Plural Gas Inflow Openings, Slots, Or Whirl Vanes In Each Separator Patents (Class 55/348)
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Patent number: 11185201Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has two cyclonic cleaning stages. The air outlet of the first cyclonic cleaning stage is located at the air inlet end of the second cyclonic cleaning stage. The axially opposed end of the second cyclonic cleaning stage is openable.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Dave Petersen
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Patent number: 11117143Abstract: A centrifugal filtration device is provided, including: a casing, including an inlet passage and an outlet passage which are arranged on an extension direction; a plurality of blades, extending spirally on an inner circumferential wall of the inlet passage relative to the extension direction; a guiding mechanism, including a first tapering portion tapered in a direction toward the inlet passage, disposed in the casing and located between the plurality of blades and the outlet passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: Chang Tjer Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jeong Hwa Son
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Patent number: 11027223Abstract: A fluid control system includes a vortex separator, a fluid pump, an eductor, and an accumulator. The vortex separator has a fluid inlet arranged to receive a fluid, a first fluid outlet arranged output a first phase of the fluid, and a second fluid outlet arranged to output at least one of a non-condensable gas and a second phase of the fluid. The fluid pump has a pump outlet and a pump inlet that is fluidly connected to the first fluid outlet. The eductor has a first eductor inlet fluidly connected to the pump outlet, a second eductor inlet fluidly connected to the second fluid outlet, and an eductor outlet. The accumulator has an accumulator inlet fluidly connected to the eductor outlet and an accumulator outlet fluidly connected to the fluid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Michael D. Arner
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Patent number: 9034066Abstract: An anti-clogging filter system for filtering a fluid containing large particles and small particles includes an enclosure with at least one individual elongated tubular filter element in the enclosure. The individual elongated tubular filter element has an internal passage, a closed end, an open end, and a filtering material in or on the individual elongated tubular filter element. The fluid travels through the open end of the elongated tubular element and through the internal passage and through the filtering material. An anti-clogging element is positioned on or adjacent the individual elongated tubular filter element and provides a fluid curtain that preferentially directs the larger particulates to one area of the filter material allowing the remainder of the filter material to remain more efficient.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventor: Erik P. Brown
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Patent number: 9005326Abstract: A cyclone separator has individual cyclones each provided with a cell tube with a guide device that causes a gas stream passing through the cell tube to rotate. A particle discharge is positioned perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and discharges particles separated from the gas stream. The discharge direction of the separated particle is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and is oriented toward the particle discharge. The individual cyclones include at least four individual cyclones that are arranged such that a connecting line, connecting of these four individual cyclones those individual cyclones that are neighboring each other at a minimal spacing, respectively, forms a diamond, wherein the sides of the diamond are positioned at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees relative to discharge direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbHInventor: Martin Wuebbeling
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Patent number: 8986431Abstract: A purification arrangement for a gas pipeline system includes a pressure vessel and at least a modular separator assembly and a modular filter assembly in the interior of the pressure vessel. A gas flow may be established through the pressure vessel, and the gas may pass through the modular separator and filter assemblies to remove liquid and/or solid particulates from the gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Pall CorporationInventors: Jean-Pierre Cabourdin, Olivier Trifilieff, Pierre Blanc, Joseph Samaha
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Patent number: 8956431Abstract: A cyclone separator (1) for separating particles from a gas flow, includes: a first housing component (3) with a guiding apparatus (7) for providing the inflowing gas flow with an angular momentum, a second housing component (4) with an immersion tube (10) through which the cleaned gas flow can be discharged, and a cyclone tube (9) which surrounds the immersion tube (10) and on which at least one opening (11) is formed for discharging the particles that are separated from the gas flow. The cyclone tube (9) is formed on the second housing component (4).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbHInventors: Steffen Ackermann, Volker Greif
