Plural Nonradial Gas Passages In Peripheral Wall (e.g., Tuyere) Patents (Class 55/455)
  • Patent number: 12076686
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for cleaning an air flow from particles, such as bacteria and other microorganisms. According to the invention, an aerosol of liquid droplets is generated in the air flow, whereafter the liquid droplets and the air flow are mixed and the droplets and particles are centrifugally separated from the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GRIMALDI DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Claes Inge, Peter Franzén, Carl Petrus Häggmark
  • Patent number: 12065251
    Abstract: A water extractor for an environmental control system of an aircraft includes a separation mechanism configured to divide an airflow into a first airflow and a second airflow. The separation mechanism includes an inlet conduit, a body in fluid communication with the inlet conduit, and at least one coalescing feature arranged within an interior of the body. A water extraction vessel is arranged in fluid communication with the separation mechanism. The water extraction vessel includes a first portion for receiving the first airflow and a second portion for receiving the second airflow. The first portion is configured to collect and remove water from the first airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Army, Patrick McCord
  • Patent number: 11852073
    Abstract: An orifice pack is provided for delivering pressurized air to a compressor bleed valve of a gas turbine engine. The orifice pack has a diffusion chamber in serial flow communication with a tapering passage and a first outlet passage for venting a first portion of the pressurized air from the diffusion chamber. A second outlet passage branches off from the diffusion chamber at an axial location between the inlet and the tapering passage. The second outlet passage is fluidly connected to the compressor bleed valve for directing a second portion of the pressurized air from the diffusion chamber to the compressor bleed valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Martin Dobson, Oleg Iskra, Michael Fryer, Marc Lavoie, Ivan Sidorovich Paradiso, Louis Duranleau-Hendrickx, Domenico Di Florio, Tibor Urac
  • Patent number: 11845815
    Abstract: Apparatuses and processes that produce multimodal polyolefins, and in particular, polyethylene resins, are disclosed herein. This is accomplished by using two reactors in series, where one of the reactors is a multi-zone circulating reactor that can circulate polyolefin particles through two polymerization zones optionally having two different flow regimes so that the final multimodal polyolefin has improved product properties and improved product homogeneity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Joseph A. Curren, Rebecca A. Gonzales, Scott E. Kufeld, Joel A. Mutchler, Eric J. Netemeyer, Jamie N. Sutherland, Paul J. Deslauriers, Jeffrey S. Fodor
  • Patent number: 11684881
    Abstract: A vapor particle separator includes a housing having an inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet of the fuel tank, an outlet port in fluid communication with the inlet port of the vapor canister and a drain port in fluid communication with the filler neck. The inlet port has deflector ribs and a centralized nose cone creating a straight flow path resulting in less restriction in the fuel vapor flow. As the mixture flows along the inlet passage, it is forced through the deflection ribs and nose cone at which time the droplets and vapors are separated. The separated droplets and vapors flow from the inlet passage into the inlet pipe. The outlet passage and the drain portion allow the lite weight vapors to rise up into the outlet passage and out the outlet portion while gravity pulls the heavier weight droplets down into the return portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: NIFCO AMERICA CORP.
