Gas separation inventions 08/07

20070199284 - Cyclone dust collecting apparatus for vacuum cleaner: The present disclosure relates to a cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner having a high fine dust collecting efficiency. The cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a first cyclone having an air suction hole through which dust-laden air is drawn-in, the first cyclone forcing the dust-laden air to downwardly... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070199285 - Filter element, air cleaner, and methods: A filter arrangement includes a filter element, a frame construction secured to the filter element, and a handle member secured to the filter element. In preferred embodiments, the handle member is secured to the frame construction. Preferably, the filter element includes a central core member, wherein fluted filter media is... Agent: Dennis R. Daley Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070199286 - Filter element: A filter element (1) with a tubular folded bag (2) of folded filter material, which has a plurality of fold blades (3) adjacent each other in the longitudinal direction (10) of the folded bag (2) a closure cover (4) is attached at at least one axial end (7) of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070199287 - Distributed air cleaner system for enclosed electronic devices: An air cleaner for an enclosed electronic device such as an electronic slot machine, for use in areas that have a high level of air contamination from cigarette smoking such as casinos, includes an active field polarized media air cleaner or other filters for removing sub-micron particles, tars and/or volatile... Agent: Allan Jacobson Intellectual Property Law

20070199288 - Filter system for an air cleaner: A filter system for an air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The filter system includes one or more filter elements and a filter tray adapted to be received in a filter tray receptacle of the air cleaner. The filter tray includes a bottom surface and... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070199289 - Filter holding frame with clamping mechanism: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a frame assembly having an integral holding frame/clamp. The frame assembly is typically mounted in a housing of an air handler or other air moving conduit. The holding frame/clamp is coupled to the frame assembly by a hinge. The holding frame/lamp is configured to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070193232 - Procedure to regenerate an exhaust gas purification system and a device to perform such a procedure: Proposed are a procedure to regenerate an exhaust gas purification system, which is set up in an exhaust area of a combustion engine, which is installed as a driving motor in a vehicle, and a device to perform the procedure. The exhaust gas purification system is regenerated of at least... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070193233 - Filtering assembly in nasal cavities: A filtering assembly in nasal cavities includes a connector with two rings connected by a link, and two filtering members are securely connected to the two rings. The two filtering members are inserted into the wearer's nasal cavities so as to effectively filter foreign objects from entering to the wearer's... Agent: Phillip Liu

20070193234 - Filter retainer mechanism for a portable air treatment system: A portable air treatment device and system including a filter retaining mechanism for selectively retaining a replaceable filter assembly. The filter retaining mechanism includes a rigid, non-moveable body that reduces a size of an access opening to a filter chamber otherwise formed by the air treatment device housing, along with... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070193235 - Filtration member for inflator and method of manufacturing the same: An inflator filter (15) includes a cylindrical body (15a) that is formed by winding a wire (16). The cylindrical body (15a) includes an inner circumferential portion (21) and an outer circumferential portion (22) covering an outer circumferential surface of the inner circumferential portion (21). The inner circumferential portion (21) is... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070193236 - Filter with drained jacket, seal indicator/lock means, and seal baffle: A filter element comprising a filter jacket, a fluted filter media, and an internal seal is provided. The filter jacket defines a filter jacket inner surface, a gravitational bottom, an upstream end, and a downstream end. The filter jacket includes a moisture release aperture disposed proximate the gravitational bottom. The... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070186520 - Filter assembly with adjustable inlet opening: A filter assembly for use with compressor assemblies such as oxygen concentrators, ventilators and other breathing apparatus including a compartmented housing member having at least one inlet opening, an outlet opening, a filter member, and an adjustment member associated with the at least one outlet opening for varying the size... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070186521 - Dust collecting unit for use in cleaner: This dust collecting unit for use in a cleaner includes an inlet port through which air and dust is taken in, a dust catch room into which the air and dust taken in through the inlet port is led, an air flow path for separating a part of air taken... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070186522 - Dust collector and vacuum cleaner provided with the same: There are provided a dust collector for cleaning dirt, dust, etc. adhering to a filter in association with the operation for opening and closing a cap of the dust collector, and a vacuum cleaner provided with the dust collector. The dust collector 30 has a dust collection vessel made up... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070186524 - Filter assembly: This invention relates to a filter assembly for removing material that is entrained in a gas stream. The filter assembly comprises a housing which comprises head and body parts, with an inlet port in the head part for a gas stream to flow into the housing, the head and body... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070186525 - Filter assembly: A filter assembly for removing material that is entrained in a gas stream. The filter assembly comprises a filter element comprising a wall of a filtration medium which defines a hollow space, for a gas stream to flow from the space through the wall to be filtered. The wall includes... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070186523 - Filter element: A hollow filter element for removing material that is entrained in a gas stream. The filter element comprises a wall of a filtration medium which defines a hollow space so that a gas stream can flow from the space through the wall in order to be filtered. The wall comprises... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070186526 - Filter element: A filter element for removing material that is entrained in a gas stream comprises a wall of a filtration medium which defines a hollow space, for a gas stream to flow from the space through the wall. The filter element includes an end cap having an inlet tube for a... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070186527 - Wound filter element: A filter element (1) wound from a plurality of filter layers in which the circumferential contour (5, 5′) of a cross-sectional area (4) of the filter element (1) has at least one circumferential contour section (5′) undercutting the envelope contour (6, 6′) of the cross-sectional filter element area (4).... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070186528 - Fluted filter apparatus: A filter element and filter apparatus, and a method for fabricating a filter element, include a filter element having alternating layers of a face sheet material and a convoluted filter material, with the alternating layers forming substantially longitudinally oriented flutes that extend axially along, or past, a radially acting seal,... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070180800 - High flow air filtration system for ford truck: An apparatus for filtering air includes a filter housing and a battery tray integral with the filter housing. The battery tray may be coupled to the filter housing via a ramp. The filter housing may comprise a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, wherein the third wall... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070180801 - Air cleaner airflow shaper: An airflow shaper for use in an air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The airflow shaper includes a body including a substantially central axis and a raised central region formed on the body. The raised central region transitions an impinging axial airflow into a substantially... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070180802 - Biological scrubber odor control system and method: A system and method for the purification and biodeodorizing of a gas are disclosed. The system is highly adaptable and capable of operating in a variety of modes to tailor performance of the system to specific odor control applications. The scrubber stages of the system may each be maintained at... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070180803 - Self-supporting pleated filter: A self-supporting, pleated filter, and method of making the same. The method includes forming a plurality of pleats in a filter media that extend along a front face and a rear face. The pleats include a plurality of pleat tips and sloping side surfaces generally perpendicular to the direction of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070175184 - Greasy soot purifying device: A greasy soot purifying device includes a dome bottom in a bearer inside an exhaust pipe of a smoking exhauster, an automobile, a motorcycle and/or a factory which is equipped with a smoking exhausting device, a perforated circular steel plate on the top connected to the bottom by a pair... Agent: Yang, Wen-lung

