Patents Issued in November 27, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140346078
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a protective case for a portable electronic device, including a back cover and a front cover for housing a portable electronic device therein, wherein the back cover and the front cover include one or more mating surfaces operationally configured to fluidly seal the perimeter of the protective case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: DAVID CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140346079
    Abstract: Inflatable packaging with self-sealing fill channels having a first boundary layer, a second boundary layer, a first valve layer and a second valve layer are disclosed. The first and second valve layers are attached together to form a valve strip that has a plurality of valves and a lengthwise air channel in fluid communication with an entrance of each of the plurality of valves. Outermost, lengthwise edges of the first and second boundary layers are attached to each other and the valve strip is positioned between the first and second boundary layers with at least a portion of the lengthwise air channel not covered by the first and second boundary layers. A plurality of cross seams are formed in the first and second boundary layers and the portion of the valve strip positioned therebetween to define a plurality of inflatable cavities such as dunnage cavities or bubble cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Larry C. Gess
  • Publication number: 20140346080
    Abstract: A crate system that includes a crate body that can be easily adjusted in size onsite that does not required hand tools. The crate body includes four width adjustable side walls, sandwiches between a lower planar support base and an upper top panel. Each side wall includes at least one lower side wall component affixed to the perimeter edge of the support base and at least one upper side wall component. The lower and upper side wall components are stacked in an edge to edge manner and interconnected with pegs and holes to adjust the width of the side wall. External straps are extended around the outside surfaces of the side walls, support base and top panel to hold them together. The support base includes at least two rows of elongated slots that extend transversely and longitudinally over the support base and foam pads. A plurality of internal straps is provided with an end connector inserted into one of the slots and automatically engages the slot to prevents its removal when the strap is pulled upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: William Knutz, Tonie Knutz
  • Publication number: 20140346081
    Abstract: A package including a container and a cover sheet, the container having a first section and a second section connected at a breakable joint, the first section includes a well, and the cover sheet is adhered to at least a portion of the first section and at least a portion of the second section and the cover sheet covers the well. Either the first section or the second section is adapted to pivot to assist in breaking the breakable joint in order to separate the first section and the second section, and allow removal of the cover sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry S. Sowden, Gerard P. McNally, R. Scott Shorts
  • Publication number: 20140346082
    Abstract: A front holder section for use in forming a holder for used plastic bags. The front holder section has at least two container sections with the first container section having a first front wall and first and second sidewalls extending rearwardly from the sides of the first front wall. The second container section has a second front wall, smaller than the first front wall, extending transversely from the second side wall of the first container section. The second container section also has a third side wall extending rearwardly from the free side of the second front wall. The second sidewall of the first container section completes the second container section. The three sidewalls terminate in free side edges which edges are aligned in a straight line. Each container section has an opening at least near each end, one opening acting as an inlet to load bags into the container, the other opening acting as an outlet to remove bags from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Winikoff
  • Publication number: 20140346083
    Abstract: Provided is a packaging container for containing stacked sheets of paper, or a paper sheet package body having sheets of paper contained therein. The container or the box of the paper sheet package body is provided with a paper sheet extraction opening straddling two adjacent surfaces of the container or of the box, or with a cut for forming the extraction opening. The extraction opening is provided with: end sections located at both ends thereof in the boundary direction extending along the boundary between the two surfaces; first and second narrow sections located between both end sections and narrowed in the direction perpendicular to the boundary direction; and a protrusion located between the first and second narrow sections and protruding further toward an end section of either one and/or the other of the two surfaces than both end sections, the end section being located on the side opposite the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Masahiko Sugisawa