    Inventors: Christopher Keegan Bulger, William Russell Rhoades
  • Patent number: 11629621
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a combined spark arrestor and muffler assembly. In one example, a system may include a combined housing, the combined housing including a spark arrestor portion including a plurality of stator fins, and a muffler portion including acoustic packing, the muffler portion fluidically coupled to the spark arrestor portion via a first sliding joint and a second sliding joint. In this way, a single component of a vehicle exhaust system may reduce sparks and/or carbon deposits in exhaust gas, while also reducing exhaust noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Abhijit Eknath Patil, Samir Vikas Joshi, Sandeep Kanzal Venkatesha, Prabhakaran Selvaraj
  • Patent number: 11511287
    Abstract: An annular axial mixing system for combined gas and liquid flow. The system includes a gas-liquid separator to separate a multiphase gas and liquid into a gas flow and a liquid flow. A lower leg in communication with the gas-liquid separator is configured to receive liquid flow. An upper leg in communication with the gas-liquid separator is configured to receive gas flow. An annular mixing chamber receives gas from the upper leg. A static liquid chamber, at least a portion of which is within the mixing chamber, is in communication with the lower leg and includes perforations therein to receive gas bubbles from the gas in the annular mixing section chamber in order to mix the flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The University of Tulsa
    Inventors: Srinivas Swaroop Kolla, Ramin Dabirian, Ram S. Mohan, Ovadia Shoham
  • Patent number: 11484892
    Abstract: A particle separator for removing particles from a gaseous stream, the particle separator having a separator body having a centerline axis and a peripheral wall defining a separation chamber, a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the separation chamber, a particle outlet in fluid communication with the separation chamber, a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the separation chamber, and a plurality of angled inlet apertures fluidly coupled between the fluid inlet and the separation chamber. A particulate separation system for removing particles from a gaseous stream, the particulate filtration system having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of particle separators located between and in fluid communication with, the inlet and the outlet, wherein each of the plurality of particle separators receives less than about 5 percent by volume of the flow of the gaseous stream entering the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Rock, Jr., Cassidy Charles Shibiya, Travis Gene Sands, Joshua Tyler Mook, Zachary William Nagel, Mary Kathryn Thompson
  • Patent number: 11458485
    Abstract: A negative-pressure dust collector system employs a dust separator device to separate the dust that is entrained in a stream of dust-laden air, exhausts the air stream to a vacuum-inducing machine, and discharge the separated dust downward into a bagger arrangement. The latter employs an open-bottom generally rigid hopper with a grid across its open bottom. A flexible dust collection bag is clamped onto an exterior of the hopper and hangs from the hopper. Under vacuum, the bag closes off the open bottom of said hopper. The grid has openings dimensioned so that dust in the container passes freely through the grid when the vacuum-inducing machine is shut off, but so that the bag may be sucked up against the grid, but not sucked into the open-bottom hopper when vacuum is applied. A flexible apron may be attached to the bottom of the hopper between the grid and the dust-collection bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Oneida Air Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey Hill, Joseph Baldwin, Kyle W. Groening, Robert M. Witter
  • Patent number: 11359687
    Abstract: The action of braking generates massive amounts of heat. It is known to install brake ducts 9, which channel air from the front of the vehicle to the brake discs 17. The air introduced by the brake ducts 9 is at an ambient temperature, much cooler than the brakes, and the airflow is closer to laminar (rather than turbulent) and continuously moves the hotter air away. This allows the brakes to shed heat at a faster rate and dramatically lowers the average operating temperature. The present invention provides a vortex tube 3 for supplying a stream of air 5 at a temperature substantially different from ambient temperature into brake ducts 9 to improve efficiency of the brake ducts 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ogab Limited
    Inventors: Osama Elogab, Hatem Elogab
  • Patent number: 10758843
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided. The system may include a first coolant loop, including a radiator, a second coolant loop including a battery chiller, and a centrifugal coolant separator. The centrifugal coolant separator may include a frustoconical hollow body having a base defining a drain and a ceiling defining a spout, and a pair of coolant lines arranged orthogonal to and on opposite sides of the body such that coolant exiting the lines travels along the inner surface and collects at the base to separate gas from the coolant, wherein the spout vents the gas and the coolant exits the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mario Alberto Martinez Mendez, Robert Heebner, Todd Wenzel, Jacob Powers, Zun Wang, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10537219
    Abstract: A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has a first cyclonic cleaning stage and a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The first cyclonic cleaning stage has a first cyclonic stage air outlet and the second cyclonic cleaning stage has a plurality of second cyclonic stage cyclone air inlets and a second cyclonic stage air inlet end. The first cyclonic cleaning stage air outlet communicates directly with an annular flow region that extends around the second stage air inlet end of the second cyclonic stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Dave Petersen
  • Patent number: 8696799
    Abstract: A filtration device for filtering air for use with a fuel vapor recovery system, the filtration device including a housing having a cover and a base. The cover defines an outlet and a plurality of inlets allowing air to enter the housing. The housing includes a plurality of internal walls defining a plurality of chambers. The plurality of internal walls define a plurality of inlets configured to direct air entering the device to flow along the inner circumference of a cylinder, thereby generating an air stream having a sufficient flow velocity such that centrifugal force forces contaminants to separate from the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Stoneridge, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Steinman