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Patent number: 8945283Abstract: Cyclones for gas-solid separators are provided, which are especially applicable for use in a downflowing third stage separator (TSS) for the removal of dust particles, such as solid catalyst fines, from the flue gas streams exiting the catalyst regenerator in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. A cyclone comprises a barrel and a central hub disposed within the barrel to provide an annular section between the outer diameter of the central hub and the inner diameter of the barrel. Swirl vanes extend radially into the annular section. A shield is disposed at least partially within the annular section and at least partially within the swirl vanes. The shield radially divides the annular section into an inner annular portion and an outer annular portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Sujay R. Krishnamurthy
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Patent number: 8945290Abstract: A multi-cyclone collector includes a suction port for sucking an air flow including contaminating particles, a cyclone accommodation chamber allowing the air flow sucked through the suction port to be guided thereinto, a plurality of cyclones each accommodated in the cyclone accommodation chamber, for transforming the air flow taken in to a downward swirl flow, separating the contaminating particles, then reversing the swirl flow to the upward swirl flow and releasing the upward swirl flow as a purified air flow, a cyclone exit chamber provided above the cyclone accommodation chamber, that allows the purified air flow from the cyclones to be guided thereinto, and a drain discharge chamber provided below the cyclone accommodation chamber, for collecting the contaminating particles separated by the cyclones.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Horkos Corp.Inventor: Yusuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 8940068Abstract: A gas-liquid rotating separator has first and second sets of magnetically permeable members magnetically interacting with each other to effect rotation of a separator element. A nonauthorized replacement separator element missing the second set of magnetically permeable members will not effect designated operation, thus ensuring, at maintenance servicing, installation of an authorized replacement separator element.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Cummins Filtration IP Inc.Inventors: Bradley A. Smith, Kurt M. A. Badeau, Howard E. Tews, Roger L. Zoch
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Patent number: 8888899Abstract: Systems and methods for gasifying a feedstock are provided. A gasifier can include a transfer line having a first leg and a second leg. A first end of the first leg can be adapted to be coupled to a cyclone and a second end of the first leg can be coupled to a first end of the second leg. The second end of the second leg can be adapted to be coupled to a standpipe. A centerline through the first leg can be oriented at an angle with a centerline through the second leg of from about 40° to about 140°.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLCInventors: Iwan H. Chan, Yongchao Li
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Patent number: 8881343Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner may include a dust separation device that separates dust and a dust container in which the dust separated in the dust separation device may be stored.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang-Jun Park, Young-Min Hyun, Hyuk-Joo Kwon, Hyo-Churl Shin, Hae-Seock Yang, Jin-Wook Seo
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Patent number: 8747504Abstract: Embodiments of a gas-solids separation unit and embodiments of a method for manufacturing a separation unit are provided. In one embodiment, the separation unit includes a cyclonic separator and a vessel having a flue gas chamber, a clean gas chamber, and an entrained solids chamber between the flue gas chamber and the clean gas chamber. The cyclonic separator includes, in turn, a cyclone barrel extending from the flue gas chamber toward the clean gas chamber, a swirl vane positioned across the cyclone barrel, a gas outlet tube fluidly coupling the cyclone barrel to the clean gas chamber, and a first check valve opening formed through the barrel sidewall upstream of the gas outlet tube. The check valve opening fluidly couples the cyclone barrel to the entrained solids chamber to permit the centrifugal separation of the particulate matter from the gas stream during operation of the gas-solids separation unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Kevin J. Brandner, Brian W. Hedrick
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Patent number: 8727137Abstract: A filter housing having a vessel portion that has an inlet and a first outlet. The filter housing also includes a lid that is sealingly mateable to the vessel portion and the lid has a second outlet. A cage is designed to be fit within the vessel portion. The cage has upper and lower plates that are held apart at a fixed distance by a sidewall with an inlet. The plates are sealed against the inside of the vessel portion. Fluid can enter the vessel between the plates when the cage is installed in the vessel portion. Filters are designed to be sealed within apertures in the upper and lower plates of the cage and the filters span between the plates. When fluid enters between the plates of the cage it is forced to travel through the filters to exit from between the plates.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventor: Mark Blue
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Patent number: 8709115Abstract: Cyclone separators and separator devices for separating gas and entrained particles from a particle-contaminated gas stream are provided. The cyclone separator comprises a cyclone body having a first end and a second end with a sidewall extending therebetween. The cyclone body defines a cyclone gas inlet for receiving the particle-contaminated gas stream. A cyclone gas outlet is for discharging the clean gas stream. A centripetal accelerator is proximate the cyclone gas inlet to induce centripetal acceleration of the particle-contaminated gas stream. The sidewall defines a discharge opening between the first end and the second end for discharging separated particles from the cyclone body. The discharge opening has a leading edge and a top edge in relation to a flow path of entrained particles within the particle-contaminated gas stream. The top edge extends at an acute angle relative to the leading edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Kenneth J. Stippich, Brian W. Hedrick