  • Publication number: 20140346084
    Abstract: A serving tray may include an open-sided tray body and a plurality of bands. The tray body may include a tray bottom and at least one side wall projecting from the tray bottom and defining a wall perimeter, wherein the tray bottom and the at least one side wall define an open space above the bottom and within the wall perimeter. The plurality of bands may extending at least partially across the open space to form a band pattern spaced apart from the tray bottom, the band pattern dividing the open space into a plurality of subdivided areas. The band pattern may be configured to maintain the relative positions of items, e.g., glasses, bottles, dishes, condiments, etc., received in the subdivided areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Finell Company, LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca Finell, Alexandra Madeleine Busch
  • Publication number: 20140346085
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing an isotropic pitch for carbon fiber having a high softening point, and more particularly, a method of preparing an isotropic pitch for carbon fiber by mixing petroleum residues with C9 fraction to form a mixture and then heating the mixture to perform heat polymerization. With the method of preparing an isotropic pitch according to the present invention, a separate catalyst is not required, and the isotropic pitch for carbon fiber having a low softening point may be prepared with a high yield even at a relatively low temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Se OH, Sang Wook Park, Su Jeong Lee
  • Publication number: 20140346086
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for distributing a liquid and gas in a multiple-bed downflow reactor, such as a hydrocarbon processing reactor, like a hydrocracker. The device comprises respectively the method uses a distributor device comprising a substantially horizontal collecting tray provided with a central gas passage. Gas passing in downward direction through the central gas passage is forced into a swirling motion by a swirler. This swirling motion has a swirl direction around a vertical swirl axis so that the gas leaves the central gas passage as a swirl. At a location above the collecting tray, a quench fluid is ejected into gas in an ejection direction, which is, viewed in a horizontal plane, at least partly opposite to the swirl direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Sujatha Degaleesan, Charles Eduard Dammis Ouwerkerk, Benoît Witkamp, Rachel Anna Worthen
  • Publication number: 20140346087
    Abstract: Phosphoranimide-metal catalysts and their role in hydrodesulfurization and hydrogenation are disclosed. The catalysts comprise of first row transition metals such as nickel, cobalt and iron. The catalysts have a metal to anionic phosphoranimide ratio of 1:1 and have no inactive bulk phase and no dative ancillary ligands. In one embodiment, the catalysts comprise discrete mixed-valent precatalyst clusters, the electronic state of which can be adjusted to optimize catalytic activity. The catalysts catalyze the hydrodesulfurization of a range of sulfur-containing organic compounds under lower temperature and pressure conditions than those conditions commonly used in industrial hydrodesulfurization. The catalysts also catalyze the hydrogenation of substrates comprising at least one carbon-carbon double bond which is not present in an aromatic moiety, although the substrate itself may include an aromatic moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: Houston J.S. BROWN, Jeffrey Mark Stryker, Dominque M. Hebert
  • Publication number: 20140346088
    Abstract: A method for extracting hydrocarbons from a poor processing bitumen froth is provided comprising subjecting a bitumen, solids and water slurry to flotation in a flotation device to produce the poor processing bitumen froth; optionally subjecting the poor processing bitumen froth to centrifugation to remove a portion of the water from the poor processing bitumen froth; and subjecting the poor processing bitumen froth to supercritical extraction in a pressure vessel using a supercritical fluid to produce a hydrocarbon stream suitable for further upgrading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project
    Inventors: SIMON YUAN, BRENT HILSCHER
  • Publication number: 20140346089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a class of novel surfactants that have utility in the recovery and/or extraction of oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: David S. Soane, Rosa Casado Portilla, John H. Dise, Robert P. Mahoney
  • Publication number: 20140346090