  • Patent number: 8470082
    Abstract: A system in one embodiment includes a barrier; an inverted cone in the barrier; and a member under the inverted cone and having dimensions that cause solids passing therealong between the member and the barrier to have about a constant velocity profile thereacross. A method for purging a gas from a solid/gas mixture according to one embodiment includes adding solids to a barrier having an inverted cone therein and a member under the inverted cone, wherein the solids passing along the member have about a constant vertical velocity profile thereacross; and injecting a purge gas into the solids from at least one point adjacent the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Blickley, Mark W. Blood, Glenn W. Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20120247392
    Abstract: A gas-exhausting module for a multichamber thin-film deposition apparatus, which has one or more reactor chambers, includes a collecting chamber and a plurality of gas pipes. The collecting chamber includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The cross-sectional area of the lower portion is less than the cross-sectional area of the upper portion. One end of each gas pipe communicates with one of the reactor chambers. The other end of each gas pipe communicates with the upper portion in a tangential direction. During operation, a cyclonic airflow is provided within the collecting chamber to uniformly extract the exhaust gas from each reactor chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Pinecone Energies, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chia FANG, Cheng Chieh YANG
  • Publication number: 20120137884
    Abstract: A filtration device for filtering air for use with a fuel vapor recovery system, the filtration device including a housing having a cover and a base. The cover defines an outlet and a plurality of inlets allowing air to enter the housing. The housing includes a plurality of internal walls defining a plurality of chambers. The plurality of internal walls define a plurality of inlets configured to direct air entering the device to flow along the inner circumference of a cylinder, thereby generating an air stream having a sufficient flow velocity such that centrifugal force forces contaminants to separate from the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: STONERIDGE, INC.
    Inventor: Robert J. Steinman
  • Publication number: 20110219952
    Abstract: A system in one embodiment includes a barrier; an inverted cone in the barrier; and a member under the inverted cone and having dimensions that cause solids passing therealong between the member and the barrier to have about a constant velocity profile thereacross. A method for purging a gas from a solid/gas mixture according to one embodiment includes adding solids to a barrier having an inverted cone therein and a member under the inverted cone, wherein the solids passing along the member have about a constant vertical velocity profile thereacross; and injecting a purge gas into the solids from at least one point adjacent the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Blickley, Mark W. Blood, Glenn W. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 7927395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal separator for cleaning of gas from solid or liquid particles suspended therein which are of greater density than the gas. A main object of the present invention is to accomplish a centrifugal separator which does not have said inactive regions and thereby achieves efficient separation of particulate contaminants from a gas. This object is achieved by the centrifugal separator initially defined, which is characterised in that the interspaces between the separation discs at least at their radially outer parts are substantially open for flow of the gas in the circumferential direction and that mutually adjacent separation discs are arranged at mutual spacing such that rotation of the rotor causes a pumping action in the interspaces, which pumping action drives the gas from the gas inlet, through the interspaces between the separation discs and out via the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Stefan Szepessy, Olle Törnblom
  • Patent number: 7867310
    Abstract: Methods and devices for separating oil from a mixture of oil and air are provided. In various embodiments, an air/oil separator includes a cylindrical housing that creates a circular flow path of the air and oil. Further, the air/oil separator may include various flow guides that improve the air/oil separation properties of the separator. Other embodiments include a turbine engine with a lubrication system that includes the improved air/oil separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert Allen Baten
  • Patent number: 7850750
    Abstract: There is provided a modularized hybrid dust collector for treating dust generated in various industrial processes. The box-shaped hybrid dust collector includes a first box-shaped dust collecting unit or a first cylindrical dust collecting unit, to which the inertial impaction and the principle of collecting dust using the centrifugal force are applied, and a second box-shaped dust collecting unit implemented by a dust collecting filter such that a problem of employing a cleaner and a limit of capacity, of a conventional cylindrical dust collector, can be overcome, and a high capacity modularized hybrid dust collector in which the box-shaped hybrid dust collector as a basic module and a plurality of dust collector modules are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Hyun Seol Park, Kyoung Soo Lim, Sang Do Kim, Ho-Kyung Choi
  • Patent number: 7846343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cyclone separator for separating a mixture containing solid particles, liquid and/or gas into a heavy fraction and a light fraction, the separator comprising:—a casing (2) defining a flow space through which the mixture is to flow;—an elongated flow body (5) arranged in the flow space along which the mixture to be separated can be carried;—at least one swirl inducing element (10) arranged between the flow body and the inner casing, the swirl inducing element being curved so as to set the incoming mixture into a rotating movement for the purpose of separating the mixture into the heavy fraction and the light fraction;—discharge means for discharging the separated heavy and light fraction, wherein the discharge means comprise at least one flow passage defined inside said at least one swirl element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: FMC Technologies C.V.
