Gas separation inventions 11/07

20070271883 - Bag house filter with fine fiber and spun bonded media: Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.... Agent: Attention: Mark Dipietro Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070271884 - Assembly for collecting material entrained in a gas stream: An assembly for collecting material entrained in a gas stream comprising a housing having a head part and a body part, and inlet and outlet ports. A chamber port is provided in the head part having internal walls defining a primary chamber with a first end communicating with the chamber... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070271888 - High cte reaction-bonded ceramic membrane supports: A porous ceramic support for a gas separation membrane formed by sintering a green body containing grains of a refractory ceramic oxide with a high coefficient of thermal expansion and grains of a reactive binder precursor. Upon sintering, the reactive binder precursor reacts with at least one gaseous, liquid or... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20070271891 - Polymer, polymer microfiber, polymer nanofiber and applications including filter structures: Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.... Agent: Attn: Mark Dipietro Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070266680 - Device for detachably securing a dust filter bag in dust aspirating equipment: A device for detachably securing a dust filter bag in dust aspirating equipment, comprises a flange part of rigid material seated externally on the bag wall and having a passage opening aligned with an inlet opening in the bag wall, and an equipment specific adapter plate of rigid material, which... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070266683 - Cyclone separator with fine particle separation member: A cyclone separator assembly comprises a cyclone separator that removes large particles of dirt from a working airstream as it flows through the cyclone separator, and the separated large particles of dirt are deposited into a dirt cup. The cyclone separator assembly further includes a fine particle separation member comprising... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070266686 - Honeycomb body with an at least partially ceramic honeycomb structure and a receptacle for a measurement sensor, and process for producing such a honeycomb body: A honeycomb body, in particular for use in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle, includes an at least partially ceramic honeycomb structure through which a fluid can flow. The honeycomb structure is disposed in a tubular casing and has cavities. The honeycomb body has at least two axial subregions... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070261375 - 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 a filter frame adapted to fit within the air cleaner and a filter assembly configured to fit to the frame. The filter assembly includes a top aperture and one or... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070261376 - Air treatment device used in a particle filter or a combined filter for a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation for a vehicle cabin: The purpose of the invention is a treatment device fitting in a filter, particularly a particle filter (1) or a combined filter of a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning installation for a vehicle cabin, to prevent the development of microorganisms on the surfaces of such an installation. This device is... Agent: Ronald Courtney Valeo Climate Control Corp

20070261377 - Spin-on filter arrangement and methods: A spin-on filter cartridge includes a housing, a filter media, first end cap, and a thread ring. The thread ring extends between an open mouth of the housing and the first end cap. The thread ring is a single-piece structure having a first region, a second region, and a third... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070261378 - High porosity cordierite composition: Disclosed are ceramic articles, which in one aspect are composed predominately of a cordierite having a composition close to that of Mg2Al4Si5O18. The ceramic articles possess a microstructure characterized by a unique combination of relatively high porosity and relatively narrow pore size distribution, both as measured by mercury porosimetry, that... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20070256395 - Air filter assembly having non-cylindrical filter elements, for filtering air with particulate matter: An air filter assembly for removing particulate matter from an incoming dirty air stream. The assembly includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a dirty air chamber and a clean air chamber and a non-cylindrical shaped elongated filter element arranged within the dirty air chamber constructed to remove particulate... Agent: Attention Of Julie R. Daulton Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070256396 - Integrated filter assembly: An integrated filter assembly is provided. The filter assembly includes a fastener that holds two substantially opposing elements of a housing together. Also included is a multi-purpose filter that has at least a particle filter component and a chemical filter component. The multi-purpose filter is attached to the fastener. The... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070256397 - Method and apparatus for circulating air through a hard disk drive: Hard disk drive housing including at least one inlet, at least one outlet. The inlet is situated near spindle and above disk in hard disk drive. The outlet is situated near outside diameter of disk. When disk rotates, air pressure near the inlet is lower than air pressure near the... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20070256398 - Rotary drum separator system: A rotary phase separator system generally includes a step-shaped rotary drum separator (RDS) and a motor assembly. The aspect ratio of the stepped drum minimizes power for both the accumulating and pumping functions. The accumulator section of the RDS has a relatively small diameter to minimize power losses within an... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070251198 - Auxiliary dust collection system: An auxiliary dust collection system can be interposed between a sander or other dust producing tool and a vacuum source, e.g., shop vacuum. This auxiliary system has a cyclonic separator connected by a flexible hose to the tool and by another hose to the vacuum source. The cone of the... Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr.

20070251199 - Dust collection container with bladed element for power tool with suction capacity: A dust collection container for power tool with suction capacity is described comprising a first pipe (15) for air inlet and at least one second pipe (20) for air outlet, i.e. connected to the external environment, said dust container (13) comprising a filtering element (22) placed inside an external casing... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC