Spaced Wall-type Filters Patents (Class 210/346)
  • Patent number: 11412881
    Abstract: A filter and multi-part brewing system for making excellent coffee of the pour over type are disclosed. A filter includes a circumferential wall that runs from a top rim to a bottom surface. The bottom surface of the filter is an undulating surface comprising a plurality of mini-cone units arranged in a waffle pattern, the mini-cone units comprising one or more holes. The brewing system comprises multiple sections configured to fit together with a filter and drip holes dimensioned for making excellent coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Bernard Giordano
  • Patent number: 10363503
    Abstract: A reconfigurable foldable water filter system includes a plurality of filter units. Each filter unit includes a filter cartridge receiver that can accept and retain a water filter cartridge which includes a water filter. Both the well of each filter cartridge receiver and each filter cartridge are have a rectangular horizontal cross section. The filter cartridge receivers are joined together at corresponding corners, consecutively, in a series in a way that allows the filter cartridge receivers to pivot with respect to each other about the corresponding corners where they are joined. This allows the series of filter units to be arranged in a flat configuration or a folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Inventor: Marvin Salganov
  • Patent number: 10354905
    Abstract: Carrier onto which a wafer can be temporarily bonded. The carrier comprises a plate shaped laminate. The plate shaped laminate comprises a first layer. The first layer comprises a metal foil or a metal sheet. The plate shaped laminate comprises a second layer comprising a porous metal medium with three-dimensional open pores. The porous metal medium comprises metal fibers. The first layer is permanently bonded to the porous metal medium thereby closing the pores of the porous metal medium at the side where the first layer is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Davy Goossens, Jérémie De Baerdemaeker
  • Patent number: 10227750
    Abstract: A drainage system to be installed against a foundation of a building. The drainage system includes a drainage board having a plurality of channels extending from a bottom side along a front face thereof, and a portion of filter fabric attached to a rear face of the drainage board that covers the front face of the drainage board. The plurality of channels comprise a plurality of left channels and a plurality of right channels that intersect to form a crisscross pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Robert P. Walker
  • Patent number: 9993755
    Abstract: An edge closure system is presented herein wherein a portion of the closure edge of the filter bags leading to the outlet pipe aperture are provided with mating snapping closures, allowing to sealingly close the length of the edge of the fabric leading to the outlet pipe aperture simply by engaging the male and female components of the snapping closures. Moreover, an outlet pipe closure system is also presented herein using a combination of a tongue mounted internally to one of the sides of the fabric forming the bag in a manner to be wrappable around at least a corresponding portion of the outlet pipe, and a fabric hood mounted externally and overlapping both sides of the bag at the outlet pipe aperture, which cooperates with the tongue to seal the interface between the outlet pipe and the bag when held in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SEFAR BDH INC.