    Inventor: Robert Schook
  • Patent number: 7837752
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Ranjit R. Darke, Michael B. Faust, Allen K. MacKnight, Russell Johnson, Alexander M. Bershitsky
  • Patent number: 7824459
    Abstract: In a centrifugal separator for cleaning a gas containing liquid impurities, a stationary casing encloses a separation space having an inner wall surface. An inlet is provided. A rotating member is provided in the separation space downstream the inlet rotates in a direction of rotation around an axis of rotation. The rotating member brings the gas to rotation in the direction of rotation for separation of liquid impurities from the gas. A gas outlet is provided downstream the rotating member for discharge of the cleaned gas. A first liquid outlet is provided upstream the gas outlet and downstream the rotating member for discharge of separated liquid impurities and comprises an outlet hole. A surrounding ring groove extends outwardly from the inner wall surface in the stationary casing and has a surrounding bottom surface, wherein the outlet hole extends outwardly from the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Leonard Borgström, Claes-Göran Carlsson, Jan Skoog, Rolf Ridderstråle
  • Patent number: 7824458
    Abstract: The invention refers to a centrifugal separator for cleaning of a gas containing liquid impurities. The centrifugal separator comprises a stationary casing, which encloses a separation space and has an inner wall surface. A rotating member is provided in the separation space and arranged to rotate in a direction of rotation around an axis (x) of rotation. The rotating member brings the gas to rotation for separation of the liquid impurities from the gas. A gas outlet is provided for discharge of the cleaned gas. A first liquid outlet is provided downstream the rotating member for discharge of separated liquid impurities. The separation space comprises an annular surface which extends between the rotating member and the inner wall surface. The annular surface is configured to transport liquid impurities radially outwardly to the first liquid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Leonard Borgström, Claes-Göran Carlsson, Jan Skoog, Rolf Ridderstråle
  • Patent number: 7811347
    Abstract: In a centrifugal separator for cleaning a gas comprising liquid impurities, a stationary casing encloses a separation space having an inner wall surface. The separator comprises an inlet for the gas. A rotating member rotates around and brings the gas to rotation for separation of at least a main part of the liquid impurities from the gas. A gas outlet is provided downstream the rotating member for discharge of the cleaned gas. A first liquid outlet discharges the liquid impurities and comprises an outlet hole. An annular surface extends inwardly from the wall surface and is located downstream the outlet hole. The first liquid outlet comprises an annular shield element extending from the annular surface at a distance and radially inside the outlet hole. The shield element and the annular surface form an annular groove radially inside the outlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Claes-Göran Carlsson, Jan Skoog, Tommy Myrvang, Rolf Ridderstråle
  • Patent number: 7736409
    Abstract: A cyclone-type processor has a vortex initiator positioned thereabove and an exhaust sleeve extending through the initiator and into the processor. A blower connects to the initiator chamber by a duct having a divider wall that separates the duct into an air-only channel and an entrained material channel. A feed inlet feeds material to be processed into the air flow of the entrained channel. The vortex initiator includes an outer annular chamber and an inner annular chamber open to the cyclone processor and is engaged by the duct to convey air into the outer chamber and air entrained material into the inner chamber. The inner and outer chambers and slots therebetween cooperate to cause the air flow to form a vortex and to urge entrained material away from the inner wall. The system may include additional cyclone stages for further material treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventors: Frank F. Rowley, Jr., Marilyn M. Rowley, legal representative, Randolph B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 7722693
    Abstract: A cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclone, a second cyclone disposed inside the first cyclone, and an air guiding member to form an entrance of the second cyclone through which semi-clean air discharged from the first cyclone enters. The air guiding member includes a grill member to have a plurality of holes, and a plurality of guiding blades disposed inside the grill member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dong-hun Yoo, Jang-keun Oh, Jung-gyun Han