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Patent number: 8702848Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for separating particulate solids from a gas stream. The process can include regenerating a catalyst in a regenerator, separating particulate solids in first and second cyclone stages, passing the gas stream from the second cyclone stage to an external third stage separator, and passing the gas stream from the external third stage separator to a cyclone recirculator to obtain a clean gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Sathit Kulprathipanja, Paolo Palmas, Richard A. Johnson, II
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Publication number: 20140102054Abstract: A cyclone separator has individual cyclones each provided with a cell tube with a guide device that causes a gas stream passing through the cell tube to rotate. A particle discharge is positioned perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and discharges particles separated from the gas stream. The discharge direction of the separated particle is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cyclone separator and is oriented toward the particle discharge. The individual cyclones include at least four individual cyclones that are arranged such that a connecting line, connecting of these four individual cyclones those individual cyclones that are neighboring each other at a minimal spacing, respectively, forms a diamond, wherein the sides of the diamond are positioned at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees relative to discharge direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBHInventor: Martin Wuebbeling
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Patent number: 8657897Abstract: A wet gas separator providing superior separation of entrained droplets of liquids in a gas stream when compared with prior art wet gas separators. The wet gas separator of the present invention has a combination of: a gas inlet system with vanes that divide and direct the gas stream very evenly across the cross-sectional area of the inlet portion of the apparatus, a first stage Z-shaped de-entraining device at the upstream side of a wire mesh mist eliminator, and a gas outlet system having cyclones for removal of traces of re-entrained droplets. The apparatus of the present invention has capability of improving processing throughput by 50% when compared with prior art apparatus, with greater de-entrainment efficiency (achieving 99.7% removal of droplets larger than 10 microns in size).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Inventors: Zainab Kayat, Adam T. Lee, Farzad G. Tahmassi, Zakariah Bin Kasah, Hasni B. Haron
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Publication number: 20130220123Abstract: Apparatus and method for removing particles from an air source. The air source is passed through multiple rows (R65) of cyclone separators (65), removing particles from the air to create cleaned air and passing the particles through openings (112) in the separators 65 so that the particles fall to a surface (42) below the openings. The cleaned air is directed into a first chamber region (73) above the cyclone separators (65) and moved along a second chamber region (76) positioned between two of the rows (R65) toward a duct (85) for passage out to a compressor (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventors: Randall J. England, Russell J. Katzer
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Patent number: 8512451Abstract: A cyclone separator arrangement is made by forming a hollow cylindrical wall, making an L-shaped cut beginning at a first open end of the wall to form a flap, bending the flap inwardly to form a tangential inlet, enclosing the open end of the wall, and providing an outlet tube extending through the first end into the interior of said cylindrical wall along the central longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: William L. Heumann
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Patent number: 8470081Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for separating particulate solids from a gas stream. The process can include regenerating a catalyst in a regenerator, separating particulate solids in first and second cyclone stages, passing the gas stream from the second cyclone stage to an external third stage separator, and passing the gas stream from the external third stage separator to a cyclone recirculator to obtain a clean gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Sathit Kulprathipanja, Paolo Palmas, Richard A. Johnson, II
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Patent number: 8439206Abstract: A cyclone apparatus for separating a mixture containing at least one fluid and a further constituent based on the densities of the mixture constituents. The apparatus includes a first hollow pressure vessel having an overflow plate positioned at an overflow end of the first hollow pressure vessel and an end plate for sealing the overflow plate. The cyclone apparatus also comprises an underflow plate positioned at an under-flow end of the first hollow pressure vessel and a hollow pressure vessel with one end being sealed against the under-flow plate and another end being closed. The overflow plate and the end plate are shaped such that when they are brought together they form separate adjacent overflow compartments between them. The underflow plate and the second hollow pressure vessel are shaped such that when they are brought together they form separate adjacent under-flow compartments between them which correspond to the overflow compartments.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Merpro Tortek LimitedInventors: Stephen Beedie, Mark Wolf
