Gas separation: apparatus inventions 05/07

20070119302 - Polymers containing ionic groups for gas separation and storage: Polymeric materials containing ionic groups, which can be used as membranes and sorbents for separating gas components, for example, separating CO2 from flue gas streams and from natural gas streams, and sorbents for storing gas components. Such separation materials are used for pre-combustion separations, post-combustion separations, and natural gas separations,... Agent: Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. The Financial Center

20070119303 - High output concentrator: A multi-chamber canister for a pressure swing absorption system within a general housing assembly. The chambers include a first molecular sieve chamber for receiving a first molecular sieve for separating air from the ambient environment into a concentrated gas and at least a second molecular sieve chamber disposed within the... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20070119304 - High output concentrator: A multi-chamber canister for a pressure swing absorption system within a general housing assembly. The chambers include a first molecular sieve chamber for receiving a first molecular sieve for separating air from the ambient environment into a concentrated gas and at least a second molecular sieve chamber disposed within the... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20070119305 - High output concentrator: A multi-chamber canister for a pressure swing absorption system within a general housing assembly. The chambers include a first molecular sieve chamber for receiving a first molecular sieve for separating air from the ambient environment into a concentrated gas and at least a second molecular sieve chamber disposed within the... Agent: Michael W. Haas Respironics, Inc.

20070119306 - Fuel vapor storage canister: A fuel vapor storage canister for an automotive vehicle, includes a casing formed thereinside with charge, purge and drain ports connected to a gas passage. First, second, third and fourth adsorption layers are disposed in the gas passage and arranged in order of first, second, third and forth adsorption layers... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070119307 - Apparatus for dispensing photo-resist in semiconductor device fabrication equipment: A photo-resist dispensing apparatus is disclosed and comprises; a tank adapted to hold a photo-resist solution, a pump unit adapted to pump the photo-resist solution from the tank, a filter unit adapted to receive the photo-resist solution from the pump unit, and at least one of a first gas discharge... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070113738 - Purge-control polymer-membrane-type air drier system: Air is dehumidified in a polymer-membrane-type air drier and sent to an air tool in which air is employed for various purposes. A selector valve is connected to the air drier and a purge-control valve connected to a purge outlet of the air drier. When the air tool is not... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070113739 - Filter assembly for treating a compressed gas: A filter assembly for treating a compressed gas stream comprises a container which comprises a body and a cap which are sealingly joined to one another at an interface. The body and cap each have a port through which compressed gas can flow. The body contains a quantity of adsorbent... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070113740 - Fuel adsorption sheet, manufacturing method thereof, and air cleaner: A fuel adsorption sheet includes a sheet base. A fuel adsorbent and a reinforcing net are arranged in the sheet base. The reinforcing net is formed by a plurality of cords extending in at least three directions along a surface the sheet base. The fuel adsorption sheet is arranged in... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070113741 - Detachable filtering apparatus for an air conditioning system and an installment method thereof: A detachable filtering apparatus for an air conditioning system and an installment method thereof provides an air disinfection function. It can be operated continuously, is suitable for conventional air conditioners and is applied at a place that requires disinfection. A hollow circular frame and a multi-aperture filter screen are detachably... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070113742 - Scrubber for absorbing ethanol and other vocs from bakery exhaust: A water-based scrubber is used to remove ethanol and other VOCs from the exhaust of a commercial bakery oven, particularly a tunnel oven. The exhaust from the oven is forced through the water of the scrubber so that ethanol and other VOCs become dissolved in the water. The water, including... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070107596 - Gas separation membrane module assembly: A gas-separation membrane module assembly and a gas-separation process using the assembly. The assembly includes a set of tubes, each containing gas-separation membranes, arranged within a housing. The housing contains a tube sheet that divides the space within the housing into two gas-tight spaces. A permeate collection system within the... Agent: Membrane Technology And Research Inc.

20070107597 - Air purifying device: An air purifying device is disclosed as including a plurality of fins coated with 5 titanium dioxide (TiO2) and positioned substantially parallel to one another to define at least one passageway allowing air to pass through, and a source of ultraviolet (UV) light, in which each of the fins has... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070107598 - Load-lock and semiconductor device manufacturing equipment comprising the same: A load-lock and semiconductor device manufacturing equipment have a wafer anti-contamination measure capable of maximizing production yield. The load-lock includes a chamber that can be hermetically sealed, a slit valve disposed at the front of the chamber for placing the chamber in communication with another chamber, a door disposed at... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070107599 - Hydrocarbon adsorption slurry washcoat formulation for use at low temperature: The present invention is directed to an improved hydrocarbon adsorbent slurry washcoat formulation, which can be used for controlling evaporative hydrocarbon emissions from a motor vehicle. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an improved slurry composition of the present invention comprises one or more hydrocarbon adsorbent materials, and... Agent: Gus T. Hampilos, Esq. Chief Patent Counsel

20070107600 - Method for producing adsorbent, adsorbent, and adsorption apparatus: A method for producing an adsorbent which is stable toward a liquid such as an eluant and which shows excellent reproducibility in selectively adsorbing and separating an object compound, the method includes the steps of: preparing a base material having a surface, in which at least part of the surface... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070107601 - Liquid filtration device: The present invention provides a liquid filtration device with internal flow paths that facilitate the purging of air bubbles from the device. The device includes internal channels that collect bubbles from fluid entering the filtration device and more efficiently direct fluid to sweep bubbles from the device during operation. The... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070101863 - Plasma nano catalytic disinfecting and purifying apparatus: The present invention relates to an air purifying apparatus that includes a casing, an orientation air deflector disposed on the casing, a movable air deflector included in the casing and disposed at a position corresponding to the orientation air deflector, a plasma reactor disposed at the bottom of the movable... Agent: Banger Shia

20070101864 - Valve outlet cap for toxic-gas container: The present invention provides an outlet cap adapted to removably attached to the gas outlet of a gas discharge passageway in an on-off valve provided on a toxic gas containing container, the outlet cap comprising a bottom wall, a peripheral wall extending from the bottom wall and a gasket located... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070101865 - Vehicle canister: The vehicle canister comprising: the first chamber filled with the active carbon and funneled with the tank port, where the evaporating gas is infused through and the second chamber filled with the active carbon and funneled with the atmosphere port and neighboring the first chamber via the isolation wall. Also,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070101866 - Air dehumidifying treatment device for air compressors: An air dehumidifying treatment device for air compressor includes a case having a board set received therein and the board set is in contact with an inner periphery of the case so as to define four compartments wherein air is introduced in the first compartment and then goes through the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101867 - Air sterilization apparatus: A portable sterilization apparatus that includes a face mask connected to a kill chamber having an ultraviolet source to destroy biological contaminants such as viruses, bacteria and fungi in air supplied to the mask, further includes a disposable particle filter in the kill chamber for filtering out particulates prior to... Agent: Vollrath & Associates #531

20070095211 - Air cleaner with electrostatic flocked piles: An air cleaner includes an ionization unit and a dust collection unit. A plurality of electrostatic flocked piles are disposed the ionization unit, or the dust collection unit, or both. The electrostatic flocked piles further improve the air cleaning performance by filtering out foreign materials by a physical contact and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070095212 - Adsorbent vessel with improved flow distribution: An adsorbent vessel comprising adsorbent material within the vessel interior positioned above at least one layer of support media, and a perforated baffle resting on the support media and not attached to the vessel shell whereby gas flow into the vessel from an inlet nozzle and a lengthwise oriented plenum... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557