Perforated Or Grooved Plates Patents (Class 210/498)
  • Patent number: 8276602
    Abstract: A garbage collecting apparatus of a dishwasher, mounted in a dishwasher such that washing water is pumped by a washing pump to wash garbage on targets to be washed, and then such used washing water is drained by a drain pump, the apparatus including a first garbage collecting net, and a second garbage collecting net having a mesh size relatively greater than that of the first garbage collecting net, whereby various sizes of garbage can be filtered by the garbage collecting apparatus, so as to automatically be discharged to the exterior, and also a decomposition, a displeasure, an inconvenience due to washing of the collecting nets and the like which may be caused when such garbage remains in the garbage collecting apparatus can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kyung-Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20120241391
    Abstract: Disclosed are filter media constituents, filter media, filter constructions, and methods of employing the filter media and filter constructions for fluid filtration. The filter media and filter media constituents of the invention have unique properties enabling the efficient capture of microbes or microbial generating units. Fluids usefully filtered using the filter media and filter constructions include air and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: RECEPTORS LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Carlson, Karen Schlichtmann Schmidt, Robert M. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8235220
    Abstract: A separator includes: a channel having a first surface; a plurality of columnar members formed on the first surface and having a cross section in the shape of a crescent, the plurality of columnar members being arranged in a row direction along a longitudinal direction of the channel, and in a column direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the channel, the columnar members that belong to the same row from among the plurality of columnar members being disposed so that the crescents face the same direction in the column direction, the columnar members that belong to a single row being disposed so that the crescents face the opposite direction in the column direction with respect to the crescents of the columnar members that belong to the adjacent row; and a substance that specifically binds to a separation target, and is disposed on side surfaces of the plurality of columnar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yagi
  • Publication number: 20120192729
    Abstract: A juice machine includes a cutter module, and the cutter module includes a cutter turntable, a filter, and a cutter flywheel. The filter includes a bottom plate, a first side plate protruded and tilted upwardly from an external periphery of the bottom plate, a filter plate horizontally extended from the top of the first side plate, a tilted second side plate protruded upwardly from an edge of the filter plate, an opening formed at the center of the bottom plate, a plurality of first meshes formed on the first side plate, a plurality of second meshes formed on the filter plate, a plurality of third meshes formed on the second side plate. Therefore, the weight of the filter can be decreased to provide a stable filter and reduce vibrations and noises. The juice machine can enhance both juice squeezing efficiency and juice yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Jin Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20120085648
    Abstract: A microfluidic fluid separator for separating target components of a fluid by filtration is described. Methods for separating target components of a fluid by filtration and methods for processing blood on a large scale with the microfluidic fluid separator are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Emil P. KARTALOV, Axel Scherer, Koichi SAYANO
  • Patent number: 8147689
    Abstract: A dewatering conveyor system for dewatering chunks of petroleum coke or the like material which is mixed with large volumes of water, wherein the conveyor employs lateral drag bars, the top flight of which conveyor slides forwardly on a screening deck having dewatering screens, and the bottom flight of which conveyor slides rearwardly on a sluice deck underlying the screening deck, wherein a major portion of the conveyor rearward of its discharge end is contained by tail end wall means and side and bottom wall means which can contain large volumes of coke and water, wherein, for handling large volumes of water the discharge end of the conveyor is elevated, e.g., up to 20 ft. or more above the tail end of the conveyor such that water dropping thru the screens will run down toward the tail end of the conveyor and leave the discharge end above the water line, and wherein a drain port is located thru the bottom wall means at a tail end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Lowell Cogar
  • Patent number: 8101074
    Abstract: A permeate tube for spiral wound membrane comprising at least one tubular unit, which unit has spaced along its length a plurality of permeate transfer means, and one or more external grooves forming flow channels connecting the permeate transfer means. The present invention relates further to a process for treating a material having a viscosity less than 50 cP by the use of a spiral wound membrane comprising a permeate tube having at least one tubular unit, which unit has spaced along its length a plurality of permeate transfer means, and one or more external grooves forming flow channels connecting the permeate transfer means, around the permeate tube are one or more permeate transfer leaves, one or more membrane leaves and one or more space leaves wound. The present invention relates also to a process of operating a spiral wound membrane. The present invention relates further to uses of the spiral wound membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventor: Knud Verner Larsen
