Patents Issued in October 9, 2018
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Patent number: 10093524Abstract: An air pressure controller having an inlet and an outlet, the controller may be configured to reduce air pressure between the inlet and the outlet and includes an exhaust port configured to exhaust air if a pressure at the outlet rises above a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Paratech, IncorporatedInventors: Kenneth E. Nielsen, George Roxton, William O. Teach
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Patent number: 10093525Abstract: The present invention concerns a remotely operated vehicle or robot for picking up storage bins from a storage system. The inventive vehicle or robot comprises a vehicle body, which vehicle body further comprises a first section for storing vehicle driving means and a second section for receiving any storage bin stored in a storage column within the storage system, a vehicle lifting device which is at least indirectly connected to the vehicle body in order to lift the storage bin into the second section, a first set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a first direction (X) within the storage system during use and a second set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a second direction (Y) in the storage system during use. The second direction (Y) is oriented perpendicular to the first direction (X).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Autostore Technology ASInventor: Ingvar Hognaland
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Patent number: 10093526Abstract: A mobile drive unit is provided for transporting an inventory holder. The mobile drive unit is operable to dock with the inventory holder, move the inventory holder in a first translational direction, and while docked with the inventory holder, selectively rotate the inventory holder while continuing to move in the first translational direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Raffaello D'Andrea
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Patent number: 10093527Abstract: Nonlimiting embodiments including methods and apparatus are provided for moving coils of flexible pipe. A pipe coil lifting device comprises a superstructure having a pair of longitudinal channels attached to and forming sides of an outermost portion of the superstructure, a longitudinal central member extending between the channel portions, the superstructure having at least one cross-member perpendicular and attached to the central member and channel portions, and wherein the top of the superstructure forms a convex upper surface attached to the channel portions, central member and cross-members.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TRINITY BAY EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Max Reedy
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Patent number: 10093528Abstract: The capping industry has many variations in each cap that is placed on containers. It is very critical that a capping chuck have the ability to adapt quickly and easily to each and every cap that is available. The present invention uses the flexibility in its construction to grasp all variations to the caps without the need for expensive and time consuming shut downs. The present capping chuck meets these ever expanding changes within the industry.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventors: Michael P. Scott, Larry D. Dotson
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Patent number: 10093529Abstract: The present utility model discloses an electric tinfoil-cutting device for automatic corkscrews, which comprises a reduction gearbox, a driving motor, a movable support and a blade assembly comprising a blade-mounting carrier and blade-mounting blocks, wherein the movable support are provided with support limit projections which are embedded in mounting carrier limit notches of the blade-mounting carrier, each of the blade-mounting blocks comprises a horizontal mounting block portion and a vertical mounting block portion, and a tinfoil-cutting blade is mounted on the vertical mounting block portion. The electric tinfoil-cutting device of the present utility model can achieve an automatic tinfoil-cutting function and has the advantages of novel structural design, high degree of automation, and convenience in use.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventors: Xiaoxian Song, Haihong Zhu
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Patent number: 10093530Abstract: A beverage making machine may be arranged to cool a precursor liquid in a tank using a cooling liquid in a cooling container disposed around the tank. The cooling liquid may be freezable to form ice, e.g., to provide the system with improved cooling capacity and/or speed. A plurality of fins may extend between the tank and the cooling container, with each of the plurality of fins being physically attached to the cooling container or the tank and being arranged to conduct heat from the tank and/or from the cooling liquid. The plurality of fins may include first portions attached to the tank and extending outwardly, and second portions attached to the cooling container and extending inwardly. Side surfaces of corresponding first and second portions may be in contact with each other to aid in transferring heat via the fin portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Bedford Systems LLCInventors: Steven Mackey, Pranav Chopra, Scott Grubb, Thomas Fedorka, Jeremy B. Gordon, Stephen Hingston
