Connected For Group Operation Patents (Class 210/330)
  • Patent number: 11589018
    Abstract: A rotation-type optical module includes a driving element, a turntable, an optical material, a balancing ring, and a first weight substance. The driving element includes a body and a rotating shaft body. The turntable is sleeved on the rotating shaft body and includes a first surface and a second surface. The optical material is disposed on the first surface of the turntable. The balancing ring is disposed between the driving element and the turntable and includes a third surface and a fourth surface, and the third surface and the second surface face each other. The balancing ring includes an outer retaining wall and at least one inner retaining wall which protrude from the fourth surface, and the first weight substance abuts between the outer retaining wall and the at least one inner retaining wall. A projection apparatus including the foregoing rotation-type optical module is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tsai, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10729994
    Abstract: A disc filter includes a filtrate holding tank disposed below a series of disc-shaped filter members supported on a drum. Filtrate from the holding tank is used to backwash filter media on the disc-shaped filter members. Filtrate is discharged from the holding tank via a filtrate conduit. Bypass water is directed through a bypass conduit in the disc filter and mixed with the filtrate downstream of the filtrate holding tank. This assures that the filtrate used to backwash the filter media does not include bypass water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
    Inventors: Emil Svensson, Kjell-Ake Svensson, Per Larsson
  • Patent number: 10391455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the microfiltration, ultrafiltration, or nanofiltration and/or the emulsification of liquids. The device has at least one rotatable membrane medium, which has a filtrate/permeate side or a side facing a dispersed phase and a concentrate/retentate side or a side facing a coherent phase and which can be rotated in a container in order to produce a vacuum on an unfiltered liquid side or the side facing the coherent phase on partial regions of the at least one rotatable membrane medium in the container in small time segments at a frequency of 1-100 Hz. Said container has at least one feed for an unfiltered liquid or the coherent phase, at least one overflow for an unfiltered liquid or an emulsion, and at least one rotatable channel for filtrate/permeate drainage or feed of the dispersed phase, and a suction device, in particular in the manner of a suction strip or nozzle plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MST MICROSIEVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Liebermann, Cornelis Johannes Maria Van Rijn
  • Patent number: 9903132
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot may include a housing that has a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening; a filter that comprises a filter core that is at least partially located within the housing and comprises an one or more inlets, an one or more outlets and at least one filtering element positioned between the one or more inlets and the an one or more outlets; and a filter core rotator that is arranged to rotate the filter core during at least one period in which the filter core filters fluid that enters through the one or more inlets to output filtered fluid via the one or more outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MAYTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Shay Witelson, Oded Golan
  • Patent number: 9034190
    Abstract: A device for filtering liquids has a container, units for introducing a liquid to be filtered into the container, a container outlet for unfiltered liquid to be discharged from the container, and at least one rotor, which is drivable to rotate around the container axis. The rotor has a hollow shaft mounted in an end wall and a support device fastened thereon for filter elements, which are arranged with a clearance to the container axis or rotate around their own axis. The interior of the filter elements opens via the support device and the hollow shaft out of the container as the discharge for filtered liquid. To provide improved filtration conditions, the container internal radius of the inner wall of the container circumferential shell is enlarged up to a maximum in the container circumferential direction while bulging the inner wall between two minima. The bulge forms a guide unit which guides the liquid toward the filter elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Pantreon GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Lüer
  • Publication number: 20150114901
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating liquid from food product includes a rotable drum mounted in a frame. The ends of the drum are comprised of rigid structural material, and each includes a sealing band. An inlet at the first end receives food product and liquid. Food product solids, with less water than received, are discharged from an outlet at the second end. One or more helical flights extend between the ends. The flights have an outer edge, and a flexible mesh screen is wrapped about and intermittently supported by the outer edge. The ends of the screen are held in the sealing bands, and the longitudinal edges of the screen are held by a seal extending between the sealing bands. Liquid can pass through the screen and food product is retained in the drum by the screen, and moved to the outlet by the flights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Lyco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Maupin
  • Publication number: 20150096945