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Patent number: 8419835Abstract: Cyclones for gas-solid separators are described, which are especially applicable for use in a downflowing third stage separator (TSS) for the removal of dust particles, such as solid catalyst fines, from the flue gas streams exiting the catalyst regenerator in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. A number of important flow characteristics result from the configuration of the cyclones, particularly with respect to the relative axial lengths over which swirl vanes and central hubs of the cyclones extend. These characteristics include a decrease in growth of turbulent eddies that conventionally result from a sudden expansion, in open cross-sectional area, of gas exiting swirl vanes.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Sujay Krishnamurthy, William Koves
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Patent number: 8308832Abstract: A dust separating and collecting apparatus is provided. The dust separating and collecting apparatus includes a dust bin housing a centrifugal dust separating portion therein, and an inner cover comprising a passage shifting protrusion extended to an open surface of the centrifugal dust separating portion through which dusts may be discharged, the inner cover covering an open surface of the dust bin.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dong-hun Yoo
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Patent number: 8287613Abstract: Gas-solids separator comprises a tubular housing, an inlet for introducing a gas-solids mixture at one end of said housing, which inlet is executed such that it imparts a swirl to the gas-solids mixture, a solids outlet opening at the opposite end of said housing, and a co-axially positioned tubular gas outlet conduit placed at an end of said housing, which separator further comprises a vortex stabilizer, comprising a pin placed on a stabilizing plate, in which separator the pin runs along the axis of the tubular housing and in which a passageway is provided through the stabilizer plate and the pin.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Ye-Mon Chen, Hubertus Wilhelmus Albertus Dries, Kee-Khoon Foo
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Patent number: 8262761Abstract: A modular cyclone precleaner system includes one or more standardized and reusable modular cyclone blocks configured in parallel. The modular cyclone blocks are provided as components designed for reuse across differing precleaner systems for potentially different precleaner applications, providing standardized component building blocks and reducing manufacturing cost. The modular cyclone blocks are designed to be selectively combinable to provide a cyclone precleaner system having the required gas flow characteristics and particulate removal capabilities required for any given precleaner application. The precleaner system includes a housing that is sized for at least one given precleaner application and adapted to supportively receive the selectively combined modular cyclone blocks for the application.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbHInventors: Kevin Brian Babb, Jeremy Metternich
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Patent number: 8191870Abstract: A cross-flow tray is provided with a tray deck and groupings of cans separated by weirs. The cans have walls that surround vapor openings in the tray deck. Openings are provided in the walls to allow liquid to enter the cans from the tray deck. Additional openings are provided in the walls to allow liquid to exit the cans. Swirlers positioned within the cans induce a centrifugal swirling motion to the vapor and liquid to facilitate mass transfer and/or heat exchange between the vapor and liquid within the cans.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Koch-Glitsch, LPInventors: Izak Nieuwoudt, Charles A. Griesel
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Patent number: 8167965Abstract: A filter for filtering a fluid has a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. A cyclone preseparator is arranged upstream of the filter element, wherein a fluid to be cleaned is guided through the preseparator to the filter element. The cyclone preseparator has at least two cyclone cells that have a different diameter, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbHInventor: Volker Greif
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Patent number: 8158237Abstract: A precise exhaust gas control can be achieved without being influenced by fluctuations of the excess air ratio (?) between cylinders of engines or the size of the diameter (the sectional area) of the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb structure is formed by a plurality of cells separated from one another by porous partition walls and functioning as fluid flow paths, the honeycomb structure includes: a sensor plug-in hole 7 which is formed in an outer peripheral surface 4 of the honeycomb structure and into which a sensor can be plugged, and the sensor plug-in hole 7 is provided with at least one deep hole 8 which communicates with the sensor plug-in hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamada, Hideyuki Toyoshima