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Patent number: 10093531Abstract: A removable fuel handle brace is provided, comprising: a pair of parallel horizontal sides, each having a hook on an inner end bent approximately 180° in a first direction; a pair of parallel vertical sides having a first end extending from an outer end of each horizontal side approximately 90° in a second direction opposite the first direction; an upper cross-piece connecting second ends of the vertical sides; a lower cross-piece having first and second ends connected to the vertical sides between the first and second ends of the vertical sides; and a pair of horizontal extensions connected to the first and second ends of the lower cross-piece and extending in a direction towards the hooks parallel to the horizontal sides.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: Melissa L. Allen
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Patent number: 10093532Abstract: An apparatus and system are disclosed for fluid transfer. The apparatus includes a fluid receiver that includes a receiver base having an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus also includes a tubular cylinder having an inlet and an outlet, where the outlet of the tubular cylinder is coupled to the inlet of the receiver base. The tubular cylinder has a keyed outer surface, which in one embodiment, includes at least one surface feature extending annularly around the surface of the tubular cylinder. The surface feature engages with at least one tumbler in a fluid nozzle. The system includes the fluid receiver and a fluid nozzle. The fluid nozzle, in one embodiment, has an arrangement of tumblers that are positioned adjacent an inlet of the fluid nozzle and configured to engage the keyed outer surface of the fluid receiver.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: FLOMAX INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Mark Paul Ballard, Carl Paul Ballard, John Trent Kendrick
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Patent number: 10093533Abstract: A sensor chip includes a first substrate with a first surface and a second surface including at least one CMOS circuit, a first MEMS substrate with a first surface and a second surface on opposing sides of the first MEMS substrate, a second substrate, a second MEMS substrate, and a third substrate including at least one CMOS circuit. The first surface of the first substrate is attached to a packaging substrate and the second surface of the first substrate is attached to the first surface of the first MEMS substrate. The second surface of the first MEMS substrate is attached to the second substrate. The first substrate, the first MEMS substrate, the second substrate and the packaging substrate are provided with electrical inter-connects.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: Peter Smeys, Martin Lim
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Patent number: 10093534Abstract: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer includes a device substrate including a first trench defining a plurality of first portions corresponding to an element and a second trench spaced apart from the first trench; a supporting unit provided on the device substrate, the supporting unit defining a plurality of cavities; a membrane provided on the supporting unit to cover the plurality of cavities; a top electrode electrically connected to a second portion in the second trench through a via hole penetrating through the membrane and the supporting unit; and a through silicon via (TSV) substrate provided on a bottom surface of the device substrate, the TSV substrate including a first via metal connected to the plurality of first portions corresponding to the element and a second via metal connected to the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-sik Shim, Seog-woo Hong, Seok-whan Chung, Chang-jung Kim
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Patent number: 10093535Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a microchannel resonator capable of measuring a mass and characteristics of an object using a principle in which a resonance frequency is changed according to a mass of a moving material, the method including: providing a silicon substrate; forming a cavity channel inside the silicon substrate; forming a hollow silicon oxide structure on the inner wall surface of the cavity channel by oxidizing the inner wall surface of the cavity channel; and partially removing the periphery of the hollow silicon oxide structure such that the hollow silicon oxide structure can resonate with respect to the silicon substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Jung Chul Lee, Joo Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 10093536Abstract: An MEMS double-layer suspension microstructure manufacturing method, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on the substrate; patterning the first dielectric layer to prepare a first film body and a cantilever beam connected to the first film body; forming a sacrificial layer on the first dielectric layer; patterning the sacrificial layer located on the first film body to make a recess portioned portion for forming a support structure, with the first film body being exposed at the bottom of the recess portioned portion; forming a second dielectric layer on the sacrificial layer; patterning the second dielectric layer to make the second film body and the support structure, with the support structure being connected to the first film body and the second film body; and removing part of the substrate under the first film body and removing the sacrificial layer to obtain the MEMS double-layer suspension microstructure.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.Inventor: Errong Jing
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Patent number: 10093537Abstract: A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a beam structure and an electrode on an insulator layer, remote from the beam structure. The method further includes forming at least one sacrificial layer over the beam structure, and remote from the electrode. The method further includes forming a lid structure over the at least one sacrificial layer and the electrode. The method further includes providing simultaneously a vent hole through the lid structure to expose the sacrificial layer and to form a partial via over the electrode. The method further includes venting the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. The method further includes sealing the vent hole with material. The method further includes forming a final via in the lid structure to the electrode, through the partial via.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Russell T. Herrin, Jeffrey C. Maling, Anthony K. Stamper
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Patent number: 10093538Abstract: A heater assembly for use in a hydrogen generator can be retracted to facilitate insertion and removal of a replaceable fuel unit without damaging the heater assembly or the fuel unit and extended to provide good thermal contact with the fuel unit during use of the hydrogen generator. The heater assembly includes a support member, a heater, and an actuator for extending and retracting the heater assembly. When the heater is energized it heats the actuator, thereby extending the heater assembly to contact the adjacent fuel unit, and when the heater is deenergized the actuator cools to retract the heater assembly and provide a gap between the heater assembly and the adjacent fuel unit. The actuator is movably secured to the heater or the support member by a retainer such that an end of the actuator is movable within the retainer as the actuator changes shape during heating and cooling.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: INTELLIGENT ENERGY INC.Inventors: Paul D. Griffith, Jr., Craig R. Huddleston, Chad E. Law, Mark D. Vandayburg
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Patent number: 10093539Abstract: The invention relates a method for storing a solution of methane and a C2-C30 hydrocarbon, the method comprising: mixing gaseous methane and a C2-C30 hydrocarbon to provide a mixture of methane and C2-C30 hydrocarbon, wherein the mixture comprises greater than or equal to about 50 mole percent of methane; maintaining the mixture of methane and C2-C30 hydrocarbon as a liquid solution at a pressure of 30 to 150 bar within a storage vessel, wherein the storage vessel comprises a porous adsorbent framework. The invention also relates to similar methods for storing hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The invention also relates to the use of a non-polar solvent such as a hydrocarbon for storing a non-polar gas in a porous adsorbent framework.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Framergy, Inc.Inventors: Jason Mathew Ornstein, Osman Koray Ozdemir
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Patent number: 10093540Abstract: According to the present invention, organic material is converted to biogas through anaerobic digestion and the biogas is purified to yield a combustible fluid feedstock comprising methane. A fuel production facility utilizes or arranges to utilize combustible fluid feedstock to generate renewable hydrogen that is used to hydrogenate crude oil derived hydrocarbons in a process to make transportation or heating fuel. The renewable hydrogen is combined with crude oil derived hydrocarbons that have been desulfurized under conditions to hydrogenate the liquid hydrocarbon with the renewable hydrogen or alternatively, the renewable hydrogen can be added to a reactor operated so as to simultaneously desulfurize and hydrogenate the hydrocarbons. The present invention enables a party to receive a renewable fuel credit for the transportation or heating fuel.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Iogen CorporationInventor: Brian Foody
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Patent number: 10093541Abstract: Process for the production of synthesis gas by catalytic steam reforming of a hydrocarbon containing feedstock in parallel in an autothermal steam reformer and heat exchange reformer, the heat for the steam reforming reactions in the heat exchange reformer being provided by indirect heat exchange with the combined effluent of the heat exchange reformer and a portion of the autothermal steam reformer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Kim Aasberg-Petersen, Ib Dybkjær
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Patent number: 10093542Abstract: An autothermal reforming catalytic structure for generating hydrogen gas from liquid hydrocarbons, steam and an oxygen source. The autothermal reforming catalytic structure includes a support structure and metal particles dispersed homogenously throughout the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, The University of QueenslandInventors: Jorge N. Beltramini, Moses O. Adebajo, Joao Carlos Diniz Da Costa, Gao Qing Lu, Thang V. Pham, Sai P. Katikaneni
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Patent number: 10093544Abstract: Cohesive carbon assemblies are prepared by obtaining a functionalized carbon starting material in the form of powder, particles, flakes, loose agglomerates, aqueous wet cake, or aqueous slurry, dispersing the carbon in water by mechanical agitation and/or refluxing, and substantially removing the water, typically by evaporation, whereby the cohesive assembly of carbon is formed. The method is suitable for preparing free-standing, monolithic assemblies of carbon nanotubes in the form of films, wafers, discs, fiber, or wire, having high carbon packing density and low electrical resistivity. The method is also suitable for preparing substrates coated with an adherent cohesive carbon assembly. The assemblies have various potential applications, such as electrodes or current collectors in electrochemical capacitors, fuel cells, and batteries, or as transparent conductors, conductive inks, pastes, and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Leonid Grigorian, Sean Imtiaz Brahim