    Abstract: A slurry-liquid separator filter, including: a filter cylinder body, a filter pipe disposed in the filter cylinder body and a filter core disposed on the filter pipe, a material inlet disposed on the filter cylinder body, a solid residue outlet disposed at the bottom part of the filter cylinder body, and a filtrate outlet disposed at the middle-lower part of the filter cylinder body. The filter core includes a plurality of filter disks connected to the filter pipe, and the filter disks are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter cylinder body. The upper end of the filter pipe is connected to the rotational axis of a variable-frequency motor. The top part of the filter cylinder body and a transmission shaft of the variable-frequency motor are sealed through high pressure hard sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yilong CHEN, Jiaqi JIN, Yanfeng ZHANG, Manyi JIANG
  • Patent number: 8956537
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hollow fiber membrane module, a filtration apparatus based on the same, and a method for manufacturing the filtration apparatus. The hollow fiber membrane module includes two headers respectively provided with a permeate collecting unit therein, wherein each of the headers has grooves on its two sides, the grooves being extended in a length direction of the hollow fiber membrane. Since one slide rod can simultaneously be inserted into grooves of two adjacent hollow fiber membrane modules, the hollow fiber membrane modules can mutually serve as guides for insertion/ejection thereof. Also, since the grooves formed on the header can serve as insertion holes into which a clamp is inserted, the clamp can be used for coupling between the hollow fiber membrane module and another element and reinforcement of the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kolon Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang-Jin Lee, Moo-Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 8945376
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for resuspending and/or collecting blood and/or other types of cells in solution. In one embodiment, cells may be recovered from used surgical sponges and/or other types of surgical articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: All Cell Recovery LLC
    Inventor: Michael C. Cordisco
  • Publication number: 20150027943
    Abstract: Rake systems for cleaning water streams and new and novel components for such rake systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tammy Bernier, Steven Dill, Terry Duperon, Michael A. Woodley, Kenneth S. Blanchard, Daniel A. Courser, JR., Bryce Funchion, Janet K. LaFave
  • Publication number: 20140360950
    Abstract: A filter device for filtering a liquid which includes trash. The device includes a drum for receiving the liquid and trash, wherein the drum includes at least one drum aperture. The device further includes a first pair of filter panels which are adapted for filtering the liquid. The filter panels are spaced apart to form a cavity for receiving the liquid and trash. The device further includes a frame for supporting the filter panels, wherein the frame is coupled to the drum. The frame includes a frame aperture wherein the frame aperture and the cavity form a volume having a cross sectional area sized substantially equal to or greater than the drum aperture and wherein said volume extends to a second pair of filter panels to enable liquid and trash which pass through the drum aperture to also pass through the frame aperture to the second pair of filter panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: William E. Davis, Peter J. Petit
  • Publication number: 20140332460
    Abstract: A filtering device (100) for high-viscosity fluids has a partial channel (34) in the housing (30) and a displacing piston (40) which can be inserted into the partial channel (34, 35). The displacing piston (40) has at least one inner fluid line (42) that extends from an inlet opening (41) therein to an outlet opening (43) on its circumference. The outer diameter of the displacing piston (40) corresponds to the inside diameter of the partial channel (34, 35). The displacing piston (40) can be positioned, in a production position, with its outlet opening (43) in front of the inlet of the discharge channel (33) into the partial channel (34, 35) and can be retracted to a backflushing initial position within the partial channel (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KREYENBORG VERWALTUNGEN UND BETEILIGUNGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Woestmann
  • Publication number: 20140291260
    Abstract: In an appliance for filtering liquids, in particular waste water, with filter discs lying on top of one another and forming a flow path for a liquid to be filtered, wherein the appliance has at least one device for generating a movement of the filter discs, provision is made that the filter discs have means by which mutually adjacent filter discs are connected to one another with a form fit, these means being assigned to at least one circumferential portion of the filter disc. In particular, the means for form-fit connection are assigned to two mutually opposite circumferential portions of the filter disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: REINHOLD WESSELMANN GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold Wesselmann
  • Publication number: 20140251894
    Abstract: A screen panel assembly includes a screen panel and one or more raised screen components, wherein at least one of the raised screen components is disposed on the screen panel. Furthermore, each of the one or more raised screen components includes at least one inclined screen surface that defines a first plane that is oriented at a first angle relative to said screen panel. Additionally, the first plane is substantially aligned with a second plane that is oriented at a second angle relative to a third plane that is perpendicular to a displacement vector along which the screen panel assembly is accelerated by a vibratory separation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: National Oilwell Varco, LP
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Larson, Paul William Dufilho
  • Patent number: 8828242
    Abstract: A system for dewatering a stream of slurry has a first and a second separator. The first separator removes objects above a first size, to produce a stream of primary treated slurry. The second separator removes objects above a second size from the primary treated stream, the second size being smaller than the first size. Optionally, a third separator removes objects above a yet smaller third size from the stream of secondary treated slurry. The first separator has a plurality of sieve mat supports alternately connected to a main support frame section and a movable support frame section so that the flexible sieve mat can be agitated by the movable support frame section, a collector being provided for collecting the primary treated slurry passing through the flexible sieve mat. In an optional step, water contained in the separated solids is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Genesis Fluid Solutions, Ltd
    Inventors: Michael K. Hodges, Larry D. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8795528
    Abstract: A strainer system comprises a strainer housing having an inlet for raw fluid and an outlet for strained fluid; a generally cylindrical strainer basket having a strainer screen and disposed within the housing, the external surface of the strainer screen being in flow communication with the raw fluid inlet and the internal surface of the strainer screen being in flow communication with the strained fluid outlet; a backwash collector assembly comprising a backwash conduit having an opening disposed adjacent the outer surface of the strainer screen, the backwash conduit and the strainer basket being moveable relative to each other, so as to allow the opening to pass across the external surface of the strainer screen. A method of straining a fluid, in particular a liquid, is also provided. Finally, a valve assembly for use in the selective opening and closing of a plurality of backwash conduits is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Knox-Holmes, Ian Durdin, Andrew David Jackman
  • Publication number: 20140190904
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drilling fluid reclaimer. The reclaimer has at least one adjustable screen assembly for providing a leveling filter for reclaimed drill fluid. Used drill fluid is placed at the screen assembly at the front the of the screen assembly. The at least one screen is vibrated to separate large particulate matter from liquid drilling fluid. A second screen is provided for additional filtering. Large particulate matter is expelled by a chute at the back of the screen assembly. Drilling fluid passing through the screen is “reclaimed” for use with a drilling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
    Inventor: Cody L. Sewell
  • Publication number: 20140175023
    Abstract: A three wire press solids dewatering device and method for unconventional oil and gas field solids management applications, including drilling mud dewatering in a closed-loop drilling system, as well as solids dewatering in flow back and produced water treatment systems, including a single wire belt gravity thickener for inlet solids slurry thickening and distribution, and a twin wire press for thickened solids slurry dewatering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: WSI International, LLC
    Inventors: Alfred TYLER, William Michael FIELDS
  • Publication number: 20140166592
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses to separate solids from a drilling fluid. A shaker in accordance with the present disclosure includes a first screening deck having a first channel and a second channel, and also includes a second screening deck. Drilling fluid received by the first channel and separated through the first screening deck is directed to the second screening deck, and drilling fluid received by the second channel and separated through the first screening deck is directed to a sump of the shaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventor: Benjamin Lanning Holton
  • Patent number: 8753506
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for filtering sewage and wastewater. The filtering apparatus has a vertical structure including a filtering belt comprising a filter bag or a filter mesh that can filter out fine impurities. For this, the filtering apparatus includes a drive motor that receives power to drive the apparatus, an upper drive drum that is operated by the drive motor, a lower rotating drum that is interlocked with the upper drive drum, and a filtering belt that is wound and rotated around the upper drive drum and the lower rotating drum. The filtering apparatus cannot only filter out fine impurities less than from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm but also separate earth and sand, unlike conventional filtering apparatuses that cannot conduct them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Essa Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heon Mok Kim
  • Publication number: 20140124431
    Abstract: A filter assembly and method of filtering a fluid containing particulates is provided having a filter element mounted on a horizontal mandrel, whereby the filter element and mandrel are rotatable within a housing during a self-cleaning step, wherein the filter element is immersed and agitated in a cleaning liquid followed by high speed rotation while a rinsing liquid is delivered to the core of the filter element. An ultrasonic transducer in the housing may be activated while the filter element is immersed in the cleaning liquid to assist in removing accumulated particulates from the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Johnny Leon Love
  • Patent number: 8678200
    Abstract: A system for dewatering a stream of slurry has a first and a second separator. The first separator removes objects above a first size, to produce a stream of primary treated slurry. The second separator removes objects above a second size from the primary treated stream, the second size being smaller than the first size. Optionally, a third separator removes objects above a yet smaller third size from the stream of secondary treated slurry. The first separator has a plurality of sieve mat supports alternately connected to a main support frame section and a movable support frame section so that the flexible sieve mat can be agitated by the movable support frame section, a collector being provided for collecting the primary treated slurry passing through the flexible sieve mat. In an optional step, water contained in the separated solids is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Genesis Fluid Solutions, Ltd