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Patent number: 8152878Abstract: Cyclonic separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaner has a longitudinal axis, an upstream cyclonic separator and a downstream cyclone assembly. The downstream cyclone assembly comprises a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel with one another. The downstream cyclones are arranged in a first set in which each cyclone has a longitudinal axis inclined at a first angle (?) to the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separating apparatus and a second set, in which each cyclone has a longitudinal axis inclined at a second angle (?) to the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separating apparatus. The second angle (?) is greater than the first angle (?). The invention allows the downstream cyclone assembly to be compactly packaged.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: David Andrew McLeod
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Patent number: 8137785Abstract: Provided is a honeycomb structure that is divided by a porous partition wall 3, as well as that is formed of a plurality of cells 5 acting as a through channel of a fluid. An insertion hole 9 in which a sensor can be inserted is formed in an end face of the honeycomb structure, and a breakage prevention means 17 is provided on an inner circumference or in the proximity of the insertion hole. According to this honeycomb structure, it is possible to provide a honeycomb structure or a honeycomb filter in which a temperature, an oxygen concentration and the like of the honeycomb structure can be directly measured; a temperature control of the honeycomb structure, being a base member can be easily made, and various sensors in accordance with applications of OBD measurement, measurement of an oxygen concentration, an NOx concentration and the like can be attached; and further, canning is easy to be conducted, and the durability of various attached sensors can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventor: Shinji Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 8080075Abstract: In order to provide an intake system for sucking in combustion air of an internal combustion engine of a piece of equipment, in particular a portable, manually guided piece of equipment, having more than one centrifugal separator comprising a centrifugal separator housing, and having an air filter device comprising an air filter housing, which bounds an air filter receiving space for an air filter, in which the combustion air can be separated by means of the centrifugal separator into a core volume stream and an outer volume stream, wherein the core volume stream is fed to the internal combustion engine through the air filter receiving space, which intake system is as compact as possible and correspondingly designed to be not very component-intensive, it is proposed for the centrifugal separator housing to be arranged on the air filter housing such that it ends directly at the air filter receiving space or projects directly into the air filter receiving space.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: DOLMAR GmbHInventors: Manfred Doering, Carsten Ziegs, Torsten Luethje, Jan Janzen, Florian Soldat
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Patent number: 8025706Abstract: A fluid separating vessel (1) comprises: a liquid outlet (3) near the bottom of the vessel; a gaseous fluid outlet (4) near the top of the vessel; a plurality of cyclones (5) arranged in an upper region of the vessel in which at least some liquid droplets that may be entrained in the substantially gaseous fluid stream flowing in upward direction from a fluid inlet (2) towards the gaseous fluid outlet (4) are coalesced, separated from the gaseous carrier fluid and induced to drip down towards the liquid outlet (3) via a liquid return conduit (7); and a plurality of rotating liquid coalescing centrifuges (8) that are arranged below the cyclones (5), in which liquid coalescing centrifuges (8) fluid fed to the cyclones (5) is pre-treated such that at least some liquid droplets that may be entrained in the substantially gaseous fluid stream flowing in upward direction from the fluid inlet towards the cyclones are coalesced.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Edwin Poorte
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Patent number: 8012227Abstract: A filter for filtering a fluid has a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. A cyclone preseparator is arranged upstream of the filter element, wherein a fluid to be cleaned is guided through the preseparator to the filter element. The cyclone preseparator has at least two cyclone cells that have a different diameter, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbHInventor: Volker Greif
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Patent number: 7993422Abstract: A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, and an axial seal gasket positioned to extend continuously around at outer perimeter of the straight through flow construction. The fluid cleaner assembly can have a precleaner positioned therein. Methods of assembly and use are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: William Joseph Krisko, Wayne R. W. Bishop, Steven Scott Gieseke, Carolyn J. Finnerty, David W. Nelson
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Patent number: 7993423Abstract: A grease filter has a filtering portion configured such that fumes enter a major face thereof and flow through a grease extraction filter therewithin in a direction parallel to the major face. A frame that fits into an opening of a hood defines a box structure that is configured to allow flow from the end (or ends) of the filtering portion where flow exits. The frame permits the flow to exit to a side opposite the face even when the frame is surrounded, edgewise, by a solid structure of the hood opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.Inventors: Pekka Kyllönen, Rick A. Bagwell, Darrin W. Beardslee, Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock
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Patent number: 7955405Abstract: A cyclonic vacuum cleaner comprises a first stage 10 comprising a single cyclone separator for separating heavier dirt and dust particles and a second stage 11 comprising a plurality of cyclone separators 25 arranged in parallel in a plurality of groups, each group of cyclone separators 25 comprising a respective inlet duct 24, each inlet duct 24 being connected at its upstream end to the first stage 10 and at its downstream end to the cyclone separators 25 of its respective group.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Hoover LimitedInventor: David Benjamin Smith
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Patent number: 7951216Abstract: The present exemplary embodiments relate to a dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner. The dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner according to present exemplary embodiments includes a cyclone in which a plurality of cyclone airflows is formed; a dust outlet for discharging dust separated by the plurality of cyclone airflows; and a dust container for storing dust discharged from the dust outlet, wherein the cyclone includes a body in which air flows along an inner surface thereof, and a pair of sides, each of the sides forming one of both side surfaces of the body and defining an outlet for discharging air.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Gun-Ho Ha, Kyeong-Seon Jeong, Jin-Wook Seo, Kie-Tak Hyun, Chang-Ho Yun, Jin-Young Kim, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jin-Hyouk Shin, Seong-Koo Cho, Heon-Pyeong Ji, Geun-Bae Hwang
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Patent number: 7935159Abstract: Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting of the present invention includes two parallel primary cyclones (210, 220) for separating dust by a cyclone principle, and two secondary cyclones (250, 260) for separating dust introduced thereto from the primary cyclones (210, 220) by the cyclone principle, and a dust container (110) for storing dust separated by the primary cyclones (210, 220) and the secondary cyclones (250, 260), wherein the two primary cyclones (210, 220) surround the two secondary cyclones (250, 260), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Kyeong Seon Jeong, Il Joong Kim, Sung Hwa Lee
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Patent number: 7931719Abstract: A centrifugal separator for separating immiscible components of a wet gas stream is formed by an upright cylindrical vortex tube having an internal wall surface, a top with a gas outlet opening therein, a bottom providing a liquid outlet opening and a wet gas stream inlet tangential to the internal wall surface, the inlet being spaced below the top. A helical baffle is secured to the vortex tube internal wall surface and extends from below the top but above the inlet to a lower end spaced above the vortex tube bottom. A plurality of spaced apart vertical outlet fins are affixed to and extending radially from the internal wall surface adjacent the vortex tube bottom, each outlet fin having a top end spaced below the helical baffle lower end.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: National Tank CompanyInventors: Gary W. Sams, Dan C. Porneala
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Patent number: 7914610Abstract: In an FCC process in which swirl arms are used to discharge gas and catalyst from a riser, a baffle is used to direct descending catalyst away from a wall of a disengaging vessel proximate a stripping section comprising elongated strips of metal.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Robert L. Mehlberg
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Patent number: 7887613Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a body having a nozzle assembly with a suction inlet and a control assembly including a control stalk. A dirt collection vessel is carried on the body. The dirt collection vessel includes a toroidal cyclone. The toroidal cyclone has an inlet port, a clean air outlet port and a particle outlet provided in a wall of the toroidal cyclone between the inlet and outlet port. A cork screw baffle is received in the toroidal cyclone. The cork screw baffle defines a spiraling air path through the toroidal cyclone. A suction generator, carried on the body, draws the air stream through the dirt collection vessel.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventor: Brian K. Ruben
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Patent number: 7875092Abstract: Axial flow demisting cyclone for separation of material compositions of gas, liquid and particulate solids comprising an inlet conduit (18) for the material composition and an outlet conduit (19) for the substantially dry and clean gas, and a swirl facilitating device (20) that sets the entering material composition in rotation. The cyclons comprises a mainly cylindrical tube (11) which is provided with slots or perforations (21) to allow parts of the material composition, hereunder liquids and particulate solids to flow out from the cyclone tube (11) and into a substantially closed chamber (22) which is delimited by an inlet plate (24), by an outlet plate (23) ad by a circumferential plate (12).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Natco Norway ASInventors: Bjorn Christiansen, Knut Sveberg, Inge Hjelkrem, Dag Kvamsdal