    Abstract: Use of chemical pretreatment agents on the subsequent enzymatic conversion of coal is described. As an example, fungal manganese peroxidase (MnP) produced by the agaric white-rot fungus Bjerkandera adusta, where the enzyme MnP has little effect on the untreated coal controls, was investigated. The nature of pretreatment agents and their applied concentrations were found to have significant impact on subsequent enzymatic conversion of coal. Four agents were investigated: HNO3, catalyzed H2O2, KMnO4, and NaOH. Hydrogen peroxide was found to generate the greatest quantity of total organic carbon from the coal samples employed. Combined chemical and enzymatic treatment of coal is appropriate for enhanced depolymerisation of coal and coal-derived constituents and results in chemically heterogeneous and complex liquefaction products like humic and fulvic acids, which will have important ramifications in the generation of liquid and gaseous fuels from coals as nonpetroleum-derived fuel alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Michael A. Urynowicz, Zaixing Huang
  • Publication number: 20140346091
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing mined material that includes an applicator assembly (2) is disclosed. The applicator assembly includes a plurality of applicators (12) for exposing a moving bed of fragments of mined material to electromagnetic radiation as the bed of fragments moves through the applicator assembly. The applicators are arranged so that, in use, there is a high level of assurance that all of the fragments in the moving bed will receive at least a minimum exposure to electromagnetic radiation by the time the fragments reach an outlet end (8) of the applicator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY. LIMITED
    Inventors: Samuel Kingman, Georgios Dimitrakis, Christopher Dodds, Grant Ashley Wellwood
  • Publication number: 20140346092
    Abstract: In a rotary drum type litter separating apparatus including a cylindrical unit supported rotatably and having a peripheral surface formed in a mesh form as a part of the cylindrical unit, the cylindrical unit includes a bottomed part which closes one end of the cylindrical unit and a loaning/unloading port which opens the other end of the cylindrical unit, and a mesh part which is a detachable separate member is further attached to an outer periphery of the cylindrical unit. The litter separating apparatus is capable of separating various kinds of litter of different sizes from sand, thereby reliably collecting the litter. Moreover, the mesh part can be replaced easily. Thus, the workability is improved, and the man-hour is reduced. Such litter separating apparatus is capable of efficiently collecting various kinds and different sizes of litter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KIMURA, Kamio ABE
  • Publication number: 20140346093
    Abstract: Banknotes are taken into a banknote recognition and counting machine (10), a recognition and counting process for the banknotes is performed by a recognition and counting unit (24), judgment for the banknotes is performed by using a first judgment threshold value, based on the recognition result on each banknote recognized by the recognition and counting unit (24), and then the banknotes are fed, selectively, to a stacking unit (26) or reject unit (30), based on the judgment result on each banknote. Then the banknotes, respectively fed to the reject unit (30), are taken again into the banknote recognition and counting machine (10), the recognition and counting process for such banknotes is performed by the recognition and counting unit (24), and then the judgment for the banknotes is performed, by using a second judgment threshold value set smaller than the first judgment threshold value, based on the recognition result on each banknote recognized by the recognition and counting unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji MATSUURA, Hajime MORINO
  • Publication number: 20140346094
    Abstract: High-speed, triangulation-based, 3-D method and system for inspecting manufactured parts and sorting the inspection parts are provided. A plurality of angularly-spaced, triangulation-based, sensor heads are located at an imaging station to simultaneously deliver focused lines of radiation onto a plurality of exterior side surfaces of the part during motion of the part relative to the focused lines to obtain corresponding arrays of reflected lines of radiation. The sensor heads simultaneously sense their corresponding arrays of reflected lines to obtain corresponding sets of 2-D profile signals. Each set of profile signals represent a 3-D view of one of the exterior side surfaces and the sets of 2-D profile signals represent a 360° panoramic composite 3-D view of the outer peripheral surface of the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Michael G. Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20140346095
    Abstract: A high-speed, high-resolution, triangulation-based, 3-D method and system for inspecting manufactured parts and sorting the inspected parts are provided. The method includes consecutively transferring the parts so that the parts move along a path which extends from a supply of parts and through an imaging station. A triangulation-based sensor head is supported at the imaging station. The sensor head is configured to generate focused lines of radiation and to sense corresponding reflected lines of radiation. The focused lines are delivered onto an end surface of each part to obtain a corresponding array of reflected lines of radiation. The sensor head senses the array of reflected lines to obtain a corresponding set of 2-D profile signals. The set of profile signals represent a 3-D view of the end surface. The set of 2-D profile signals of each part is processed to identify parts having an unacceptable defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: GII ACQUISITION, LLC dba GENERAL INSPECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Andrew-Paul KUJACZNSKI, Michael G. Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20140346096
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item part are provided. A receiver may receive an image of the mail item part. A processor may decompose a segment of the mail item part into a string vector; quantify a first closeness between the string vector and a first library vector that corresponds to a first mail item part destination; and quantify a second closeness between the string vector and a second library vector that corresponds to a second mail item part destination; and link to the image routing information to route the mail item part to that of the first and second mail item part destinations that corresponds to the greatest of the first and second closeness. A transmitter may transmit the image to that of the first and second mail item part destinations that corresponds to the greatest of the first and second closeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Felse, David T. Frew, John B. Hall, Tessa R. Cooke
  • Publication number: 20140346097
    Abstract: A high-speed method and system for inspecting a stream of parts using at least one transparent traveling carrier of a conveyor subsystem are provided. The subsystem has a forward reach and a return reach. The method includes controllably receiving a stream of parts in rapid succession on the at least one traveling carrier and utilizing the subsystem to transfer the stream of parts in rapid succession to a part inspection station. The bottom surface of each part is illuminated through its traveling carrier with radiant energy when the part is located at the inspection station to generate reflected radiation signals which travel through its traveling carrier. A bottom image of each illuminated bottom surface is formed from the reflected radiation signals at an imaging location between the forward and return reaches at the inspection station. The bottom images are detected at the imaging location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Nathan Andrew-Paul Kujacznski, James W. St. Onge, Michael G. Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20140346098
    Abstract: A device for processing a material mixture, with a first conveyor belt which is connected to a chamber, has at least one pressure blower provided in the internal space of the chamber for generating an airflow aimed from below at the material mixture falling into the chamber. At least two collectors are arranged offset along the chamber floor at different distances to the entry point of the material mixture which faces the chamber. These collectors are delimited from one another in terms of surface area by at least one separating crest, which is movably arranged on the chamber floor and extends from the chamber floor in the direction of the chamber upper side. A first material group, such as stones and/or inert materials and/or heavy parts, with the lowest fluid resistance of all material groups of the material mixture, is separable at least to some extent from the material flow in a first separation region, in which a fluid flow and a material mixture flow through the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Komptech Umwelttechnik Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd THIELEPAPE, Joerg BRINKSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20140346099
    Abstract: Rainwater run-off from a roof or other structure may be collected via a system of gutters and downspouts for delivery via gravity to a collection pipe, then via gravity to a connective pipe, and then via gravity to a filter system where the collected rainwater may be filtered and then delivered via gravity to one or more storage tanks When needed, the filtered rainwater may be pumped from the storage tank(s) via a distribution system to an irrigation system or other destination. The distribution system may include a hydropneumatic water tank and a centrifugal filter. If the storage tank(s) is/are empty, then an empty indicator may cause water from a water supply source to be used to irrigate instead of the filtered harvested rainwater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA
    Inventors: Thomas Paul Brantley, Joseph Colson Harvey
  • Publication number: 20140346100
    Abstract: An overflow strainer includes: a restraining portion (two or more tabs configured to prevent the overflow strainer from falling down the overflow tube, and/or a lip configured for the same purpose); a sealing portion (a lip configured to seal against the top of the overflow tube, and/or a body configured to seal against an internal wall of the overflow tube, and/or a concentric outer seal configured to seal against an external wall of the overflow tube); and a mesh portion configured to block waste solids while allowing fluids to pass. Further, a handle may facilitate the user extracting the overflow strainer from inside of the overflow tube. The mesh portion may be substantially conical or cylindrical or hemispherical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Marshall Harlan, Michael Allen Casto