  • Patent number: 8088282
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for separating molecules on the basis of size and or structure, and to a method of making the apparatus. Generally, the separation method includes passing a fluid comprising particles having different effective molecular diameters through a plurality of open, nanoscale channels disposed in surfaces of substrates. The method also includes obtaining a plurality of fractions of the passed fluid such that each of the fractions includes a major portion containing particles having similar size and shape and substantially free of particles having larger size and shape. The apparatus includes first and second substrates each of which has a surface containing a plurality of open, nanoscale channels disposed therein. The surfaces are bonded together such that each of the channels of the first substrate is in fluid communication with at least two of the channels of the second substrate and is misaligned relative to the channels of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Scott Sibbett
  • Patent number: 8057672
    Abstract: Provided is a disposable multi-layered filtration device for the separation of blood plasma which can be applied to a biochip and appropriate for disposal uses. The filtration device for the separation of blood plasma includes: an upper substrate including a blood inlet; an intermediate substrate including a filtering unit for extracting blood plasma from blood flowing through the blood inlet; and a lower substrate including an air outlet, wherein the upper substrate, the intermediate substrate, and the lower substrate are stacked and adhered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kwang Hyo Chung, Yo Han Choi, Dae Sik Lee, Ju Hyun Jeon, Moon Youn Jung, Seon Hee Park
  • Patent number: 8038879
    Abstract: A fluid strainer device is disclosed. The device includes a housing which defines an open chamber, the chamber having both at least one fluid input port and at least one fluid outlet port. A plurality of spaced strainer baskets are disposed within the chamber. Each basket has a pair of spaced perforated side panels, a perforated rear panel, a perforated top panel and an open front portion in fluid communication with the chamber fluid input port. Finally, each strainer basket is aligned within the chamber for fluid flow from the chamber input port into the basket's open front portion and out through the perforations thereof to filter debris from the fluid while preventing substantial fluid pressure drop between the input and outlet ports substantially independent of debris buildup within the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Inventor: Wayne Kraft
  • Publication number: 20110233148
    Abstract: A filter apparatus comprises a filter having first and second opposed surfaces. A first reservoir is positioned adjacent with the first surface and in communication with the first surface, and a first inlet-outlet port is in communication with the first reservoir and spaced from the first surface. A second reservoir is positioned adjacent the second surface, and in communication with the second surface, and a second inlet-outlet port is in communication with the second reservoir and spaced from the second surface. A filter plate system comprises a reservoir plate. The reservoir plate comprises at least one reservoir well. The filter plate system further comprises a strainer plate. The strainer plate comprises at least one strainer well, which is removably receivable in the reservoir well. The strainer well comprises at least one mesh wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Antonchuk, Cindy Miller
  • Patent number: 8021548
    Abstract: A lattice structure for the passage of a first medium against a second medium with transverse webs and longitudinal webs, lattice openings with a clear width of ?300 ?m being arranged between the transverse webs and the longitudinal webs. On at least one side of the lattice structure, the transverse webs and/or the longitudinal webs have a rib arrangement of ribs projecting vertically to the lattice plane, at least one first group and a second group of ribs being arranged which differ from one another at least by their heights H1, H2 with H1>H2. A vessel with at least one water inlet window and an air outlet window, both windows being provided with the lattice structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Brita GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Gröss, Bernd Altmüller, Harald Ehrentraut, Alexandra Merz
  • Patent number: 8017004
    Abstract: A filter system for a storm drain having a bottom, side walls, and an outlet formed in the side wall. The filter system includes a main section having an array of openings formed therein for permitting water to flow through the filter. The main section is configured to be mounted adjacent the side wall and aligned with the outlet. In some cases, the bottom of the storm drain includes a depression for feeding water to the outlet. The filter system includes a flexible mesh that extends from the bottom of the main section into the depression for filtering water flowing in the depression. In addition, the filter system includes a mounting structure that enables the main section to be slidably mounted into an operative position and also enables the main section to be removed by slidably moving it from the operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Trash Guard, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Crumpler