    Inventors: Luc Parent, Yan Brochu
  • Patent number: 9889393
    Abstract: A plurality of hollow filter sheets have a suction pipe inserted therethrough to be stacked with a ring-shaped packing clamped therebetween. Therefore, a gap between the hollow filter sheet and the suction pipe is watertightly sealed. In the hollow filter sheet, a hollow portion is provided between two filters, and then a spacer with a surface having pits and projections is provided in the hollow portion. A narrow passage space allowing liquid to pass through is provided between the filter and the spacer by pressing the two filters against surfaces of the spacer with the packings and causing the filters to be deformed into a shape according to the surfaces of the spacer. The narrow passage space is smaller than a drainage space between the filters and the spacer that are not clamped by the packings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: AWA PAPER MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakagawa, Kosuke Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9802142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to purification cassettes that have reinforcing features. One embodiment relates to a purification cassette with tensions members. A purification system may include a removable cassette defining a media cavity. A set of tension members may span between a first sidewall and second sidewall. The set of tension members can divide the media cavity into a plurality of lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Brian Laverdiere, Hirokazu Kuwabara, Koichi Kurata, John Paul Puglia, Ben Mai Pak Lee, Louis Joseph Barrows, Jr., Kalyan Madhavaram, Dmitri Michael Menn, John Karl Niermeyer
  • Patent number: 9776111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disc shaped filter element for filtering a liquid such as a polymer. The filter element comprising—a hub, said hub defining a central opening therethrough, —an upper filter medium and a lower filter medium, said upper filter medium and said lower filter medium extending radially outwards from said hub. The upper filter medium and the lower filter medium comprise a layered structure comprising a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a non-sintered metal fiber fleece and the second layer comprises a layer of non-sintered metal powder particles. The first layer and the second layer are sintered together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Purolator Advanced Filtration
    Inventors: Inge Schildermans, Stefan Vandendijk, Marie Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9643112
    Abstract: The invention relates to sector part of a filtering, preferably rotating disk. The sector part includes a centrally located, relatively stiff and rigid support 1; 12 for transport of liquid therethrough and a substantially sealing edge with the exception of one or more fluid discharges 6. The sector part further comprises on both sides of sector support 1; 12 applied, filtering set ups of fine meshed nets, or made of other finely perforated materials performed or equivalent separating means 3, 4; 32, 42 for capturing and separating of fibers and/or particles from a mixture of fibers and/or particles and fluid. The aims of the invention are to capture and separate the fibers and/or particles from a mixture of fibers and/or particles and fluid. One important aspect of the invention characteristic is that each of said separating means 3, 4; 32, 4 is applied loosely and is movable held relative the support 1; 12 and relative to the sealing edge 2; 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Johan Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 9248386
    Abstract: Filter and replaceable filter leaf apparatus are provided. The filter includes a housing defining a cavity having fluid inlet and outlet ports and a lid member with a manifold coupled to the outlet port and being adapted to conduct a fluid flow between the outlet port and a plurality of attachment areas. Replaceable filter leafs are selectively movable through an opening into the housing cavity and attachable with the manifold at the plurality of attachment areas. The replaceable filter leafs include a filter envelope consisting of a filter panel, a nozzle member on the filter panel and defining a passageway adjacent an opening in the filter envelope for conducting fluids therethrough. The nozzle member is selectively attachable onto the manifold of the polishing filter apparatus at any one of the plurality of attachment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: William J. Grocecki
  • Patent number: 9222252
    Abstract: The foundation wall and floor slab drain is a device that is designed to control the buildup of mold in basements by enabling the water that drains from wall to be channeled into a French drain that is provided there under. The device is installed during construction of the footing, foundation wall, and floor slab. The device is further defined as an elongated planar member with a plurality of tubes linearly aligned thereon, and which collectively form an assembly. Both the elongated member and the plurality of tubes are bent to form a right angle. A vertical portion of the assembly is adapted to interface against a foundation wall and a side surface of a floor slab. A horizontal portion of the assembly is adapted to interface between a bottom surface of the floor slab and a top surface of a footing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Henry Williams
  • Patent number: 9022225
    Abstract: Provided is a filtration filer with which a stable opening size during filtration is obtained, and which can be easily regenerated when clogged and used repeatedly. The filtration filter (10) comprises: a substrate stack wherein substrates (11) that have a through hole that penetrates from front to back are stacked; stoppers (15) that define the spacing between the substrates (11); and pillars (16) with a larger thermal expansion coefficient than the stoppers (15). The spacing between the substrates (11) at normal temperature is defined at least by the stoppers (15), and the spacing when heated is defined by the thermally expanded pillars (16). The gaps between the substrates (11) form the filtration surface that traps contaminants contained in the liquid that is being treated A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Moriya, Asao Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20150060348
    Abstract: Provided are a hollow-fiber membrane unit in which the membranes are prevented from decreasing in permeation rate and the membrane area per unit volume has been rendered suitable and which can hence treat water in an increased rate and a hollow-fiber membrane module which is for use in such hollow-fiber membrane unit. The hollow-fiber membrane module comprises either a hollow-fiber membrane sheet composed of hollow-fiber membranes disposed in a sheet arrangement or a stack of such sheets and a box-shaped water collection member which holds the hollow-fiber membrane sheet or stack, wherein one surface of the water collection member has an opening that is filled with a fixing resin (potting resin) and is for fixing the hollow-fiber membrane sheet stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ideguchi, Manabu Sasakawa, Yoshihito Nakahara, Nobuyasu Ueno, Toshinori Tanaka, Kazumi Akagawa, Masato Takeuchi, Zhuoyi Zou
  • Publication number: 20150021260
    Abstract: A separation membrane element including a pair of separation membranes containing two separation membranes arranged so that the filtrate-side surfaces thereof are disposed in mutually opposed relation, and a plurality of resin members bonded to both of the mutually opposed filtrate-side surfaces, a peripheral edge of the pair of separation membranes being sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Toray Industries
    Inventors: Kenta Iwai, Shuji Furuno, Yoshifumi Odaka, Kenji Komori, Yasuharu Watanabe, Atsushi Kitanaka, Seiko Kantani, Hideaki Ando
  • Patent number: 8911552
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for qualifying a filter used to filter fluid used in a coating operation associated with photolithography or other semiconductor manufacturing processes, provides a semiconductor manufacturing tool that includes a filter and an acoustic wave generator. The filter may be housed inside a filter housing and the acoustic wave generator may produce ultrasonic, megasonic or other acoustic energy. The acoustic wave generator contacts or is in close proximity with the filter housing and provides acoustic wave energy to the filter through the housing. The acoustic wave energy causes any bubbles in the filter to become disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Wafertech, LLC
    Inventor: Guy Jacobson
  • Patent number: 8875904
    Abstract: A circular filtering disc and a filter device having the filtering disc. The filtering disc includes a circular partition plate having an inner hub and an outer rim, with radial inlet holes formed in the outer rim and introducing water to the partition plate, and a vertical outlet hole formed in the center of the inner hub and discharging pure water; and a filter fabric placed on or below the partition plate, wherein water supplied to the filtering disc passes through the filter fabric and becomes concentrated at the vertical outlet hole, and is discharged from the filtering disc through the vertical outlet hole. In the filter device, raw water is supplied through the circumferential edges of the circular filtering discs stacked on top of one another in the filter device and is filtered prior to being discharged from the filter device through the center of the filtering discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: K-1 Ecotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Choi, Dae Hyun No, Jong Sang Kim
  • Patent number: 8877054
    Abstract: A high capacity suction strainer for a nuclear reactor has a frame, a flow-through plenum, and a filter array. The flow-through plenum is mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of inlets and an outlet. The filter array is also mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of filter groupings in fluid communication with the inlet on the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Transco Products Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Andersen, Edward Wolbert, Nicholas Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20140299534
    Abstract: A horizontal filter press is disclosed. The horizontal filter press comprises a support bracket, a head bracket, two sidebars spanning a distance between said support bracket and said head bracket, and a plurality of double filter plates. Each double filter plate comprises a first individual filter plate having a first filter chamber, one or more first filtrate ports, at least one first feed eye port, and at least one first handle; and a second individual filter plate having a second filter chamber, one or more second filtrate ports, at least one second feed eye port, and at least one second handle. The first and second individual filter plates are initially separate components, but are subsequently mechanically joined together to form said at least one double filter plate. In some embodiments a spacer bar is provided between the first and second individual filter plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Reuben Neumann