    Inventors: Michael Kent Hodges, Larry D. Campbell
  • Patent number: 8651283
    Abstract: A mesh screen, for example for filtration wheels used in water treatment, provides a set of pleated filter elements assembled by in-molding the mesh into stringers subdividing a frame. Retention strips following the pleated edges of the filter elements at the stringers include apertures permitting direct clamping of the mesh near the stringers and the ability to visually inspect, after molding, engagement between the molded elements and the mesh while providing an increased engagement area between the mesh and elements of the over-molded frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene W. Altwies
  • Patent number: 8628665
    Abstract: A water treatment apparatus includes a tank, a driving unit, a filtered-water pipe, a filtering unit and at least one scraping unit. The tank includes a wall, an inlet pipe extending through an upper portion, and an outlet pipe extending from a lower portion. The driving unit is located on an external side of the tank. The filtered-water pipe extends throughout the tank and is connected to the driving unit. The filtering unit includes flat filtering bags located around the filtered-water pipe. The flat filtering bags can be spun together with the filtered-water pipe. The scraping unit includes scrapper assemblies each located between and in contact with two adjacent ones of the flat filtering bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: New Century Membrane Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chang Kuo
  • Patent number: 8622221
    Abstract: A filtering device (100) for plastic melts exhibits at least one screen plunger (10) arranged movably between an inlet channel (5) and an outlet channel (6) of a housing (1) and containing replaceable, three-dimensional filter elements (25). The inside of the filter elements (25) is connected to at least one melt channel (11, 12) formed in the screen plunger (10). The melt channel is connected to the inlet or outlet channel (5, 6) of the housing (1) when in the production position. The screen plunger (10) exhibits at least one receiving chamber (14) that can be closed using a cover (16) on the face side. Several filter elements (25) are bundled with a central distribution element (20) to a filter cartridge (30) that can be placed in the receiving chamber (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kreyenborg GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Hartmann, Michael Andress
  • Patent number: 8623212
    Abstract: A system and method are provided in at least one embodiment to filter water through a vortex leading into a disk-pack turbine having an expansion chamber and outlets into a discharge chamber that leads to at least one discharge port. In a further embodiment, the system includes an intake module, a vortex module, a disk-pack module, and a motor for driving the disk-pack turbine. The intake module brings water into the system and routes the water to the vortex module that speeds up the water into a vortex that flows into the disk-pack turbine that discharges into a discharge chamber that leads to at least one discharge port. The disk-pack turbine includes a plurality of disks that are spaced apart forming chambers between the disks that provide at least one passageway between the expansion chamber and the discharge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: QWTIP LLC
    Inventors: Whitaker Ben Irvin, Sr., Luis Octavio Perez Hirschfeld
  • Patent number: 8585898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressurized filtration plant that includes: a sealed tank (1) in which discs (2) are provided including filtering sectors (20) carried by a rotary shaft (3) and connected to collectors within said shaft, a dispenser (10) enabling the egress of filtrates, the discharge of spinning air and the intake of blowing air for releasing the spun cakes, at least one duct for supplying a liquid laden with solid particles, at least one duct or discharging the filtrates, and a hopper (1b) for recovering the solid particles, characterized in that the discs (2) are vertically arranged so that the lower portion thereof is submerged in buckets (4) covered with deflectors (41) and including means for scrapping solid material deposits on the outer walls thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gaudfrin
    Inventor: Guy Gaudfrin
  • Patent number: 8557121
    Abstract: A system and method for capturing ecologically harmful substances in the nature of hydrocarbons from the surface of a body of water or from the ground adjacent a landfill or waste dump or from a shoreline of a body of water into which residual waste fluids from an adjacent ground leakage is passed. The system and method including a plurality of modular traps. The traps having a side, end, top and bottom panels constructed of a material that allows fluid flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph B. Mendes
  • Publication number: 20130175208
    Abstract: A filtration apparatus (2) includes a pressurized cylindrical pressure vessel (4) having a longitudinal axis (X) and a shaft (8) having a longitudinal axis (Y) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (X). A plurality of rotatable membrane filter discs (6) are arranged along the shaft (8). The membrane filter discs (6) are spaced-apart from each other, attached to the shaft (8) and oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis (Y) of the shaft (8). An interior (10) of the membrane filter discs (6) are in fluid communication with a permeate discharge channel (12) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the pressure vessel (4). The pressure vessel (4) has a cylindrical inner geometry without any significant obstruction elements. The longitudinal axis (X) of the pressure vessel (4) is laterally offset from the longitudinal axis (Y) of the shaft (8) and/or the membrane filter discs (6) are oval-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: GRUNDFOS BIOBOOSTER A/S