  • Patent number: 7682415
    Abstract: A device for intermediate storage of condensation water includes a swirl body which causes an inflowing air-water mixture to rotate, and a venturi tube through which the air-water mixture leaves the device. A ring groove in which water accumulates because of the swirl is arranged downstream of the swirl body, and water accumulated in the ring groove is sucked into the venturi tube via one more suction pipes. An expansion zone has an expanded cross-section and a step shaped interior for generating increased surface adhesion. Separating metal sheets in the expansion zone brake the swirl, bind the accumulated gushing water by adhesion forces, and guide it by capillary forces to the interior surface of the expansion zone. Gushing water accumulated at the ends of the separating metal sheets is drained by one or more suction pipes, into the venturi tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: EADS Space Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Mueller, Helmut Westermann, Ulf Wittkamp, Joachim Lucas, Klaus Bockstahler, Johannes Witt, Berengere Houdou
  • Patent number: 7594942
    Abstract: A gas/liquid separator comprising a vertical vessel having an inlet for a gas/liquid mixture; a gas/liquid separation device arranged within the vessel, which separation device has an inlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the vessel, and an outlet means for at least partially separated gas and liquid; an outlet for gas from the vessel, above and in fluid communication with the outlet means of the separation device; a liquid collection space in the vessel, below and in fluid communication with the outlet means of the separation device; and an outlet for liquid from the vessel, having a receiving end in the liquid collection space, wherein the gas/liquid separation device is a vane inlet device and wherein between the separation device and the liquid collection space a liquid collection promoter tray is arranged, forming a receiving area for liquid impinging on the tray from above and having a passage for liquid received on the receiving area to flow to the liquid collection space; and the use of such
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Hugo Gerardus Polderman
  • Publication number: 20090133370
    Abstract: A cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclone, a second cyclone disposed inside the first cyclone, and an air guiding member to form an entrance of the second cyclone through which semi-clean air discharged from the first cyclone enters. The air guiding member includes a grill member to have a plurality of holes, and a plurality of guiding blades disposed inside the grill member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Dong-hun Yoo, Jang-keun Oh, Jung-gyun Han
  • Publication number: 20070266684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fry pan for removing an odor comprises a body including an upper half casing and a lower half casing combined together and having a guide passageway formed penetratingly therein in such a manner as to intercommunicate with a side of the inside thereof and the outside thereof, respectively, a discharge opening/closing means disposed at an end of the body for opening/closing the guide passageway, and a grill net mounted along the outer peripheral edge of the body for putting a food to be cooked thereon, so that a food odor and gas and the like produced when cooking is discharged only to the lower portion of the lower half casing due to the air-tightness by a silicon formed along the outer peripheral edges of the discharge opening/closing means and the grill net, respectively, and is combusted by a flame of a gas stove, thereby effectively removing the food odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventor: Seok Jae Kwon
  • Patent number: 7018437
    Abstract: A separator for a wet vacuum cleaner has a bottom and a sidewall connected to the bottom. The sidewall has lamellas delimiting slots, wherein through the slots an air/gas flow enters an interior of the separator, delimited by the bottom and the sidewall, wherein the air/gas flow contains dirt/dust particles and/or water droplets. The lamellas each have at least one radial outer widened section, extending in a rotational direction of the separator, and at least one remaining lamella section, wherein the at least one radial outer widened section and the at least one remaining lamella section delimit together a turbulence chamber, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: PROAIR GmbH Gerätebau