  • Publication number: 20140224658
    Abstract: Multiple staged filters are provided herein. A filter may include a plurality of panels that each include a filtering front surface and a flat back surface, the filtering front surface having a first row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, a second row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, and one or more rows of filtering protrusions, where the one or more rows are vertically spaced apart from one another and extending between the first and second rows of vertically extending protrusions. Further, each row of filtering protrusions may include filtering protrusions that are spaced from one another to form filter channels having a size that is configured to receive and retain objects of a given size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Imagine TF, LLC
    Inventor: Brian E. Richardson
  • Patent number: 8778183
    Abstract: A filtering apparatus that sucks liquid in hollow portions (10) of the filtering elements (1) via suction pipes (3) so that liquid passes the filtering elements and is filtered. Each suction pipe has suction holes (4) connected to the hollow portions. The suction pipes are inserted into through holes (2) of the filtering elements. The filtering elements are arranged side by side and connected to the suction pipes. A ring-shaped packing is interposed between the filtering elements, and water-tightly seals the clearance between the filtering element and the suction pipe. The through holes are arranged at peripheral locations of each filtering element. The suction pipes are inserted into the through holes of each filtering element. The filtering elements are held at the peripheral locations by the suction pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: AWA Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakagawa, Yoshifumi Kusaka, Daisuke Nii, Daisuke Fujieda
  • Patent number: 8771514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter pack formed by stacking rings, being used as a final element in multistage or single-stage filters. The filtration process is performed by consecutively separating the particles in suspension according to the thickness thereof in different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
    Inventor: Alfonso Cobos De La Fuente
  • Patent number: 8764980
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a filtration system comprising a filter tank. In some embodiments, at least portions of an inlet pipe and an outlet manifold can be positioned within the filter tank. At least one manifold assembly can be coupled to the outlet manifold and also can be positioned within the filter tank. In some embodiments, the manifold assembly can include at least one first aperture, at least one second aperture, and at least one first cavity positioned within the manifold assembly. In some embodiments, the second aperture can fluidly connect the first cavity and the outlet manifold. Also, at least one filter can be coupled to the manifold assembly so that the first aperture fluidly connects the filter to the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Porous Media Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Fuller, Mark Mickan
  • Publication number: 20140175011
    Abstract: An example separation system includes a stack of membrane plate assemblies. An example membrane plate assembly may include membranes bonded to opposite sides of a spacer plate. The spacer plate may include a first opening in fluid communication with a region between the membranes, and a second opening in fluid communication with a region between membrane plate assemblies. Adjacent membrane plate assemblies in the stack may have alternating orientations such that bonding areas for adjacent membranes in the stack may be staggered. Accordingly, two isolated flows may be provided which may be orthogonal from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: PORIFERA, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Benton, Olgica Bakajin
  • Patent number: 8747512
    Abstract: A filter element that has at least two, planar, non-curved filtration panels. In a preferred embodiment, the filter element has three panels, providing a generally triangular filter element. The outlet aperture, from the filter element, generally follows the configuration of the filter. That is, a filter element having three filtration panels will have a generally three-sided outlet aperture. The outlet aperture preferably is not a true polygon, but rather, includes rounded or curved sides and/or corners. The filter element includes an outlet sealing configuration that may provide both axial and radial sealing to outlet ductwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jarren B. Mills, Daniel E. Adamek, Richard Dejong
  • Patent number: 8734641