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Patent number: 10093545Abstract: A method for preparing multi-wall carbon nanotubes comprising atomizing a precursor solution comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and a carrier gas. The mixture is then injected through an ultrasonic atomization system to form atomized precursor droplets. Then by injecting the atomized precursor droplets from the top of a vertical chemical vapor deposition reactor, the droplets can then react with a reaction gas in the reactor vessel to form a film that adsorbs to a growth surface in the reactor vessel. Layer by layer multi-wall carbon nanotubes are formed. This method is repeated to form layers of the multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes formed have an outer diameter of 10 nm-51 nm and a length to diameter aspect ratio of 7200-13200.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Zuhair Omar Malaibari, Muataz Ali Atieh, Fahad Ali Rabbani
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Patent number: 10093546Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices and systems that utilize concurrent and countercurrent exchange platforms to produce purified silicon.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Milwaukee Silicon LLCInventor: M. Robert Showalter
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Patent number: 10093547Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a DDR type zeolite crystal, the method including: a raw material solution preparing step of preparing a raw material solution by mixing at least silica, water, an organic solvent, and 1-adamantanamine that is a structure directing agent; and a DDR type zeolite crystal generating step of generating a DDR type zeolite crystal by performing a heating treatment on the raw material solution, in which the organic solvent is an organic solvent containing no amine, and the raw material solution is a raw material solution containing no PRTR substance.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Hagio, Kenji Yajima, Makiko Ichikawa
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Patent number: 10093548Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of preparing spherical salt particles for industrial, medical, and other uses. The methods can include combining the angular salt particles with a quantity of finishing media, for example, into a receptacle. Thereafter, the angular salt particles and the finishing media can be moved or agitated until the angular salt particles have a desired sphericity.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: David J. Schuessler, Alberto J. Flores-Pujol
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Patent number: 10093549Abstract: A composition of milk of lime comprising particles of slaked lime suspended in an aqueous phase, characterized in that said particles of slaked lime have a particle size described by a particle size distribution profile that is narrow and monomodal and the method of production thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: S. A. Lhoist Recherche et DeveloppementInventors: Robert Sebastian Gaertner, Luis Alfredo Diaz Chavez
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Patent number: 10093550Abstract: A method of producing hexagonal plate-like zinc oxide particles having a sharp particle size distribution (i.e., a relatively uniform particle size) at a high weight yield and a high percent yield is provided. The method of producing hexagonal plate-like zinc oxide particles of the present invention comprises mixing by stirring an aqueous hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) solution, a solution of an anionic surfactant in a water-insoluble organic solvent, and optionally water to form a microemulsion containing an aqueous phase of an aqueous hexamethylenetetramine solution having a molar concentration of 0.05 M or more; dropwise adding an aqueous zinc salt solution to the microemulsion; and heating the microemulsion containing the aqueous zinc salt solution to a reaction temperature of 80° C. or more without using any autoclave to form hexagonal plate-like zinc oxide particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya Institute of TechnologyInventors: Jun Yoshikawa, Tsutomu Nanataki, Tomokatsu Hayakawa
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Patent number: 10093551Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating secondary components obtained in acrolein and/or (meth)acrylic acid production, comprising the steps of: a) contacting at least one wastewater stream (201) comprising at least a portion of the water of reaction removed in a first stage of a saturation column (101) with at least one process offgas stream (203), b) introducing energy by means of a first heat transferer (103) provided in a first saturation circuit (301) into the first stage of the saturation column (101), c) partly vaporizing the wastewater stream (201) into the process offgas stream (203) and passing the combined gas stream (205) into a second stage of the saturation column (101), d) drawing off a concentrated wastewater stream (207) from the bottom (1011) of the first stage of the saturation column (101) and feeding it to the top (1023) of the second stage of the saturation column (101), e) introducing energy by means of a second heat transferer (105) provided in a second circuit (303) iType: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Ulrich Hammon, Thomas Walter, Christian Raith