    Inventor: Grundfos BioBooster A/S
  • Publication number: 20130153486
    Abstract: A rotary disc filter device includes a rotary drum and one or more disc-shaped filter members secured about the drum. Each disc-shaped filter member includes a filter and a filter support comprising a series of modules. The modules each include a base that is secured to the rotary drum and a support arm projecting outwardly from the base. The modules are interconnected and disposed around the rotary drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT
    Inventors: Åke Danielsson, Åke Ralvert, Emil Svensson, Per Larsson
  • Patent number: 8414769
    Abstract: A disc filter includes several triangular sectors that are connected from their neck section to the body of the disc filter. The sectors form a relatively thin disc that is rotated during filtration in a basin that contains a suspension to be filtered. The side surfaces of the sector have openings through which liquid in the suspension passes into several essentially radial flow channels inside the sector to flow on to the neck section and away from the sector. A separating wall is formed between two adjacent radial flow channels. Furthermore, the sector is made of two side elements, which are of plastic material and the mating surfaces of which are placed against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Metso Fabrics Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Servo, Irma Servo
  • Patent number: 8388839
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for skimming oil and other liquid hydrocarbons and contaminates floating at the surface of a body of water or other suspending liquid. A rigid skimming surface such as a drum or disc is floatably supported on pontoons. The skimming surface is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to the water surface. The skimming surface is covered with removably attached sorbent material which improves the efficiency of the oil recovery operation and which, when worn or soggy, can be removed and discarded without discarding the skimming surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventors: M. Thomas Hobson, Brian Slone, Wallace J. Landry, III, Richard Forbes
  • Publication number: 20130043180
    Abstract: A filtration device designed for the purpose of recovering filtrate from wastewaters is characterized by a rotor system (2) that is drivable in rotary manner about a horizontal axis (5) in a liquid bath in a receptacle (1), and which serves as the support for multiple assemblies (17) of filter discs, the interior spaces of which are connected to the suction side of a pump (39) via a collection chamber (29). The liquid to be filtered is transported with the aid of a pump (40) that is connected to a plurality of distributor lances (35) that extend parallel to and close to the hollow shaft (21) that supports the rotor system (2) via a line (31) with the interposition of a prefilter (41) that is intended to separate a coarse fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: A. KAYSER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko Freter, Wolfgang Russe, Stephan Fritsch
  • Publication number: 20130032523
    Abstract: A rotary filter is provided with greatly expanded filter media area within the flow stream of material to be filtered due to use of a series of cylindrical filter cartridges consisting of a core and cylindrical filter media that are attached to and within a rotary disc, thus providing much greater filter area within the size constraints of the rotary disc and the flow channel. This allows removal of contaminating material in the flow stream. The retaining methods used for these cartridges restrains their movement within the flow stream thus allowing backflushing by reversing flow direction and venting the backflush material. The attachment and construction further allows easy removal and replacement of filter media and cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventor: Hubert Patrovsky
  • Patent number: 8366931
    Abstract: A filtering unit includes alternately arranged membranes and positioning rings. A seal is secured to each of the positioning rings. Each of the positioning rings includes an annular body, arched cutouts defined in an internal edge of the annular body, first and second engaging members formed on the annular body, and at least one slot defined in the annular body. Each of the first engaging members is located near an end of a related one of the arched cutouts. Each of the second engaging members is located near another end of a related one of the arched cutouts. The second engaging members can be engaged with the first engaging members of another positioning ring extending through the arched cutouts. Each of the seals includes two sealing portions extending on two opposite faces of the annular body and at least one connecting portion extending between the sealing portions through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: New Century Membrane Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chang Kuo
  • Publication number: 20130015120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for filtering liquids, having a container (2), units (3) for introducing a liquid to be filtered into the container (2), a container outlet (4) for unfiltered liquid to be discharged from the container (2), and at least one rotor (6), which is drivable to rotate around the container axis (5), having a hollow shaft (8) mounted in an end wall (7) and a support device (9) fastened thereon for filter elements (10), which are arranged with a clearance to the container axis (5) or rotate around their own axis, and whose interior opens via the support device (9) and the hollow shaft (8) out of the container (2) as the discharge for filtered liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: PANTREON GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Lüer