  • Publication number: 20140346101
    Abstract: A microfluidic chromatography element in which all components are situated in one plane and the mobile phase perfuses the stationary phase laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Rothacher
  • Publication number: 20140346102
    Abstract: A collapsible colander having a back wall, a front wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls. The back wall is positioned adjacent to a sink wall and is configured to attach to the sink wall. The front wall opposes the back wall and is moveable between a first position that is parallel to the back wall and a second position. The bottom wall has a number of apertures formed therethrough and has at least a first position that is substantially perpendicular to the back wall. The pair of side walls each have a first edge connected to the front wall and a second edge connected to the back wall. Additionally, the pair of side walls each have two or more hinges operable to move the front wall between at least the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Todd B. Housley
  • Publication number: 20140346103
    Abstract: A filter base cap for sealing and protecting a filter base once a filter has been removed for storage, shipping and transporting of a mechanical system is provided. The filter base cap attaches to the filter base of the system to prevent leakage of residual fluid within the system, such as an engine or other device, after the system has been tested. The filter base cap will provide fluid circulation in the event the mechanical system is started prior to replacing filter base cap with a filter that would otherwise provide fluid flow to the mechanical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Baldwin Filters, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Worm, Steven J. Merritt
  • Publication number: 20140346104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic filter element (22) for removal of liquid from solids containing material in a capillary suction dryer. The filter element comprises a ceramic substrate covered by a sintered ceramic microporous layer (31). The sintered microporous membrane layer is provided with coarse solid particles (71) of a particle size larger than a pore size of the membrane material layer (31) so as to form a textured surface (50) which prevents a filter cake from sliding off the surface of the filter element prior to the intended cake discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Outotec (Filters) Oy
    Inventors: Bjarne Ekberg, Olli Högnabba, Rolf Hindstöm, David Eveland, Edward Vroman
  • Publication number: 20140346105
    Abstract: A system capable of removing wastes from blood is provided. In one example, the system comprises a dialysate regeneration chamber comprising a dialysate regeneration fabric. The dialysate regeneration fabric comprises an ion exchanger, ion-selective activated fibers, and urease disposed between the ion exchanger and the activated carbon fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Takuji Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20140346106
    Abstract: Provided is a metal substrate gasket with a filter function that is easy to machine/assemble and is capable of reducing the number of parts as well as cost. To achieve said purpose, the metal substrate gasket with filter function, which is provided with a filter section in which holes have been drilled on a portion of the flat surface of the metal substrate and is provided with a sealing section around the filter section, is characterized in that in the sealing section, respective elastic rubber seals cover the two surfaces of the metal substrate in the thickness direction. The metal substrate gasket is also characterized in that a sealing bead section is formed in the metal substrate in the sealing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Anzai, Shinya Nakaoka, Masaru Ito, Isao Tanji
  • Publication number: 20140346107
    Abstract: Polymer compositions that may be used to form fibers for a fiber web are generally described. In some embodiments, certain properties of the polymer compositions (e.g., molecular weight distribution, melt flow index, melt elasticity, and/or melt toughness) may allow the formation of fiber webs having fine fibers and a relatively low amount of process defects. In some instances, these properties of the polymer composition may be achieved by combining two or more polymer components. Fiber webs formed using the polymer composition may have increased performance and/or better structural characteristics compared to fibers webs formed using a single polymer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: Nagendra Anantharamaiah, William S. Freeman, Bruce Smith
  • Publication number: 20140346108