    Inventors: Paul Roth, Anton Kreis, Helmut Grassinger
  • Patent number: 6977004
    Abstract: A vapor-liquid separator includes an outer tube, an introduction tube, a delivery tube, and a discharge tube. The introduction tube allows passage of a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid in a swirling state. The delivery tube allows passage of the vapor phase separated from the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid. The introduction tube and the delivery tube are coaxially provided at the corresponding axially opposite ends of the outer tube. The discharge tube is provided on the outer tube in the vicinity of the axial end face of the outer tube on the side toward the introduction tube. The discharge tube is adapted to discharge therefrom the liquid phase separated from the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid. An outlet of the introduction tube and a delivery port of the delivery tube are located axially inside the outer tube by respectively predetermined axial distances while facing each other with a predetermined axial distance therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Maruyasu Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasufumi Sakakibara, Haruhiko Kamino
  • Patent number: 6936085
    Abstract: A specially arranged vacuum loader and industrial dust collector with a perforated plate tangential cyclone separator is provided to efficiently remove, readily collect, effectively separate and safely dispose of wet, dry and fibrous materials, including liquids and slurries. The special vacuum loader and industrial dust collector has a solids-gas separation compartment comprising a tangential cyclone separator, preferably a perforated plate tangential separator, which is positioned generally alongside and laterally offset from one or more filtering compartments to minimize turbulence and re-entrainment of the collected particulate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: DeMarco Maxvac Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas M. DeMarco
  • Publication number: 20040098958
    Abstract: A separator for a wet vacuum cleaner has a bottom and a sidewall connected to the bottom. The sidewall has lamellas delimiting slots, wherein through the slots an air/gas flow enters an interior of the separator, delimited by the bottom and the sidewall, wherein the air/gas flow contains dirt/dust particles and/or water droplets. The lamellas each have at least one radial outer widened section, extending in a rotational direction of the separator, and at least one remaining lamella section, wherein the at least one radial outer widened section and the at least one remaining lamella section delimit together a turbulence chamber, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: PROAIR GmbH Geratebau
    Inventors: Paul Roth, Anton Kreis, Helmut Grassinger
  • Publication number: 20040025481
    Abstract: A pre-separator removes contaminants from dirty air and an air intake system of an automobile engine. The pre-separator includes a central body connected to a plurality of vanes, the central body including a leading nose-cone portion and a trailing nose-cone portion. An exit tube defines an outlet that is sized and positioned relative to the central body. The pre-separator is capable of easy packaging within the air intake system, while minimizing the restriction and maximizing horsepower of the engine. In one embodiment, the separation efficiency, the restriction, and acoustic tuning may be selectively controlled for the particular application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Neville J. Bugli, James J. Kempf, William C. Montgomery, Charles B. Peterson
  • Patent number: 6630014
    Abstract: Improved mist eliminator (50) for use in pulp washers, deinking cells and the like, and methods of use are disclosed. A cyclonic gas/liquid separator (50) is provided that includes an elongated housing (100) with a cyclonic flow inducing vane assembly (108) disposed at a medial location along the length of the housing (100) to divide the separator (50) into two tandem cyclonic action zones (150, 152) of approximate equal volume within the housing (100). An initial separation is effected in the first cyclonic action zone (150) followed by final separation in the downstream or second cyclonic action zone (152).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Kadant Black Clawson Inc.