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Patent number: 10093552Abstract: A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced distillation with and without a hydrophobic microporous membrane distillation process is provided that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermo contact with the photovoltaic panel, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Its enabled beneficial utilization of waste heat can provide a series of distillation-related products such as: freshwater, sea salts, distilled water, distilled ethanol, hot water, hot steam, saline/brine products, and brine photobiological cultures for production of advanced biofuels and bioproducts, in addition to solar electricity.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: James Weifu Lee
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Patent number: 10093553Abstract: A solar powered water purifier (1) having a main reservoir (2) for holding unpurified water (18), a collection tube (22) supported within the main reservoir and an inverted conical-shaped lid (11). The conical-shaped lid captures evaporated water from the main reservoir in the form of condensation and directs the condensation toward the collection tube for collection, which diverts water from to outside of the main reservoir for storage and/or use.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: Antony W. Stefan
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Patent number: 10093554Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multibubble injection type DAF (Dissolved Air Flotation) water treatment apparatus which supplies fine bubbles injected through injection of saturated water to a lower area of a separation zone as well as a lower area of a contact zone of a flotation basin, thereby improving removal efficiency of flocs.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Hae Park, Byung Sung Park
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Patent number: 10093555Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treatment and/or purification of water, in particular wastewater or drinking water, preferably for the adsorptive removal of inorganically or organically-based, impurities, such as trace substances and/or micropollutants, wherein, in a counterflow filter device, e.g. a counterflow adsorption filter column, the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified firstly, and, secondly, an, in particular particulate, adsorption material are conducted in a counterflow direction. In particular, a procedure is followed in such a manner that the water to be treated and/or purified is passed through a bed of the adsorption material present in the counterflow filter device for the adsorptive removal of impurities and the bed is exchanged and regenerated by preferably continuous removal and supply of the adsorption material in counterflow to the water that is to be treated and/or that is to be purified.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Blücher GmbHInventors: Raik Schönfeld, Jan Raiser
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Patent number: 10093556Abstract: Disclosed is a process to remove neutrally buoyant metal particles composed of solid particles and droplets of oil from water such as produced water from petroleum production or refinery wastewater. In one aspect, the water is contacted with oleophilic adsorbent materials which adsorb the neutrally buoyant metal particles. Also disclosed is a process for removing metal particles from a fluid volume that includes crude oil and/or condensate. The fluid volume is washed with a volume of water to form a volume of wastewater, thereby transferring at least a portion of the metal particles from the fluid into the wastewater. The volume of wastewater including the transferred metal particles is then contacted with an oleophilic adsorbent material wherein the neutrally buoyant metal particles are adsorbed by the adsorbent material. The adsorbent material is then separated from the wastewater. Finally, the treated wastewater is used to wash the crude and/or condensate.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Thomas Peter Hoelen, Kevin J. Grice
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Patent number: 10093557Abstract: A bio-inspired method for detoxifying contaminated water is disclosed. In the method, polydopamine, a mussel-inspired adhesive catecholamine was used as an adsorbent to effectively remove from contaminated water three major classes of toxic agents: heavy metal ions (e.g., Cr, Hg, Pb, Cu, and Cd), toxic organic species (e.g., 4-aminopyridine), and radioisotopes (e.g., Lutetium-177). Furthermore, the polydopamine adsorbent was regenerated by treatment with acid or hydrogen peroxide.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYInventors: Phillip B. Messersmith, Haeshin Lee
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Patent number: 10093558Abstract: A solution for disinfecting a fluid, colloid, mixture, and/or the like using ultraviolet radiation is provided. An ultraviolet transparent enclosure can include an inlet and an outlet for a flow of media to be disinfected. The ultraviolet transparent enclosure includes a material that is configured to prevent biofouling within the ultraviolet transparent enclosure. A set of ultraviolet radiation sources are located adjacent to the ultraviolet transparent enclosure and are configured to generate ultraviolet radiation towards the ultraviolet transparent enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.Inventors: Saulius Smetona, Timothy James Bettles, Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
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Patent number: 10093559Abstract: Disclosed are methods for dehydrating a water containing source of formaldehyde in which water is separated from the water containing source of formaldehyde using a zeolite membrane. In certain aspects, the water containing source of formaldehyde includes a separation enhancer having a relative static permittivity ranging from 2.5 to 20, and the water containing source of formaldehyde may further include methanol. In certain aspects, (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester may be produced using the dehydrated source of formaldehyde.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: LUCITE INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiyuki Himeno, Ken Ooyachi, Masahide Kondo