    Abstract: Sludge from an anaerobic digester is treated to recover one or more of fibers, or solids or liquids with a high nutrient content. The solids or liquids can be used as a fertilizer. The fibers can be used in a plant growing medium. Solids are separated from liquids in the sludge and dried. The solids may be dried to produce a flake or pellet. Ammonia in the liquids is recovered and used to produce a concentrated acidic ammonium salt solution. This solution may be mixed with the solids to produce a nitrogen enhanced solid. The fibers and solids or liquids can also be used in combination to produce an enhanced plant growing medium. A device and process for removing ammonia from a liquid can be used in the system or separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Anaergia Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Josse, Andrew Benedek, Michael David Thedoulou, Zachary Scott
  • Publication number: 20140346109
    Abstract: There is described a number of biological nutrient removal processes including Anammox Process, Biological Phosphorus Removal (BPR), Partial Nitrification, Full Nitrification, Partial Denitrification, Full Denitrification and Denitrification via BPR taking place in a Simultaneous Treatment of Anammox/PAOs Reactor (STAR) coupled with an Anaerobic Lateral Unit (ALU). In one aspect, there is a wastewater treatment system comprises a bioreactor having three consecutive stages: and an anaerobic lateral unit (ALU) coupled to the bioreactor; the bioreactor and A LU are configured to conduct biological removal of nutrients from the wastewater using a plurality of biological processes simultaneously. The three consecutive stages of the bioreactor comprise two Anoxic stages configured consecutively followed by one Aerobic stage. The stages may be oriented vertically and use gravity for fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Manuel Alvarez-Cuenca, Maryam Reza
  • Publication number: 20140346110
    Abstract: The filtration membrane (102) includes an ozone producing circuit (120) having a plurality of electrically conductive lines (122, 124) disposed directly upon an active surface (102a) of the filtration membrane (102). The electrically conductive lines (122, 124) form spaced-apart and interleaved anodes (122) and cathodes (124). Ozone and other mixed oxidants coming from the ozone producing circuit (120) will prevent and/or remove biofilm formations on the active surface (102a) without the need of an outside source of gas. They can also remove at least some undesirable dissolved gases from the liquid being purified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Ozomax Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Salama, Marianne Salama
  • Publication number: 20140346111
    Abstract: In a seawater treatment method in which after seawater is coagulated by a coagulant and is processed by a solid-liquid separation treatment, an RO treatment is performed, RO feed water having a good water quality is obtained by a small addition amount of the coagulant, and by the RO treatment of the RO feed water, a stable RO treatment can be performed over a long period of time. In a seawater treatment method which is a pretreatment method performed prior to a membrane separation treatment of seawater, after a cationic organic flocculant and/or an inorganic coagulant is added to seawater to conduct a reaction, a coagulation treatment is performed by addition of an alkaline solution of a high molecular weight compound which has a phenolic hydroxide and which is insolubilized under a high salt concentration, and a solid-liquid separation treatment is then performed. Subsequently, this treated water is desalinated by a membrane separation treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oi, Tomoya Iuchi
  • Publication number: 20140346112
    Abstract: A particulate material includes agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone binder. A process for preparing a diatomaceous earth product includes agglomerating at least one natural diatomaceous earth with at least one silicone material, and subjecting the agglomerated diatomaceous earth to at least one heat treatment at a temperature ranging from about 600° C. to about 1,000° C. A filter aid composition includes a diatomaceous earth product including an agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone material. A method of filtering at least one liquid includes passing the at least one liquid through at least one filter membrane including a diatomaceous earth product including agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Bo Wang
  • Publication number: 20140346113
    Abstract: A composition for use in bioseparation. The composition includes a plurality of hollow particles having a siliceous surface. The composition further includes a surface-modifying agent bonded to the hollow particles. The surface-modifying agent includes a binding segment and a reactive segment. The binding segment includes a silyl group and the reactive segment includes a reactive nitrogen group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakamura, Naota Sugiyama, Cynthia D. Zook, Stephen E. Amos, Jerald K. Rasmussen, Nicole M. Gryska
  • Publication number: 20140346114
