Gas separation: apparatus inventions 12/06

20060288870 - Liquid-gas separator for direct liquid feed fuel cell: A liquid-gas separator for a direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a tube having an opening portion at a sidewall thereof; liquid extracting members that selectively transmit the liquid in the tube and located at both ends of the tube; a gas extracting membrane that selectively transmits the gas and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20060288871 - Systems for and methods of providing air purification in combination with odor elimination: Systems for and methods of providing air purification and cleaning in combination with odor elimination in a single unit, such as a tabletop unit for home or office use, are disclosed. The air cleaning device includes a housing, an air intake port, an air movement mechanism, a pre-ionizer, a filter,... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20060288872 - Activated carbon and evaporative fuel treatment apparatus using the activated carbon: An activated carbon adsorbing and desorbing evaporative fuel has pores formed therein with the following rates: a rate of a pore whose pore diameter is smaller than or equal to 20 Å in which butane is apt to remain with respect to a pore whose pore diameter is smaller than... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060283324 - Flat spiral capillary column assembly with thermal modulator: The nature of this invention encompasses the creation of a capillary gas chromatography (GC) column assembly and a thermal modulator used to heat or cool the column assembly in a very thermally and chromatographically efficient manner. The GC column assembly described herein consists of capillary GC column material, such as... Agent: Allen D. Darden

20060283325 - Oxygen concentrating apparatus and rotary valve: According the present invention, an oxygen enriched gas is generated by adsorbing and removing nitrogen gas from air with an oxygen concentrating apparatus which conducts the steps of (1) pressurizing one of the adsorption cylinders by directing the compressed air; (2) removing the oxygen enriched gas from said one of... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060283326 - Air cleaner and fuel adsorbent member: A fuel adsorbent member 16 is arranged in a housing 11 at a position downstream from a filter element 14. The fuel adsorbent member 16 adsorbs evaporative fuel. An air cleaner is configured in such a manner that, when receiving a backfire pressure P1 from an engine, the fuel adsorbent... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20060283327 - Dehumidifier: The present invention relates to a dehumidifier having high dehumidifying efficiency, low noise and vibration. The dehumidifier includes a case, inlets passed through the case for introduction of air from an outside of the case to an inside of the case, an outlet formed to pass through a top of... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20060283328 - Deaeration device and ultrasonic cleaning device using the same: A cleaning-liquid circulation path is formed so that cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank is suctioned by a circulating pump and circulated through a predetermined path and then, returned to the cleaning tank again. A deaeration device for bubbling dissolved air in the cleaning liquid by cavitation is connected on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060278080 - Negative ion air purifier: The utility model discloses a negative ion air purifier, comprising an electrostatic field-generating module and a voltage boost circuit. The voltage output end of the voltage boost circuit connects with the voltage input end of the electrostatic field-generating module. Said electrostatic field-generating module includes anodes and cathodes that are arrange... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060278081 - Cyclone dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner: A cyclone dust collecting device using a corona discharge is provided. The cyclone dust collecting device includes a cyclone chamber rotating air drawn in from the outside to separate contaminants from the air, a discharge pipe guiding the air separated from the contaminants to the outside of the cyclone chamber... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20060278082 - Dust collector: In a dust collecting apparatus, a flow path (8) through which a gas containing particulate matter flows is formed by arranging a ground electrode (5) in an outer shell (2), a dust-collecting filter layer (6) is arranged adjacent to one side of the ground electrode (5), and a plurality of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060278083 - Replacement discharge electrode for electrostatic precipitators and method of assembly: A replacement discharge electrode including a plurality of tubular telescopically assemblable discharge elements, and a tensioning element, tensioning the cable when the tubular telescopically assemblable discharge elements are aligned forming a rigid unitary tubular replacement discharge electrode. The discharge electrode components include abuttable tubular sections, center support tubes telescopically received... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20060278084 - Dehumidifier: The present invention relates to a dehumidifier for improving dehumidifying efficiency, and discharging dehumidified water to an outside of the dehumidifier easily. The dehumidifier includes a case, an inlet passed through the case for introduction of air from an outside of the case to an inside of the case, an... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20060278085 - Dehumidifier: The present invention relates to a dehumidifier for improving dehumidifying efficiency and easy draining of dehumidified water to an outside of the dehumidifier. The dehumidifier includes a case, an inlet passed through the case for introduction of air from an outside of the case to an inside of the case,... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20060278086 - Air cleaner, functional filter and method of manufacturing the filter, air cleaning filter, and air cleaner device: An air cleaner of the present invention, wherein an inlet port 4 and an outlet port 5 are formed and provided with air blower means 1 therein, an antiallergenic filter having an aromatic hydroxyl compound is installed in the air flow passage of the air blower means 1 in a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060278087 - Sodium bicarbonate vacuum bag inserts: A vacuum cleaner bag filter with one or more filter walls forming a generally air permeable enclosure having a bag opening through it, and a flange attached to the one or more filter walls to cover the bag opening. The filter walls have a working surface area through which air... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20060278088 - Vacuum apparatus and method using ultraviolet radiation for sanitization: This invention deals specifically with the use of ultraviolet light emitters within a vacuum cleaner, where the lights are used to neutralize bacterial contamination. The air and debris entering into the vacuum is exposed to one or more ultraviolet light sources, with the resulting radiation causing the bacterial contaminants to... Agent: Bradley P. Sylvester

20060278089 - Device for extraction of water from atmospheric air: A device is provided for extracting water from atmospheric air (8) having a free-flowing adsorbent or absorbent (3, 13), in particular a saline solution (3), having a hygroscopic salt for the adsorption or absorption of water, the adsorption or absorption being provided at least along an adsorption or absorption section... Agent: William D Breneman Breneman & Georges

20060272504 - Conducting gas purification filter and filter assembly: The present invention relates to a conducting filter (110) adapted for gas purification and a filter assembly (150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) comprising such filter. The conducting filter is made from a polymer which has received significantly increased electrical conductivity by a doping process. Such doped polymer are referred... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060272505 - Electric discharge device and air purifying device: A discharge device for generating a streamer discharge includes a discharge electrode and a counter electrode. The discharge electrode is in the a shape of a wire or rod and is disposed substantially parallel to the counter electrode. Thus, even when a tip of the discharge electrode becomes worn out,... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20060272506 - Gas chromatograph with a mass spectrometer situated down therefrom, and method for performing the gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis of a substance mixture: In the English translation document, please add the paragraph at page 8 line 1, after the newly added ABSTRACT section heading, as follows: The aim of the invention is to optimize the analysis of substances separated by gas chromatography with a gas chromatograph, comprising a separating device and a mass... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060272507 - Adsorbent carbon breather with scrim for improved flow: A filter assembly for an electronic enclosure is disclosed. The filter assembly includes a screen or scrim material positioned at the bottom of adsorbent carbon media, the screen or scrim providing improved airflow along the bottom surface of the carbon media.... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20060272509 - Air cleaner: An air cleaner is provided with a housing, a filter element disposed inside the housing for filtrating air introduced into the housing, and an adsorption element disposed in the housing for adsorbing gasified fuel in the housing, the adsorption element including an adsorbing member adsorbing gasified fuel and a frame... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060272508 - Coated screen adsorption unit for controlling evaporative hydrocarbon emissions: A hydrocarbon adsorption unit for recovery of volatile hydrocarbons which emanate from several sources and which would otherwise be released into the atmosphere through the air cleaner of an automobile engine when the engine is shut off. The unit is positioned in the air intake system such that all air... Agent: Chief Patent Counsel Engelhard Corporation