    Abstract: A wastewater tertiary media filtration system capable of enhancing filtration performance while including backwashing capabilities that eliminate turbidity spikes by using compressed fluid injected to the interior of submerged includes a filter tank having an inlet and an outlet with a plurality of pile cloth media filter disks disposed in generally parallel relation between the inlet and outlet. Each filter disk preferably includes opposing filter panels disposed in generally parallel spaced relation and supported by a frame. The filter disks may be angularly disposed at approximately 55-degrees relative to horizontal so as to maximize settlement velocity in accordance with the advantages of inclined plate technology. Backwashing is primarily accomplished by injecting compressed fluid (such as air) to the interior of each filter disk assembly whereby accumulated solids are blown off of the cloth filter media by reverse flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Inventor: Anthony Collins
  • Publication number: 20140110331
    Abstract: A water filter cartridge having a housing with an inlet nozzle with a concentric, smaller outlet nozzle extending through the inlet nozzle with a space therebetween defining an inlet to a flow path passing through a filter and through the outlet nozzle. A diaphragm valve mounted to the outlet nozzle blocks upstream flow out of the inlet when the cartridge is not in use. An umbrella valve mounted on the end of the filter blocks downstream flow out of the outlet nozzle when the cartridge is not in use, thus reducing leakage when the cartridge is removed from the appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventor: Michael T. Baird
  • Publication number: 20140102986
    Abstract: A method and treatment unit for removing particulate mercury from aqueous streams such as wastewater streams from hydrocarbon processing is disclosed. Mercury solids are removed by means of a surface filter configured in the shape of a bag. The separated solid mercury can be thickened and dewatered by removing the spent filter bag from service and allowing the water to drain and/or evaporate. The dewatered solids can then be disposed of together with the spent bag to an approved solid waste disposal facility. Coagulants, flocculants, and mercury precipitants can be injected upstream of the filter bag if required to increase removal efficiency by precipitating dissolved ionic mercury and increasing the particle size of the mercury solids. Following bag filtration, activated carbon or an alternative technology (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: David A. MASCIOLA, Owen R. MICHAELIS
  • Publication number: 20140091027
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to purification cassettes that have reinforcing features. One embodiment relates to a purification cassette with tensions members. A purification system may include a removable cassette defining a media cavity. A set of tension members may span between a first sidewall and second sidewall. The set of tension members can divide the media cavity into a plurality of lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Laverdiere, Hirokazu Kuwabara, Koichi Kurata, John P. Puglia, Ben Mai Pak Lee, Louis Barrows, JR., Kalyan Madhavaram, Dmitri Menn, J. Karl Niermeyer
  • Patent number: 8673141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a suction oil filter device for an engine or a transmission that has an oil inlet and an oil outlet on the filter housing, a suction oil pump connectable to the oil outlet, using which a partial vacuum may be generated between oil inlet and oil outlet, a fine filter medium and an ultrafine filter medium, which are situated between the oil inlet and the oil outlet. The fine filter medium is attached to the oil inlet or to the oil outlet, and the ultrafine filter medium is situated before the fine filter medium in the flow direction and in a secondary flow area of the filter housing. A high filtration performance may thus be achieved at low production outlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: IBS Filtran Kunststoff/Metallerzeugnisse GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stausberg, Markus Beer
  • Patent number: 8673149
    Abstract: A liquid filter assembly comprising a filter subassembly is inserted within an elongated tubular filter body, enclosed by a pair of end caps. The filter subassembly includes a plurality of filtration discs placed onto a tubular core and inner support member. A disc aperture is provided concentrically through each filtration disc. An outer filter support member and a central filter support member support each filtration disc. The outer filter support member engages with an interior of the elongated body and an end wall engages with the disc perimeter. The central filter support member engages with an exterior of the inner support member and an end wall engages with the peripheral edge about the filtration disc aperture. Fluid passes through the first end cap orifice, continuing through the inner support member, transferring flow through the filtration discs, returning through the inner support member, and exiting the opposite end cap orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Horace Lester Gadson
  • Publication number: 20140061140