    Abstract: Flow and product waste water from fracturing can be cleaned and reused utilizing a precipitation methodology incorporating, in part, a super critical reactor 30. Initially, the waste water is treated to remove solids, destroy bacteria, and precipitate out certain salts, such as barium, strontium, calcium, magnesium and iron. The waste water then can be passed through a radioactive material adsorption unit 20 to remove radium, as well as other radioactive materials, and then introduced into the super critical reactor 30. The super critical reactor is designed to bring the waste water to super critical conditions at a central portion of the reactor. This causes any dissolve solids, in particular sodium chloride and the like, to precipitate out of solution in the center 42 of the reactor 30 thereby avoiding scale formation on the walls of the reactor. A catalyst can be utilized to promote the breakdown of carbon bonds and promote the water/gas shift reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Jason Patrick Trembly
  • Publication number: 20140346115
    Abstract: There is provided an aggregate of radioactive material removing particles in which two or more radioactive material removing particles having magnetic particles and a radioactive material adsorption component are assembled, wherein a pore volume in the aggregate is 0.5 mL/g or more and 5.0 mL/g or less, and the pore volume means a cumulative value obtained by a mercury press-in method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshihisa NAMIKI, Toshihiko UEYAMA, Takayuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140346116
    Abstract: An oil absorbing article which includes an oil absorbent material which is stable against melting at a temperature of at least about 100° F. in an aqueous environment; a receptacle for holding the oil absorbent material having a porous material which is stable against melting at a temperature of at least about 100° F. in an aqueous environment and which permits the passage of water and oil components through the receptacle; and a flexible handle attached to the receptacle for hanging the oil absorbent article in the aqueous environment. Also, a method for using the oil absorbing article by placing the article in an aqueous environment having a temperature of at least about 100° F. and which is contaminated with oil components for a period of time sufficient to remove at least a portion of the oil components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: PAC, INC.
    Inventor: John Holtslander
  • Publication number: 20140346117
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting the plugging of a conduit containing a flowable mixture comprising at least an amount of hydrocarbons capable of forming hydrates in the presence of water and an amount of water, which method comprises adding to the mixture an amount of a functionalized dendrimer effective to inhibit formation and/or accumulation of hydrates in the mixture at conduit temperatures and pressures; and flowing the mixture containing the functionalized dendrimer and any hydrates through the conduit wherein the functionalized dendrimer comprises at least one quaternary ammonium zwitterionic functional end group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Ulfert Cornelis Klomp
  • Publication number: 20140346118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for separation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon-containing produced water, comprising; a separator tank, at least one inlet tube (22, 27), at least one branch means (6) distributing the produced water stream, at least one outlet nozzle (7) and at least one guide vane (8.1) mounted under each outlet nozzle and leading water over the next outlet nozzle; at least one outlet (12) in the bottom of the tank for cleaned water and at least one outlet (9, 35, 36) rejecting rising gas with adherent oil droplets, at least one shroud (39) is arranged entirely or partly along the inside of at least one guide vane (8.1) in an angle of 30° to 150° related to the at least one guide vane (8.1). Further the invention relates to a process for separation of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon-containing produced water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jorn Folkvang
  • Publication number: 20140346119
    Abstract: A transmission assembly has a clutch or brake, an oil filter, an electrically driven hydraulic pump and a controller controlling the pump. In the method for operating an oil filter system for transmission oil, the actual contamination level Va (%) of the transmission oil is determined indirectly by a contamination model Va (%)=Vstart(IW %)?A (%)+B (%)+C (%), wherein Vstart (IW %) is a starting contamination value, A (%) depends on the hydraulic pump flow rate, B (%) depends on a clutch energy input, and C (%) depends on a transmission performance. When a contamination threshold value Vs (%) is exceeded, the hydraulic pump is switched on, until the actual contamination level Va (%), after decrementing by A (%) in the contamination model, is equal to or less than the contamination level threshold value Va (%) minus a fixed hysteresis value VH (%).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: STEFAN AMMLER, DIETMAR SCHULLER, HANS-PETER FLEISCHMANN
  • Publication number: 20140346120