  • Publication number: 20110174727
    Abstract: A filtration membrane and multiple channel groove patterns 38 and 39 are provided on a filtration plate 36, and permeated liquid outlet nozzles 41 and 42 for collecting and taking out a permeated liquid in the channel groove patterns 38 and 39 are provided at the circumferential edge of the filtration plate 36, wherein the channel groove patterns 38 and 39 include linear through-channel grooves 38a and 39a that are inclined in parallel and communication grooves 38b and 39b connecting the through-channel grooves 38a and 39a, the through-channel grooves 38a and 39a are arranged from one end to the other end so as to gradually approach the closest permeated liquid outlet nozzles 41 and 42, and the permeated liquid flows to the permeated liquid outlet nozzles 41 and 42 through the through-channel grooves 38a and 39a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Kimihiro Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Tomohiko Sasaki, Yoshio Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7964065
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for feeding chemical into a liquid flow. The method and apparatus according to the invention are especially suitable for applications where very small volumes of chemical must be fed in precise amounts in large process liquid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Anpap Oy
    Inventor: Heikki Niiranen
  • Patent number: 7963400
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a distributor plate for a composite pressure vessel. The distributor plate includes a thermoplastic polymeric disk having a top side, a bottom side, a perimeter edge and a central opening. Radial slits are formed in the disk to define fluid flow passages through the disk between the central opening and the perimeter edge. The fluid flow passages through the disk are adapted to swirl fluid flowing through the disk from the bottom side to the top side around the central opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Enpress, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas S. Stolarik, Douglas M. Horner, Michael P. Mormino, Richard A. Mest
  • Patent number: 7950530
    Abstract: A compound conduit containing inner and outer conduits with apertures in the former that are angled to direct jets of fluid in a rearward direction from the inner conduit into the annular space is used to draw sludge or undesirable material from a vessel without imposing a vacuum on the system. In conjunction with the compound conduit is a rotary tube seal that allows the conduit to be mounted to an orifice in a tank wall and pivoted or rotated over a range of angles. A tubing drive mechanism grasps the tubing at locations well removed from the distal end and causes the tubing to travel in the direction of the tubing axis. The gripping members in the mechanism engage the sides of the tubing and are capable of shifting position relative to each other to accommodate changes in the curvature of the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Jerry McNaughton, Stanley W. Ellis
  • Patent number: 7943042
    Abstract: A magnetic filtering film is used to remove grains from liquid that goes through the magnetic filtering film. The magnetic filtering film includes a rubber film and micro-magnets. The rubber film is made of organic polymer. The rubber film is formed with apertures through which liquid can go. The micro-magnets are distributed in the rubber film for attracting ferromagnetic grains from the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Southern Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hsinn-Jyh Tzeng, Biing-Hwa Yan, Chen-Ling Cheng, Jung-Ming Ho, Cheng-Han Tsai, Chien-Chun Kan
  • Publication number: 20110108476
    Abstract: A water screen or conveyor belt module includes one or more projections in its top surface for increasing the surface area of the top surface. Each projection includes fluid flow openings that provide a pathway for liquid to drain or fluid to flow between the top and bottom of the module. The fluid flow openings may comprise slots extending in the lengthwise direction of the module and extending into the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Gilbert J. MacLachlan
  • Publication number: 20110094959
    Abstract: A filter retainer supports filtering materials on both surfaces of the filter retainer. A pair of etched circular plates having a large number of circumferentially arranged through-holes formed by chemical etching are joined to each other at a condition where the positions of corresponding through-holes are aligned to coincide with each other, and at the joined form, radially extending internal paths are formed between the pair of etched circular plates. The structure of the filter retainer avoids accuracy and pressure loss of conventional filter elements cause by internal structures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: NAGASE & CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOUKAI SPRING SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kenichi Kurimoto, Yuya Tahara, Yoshimichi Hiraoka, Shigehiro Hori
  • Patent number: 7886752
    Abstract: A filter having a filter body with a plurality of filter openings, each having a passage cross-section which varies automatically in response to a characteristic inherent to a medium flowing through the openings to filter the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Jerg
  • Patent number: 7848475