  • Patent number: 8329032
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid purifying apparatus includes beads in contact with the liquid, a rotating shaft, and a driving member. Each bead has a purifying coating comprised of a nano material. The rotating shaft has the beads positioned thereon and is configured for rotating the beads. The driving member is configured for driving the rotating shaft to rotate, thereby rotating the beads in the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shao-Kai Pei
  • Publication number: 20120234747
    Abstract: The filter device is utilized for the separation of undissolved solid substances from liquids, in particular in the fields of waste water purification and water treatment. The filter device is arranged in a container as capable of rotation (2) and surrounded by the liquid to be filtered. The filter device (1) consists of several filter elements (6) with a space between one another, which are combined to form a rotating filter. The filtrate is drained away at the periphery of the filter elements (6). Solid substances are prevented from adhering to the filter elements (6) during the filtering process. The rotating filter comprises a hollow space in the center and an aeration device (8) is arranged in the hollow space, around which the filter device rotates. The filters are continuously cleaned by the mixture of air and liquid flowing through during the filtering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: UTISOL TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Eberhard Harms, Mark Grigo
  • Patent number: 8252181
    Abstract: The horizontal ore filter has a plurality of filter elements covering the circular filter surface thereof and a sub-frame supporting the filter surface. In one aspect, each filter element has a longitudinal concave curvature therein. In another aspect, each sector frame has side flanges thereon. The sub-frame has a plurality of T-bars extending radially along the circular filter surface and each one of these T-bars supports the side edges of two adjacent filter elements. Upon installation of the filter elements to the sub-frame, the sector frames are held tight against the T-bars to ensure a good seal between adjacent filter elements and between each filter element and the sub-frame of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Inventor: Gerald Pitre
  • Publication number: 20120175294
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for filtering sewage and wastewater. The filtering apparatus has a vertical structure including a filtering belt comprising a filter bag or a filter mesh that can filter out fine impurities. For this, the filtering apparatus includes a drive motor that receives power to drive the apparatus, an upper drive drum that is operated by the drive motor, a lower rotating drum that is interlocked with the upper drive drum, and a filtering belt that is wound and rotated around the upper drive drum and the lower rotating drum. The filtering apparatus cannot only filter out fine impurities less than from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm but also separate earth and sand, unlike conventional filtering apparatuses that cannot conduct them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: ESSA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heon Mok Kim
  • Patent number: 8206587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filtration cell that comprises a tank with a bottom wall (2) and four side walls extending upwards from the bottom wall as well as an upward opening, the four side walls including two opposite longitudinal walls (3, 5) as well as a front facing wall (4) and a rear facing wall connecting them, a filtration bed (7) supported in the tank, an outlet opening for discharging the filtrate, and a covering flap (24) protruding outwards from the top of one of said longitudinal walls, the longitudinal wall (5) opposed to that fitted with the flap including a lower portion (25) extending upwards from the bottom wall (2) and an upper portion (26) extending slantedly upwards and inside the tank from the top of said lower portion (25), and/or the front facing wall (4) comprises a bottom portion (27) extending upwards from the bottom wall (2) and a top portion (28) extending slantedly upwards and inside the tank from the top of said bottom portion (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Prayon Technologies
    Inventor: Serge Kurowski
  • Patent number: 8202423
    Abstract: A melt filter for cleaning a plastic melt issuing from an extruder has a wheel rotatable about an axis and having an outer rim and a plurality of spokes forming an annular array of axially open spaces, a pair of housing plates axially sandwiching and completely covering the wheel and forming offset from the axis a melt passage extending axially through the wheel at the spaces, and removable filter elements braced axially against the wheel at the spaces between the spokes and angularly movable with the wheel with the melt flowing through the filter elements when same are aligned with the passage. One of the plates being formed with an edge cutout. A part on the one housing plate that can cover and close the cutout during normal operation of the melt filter can open and uncover the cutout for changing the filter element aligned axially with the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Gneuss, Daniel Gneuss
  • Patent number: 8202422
    Abstract: A fluid system for a pump circuit (10), in particular a hydraulic high-pressure pump circuit, has a function block (12). In the housing of the function block, fluid-conducting paths extend and are connected to valve components (32, 46) at least partially. A filter device is an at least partially integrated constituent part of the function block of the fluid system. The filter device (46) with its filter housing (56) can be connected to the function block (12) such that at least one filter element (70) is received in the installation space (72) of the function block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hydac Process Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Wnuk, Markus Olschok, Jürgen Sauer