    Inventor: Clinton R. Parks
  • Publication number: 20030182910
    Abstract: A pre-cleaner for an air induction system of an internal combustion engine including a housing enclosing an upper chamber and an aspirator port chamber, the upper chamber containing a plurality of particulate separator tubes for removing particles from air flowing through the tubes en route to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Derryn W. Pikesh, Randy Carlz
  • Publication number: 20030115844
    Abstract: A vapor-liquid separator includes an outer tube, an introduction tube, a delivery tube, and a discharge tube. The introduction tube allows passage of a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid in a swirling state. The delivery tube allows passage of the vapor phase separated from the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid. The introduction tube and the delivery tube are coaxially provided at the corresponding axially opposite ends of the outer tube. The discharge tube is provided on the outer tube in the vicinity of the axial end face of the outer tube on the side toward the introduction tube. The discharge tube is adapted to discharge therefrom the liquid phase separated from the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid. An outlet of the introduction tube and a delivery port of the delivery tube are located axially inside the outer tube by respectively predetermined axial distances while facing each other with a predetermined axial distance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Yasufumi Sakakibara, Haruhiko Kamino
  • Publication number: 20030115843
    Abstract: An apparatus for separation of a liquid from a multi-phase fluid flow flowing through a pipeline, wherein the fluid flow is set in rotation so that it is separated into a central zone (5) essentially containing gas, and an outer annular zone (6) essentially containing liquid, and from which the gas and the liquid in the two-zones are discharged via respective outlet means (10, 16). The apparatus comprises an essentially tubular casing (1) arranged to constitute a part of the actual pipeline, a spin element (4) for rotation of the fluid flow being located at the upstream end of the casing (1). The outlet means for the gas comprises an outlet element (10) arranged at the downstream end of the casing (1) and having a central, axially extending passage (11) for the gas, and an outer surface which, together with the inner surface of the casing (1), forms an annulus (12) for the inflow of liquid, a barrier (15) for the liquid being formed at the downstream end of the element (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Trygve Haland
  • Publication number: 20030033791
    Abstract: A separator adapted to be placed in a mist collection system prior to the final air cleaning stage, and adapted to remove a substantial portion of the mist from the air, includes stationary vanes in a cylindrical housing to establish a cyclonic flow therethrough, an annular flow restriction collar to establish a liquid collection area at the downstream end of the housing, a drain for discharge of the liquid from the collection area, and a flow interrupter to direct the swirling liquid into the drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Michael R. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20030000186
    Abstract: A system for separating an entrained immiscible liquid component from a gas stream employing a vessel having a wet gas inlet, a gas outlet and a liquid outlet. At least one vortex tube is supported within the vessel and has a liquid outlet end and a wet gas inlet tangential to its sidewall and arranged so that wet gas rotates within the vortex tube to cause the liquid components to be forced against the interior wall surface by centrifugal action. An orifice plate closes the vortex tube first end and has a concentric gas outlet opening therein. A vortex finder tube is affixed to the orifice plate in communication with the gas outlet opening and extends concentrically within the vortex tube, the vortex finder tube providing an annular area between itself and the vortex tube internal wall. A gas deflector positioned within the annular area, the gas deflector having a downwardly spiraled surface that diverts wet gas downwardly away from the wet gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Hugh M. West
  • Publication number: 20030000386
    Abstract: A system for separating an entrained immiscible liquid component from a wet gas stream, the system including a vessel having an interior in communication with a wet gas inlet, a gas outlet and a liquid outlet, at least one vortex tube supported within the vessel interior, the vortex tube having an inlet end and an outlet end and a tubular wall having an internal wall surface through which fluids pass as the gas flows between the vessel wet gas inlet and gas outlet, a vortex generator supported within the vortex tube near the inlet end, the vortex generator causing gas within the vortex tube to rotate to thereby cause at least some of the liquid component to be forced against the interior wall surface of the vortex tube by centrifugal action, a circumferentially positioned liquid outlet in the vortex tube downstream of the vortex generator configured to strip liquid and bypass gas from the stream flowing through said vortex tube, stripped liquid and bypass gas entering a central chamber of the vessel and a rec
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Hugh M. West
  • Publication number: 20020174773
    Abstract: A dust recovery device comprising an air drawing unit and a gravity centrifugal unit, wherein, an air blower in the air drawing unit is used to directly draw dust into a centrifuge cylinder of the gravity centrifugal unit. The air entering the gravity centrifugal unit can form a strong air whirling action by an air vortex generator to throw out the dust blending with air by the air whirling action and to evolve it out of the airflow when it is released from the air vortex. The evolved dust is guided by the wall of the centrifuge cylinder to drop into a dust collecting tank through a dust dropping hole, thereby, the dust is effectively recovered and are no more discharged into the atmosphere along with the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventor: Kuai-Chung Cheng