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Patent number: 10093560Abstract: The invention provides a process apparatus and associated method comprising at least one elongate hollow semi-permeable member, at least one anode and at least one cathode. The anode and cathode are arranged radially and concentrically with respect to the semi-permeable member.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: PERMASCAND ABInventor: Jason Jonathan Dale
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Patent number: 10093561Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for treating ballast water. The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for precisely controlling the production, injection, and removal of disinfectants using electrolysis according to the flow rate of ballast water, wherein the ballast water flows into a ballast tank or is discharged from the ballast tank in order to manage the ballast water or ships so that the destruction or disruption of marine ecosystems can be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: S&SYS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung Sik Kim, Eui Yong Jung, Dong Sung Kim, Boong Ik Jung
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Patent number: 10093562Abstract: The present disclosure relates to purge fluids, methods of using the purge fluids, and systems to be used for recycling the purge fluids. In some aspects, the purge fluid may be used to clean or purge an automated spray coating apparatus, such as a paint gun. The purge fluid may include a solvent and water. After the purge fluid is utilized for purging or cleaning certain system components, the purge fluid may be treated, subjected to a liquid-solid separation technique, and reused as a purge fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Paul Balent, Gordon M. Carter, Samuel P. Mooney, David W. Scheimann, Shayne B. Hare, Joseph P. Miknevich
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Patent number: 10093563Abstract: A base product fluid is produced by adding anhydrous liquid ammonia and a first portion of sulfuric acid to water flowing in a process line to form a mixed fluid. The mixed fluid may be cooled by flowing the mixed fluid through a heat exchanger. A second portion of sulfuric acid may be added to the mixed fluid to form the base product fluid. The second portion of sulfuric acid may be greater, by weight, than the first portion of sulfuric acid. The base product fluid may include a molecular compound that is a chelating compound. The molecular compound may have the formula: ((NH4)2SO4)a.(H2SO4)b.(H2O)c.(NH4HSO4)x.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Earth Science LaboratoriesInventors: David Nicholas, Reid Henry Bowman, Freddie L. Singleton
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Patent number: 10093564Abstract: A base product fluid is produced by adding anhydrous liquid ammonia and a first portion of sulfuric acid to water in a process line to form a mixed fluid. The mixed fluid may be cooled and a second portion of sulfuric acid may be added to the mixed fluid to form the base product fluid. The base product fluid may include a molecular compound that is a chelating compound. The molecular compound may have the formula: ((NH4)2SO4)a.(H2SO4)b.(H2O)c.(NH4HSO4)x. In the formula, a may be between 1 and 5, b may be between 1 and 5, c may be between 0 and 5, and x may be between 1 and 20.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Earth Science LaboratoriesInventors: David Nicholas, Reid Henry Bowman, Freddie L. Singleton
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Patent number: 10093565Abstract: In some embodiments, a water straining and chemical additive device may include a filter body having a wall inflow surface, a central aperture, and a peripheral aperture. A return water tube having a tube outflow surface and a tube inflow surface may be coupled to the filter body. An inflow conduit may be in fluid communication with the peripheral aperture, and the inflow conduit may be formed by the wall inflow surface and the tube inflow surface. An inflow filter screen may be coupled to the peripheral aperture. A filter cap forming a primary cavity in fluid communication with the central aperture and the peripheral aperture may be coupled to the filter body. An outflow filter screen may be coupled to the central aperture. An outflow conduit may be in fluid communication with the central aperture, and the outflow conduit may be formed by the tube outflow surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventors: Philip Bryce Butler, Garreth Scott Donaldson
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Patent number: 10093566Abstract: In a water treatment apparatus, a tilted plate is disposed at an incline relative to a horizontal plane. Water to be treated is passed over the upper surface of the tilted plate. A discharge forming body is disposed across a gas layer above a water film formed by the water to be treated flowing over the tilted plate. A droplet forming apparatus exerts power on the water film so that at least some of the water to be treated shoots upward in the form of droplets.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Gaku Oinuma, Masakazu Taki, Yasutaka Inanaga, Makoto Takata
