lower liquid. The skimmer may be used to separate a heavy and light liquid. The skimmer is useful in many applications such as removing rainwater from evaporation ponds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: TRACE MINERALS RESEARCH, L.C.
    Inventor: TRACE MINERALS RESEARCH, L.C.
  • Publication number: 20130087514
    Abstract: First and second liquids are separated from mixtures thereof in a holding tank that holds quantities of the two liquids after they have been separated and a quantity of the mixture that has not been separated. A first transfer conduit receives a pressurized mixture of the first and second liquids which is discharged into the holding tank. A venturi passageway is located in the first transfer conduit. A liquid conductor has an entry opening positioned so that at least a portion of the entry opening is located within the quantity of the mixture that is held in the holding tank and an exit opening that is in fluid communication with the venturi passageway. The increase in the velocity of the pressurized mixture flowing through the venturi passageway and the accompanying reduced pressure causes the mixture held in the holding tank to flow through the liquid conductor into the venturi passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ZEBRA SKIMMERS CORP.
    Inventor: Steven Davidian
  • Publication number: 20130087515
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of separation of heterogeneous mixtures and, more particularly to a solid-liquid separating tank and system. A settlement tank including: a tank wall defining a tank inner space; an internal wall structure in the inner space and defining a fluid flow path from a center of the inner space to a fluid outlet at the tank wall; and a plurality of drainage pipes having an open internal end and an outer end connected to a drainage manifold, wherein the open internal end is positioned at a bottom of the inner space to remove gravity decanted sediment and hydrostatically decanted water from the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Brown, Johanna Guerrero, Alvaro Quezada, Lenin Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130087516
    Abstract: An entertainment docking system includes a base having an upper end and a lower end; a post having an upper end and a lower end extending from the lower end of the base wherein the lower end of the post is removably secured to the lower end of the base. A tray is removably mounted to the post above the base. A holder is removably mounted to the upper end of the post. An entertainment docking system has a base; a tapered locking shaft having twist and lock ridges formed thereon and the shaft has a lower end secured to the base. A tray is removably attached to the shaft having mounting twist and lock openings having recesses therein to cooperate with the twist and lock ridges of the post. A holder is removably attached to an upper end of the shaft and has mating twist and lock openings having recesses therein to cooperate with the twist and lock ridges of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Christine Kowalewski, Andrew Kowalewski, Deborah Graham, Douglas Graham
  • Publication number: 20130087517
    Abstract: A supporting device for a tablet personal computer comprising a baseplate, a locating plate for placing the tablet personal computer and a supporting shelf for supporting the locating plate is disclosed. A wireless keyboard wirelessly communicatively coupled to the tablet personal computer is equipped on the baseplate. The supporting shelf comprises a supporting plate and a sliding plate. The first end of the supporting plate is in folding connection with the sliding plate and the second end of the supporting plate is connected with the locating plate. The sliding plate is slideably arranged on the baseplate. When in use, the inclination angle of the locating plate can be adjusted through sliding the sliding plate. In such a way, the inclination angle of the tablet personal computer can be further adjusted, so as to adapt the requirements of different people and different locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Renkang ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20130087518
    Abstract: A server rack includes a side plate and a tray. A pin is secured on the side plate. A tray includes a sidewall. A slit is defined in the sidewall. A locking member is pivotally mounted on the sidewall. The locking member includes a locking protrusion which is adapted to be slide in the slit to abut the pin. An elastic piece is secured on the sidewall. The locking member is pressed by the elastic piece. The locking member rotates on the sidewall to have the locking protrusion sliding out of the slit and moving away from the pin. The elastic piece is elastically deformed by the locking member when the locking member rotates on the sidewall, rebounds to rotate the locking member backward to have the locking protrusion sliding in the slit and abutting the shaft portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD .
    Inventor: YU-WEI HE
  • Publication number: 20130087519
    Abstract: A frame structure for solar cell module is disclosed, which has four sidebars and each sidebar is comprised of a bottom, a first vertical wall, a second vertical wall, a first horizontal wall and a second horizontal wall in a manner that the first vertical wall is formed with a width larger than the second vertical wall; the second vertical wall is connected to the bottom and spaced from the first vertical wall by a first distance; the second horizontal wall is connected to the first vertical wall by an end away from the bottom; the first horizontal wall is connected to the first vertical wall and is spaced from the second horizontal wall by a second distance; the second horizontal is formed with a thin panel at a side that is proximate to the first horizontal wall for blocking the overflow of a filling material in the frame structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HULK ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SHEN-SHIOU SUNG
  • Publication number: 20130087520
    Abstract: An updated version of the tradition shower caddy according to the present invention is designed to use retractable cords and removable clips as an aide to assist in storage of bathing/shower products instead of plastic racks or wire trays as used in traditional shower caddies. The device according to the present invention comprises an over-the-door hanger for the device to mount on a shower enclosure panel or door, at least one retractable reel and noncorrosive retractable cord attached to the over-the-door hanger, at least one removable clip attached to the retractable cord for securely holding shower articles such as shampoo, conditioner, body soap and the like, at least one hook for robe, body scrubber, and towels, and a soap dish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Charlyne Cutler
  • Publication number: 20130087521
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hoist mechanism comprising a lifting arm wherein: when the lifting arm is in a fully raised position, a projecting upper end section of a major part of the lifting arm extends substantially horizontally; an effective length of the projecting upper end section is made variable by the provision of an extension element adjustably fixed to it; and the lifting arm is variable in upstanding height by a provision of a lower end section slidably connected to the major part of the lifting arm, wherein both length and height variations are made by stepless adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: AUTOCHAIR LIMITED
    Inventor: Autochair Limited