  • Publication number: 20020088347
    Abstract: A blade and skirt assembly for a directional gas cleaning and drying system which is typically installed in a gas pipeline for removing solid and liquid impurities from steam or a process gas such as natural gas in the pipeline. The directional gas cleaning and drying system is typically characterized by a vertical, cylindrical gas vessel having an annular interior adsorption surface. In a preferred embodiment, the blade and skirt assembly of this invention includes multiple, angled vortex blades extending horizontally outwardly from a central cone-shaped blade hub, with the edges of the vortex blades attached to the adsorption surface. A cone-shaped dispersal skirt of the blade and skirt assembly is typically fitted with multiple, radially-extending gas flow vanes and typically attached to the blade hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: John W. Kinsel
  • Publication number: 20020069757
    Abstract: A system for removing gas from a stream of a mixture of gas and particulate solids. The system includes a separation vessel having an upstream end portion and a downstream cowl portion, the upstream end portion having an inlet for introducing the stream tangentially into the vessel to separate centrifugally from the stream (i) a rich portion, comprising a solids-rich mixture, proceeding along a helical path at an outer annular portion of the separation vessel to the cowl portion, and (ii) a lean portion, comprising a solids-lean mixture, proceeding along a helical path at an inner portion of the separation vessel to the cowl section, multiple helical ports through which the rich portion proceeds axially through the cowl section, without significantly losing its momentum, to be discharged axially from the separation vessel, and multiple passages between the helical ports through which the lean portion proceeds radially outwards to be discharged from the separation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventor: Christopher S. Lehn
  • Patent number: 6294001
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes (i) a centrifugal separator assembly and (ii) a fluidized bed reactor having a reactor chamber, the separator assembly being connected to the reactor and provided for separating solid particles from gas discharged from the reactor chamber. The apparatus includes planar peripheral walls defining a vortex chamber, having a rectangular cross section, the vortex chamber having an interior gas volume in which at least two vertical gas vortices can be formed, and the planar peripheral walls including a first wall portion connecting the separator assembly to the reactor chamber, at least two gas outlets, disposed one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the vortex chamber, for discharging cleaned gas from the gas volume, at least one solid particles outlet for discharging separated solid particles from the gas volume, and at least one gas inlet, arranged in the first wall portion, for introducing gas from the reactor chamber into the gas volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Foster Wheeler Energia Oy
    Inventors: Timo Hyppänen, Jari Ristola
  • Patent number: 6270544
    Abstract: A cyclone separator for separating a solid particulate from the gas or liquid medium is described. The separator is provided with a housing (H), an outlet (4) for discharging the solid particulate separated from the medium, a pipe (13) for evacuating the clean fluid from the housing (H) and a swirling means capable of imparting vortical motion to the medium. The swirling means is formed with a plurality of slit-like openings (16) arranged on the periphery thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Vortex Ecological Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Yury Mencher, Matitiahu Fichman
  • Patent number: 6083291
    Abstract: A gas transfer pipe arrangement includes a pipe in which gas containing droplets flows. A centrifugal force type separation unit is provided in the pipe for applying a radial centrifugal force to the gas flowing in the pipe so that the droplets in the gas adhere to an inner periphery of the pipe to be separated from the gas. A liquid collecting unit is annularly provided on the inner periphery of the pipe at a position downstream of the centrifugal force type separation unit for collecting a liquid from the droplets separated by the centrifugal force type separation unit. A discharge unit is provided at a lower side of the pipe for discharging the liquid collected by the liquid collecting unit to the exterior of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: JGC Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okada, Yasuo Suzuki, Syoichi Yamada, Kenji Tamura
  • Patent number: 5641339
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for separating material transported by air is disclosed which includes a separator casing having a tangential inlet adapted to receive a stream of air and entrained material and a plurality of exits. One of the exits of the disclosed separator is a material discharge exit which, like the inlet is peripherally attached to the casing. There are also two separate air exits including a first air exhaust conduit peripherally attached to the casing proximate the inlet and a second air exhaust conduit centrally disposed within the interior of the casing. Operatively associated with each of the air exits is a separator means, such as a perforated surface or screen, which removes or separates the entrained material from the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Air Conveying Corporation
    Inventor: Richard D. Johnson