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Patent number: 10093567Abstract: The ballast water and fish farm treatment system for circulating effluent water of a fish farm or a ship by filtering and resupplying the effluent water, the system including a heat exchange system to heat or cool the effluent water, a physical filtration unit to filter out impurities from the effluent water are discharged from the heat exchange system, and a chemical filtration unit to mix the effluent water discharged from the physical filtration unit with chlorine dioxide, wherein the effluent water discharged from the chemical filtration unit is resupplied to the fish farm or the ship. The ballast water and fish farm treatment system allows circulation water of the ship and fish farm to be reused after completely removing parasites, hazardous organisms, germs, and viruses from the circulation water using a combination of physical, chemical and physiological treatment techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yong Joo Park, Sun Wan Hwang, Jung Goo Myoung, Jang Geun Lim
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Patent number: 10093568Abstract: A method for wastewater treatment which comprises (a) separating and/or collecting urine from the wastewater for pretreatment, (b) removing phosphorus from urine using seawater, (c) optionally oxidizing nitrogen from urine, and (d) discharging the phosphorus-removed and/or nitrogen-oxidized urine to a sewer.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Guanghao Chen, Hamish Robert Mackey, Feng Jiang, Ho Kwong Chui
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Patent number: 10093569Abstract: A method for cleaning and preventing diffuser membrane fouling of an aeration system can include: transporting a liquid acidic solution into a downcomer pipe or a purge line positioned in a reservoir of an aeration system containing a body of water such that the liquid acidic solution flows into a manifold and air distribution pipes; allowing the liquid acidic solution to vaporize; and blowing the vaporized acidic solution into a plurality of diffusers supported by the air distribution pipes. An aeration system that can implement the method is also included.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Joseph G. Krall, Scott Hatch, Jesse Jones
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Patent number: 10093570Abstract: A system is provided for the dynamic dewatering of any of a variety of sludges, slurries, or waters. A stream of material is treated in a series of distinct operations to release free water, draw off additional water through vacuum, and compress the resultant dewatered solids to result in a substantially dewatered material. One or more open cells are used in vacuum dewatering in continuous dynamic operation. The system may be integrated into a packaged unit that may be installed at a operation site, and maybe operated with multiple like units to increase treatment flowrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Inventor: Paul Vette
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Patent number: 10093571Abstract: A method of the present invention for producing glass sheets includes the steps of: (I) forming a molten glass raw material into a glass ribbon on a molten metal; and (II) bringing an acid gas that contains a fluorine element (F)-containing acid and in which a volume ratio of water vapor to the acid (a volume of the water vapor/a volume of the acid) is 0 or more and 30 or less, into contact with a surface of the glass ribbon on the molten metal so as to subject the surface of the glass ribbon to dealkalization and control a morphology of the surface in accordance with the volume ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Kiyomi Fukushima, Kazuishi Mitani, Yasuhiro Saito
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Patent number: 10093572Abstract: A method for manufacturing an SiO2—TiO2 based glass upon a target by a direct method, includes: an ingot growing step of growing an SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot having a predetermined length on the target by flame hydrolysis by feeding a silicon compound and a titanium compound into an oxyhydrogen flame, wherein the ingot growing step includes: a first step of increasing a ratio of a feed rate of the titanium compound to a feed rate of the silicon compound as the SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot grows until the ratio reaches a predetermined value; and a second step of gradually growing the SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot after the ratio has reached the predetermined value in the first stage with keeping the ratio within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshio Yoshinari
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Patent number: 10093573Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a high transmission in the infrared, especially usable in a touch screen, touch panel or touch pad. More precisely, the invention relates to a glass sheet having a composition that comprises, in an amount expressed in percentages by total weight of glass: SiO2 55-85%, Al2O3 0-30%, B2O3 0-20%, Na2O 0-25%, CaO 0-20%, MgO 0-15%, K2O 0-20%, BaO 0-20%, Total iron (expressed in Fe2O3 form) 0.002-0.06%; and cerum in an amount (expressed in CeO2 form) ranging from 0.001 to 1%. The invention also relates to the use of such a glass sheet in a device using infrared radiation propagating essentially inside said sheet. By virtue of its high transmission of infrared radiation, the glass sheet according to the invention may advantageously be used, for example, in a screen or panel or tablet, the glass sheet defining a touch surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc.Inventors: Audrey Dogimont, Thomas Lambricht
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Patent number: 10093574Abstract: Provided is a glass composition that exhibits greater Faraday effect than ever before. A glass composition contains 48% or more of Tb2O3 (exclusive of 48%) in % by mole.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.Inventor: Futoshi Suzuki