  • Patent number: 8177073
    Abstract: A quickly cleanable water processor includes a shell, a water pipe, at least one filtering unit and a cleaning unit. The shell includes a space defined therein, a water inlet, a water outlet and an air inlet. The water inlet and outlet and the air inlet and outlet are in communication with the space. The water pipe is disposed in the shell and made with slots in communication with the water inlet. The filtering unit is detachably provided around the water pipe. The filtering unit includes alternately arranged membrane bags and water-guiding discs. The cleaning unit includes an air pump and an air pipe extended into the shell from the air pump through the air inlet. The air pipe includes apertures through which air reaches the membrane bags from the air pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: New Century Membrane Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chang Kuo
  • Patent number: 8017010
    Abstract: A device for filtering a liquid synthetic material. The device has a housing, a feed channel, a discharge channel, and backflow channels. The feed duct is subdivided into split-feed channels (2A, 2B). The cross-section of the orifice of the split-feed channels, where they open into the filter chambers, is smaller than the normal cross-section of the feed channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kreyenborg Verwaltungen und Beteiligungen GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Stefan Woestmann
  • Patent number: 7993517
    Abstract: An automatically cleaned filter comprises a motor; a base above the motor; the base being formed with at least one filter seat, a water inlet, a water draining hole and an annular groove; at least one filter core installed on a respective one of the filter seat; the filtering material being formed on an outer side of the filter core; a cleaning unit installed on a center portion of the base; a bottom of the cleaning unit being connected to the spindle; a gear being installed at an upper side of the base and being engaged to the spindle; an upper cover combined to the base by using at least one supporting posts; a lower side of each filter core being installed with a gear; and the gear at the lower side of the filter core being engaged to the gear of the cleaning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Tsung-Hui Lee
  • Publication number: 20110186502
    Abstract: Provided is a combination traveling water screening apparatus capable of improving collection and filtering efficiency of floating matters and reducing maintenance costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: KC SAMYANG WATER SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myung-Keun Chang
  • Patent number: 7971728
    Abstract: A filtration system for collecting bone fragments during surgery performed on a patient includes a cylinder having a rotating disk with circumferential arms extending radially in the cylinder to define pockets. The rotating disk includes a longitudinal hub that carries an outlet connected to a central passageway formed in the disk. A plurality of apertures on the disk permit the liquid to flow into the passageway and through the outlet while the pockets retain the bone fragments. The disk is rotated to align circumferential spaced pockets to align with the inlet and outlet ports. The disks includes bearing surfaces that permit the rotation thereof and the arms are spaced from the cylinder inner surface to allow the flow of fluid in the event the pockets fill and clog the apertures and prevent flow into the outlet passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Anspach Effort, Inc
    Inventors: Thomas D. Anspach, Stephen M. Bucina
  • Patent number: 7946225
    Abstract: A system for extracting liquid from a mass comprising a portable platform having an upper surface, a system mass input, a polymer feeding and blending system on the upper surface, a liquid extraction assembly on the upper surface, and piping having a first section between the system mass input and the polymer feeding and blending system, and a second section between the polymer feeding and blending system and the liquid extraction assembly. The system is configured to have mass inputted into the system mass input, transport the mass to the polymer feeding and blending system through the first section of the piping, inject polymer into the mass in the polymer feeding and blending system, and transport the mass from the polymer feeding and blending system to the liquid extraction assembly. Pressure from mass forced into the liquid extraction assembly forces liquid in the mass to exit the mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Prime Solution, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Dendel
  • Patent number: 7895943
    Abstract: A system for extracting liquid from a mass comprising a portable platform having an upper surface, a system mass input, a polymer feeding and blending system on the upper surface, a liquid extraction assembly on the upper surface, and piping having a first section between the system mass input and the polymer feeding and blending system, and a second section between the polymer feeding and blending system and the liquid extraction assembly. The system is configured to have mass inputted into the system mass input, transport the mass to the polymer feeding and blending system through the first section of the piping, inject polymer into the mass in the polymer feeding and blending system, and transport the mass from the polymer feeding and blending system to the liquid extraction assembly. Pressure from mass forced into the liquid extraction assembly forces liquid in the mass to exit the mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Prime Solution, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Dendel