    Abstract: A strainer for an emergency core cooling system (ECCS) in a nuclear power plant comprises a perforated strainer element that is immersed in a reservoir of cooling water, which is drawn through the strainer element into the emergency core cooling system. The side of the strainer element in contact with the cooling water has a contoured configuration for disrupting the formation of a flat bed of fibrous material that can trap small particulate material intended to pass through the strainer element. Incorporating this strainer element into an ECCS strainer enables the strainer to be made more compact, because the debris bed need not be spread over an unduly large area to prevent excessive head loss from the debris load in the event of a reactor loss of coolant accident. The strainer also incorporates a modular construction that uses individual strainer disc modules. Each disc module includes a perforated first disc part having a central opening and a perforated second disc part also having a central opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Kaufman, Alan J. Bilanin
  • Publication number: 20100270230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clot trap that comprises a disc-shaped screen surface for collecting clots in a fluid flowing through the screen surface. It further relates to an external blood cassette and a blood circuit, as well as a treatment apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Brueckner, Martin Lauer, Manfred Weis
  • Patent number: 7820041
    Abstract: A uniquely designed drain cover for swimming pools, spas, whirlpools and the like that is non-flat and clover shaped containing three or more “leaves” that provides for strengthened rigidity, increased protection against hair and body entrapment and that is connected to the sump through ribs that run across the body of the drain cover that allow for securing the drain cover to the sump through these ribs in addition to the perimeter providing for greater anti-deflection properties and anti-vortexing properties. Apertures found on the surface of the cover and along the perimeter add to the anti-deflection and anti-vortexing properties of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Waterways Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brooks Hilton, M Reza Mirzaei, Frank Hinjosa
  • Patent number: 7820013
    Abstract: A screen cylinder comprising screen slots (3) and accept channels (8) for directing the portion penetrated the screen slots (3) to an accept side (9) of the screen cylinder (1) of the fiber pulp suspension fed into a feed side (10) of the screen cylinder (1). At least one feed side surface (4) is provided between the screen slots (3) and the accept channels (8) comprise at least one first surface (5) of the accept channel (8) and at least one second surface (6). At least a third of the total length of the accept channel (8) is arranged in a direction opposite to a feed flow direction (A) of the fiber pulp suspension in relation to a normal (19) of a tangent (18) of the screen cylinder (1), which is arranged to pass through the screen slot (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Kati Lindroos
  • Patent number: 7803273
    Abstract: A filter comprises at least one filtration unit with a filtration passage having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the filtration unit includes at least one groove formed in an inlet side surface of the filtration unit, said at least one groove extending to the inlet and dimensioned to hold back substances which may clog the filtration passage, by means of upper edges of said at least one groove. According to the present invention, by forming at least one groove in an inlet side surface of the filtration unit, the filtration passages of the filter can be effectively prevented from being clogged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventor: K. W. Michael Siu
  • Patent number: 7799173
    Abstract: A screen plate for a cellulosic material puling vessel, the screen plate including: slots having curved inlet corner edges adjacent an inside surface of the screen plate and facing a pulp flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Jay K. Sheerer, Carl Luhrmann
  • Patent number: 7788867
    Abstract: A flooring system for intercepting debris including at least a plurality of floor tiles with a perforated top surface providing on a top of the plurality of tube frames for intercepting the debris. Each plurality of floor tiles may include a plurality of tube frames in side by side relationship to form a distributed suction area for fluid entrance into tile interiors and for debris interception and capture. The tile interiors of the flooring system may also provide a distributed flow path for fluid flow to a transition plenum. The flooring system may also include a transition plenum for directing a flow path of the fluid from the tiles to a sump, wherein the pumps take suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Hibbert Oates, Alan Wayne Fanning, Brian Douglas Frew, Bruce Peter Matthew Kobel, Imad Ahmad Baghdadi
  • Patent number: 7736467
    Abstract: A pulp digester includes a vessel having an inlet, an outlet and a wall extending between the inlet and the outlet, the wall of the vessel having a curved interior surface. The digester includes a screen assembly positioned inside the vessel adjacent to the curved interior surface of the wall for removing liquid from pulp material. The screen assembly is movable relative to the curved interior surface of the vessel wall. The digester includes at least one support element permanently attached to the vessel wall for limiting movement of the screen assembly relative to the curved interior surface of the vessel wall. In certain embodiments, the at least one support, such as a ledge permanently attached to the vessel wall, supports a portion of the screen assembly. The screen assembly may have an inner face that is concave in a horizontal direction and convex in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Metso Paper Pori Oy