20070175183 - Method for cleaning a particle filter: The invention relates to a method for cleaning a particle filter (1) with the following method steps: a gaseous stream laden with pollutants and/or particles is fed to a particle filter (1) that operates catalytically and/or by filtration, pollutants and/or particles are chemically converted or stored in the particle filter... Agent: Rick Martin Patent Law Offices Of Rick Martin, PC

20070175187 - Filter element and filter system for the intake air of an internal combustion engine: A filter element (12), particularly for the intake air of an internal combustion engine. The filter element (12) has a filter body (13) and a seal (15) disposed circumferentially around the filter body (13). The seal (15) is bonded to the filter body (13) with an adhesive (31) and includes... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070175186 - Inertial impactor for closed crankcase ventilation: An inertial impactor that uses gas stream flow rate to separate oil particles in internal combustion engine crankcase emissions. The inertial impactor is particularly adapted for use in closed crankcase ventilation systems. The oil particles have a particle size of from about 0.3 μm to about 0.7 μm. Elimination of... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070175188 - Exhaust gas collection device: Exhaust gas collection units (110, 120, 130) are arranged in series in an exhaust gas collection device (100) for collecting objects separated from exhaust gas passing an exhaust gas route, and inside the exhaust gas collection units (110, 120, 130) are formed exhaust gas paths for passing exhaust gas along... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070175189 - Cyclonic separating apparatus: A cyclonic separating apparatus includes a separating chamber, an inlet communicating with the separating chamber and an outlet formed by a conduit communicating with an interior portion of the separating chamber and having a longitudinal axis, wherein a single planar baffle projects radially inwardly from an interior surface of the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070175190 - Filter bag and method for the production thereof: Described is a filter bag for a vacuum cleaner which may include a tubular bag with a closed free end area and an opposed, at least partially closed area as well as with a retaining plate. The bag is made from a bag material having at least one non-woven layer,... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070175191 - Fiber bed assembly and fiber bed therefor: A fiber bed assembly for a mist eliminator that operates at high efficiency and inhibits re-entrained liquid from leaving the mist eliminator. The fiber bed assembly has a construction that facilitates rapid drainage of liquid collected by the fiber bed. A pre-filter media can be employed upstream of the primary... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070175192 - Pleated hybrid air filter: An air filter may include a synthetic foam filter region, and a natural fiber filter media region, having pileous, absorbent, wickable natural fibers. The foam filter region and the natural fiber filter region are supported between pleated influent and effluent mesh layers. Alternatively, a synthetic fiber filter media region having... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070175193 - Dual pleated air filter: A dual pleated air filter according to the present disclosure may include two or more generally parallel, pleated filter elements layered perpendicular to the influent air stream and having the pleats of adjacent filter elements oriented orthogonally. Within each pleated filter element are an influent mesh layer and a corresponding... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070175194 - Filter arrangements; side-entry housings; and methods: An air cleaner (40) includes a housing (48) and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing (48) can be reached through an opening (70) in a side wall of the housing. A filter element (50) having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070175196 - Drinking water filtration device: The invention is a device for purifying drinking water that has at least one fibrous structure. Preferably, there is an upstream and downstream fibrous structure. Each fibrous structure is a mixture of nano alumina fibers and second fibers arranged in a matrix to create asymmetric pores and to which fine,... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20070175195 - Tacky allergen trap and filter medium, and method for containing allergens: An allergen trap is provided. The allergen trap includes a woven or nonwoven substrate having at least one strata. The trap is impregnated with or otherwise treated with a tacky adhesive by which allergens may be trapped. An example of an allergen is a dust mite. The tacky adhesive, in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.