    Abstract: Disclosed is an operating logic of an organic material thermal hydrolysis system. One or at least two reactors are used and controlled according to a control program based on an operating logic stored in a PLC or a micro-computer to improve digestion efficiency and to minimize an amount of a sludge dehydrated cake in a dehydration process after the digestion process has been performed. Waste heat generated from a reactor is used to preheat the conditioning tank to save operating energy, and continuously generated waste heat is continuously used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Seok-woong Kang
  • Publication number: 20140346121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treatment of a sulphide-containing spent caustic via chemical conversion of the sulphides, wherein the method is comprised of the following steps: introducing the spent caustic into a reaction chamber (18) that is comprised of at least one acoustic power converter (22) and one cavitation element (20), treating the spent caustic with ultrasound from the at least one acoustic power converter (22), feeding a gas mixture containing ozone into the reaction chamber and distributing the gas mixture containing ozone in the spent caustic using the cavitation element (20), wherein the sulphide-containing spent caustic is converted with the gas mixture containing ozone, forming non-sulphide-bearing, inorganic sulphur compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ulrich Poeschl, Carmelo Oliveri
  • Publication number: 20140346122
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for determining and controlling water clarity or water opacity especially useful in pools, spas, and contained bodies of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen P. Kasten
  • Publication number: 20140346123
    Abstract: A sedimentation device for separating a material mix, preferably plastic flakes, including a sedimentation basin configured to receive the material mix and a liquid, for example water; an inlet configured to introduce the material mix and/or the liquid into the sedimentation basin; an outlet configured to remove sediment from the sedimentation basin; at least one stilling plate within the sedimentation basin configured as an ultrasonic oscillating element. The invention moreover relates to a method for removing sediment from a sedimentation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Thomas Friedlaender
  • Publication number: 20140346124
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the decontamination of contaminated liquid, as well as a reactor for implementing a decontamination method. The method comprises a step of mixing the contaminated liquid under stirring with at least one persulphate ion with the exception of ammonium persulphate, and at least iron, an iron atom or an iron ion in its ferrous or ferric form at a concentration between 50 ?M and 600 ?M, preferably between 100 ?M and 400 ?M, a second step in which the mixture obtained is subjected for a sufficient time to at least one UV/visible irradiation having a narrow wavelength spectrum comprised between 153 nm and 560 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS)
    Inventors: Stephane Barbati, Serge Chiron, Moussa Mahdi Ahmed, Hichem Bouzidi
  • Publication number: 20140346125
    Abstract: A system and method of desalting salty sludge is provided. The method includes providing a salty sludge; processing the salty sludge to increase its surface area; adding water to the salty sludge to make a sludge slurry and to wash the salty sludge; removing and purifying degraded water from the sludge slurry, and recirculating purified water into the sludge slurry; separating a liquid phase and a solid phase of the sludge slurry and purifying the liquid phase; identifying a salt concentration in the solid phase and comparing the salt concentration to a desired value; and adding water to the solid phase if the salt concentration is greater than the desired value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Robert W. Stiles, JR., Dennis P. DeLong, Thomas Losordo
  • Publication number: 20140346126
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system using a melting filter medium for separating a mixture (e.g., a mixture of an aqueous solution and either or both of oil and solids immiscible in the aqueous solution) to be separated. The mixture is separated into a liquid passing through the filter layer of the filter medium and a captured material captured in the filter layer. The filter medium and the captured material are separated by melting the filter medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: LOCAL INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY
    Inventors: Masahiro Teduka, Takeshi Nishioka, Masaharu Jo
  • Publication number: 20140346127
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a filter structure. A second porous film having a plurality of second holes is disposed on a first porous film having a plurality of first holes. The second holes are smaller than the first holes. The filter structure is dried by an easy and power-saving method such as compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: MING-DER BAI, TE-CHANG LAN, KUO-TI CHEN, HOM-TI LEE, YUN-HUIN LIN