    Inventors: Tuomo Nykanen, Lasse Hernesniemi
  • Publication number: 20100133204
    Abstract: A reusable filter for testing drilling fluids including a non-porous filter medium configured to be disposed in a drilling fluid testing device. The non-porous filter medium having a plurality of perforations extending therethrough. Additionally, a method of cleaning a reusable filter medium for a drilling fluid test device including exposing the reusable filter medium to a washing fluid, and agitating the washing fluid with a mechanical agitator to break up solids disposed on the reusable filter medium. Also, a drilling fluid test device including a cell body having a fluid inlet configured to provide a test fluid, a filtrate outlet configured to discharge a filtrate, and a fluid outlet configured to discharge the fluid. The drilling fluid test device also having a non-porous filter medium disposed in the cell body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Mostafa Ahmadi Tehrani, Jacqueline Joan Cameron
  • Publication number: 20100108621
    Abstract: A concentrator of particles dissolved or suspended in a liquid includes a top surface having a hole array therethrough and a bottom surface fused to the top surface to define an intermediate volume accessed only through the hole array. A concentrator of particles dissolved or suspended in a liquid is also provided that has an inner channel and an exterior surface and a tube having a hole array providing liquid communication between the inner channel and the exterior surface. A liquid-impermeable sheath surrounds the hole array and forms a seal to the exterior surface to define a volume between said sheath and the exterior surface. A process for concentrating particles from a liquid with these concentrators is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Gafur Zainiev
  • Patent number: 7678283
    Abstract: A rotary drum filter has a plurality of longitudinally extending division grids mounted about the outer circumference of a drum. A plurality of corrugated sheets are provided, with the leading and trailing edges of each sheet mounted to circumferentially adjacent pairs of division grids to define filtrate compartments. An equivalent number of perforated filter plates are also provided. Each filter plate is attached to the top of a corrugated sheet and has a leading edge and a trailing edge that are set back from the leading edge and trailing edge of the corrugated sheet. A seal clip is positioned near the leading edge of each corrugated sheet. A seal member or seal members is/are held in place by the seal clip and is/are positioned at the face of the leading edge of each corrugated sheet or beneath and near the face or each corrugated sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Todd S. Grace, Joseph A. Gottberg
  • Patent number: 7650720
    Abstract: A gutter protection system is adapted for covering a gutter and preventing debris from falling into the gutter. The gutter protection system comprises an elongate sheet metal member or panel adapted to engage a portion of the gutter and to cover the gutter. The sheet metal member has a longitudinal axis and a generally smooth top surface interrupted by a plurality of canals and perforations formed therein. Each canal extends down and away from the smooth top surface. The canals are formed from the material of the sheet metal member, each canal formed so that water entering the canal exits through one of the perforations and flows into the gutter below. The canals enable water to move laterally within the canal, thereby increasing the water volume handled by the system without necessarily increasing the number of holes or perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventor: James E. Ealer, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20100006504
    Abstract: A liquid separation device is provided, and is capable of suppressing the lowering of filtration function due to an increase in flow channel resistance of permeated liquid which results in a separation membrane falling in a groove of a permeated liquid flow channel material along with accompanied breakage of the separation membrane surface. A permeated liquid flow channel material is disposed on the back side of a separation membrane composed of a sheet-like material having a linear groove and a linear crest alternately arrayed on one surface or both surfaces, wherein a groove width of the linear groove in the sheet-like material is 10 to 200 ?m, and a ratio of the groove width of the linear groove to the pitch of the linear groove is 0.45 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: TORAY Industries , Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Odaka, Toshimasa Katayama, Tsunemitsu Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7591947
    Abstract: A membrane microstructure device is disclosed. The membrane microstructure device includes a first glass, ceramic or glass-ceramic plate defining a first recess, a second glass, ceramic or glass-ceramic plate defining a second recess, and a non-metallic porous membrane sandwiched between the first and second plates. The first plate, second plate and porous membrane are joined together and the porous membrane is arranged to cover the first and second recesses to define a first microchannel between the first plate and the porous membrane and a second microchannel in fluid communication with the first microchannel between the second plate and the porous membrane. A method of manufacturing a membrane microstructure device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Philippe Caze, Celine Claude Guermeur, Didier H Letourneur, Jean-Pierre Themont, Jean Waku Nsimba, Pierre Woehl