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Patent number: 7841585Abstract: A separation tray, suitable for mounting in a vertical column, for separating liquid/gas mixtures. The separation tray has horizontal upper and lower walls and a plurality of primary separation devices for separating a fluid into a primary gas and a liquid-enriched secondary gas. The invention is characterized by a secondary separation zone located in the inner free space between the upper and lower walls and the primary separation devices. Liquid-enriched secondary gas is removed through outlets in the primary separation devices and guided downwardly by return skirts into the inner free space, whereupon the entrained liquid in the liquid-enriched secondary gas is substantially removed from the secondary gas.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventor: Gerrit Konijn
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Patent number: 7842113Abstract: An extended water level range steam/water conical cyclone separator for separating steam from water in a steam/water mixture supplied to a steam drum of a boiler, has a housing comprising a conical portion with upper and lower cylindrical portions, and a conical vane plate. An open bottom extension sleeve portion for discharging water from the steam/water conical cyclone separator housing and connected to the lower cylindrical water outlet portion is provided such that the conical vane plate is located at an intermediate location between the upper conical portion and the open bottom extension sleeve portion of the lower cylindrical portion. Extended water level range capability is thus provided while maintaining adequate steam/water cyclone separator performance characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Inventors: Melvin John Albrecht, Eric Lynn Wells, David Lee Glover
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Patent number: 7837752Abstract: A rigid or semi-rigid demister pad is positioned between an air turbine and an inertial water removal device such as extractor in an air conditioning system for an aircraft. The demister pad comprises packed fibers or strands whose diameter typically ranges from approximately 10 or fewer microns to approximately 280 microns. The demister is capable of catching very small droplets discharged from the air turbine that coalesce into larger droplets that exit the demister pad and enter an adjacent water removal device downstream from the pad to separate the larger water droplets from the stream of air. This avoids using a water separator containing a coalescer bag that requires frequent maintenance and is sensitive to dirt and freezing. The demister can operate at freezing temperature, is not dirt-sensitive and requires no maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ranjit R. Darke, Michael B. Faust, Allen K. MacKnight, Russell Johnson, Alexander M. Bershitsky
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Patent number: 7833298Abstract: The invention relates to a system for separating a mixture of gas and liquid into a heavy fraction and a light fraction, the system comprising:—a separation vessel having a vessel inlet for the supply of the mixture to be separated, an upper vessel outlet for the discharge of the light fraction and a lower vessel outlet for the discharge of the heavy fraction;—at least one inlet device for pretreatment of the incoming mixture, the inlet device, comprising a casing having a liquid outlet for the discharge of a first mixture part mainly containing liquid to a lower compartment of the separation vessel; and at least one demister element arranged at a position below the liquid outlet for separating liquid from the gas in the first mixture part flowing from the liquid output.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: FMC Technologies C.V.Inventors: Per-Reidar Larnholm, Robert Schook
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Patent number: 7833325Abstract: A sorption column for waste-gas cleaning has a vat-shaped housing (1) for receiving a solid stationary sorbent, an inlet for waste gas to be cleaned into the housing (1) and an outlet for cleaned waste gas out of the housing (1). The housing circumferential wall (2) is provided in the area of the housing bottom (3) and the housing cover (4) in each case with a depression (9, 10) for receiving a ball valve (11) at the waste gas inlet or a ball valve (12) at the waste gas outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: CS Clean Systems AGInventor: Edmund Merdzo
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Patent number: 7799106Abstract: The invention relates to a gas intake zone of a separable gas filter housing which removably accommodates a filter element. The gas intake zone is used as a prefilter and comprises a plurality of axially adjacent, axially impinged cyclone collectors that are provided with respective spin generators in the inlet zones thereof and gas-discharging immersion tubes at the discharge end within annular ducts which are located between the immersion tubes and the respectively associated outer cyclone walls while being used for pre-separating dirt particles separated in an outer radial direction in the individual cyclones by means of centrifugal forces, the immersion tubes being axially dipped into the interior of the cyclone collectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Thilo Rother, Jürgen Stehlig, Matthias Traub
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Patent number: 7776116Abstract: A cyclone dust-separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The cyclone dust-separating apparatus includes at least one cyclone having a cyclone body, which rotates air to separate dust or dirt therefrom, which has an air inflow part and an air discharging part, and which is installed in such a manner that a longitudinal axis thereof is substantially horizontally arranged, and a dust collecting unit to store the dust or dirt separated by the cyclone unit. The cyclone body is formed in a convex cylinder shape, so that a diameter thereof in the vicinity of an entrance of the air discharging part through which the air is discharged comes maximum.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jang-keun Oh, Min-ha Kim