    Abstract: A screen assembly (32) for use in a vibratory screening machine (1) includes first and second screen units (34, 36) spaced apart by a support frame (38) interposed between the screen units. The first and second screen units (34, 36) each comprise a screen panel (46, 48) including screening material. The screen panel (46) of the first screen unit (34) is disposed, in use, across a top side of the support frame (38) and the screen panel of the second screen unit (36) is disposed, in use across an underside of the support frame (38). The support frame (38) and second screen unit (36) define at least one channel (50) formed and arranged so that solids collected by the second screen unit may be transported off an end of the screen unit by the vibratory action of a vibratory screening machine. Modular screen assemblies are described. Methods of using the screen assemblies are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Marshall Graham Bailey
  • Patent number: 8663469
    Abstract: A strainer wall structure includes curved sections, a method of manufacturing the same, and a filtering method using the strainer wall structure to provide a substantially larger effective filtering area in the same length and width, substantially reducing foreign substances covering a suction surface and flow resistance of the foreign substances, and reducing pressure drop at a cooling water pass corresponding thereto. The strainer wall structure includes an inlet side through which cooling water is introduced and an outlet side through which the filtered cooling water is discharged, includes a body having openings in directions of the inlet side and the outlet side, and a first filter plate inserted into the body and including curved sections formed by alternately bending a first punched plate having filtering holes in opposite directions and at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., BHI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Yeol Kim, Hyeong Teak Kim, Chang Hyun Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jong In Woo
  • Patent number: 8628661
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a filtration device that comprises a disc with a rim covering and stiffening a plurality of filtration sectors connected to taps provided on the outer wall of a rotary main shaft containing inner discharge channels and fit-inserted into said taps and into a crown comprising two parts concentric to the shaft, one which is secured to the shaft while the other is removable, characterised in that said rim is provided with openings each intended for receiving a removable connection flange bearing, on the one hand, a radial strut clamped between two adjacent sectors for the relative clamping thereof and interacting, on the other hand, with a spring quick fastener for locking the strut under tension between the sectors. The disclosure also relates to a method for assembling and maintaining said filtration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Guadfrin
    Inventor: Guy Gaudfrin
  • Publication number: 20140001122
    Abstract: Described herein is a submerged plate membrane device intended for use in forward osmosis processes, particularly for concentrating various process streams such as those in ponds. Particular examples of feed streams that may be concentrated are for example the following feed solutions: brines, seawater, drilling mud, waste water, bio-digestate, and the like. Thus, the process and device described herein are useful for de-watering, and thus concentrating, the content of solar evaporation ponds and drilling mud ponds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Walter L. Schultz, Upen J. Bharwada, John R. Herron, Mark Schutter
  • Patent number: 8591622
    Abstract: A filter apparatus comprises a filter stack including a plurality of porous ceramic plates that are axially spaced from one another to define plurality of axially spaced apart radial flow areas. In one example, the filter stack is mounted within a housing. In further examples, the plurality of porous ceramic plates alternate between a first set of porous ceramic plates that are nested with a second set of porous ceramic plates. In still further examples, at least one of the sides of the porous ceramic plates defines a plurality of radial flutes arranged in a radial array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Gallagher, Keith Leonard House, Steven Bolaji Ogunwumi, Patrick David Tepesch
  • Publication number: 20130180909
    Abstract: A filtering device includes a housing and one or more flexible filter arrays. The flexible filter arrays can be coupled to the housing. Each flexible filter array can include a plurality of members and one or more support members. The plurality of members each can have a proximal and a distal end, the plurality of members being spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The one or more support members can be coupled to one or more of the plurality of members. Each of the plurality of members can be configured to deflect relative to the one or more support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Siyang Zheng, Ramdane Harouaka, Mingda Zhou, Yin-Ting Yeh
  • Patent number: 8480886
    Abstract: A multistage immersion type membrane separator includes a liquid air separator, the liquid air separator including an outlet tube, an inlet tube, and a skirt. The outlet tube is cylindrical and has a outlet tube diameter, and the inlet pipe has an inlet pipe diameter of less than the outlet tube diameter. The inlet pipe is attached to and in communication with the outlet tube so that a mixed flow of air and liquid passing through the inlet tube is introduced into the outlet tube and flows circumferentially around the inside of the outlet tube. The inlet pipe is attached to the cylindrical outlet tube so that the inlet pipe is perpendicular to the outlet tube. The outlet tube has two ends, one end being closed and the other end being open. The skirt is attached to the outlet tube and is concentric with the outlet tube. The skirt is attached to the closed end of the outlet tube, and extends to just past the point of attachment of the inlet tube to the outlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Ovivo Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Wayne Howard, Andrew Ball