  • Publication number: 20090230052
    Abstract: A filter material for a filter system and method of filtering a fluid are disclosed. The filter system may include a filter material capable of capturing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a fluid, where the filter material is disposed between a first and second filter media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SHAWNDRA PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Gary Hunsinger
  • Publication number: 20090145841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a perforated component having the excellent hygienic property and washable structure suitable for a filter element and a jet nozzle used particularly in food processing by employing the single material such as metal, ceramic or the like. The perforated component attains the following advantages: steps for manufacturing the perforated component can be decreases; positions where foreign particles accumulate are diminished; additional reinforcements are not required; since no welding steps are included, strains, cracks and the like hardly caused by manufacturing steps. As a result the perforated component of high precision and high quality is obtained. The perforated component is formed in the following manner. Grooves 1 are formed at desired positions in a workpiece W made out of a single material. A plurality of passage holes 2 are perforated in the grooves 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Koichi Arai
  • Patent number: 7537327
    Abstract: An internal filter includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate. Fluid passages are formed by etching grooves into the surface(s) of the upper and/or lower substrates and/or in one or more intermediate layers. The filter pores extending between the fluid passages are formed by etching second grooves that fluidly connect the fluid passages. Two or more sets of the one or two intermediate layers can be implemented to provide additional filter passages and/or pores. Each set can be connected to a separate fluid source and/or a separate microfluidic device. In another internal filter, the inlet and outlet passages and the filter pores are formed on the same upper or lower substrate. The inlet and outlet passages are partially formed in a first step. In a second step, the inlet and outlet passages are completed at the same time that the filter pores are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Gary A. Kneezel
  • Publication number: 20090120869
    Abstract: A filter (100, 200) is provided especially for high aspect ratio particles in a conduit (102, 202) for a fuel injection system. The filter (100, 200) can be an edge filter (100) or a sack filter (200) with an annular gap (116, 212) between the filter section (106, 206) and the conduit wall sized smaller than previously known in order to filter high aspect ratio particles without significant changes in pressure drop. The edge filter (100) relates the gap (116) to grooves (118) in the filter section (106), and the sack filter (200) relates the gap (212) to the size of the holes (210) in the filter section (206).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Randall C. Harkema, Josh Bennett, Derek Vander Weide
  • Patent number: 7517453
    Abstract: A microvascular network device comprising: a substrate; at least one microchannel; at least one opening to the microchannel for sample entry; at least one opening to the microchannel for sample exit; and an aspirator which causes the sample to traverse the microchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: The Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Mark W Bitensky, Tatsuro Yoshida, Sergey S Shevkoplyas
  • Publication number: 20090065436
    Abstract: The web of the invention can comprise a super absorbent layer that can act as an moisture sensitive fuel shut-off valve, absorbent, adsorbant or reactant. The web of the invention can comprise a super absorbent fabric or layer made of a superabsorbent particle or fiber. The web can comprise a nanofiber layer having dispersed within the nanofiber layer a super absorbent particulate and optionally a second particulate material that can act as an absorbent, adsorbant or reactant. Fluid, gas or liquid, that flows through or by the assemblies of the invention can have any gas, liquid or solid material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid interact with the super absorbent particulate. If needed these materials can also react with, be absorbed by, or adsorbed onto, the active particulate within the nanofiber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: VELI E. KALAYCI, James Doyle, Derek O. Jones, Brian Babcock, Mike J. Hebert, Philip Edward Johnson, Ketan C. Mehta
  • Patent number: 7494587
    Abstract: A filter is made of a rubber having magnetism to attract metal paricles in a fluid for filtering impurities. The filter can be used in a hydraulic transmission system or even an air filter used in a semiconductor production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: National Central University
    Inventors: Biing-Hwa Yan, Hsinn-Jyh Tzeng
  • Patent number: 7467718
    Abstract: A device that combines the functions of a colander or strainer with a leak-proof bowl. This allows you to use the same container to rinse a product, then prepare, condiment, potentially serve the dish (whether under wet, moist or dry conditions) and even store it afterwards. A method for using the combined purpose container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Laurie Donohue
  • Patent number: 7455778