  • Patent number: 8475659
    Abstract: A strainer wall structure that removes foreign substances from a fluid suctioned into a pipe and a re-circulation pump that is part of an emergency core cooling system (ECCS). The strainer wall structure has an inlet side and an outlet side through which cooling water is introduced and discharged, respectively, and includes a body having an opening in a direction of the inlet side, closed side surfaces, and an outlet port disposed at one of the closed side surfaces. The strainer includes a punched plate filter screen inserted into the opening. A modular cassette apparatus including grooved first filter plates is inserted into the body, and second filter plates having second grooves is inserted into the first grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., BHI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Jong Oh, Sang Yeol Kim, Hyeong Teak Kim, Chang Hyun Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jong In Woo
  • Publication number: 20130126415
    Abstract: An oil separator configured to separate oil from refrigerant in a refrigeration system is disclosed. For example, the oil separator may be deployed in a heat exchange system configured to liquefy one or more fluids that are gaseous at ambient temperature and pressure. By virtue of its design and method of manufacture, the oil separator may reduce costs associated with manufacture, reduce failure to leakage, reduce misalignment of components that impair function and/or result in other undesirable effects (e.g., undesirable noise during operation, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Rickey Dean Burns, Robert Jackson Maddox
  • Patent number: 8425774
    Abstract: Filter and replaceable filter leaf apparatus are provided. The filter includes a housing defining a cavity having fluid inlet and outlet ports and a lid member with a manifold coupled to the outlet port and being adapted to conduct a fluid flow between the outlet port and a plurality of attachment areas. Replaceable filter leafs are selectively movable through an opening into the housing cavity and attachable with the manifold at the plurality of attachment areas. The replaceable filter leafs include a filter envelope consisting of a filter panel, a nozzle member on the filter panel and defining a passageway adjacent an opening in the filter envelope for conducting fluids therethrough. The nozzle member is selectively attachable onto the manifold of the polishing filter apparatus at any one of the plurality of attachment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: William J. Grodecki
  • Publication number: 20130092636
    Abstract: A filter unit for treating water, having a first plate-shaped filter element and at least one second plate-shaped filter element. The first and second filter elements are mutually spaced from each other and define an intermediate space. Each of the first arid second filter elements extends, with reference to a Cartesian coordinate system, along a first spatial axis to a considerably lesser extent than along the two remaining spatial axes such that the element has a layer thickness (?). Flow can take place through the first and second filter elements along a path that corresponds to the layer thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: BRITA GMBH
    Inventors: Maria Festner, Simon Floren
  • Publication number: 20130092621
    Abstract: A piece of substrate material is formed under heat and pressure against a cavity into a shaped substrate sheet having one or more depressions. Two substrate sheets are bonded together to form a substrate wherein the one or more depressions form one or more interior channels. The substrate, if not formed with pre-coated substrate material, is coated with a dope and quenched to form a filtering membrane. A plurality of membranes may be placed side by side to form a bundle with permeating ends of the membrane, which are open to the one or more interior channels, separated by gaps or spacers. The bundle is connected to a header to produce a module. The module can be assembled into a cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Ionel Tomescu, Rafael Simon
  • Patent number: 8398854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter system (1) for removing impurities from a fluid, having a filter housing (2) enclosing a housing interior (3), and having at least one cylindrical filter body (9) provided in the filter housing (2), said filter body separating an uncleaned space (10) from a clean space (11) in the housing interior (3). In order to be able to more simply adapt the filter system (1) to different filtration levels, each filter body (9) has at least two cylindrical filter elements (12) that are designed as identical components and that are axially attached to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Kübler, Dietrich Stötzer
  • Patent number: 8382981
    Abstract: A module arrangement (5) according to an embodiment of the invention consists of a plurality of membrane modules (6) arranged in a two dimensional array (7) and extending between upper and lower block-type manifolds (8) and (9), respectively. The array of modules is further divided into sub-groups of modules (10) separated from each other by space (11) extending transversely across the membrane array (7). An integrated support frame (12) is positioned in the space (11) between the sub-groups (10) and is fixed to the upper and lower manifold blocks (8) and (9) to form an integrated support structure within the module array (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rogers, Stephen Bowmer, Bruce Gregory Biltoft, James W. Polson, Robert James McMahon, Huw Alexander Lazaredes, Michael Collignon
  • Patent number: 8366929
    Abstract: A membrane element 36 includes filtration membranes 45 on the flat part of the membrane element 36. Spacing members 60 keep spacing S between the filtration membranes 45 between the membrane elements 36 when the membrane elements 36 are arranged with the filtration membranes 45 opposed to each other. The spacing members 60 each have spacer sections 61a and 61b that keep the spacing S between the filtration membranes 45 between the membrane elements 36 in the direction of a membrane surface cleaning stream that flows along the surface of the filtration membrane 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Masutani, Yasunobu Okajima, Tadao Shinkai, Yoshio Asakura
  • Patent number: 8354026
    Abstract: A center tube is disclosed which allows a draw solution to flow through all membrane elements in a membrane system in parallel. The center tube may include a cylindrical wall with two open ends and a barrier element there between separating an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber within the cylindrical wall. At least one non-perforated bypass tube may be located substantially within the cylindrical wall, which extends a length of the downstream chamber and/or the upstream chamber so that the upstream chamber is configured to communicate with a second upstream chamber of a second center tube and/or the downstream chamber is configured to communicate with a second downstream chamber of the second center tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Hydration Systems, LLC
    Inventor: John R. Herron
  • Patent number: 8282822
    Abstract: A membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations applied to the membrane cartridge by an ascending force of membrane cleaning gas and others by firmly coupling the adjacent membrane cartridges disposed in parallel. In a membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus, selvages larger in thickness than a membrane cartridge main body are formed at both sides of the membrane cartridge, and a header forming part is formed on one selvage, and a guide hole is formed in other selvage relatively, and the header forming part and the guide hole of the membrane cartridge disposed adjacently by varying the direction mutually are formed to communicate and connect with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Okawa, Yasuyuki Okuno, Hidemi Nagakawa, Naoki Okuma, Kotaro Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20120168361
    Abstract: The cylindrical or conical shaped particle separator operates based on cyclone-induced flow sweeping the face of the cylindrical separator screen, creating inertial separation of suspended particles. The separator screen comprises of multitude of parallel, evenly spaced, asymmetrically profiled, linear, screen elements arranged in a cylindrical or conical grid-like shape parallel with the axis of the cylinder or cone. The cyclone effect is created by the rotational, helical path of the fluid inside or outside of the cylindrical or conical separator screen. The spinning, rotating fluid sweeps the inner or outer side of the stationary or rotating screen, passing approximately perpendicularly over the linear grid-like elements and gaps between the elements. The screen elements may be wires, bars, narrow strips, airfoil vanes or other similar linear elements with a flow separation edge on the trailing end of the profile of the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Abbas Motakef
  • Publication number: 20120160750
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane module including: one or more membrane units covering a support and including a membrane having at least one side fused, wherein both sides of each of the membrane units perpendicular to one side of the membrane are molded to be coupled with the first and second frames, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Woong Choi, Incheol Kim, Namdoo Kim, Wonseok Lee
  • Patent number: 8187457
    Abstract: A test paper includes a porous membrane capable of separating an object that should be filtered out of a sample by filtration, the porous membrane carrying a reagent capable of reacting with a specified component of the sample to result in coloring. The porous membrane includes a first layer having a surface on which the sample is supplied and a second layer having a surface at which sample percolation and measuring are effected, the first layer composed of large pore portions, the surface of the first layer consisting of a smooth surface having open pore portions, the second layer composed of minute pore portions the surface of the second layer consisting of a surface having open pore portions. The porous membrane has a thickness of 50 to 200 ?m and a porosity of 60 to 95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ken Tatebe, Katsuyuki Ooba