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for desalinating water are provided. A vessel includes a water intake system, a reverse osmosis system, a concentrate discharge system, a permeate transfer system, a power source, and a control system. The concentrate discharge system includes a plurality of concentrate discharge ports. A water intake system installed on a sea-going vessel positioned on the surface of a body of water includes an apparatus for taking up seawater from the body of seawater. The apparatus includes a water intake member, a water intake positioned on the water intake member, and an impingement, entrainment, and entrapment mitigation device at least partially surrounding the water intake and including a plurality of apertures sized to prevent entry of marine organisms into the water intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Water Standard Company LLC
    Inventor: Andrew W. Gordon
  • Patent number: 7455770
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating microfluidic components in a microfluidic system enables the microfluidic system to perform a selected microfluidic function. A capping module includes a microfluidic element for performing a microfluidic function. The capping module is stacked on a microfluidic substrate having microfluidic plumbing to incorporate the microfluidic function into the system. An infusion pump for delivering a fluid from a fluid source may be integrated in a microfluidic chip using a capping module having pumping components formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Cytonome, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Gilbert, Manish Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20080223779
    Abstract: A strainer for an emergency core cooling system (ECCS) in a nuclear power plant comprises a perforated strainer element that is immersed in a reservoir of cooling water, which is drawn through the strainer element into the emergency core cooling system. The side of the strainer element in contact with the cooling water has a contoured configuration for disrupting the formation of a flat bed of fibrous material that can trap small particulate material intended to pass through the strainer element. Incorporating this strainer element into an ECCS strainer enables the strainer to be made more compact, because the debris bed need not be spread over an unduly large area to prevent excessive head loss from the debris load in the event of a reactor loss of coolant accident. The strainer also incorporates a modular construction that uses individual strainer disc modules. Each disc module includes a perforated first disc part having a central opening and a perforated second disc part also having a central opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Continuum Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Kaufman, Alan J. Bilanin
  • Publication number: 20080217262
    Abstract: Nozzle device and nozzle for atomization and/or filtration as well as methods for using the same. The nozzle and nozzle device for atomization, in particular a micro-machined reinforced nozzle plate, may produce small liquid droplets in air (spray) or into a liquid (emulsion) with a narrow droplet size distribution and make small air bubbles into a liquid (foam). A nozzle part for filtration as well as elements and methods to facilitate atomization and filtration are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: AQUAMARIJN HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis Johannes Maria Van Rijn
  • Publication number: 20080210621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter insert (36, 66) for cleaning machines, in particular continuous-flow dishwashers (10), in which a batch to be cleaned runs through at least one treatment zone. The at least one treatment zone is assigned a washing tank (12). The filter insert (36) has a number of longitudinal ribs (38) which run parallel to one another and delimit flumes (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Bruno Gaus
  • Publication number: 20080173580
    Abstract: A filter system is described which comprises a vessel (10) containing a plurality of sets of discs (41). Each set of discs (41) comprises a number of discs (40) stacked one above the other. The discs (40) have grooves (50) on their opposite sides so that media to be filtered passes through the grooves and contaminants in the media are prevented from passing through the grooves or trapped by the grooves. A backwash system (25) is provided for supplying air to force liquid in the opposite direction through the grooves to wash any contaminant out of the grooves. An air vent (26) is provided for allowing compressed air to escape from the vessel (10) and an outlet (16) is provided for discharge of contaminant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ESCO PROCESS (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE LTD
    Inventor: Teng Hee Leow
  • Publication number: 20080156712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to filters used to remove debris from water being sucked into a piping system. It has particular application use in nuclear power plants, which, after a loss of coolant accident, must pump cooling water back into the reactor core from a collection sump. This water may contain various types of debris that must be removed before the water is sent back into the reactor cooling system. There are restrictions on the allowable pressure drop across the strainer and the space available for installing this equipment. The finned strainer of the present invention addresses these issues while maximizing the quantity of debris filtered from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: David Bruce Rhodes, James Edward Allan McGregor