Liquid purification or separation inventions 07/07

20070170101 - Filter having anti-drainback valve and bypass valve: A filter assembly has a housing open at one end, with an annular filter media/core assembly disposed in the housing. An end plate having at least one inlet opening and an outlet opening closes the open end of the housing. A spring having at least one bypass opening is disposed... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070170102 - Device for dissolving solid substances in water: A device (1) for dissolving solid chemical substances in water is provided with: a container (2), which has a bottom portion (6) designed to contain an aqueous solution; a perforated loading chamber (9), which is set at the top of the bottom portion (6) and is designed to contain a... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070170103 - Fluid filter: The invention comprises a fluid filter for separating contaminants from a liquid. The filter comprises a cylindrical body, a retainer, and a ring. The cylindrical body comprises an aperture disposed therethrough, a filter material for filtering the contaminants from the liquid, and an end cap portion. The retainer is coupled... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070170104 - Filtration systems and filtration tanks for use therein: A filtration tank with a central vertical axis comprises: a first chamber, a second chamber and at least one filter element. The first chamber has a first inlet through which fluid to be filtered enters the tank and is designed so as to provide a swirling flow of the fluid... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070170105 - Resource-recovering water-filtering system: A resource-recovering water-filtering system which is connected with a-drainer of an air-conditioner or the like. The condensed water naturally produced by the air-conditioner during cooling procedure is drained out from the drainer. The resource-recovering water-filtering system serves to filter the condensed water to produce clean water for reuse.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070170106 - Installation and method for the treatment of sewage sludge, and membrane unit: Equipment (6), provided for the treatment of biosludge containing a preponderant amount of fecal matter, has a fecal material receiving station (1), for the separation of sludge and filtrate. A membrane unit for the clarification of wastewater possesses a membrane module (106) and a wash chamber (105), located below said... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070170107 - Single body fuil flow acid-neutralizing fluid filter: An oil filter for rejuvenating lubricating oil to prevent premature wear by ensuring that impurities will not circulate through the engine has a housing, a mechanically active filter element, and a chemically active filter element. A flow path defined by the housing is configured to pass the fluid entering the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Legal Services

20070170108 - Rotary drum vacuum filter: Prior art washer designs have segmented radial ducts feeding the filter valve which collect the filtrate emerging from the longitudinal ducts. Because these ducts are radial, the volume at the periphery is much greater than at the valve entry which creates undesirable conditions such as a large volume where air... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070170109 - Liquid filtering apparatus: There is provided a portable liquid filtering apparatus for filtering liquid used in a container, such as cooking oil in deep fat fryers. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket that attaches to a portion of the container. The mounting bracket supports a liquid pump. A filter assembly including at least... Agent: Keeling Patents And Trademarks

20070170110 - Filtration device for replaceable filter media: Improved filter housing assembly including a filter housing sump assembly for seating a replaceable filter media pack therein, a filter head assembly and a fastening assembly for sealing and facilitating filter media pack replacement from the filter housing sump assembly and apparatus the filter housing sump having a central cavity... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070170111 - Solenoid valve for controlling water supply: Disclosed is a solenoid valve for controlling water supply. The solenoid valve includes a constant flow control member having a chamber at one side of a connecting pipe branched from a body which has an outlet port, the chamber temporarily accommodating water and quantitatively supplying the water by using a... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC Franklin Square

20070170112 - Wastewater treatment system and method: The invention is directed to a wastewater treatment system having an anoxic biological treatment zone, an aerobic biological treatment zone and a separator. The concentration of oxygen in streams within the system is strategically managed for improved removal of nutrient from the wastewater. A source of biodegradable carbon may be... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070170113 - Insitu grease/biosolid bioremediation apparatus and method: One embodiment to assist bioremediation in grease intercepters to substantially reduce FOG (fats, oils and grease) commonly installed in Food Service Establishments. The embodiment consists of a open elongated enclosure (28) containing a media basket (22) positioned in an pneumatically accelerated flow generated by a aeration lateral (26) located towards... Agent: Markus Lenger

20070170114 - Method and biological product for the residential and commercial aquatic environment: A method and product for improving the biological attachment and bio-film formation on filter media for use in treating an aquarium, pond and body of water having impurities therein. The product consists of a biological formulation in gel form designed for a slow release of microorganisms to the receiving media.... Agent: Ecological Laboratories, Inc.

20070170115 - Methods for treatment of wastewater with powdered natural lignocellulosic material: A process for treating wastewater through the use of powdered natural ligno-cellulosic materials (PNLM) for (a) physically removing colloidal and suspended volatile solids through adsorption and enhanced floc-formation and settling during pretreatment; (b) adsorbing toxic substances and elements that interfere with biological processes, thus serving to reduce their contact with... Agent: Paul W. Skillicorn

20070170116 - Refuse processing method: This method of processing refuse including organic and non-organic materials is noteworthy in that it comprises the steps of: A) admixing quicklime and a highly slaked substance with said refuse, B) allowing the reaction between said organic materials to proceed to produce a product that includes a calcium organic complex... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070170117 - Fluid treatment process and apparatus: Processes and apparatuses for treating drilling fluid by passing the fluid through a separator including a clarifying zone and a thickening zone, the clarifying zone having inclined plates and the thickening zone having at least one wall with an angle of less than about 60°. The separator may optionally include... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070170118 - Method of processing drilling fluid: A method for processing drilling fluid comprising an oil and water emulsion and solid material includes breaking the emulsion into an oil phase and a water phase, increasing the surface area of the solid material, adsorbing at least some of the water phase to the increased surface area of the... Agent: Carter J. White Legal Department M-i L.L.C.

20070170119 - Treatment system and method for liquid concrete washout waste: Solid and liquid concrete waste is collected from a construction site and safely off-loaded at a treatment site. Solid waste is separated and sent to a crusher to be made into road bed aggregate. Liquid waste is put in a first tank to settle the solids, then moved to a... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070170120 - Filtration and recovery system: A solvent filtration and recovery system for filtration and recovery of a solvent-based liquid used in dry cleaning includes filtration tank having filter chamber with motor-driven spin filters which are selectively operated. A valve and conduit arrangement allows the liquid from dry cleaning to enter the filter chamber for filtering... Agent: Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC

20070170123 - Apparatus for generating ozone and/or o1 using a high energy plasma discharge: An electro chemical conversion cell that can break down certain gasses to provide ozone and monovalent oxygen from a supplied volume of a suitable 02-containing gas. The conversion cell is provided with at least one metal mesh electrode within a generator reaction chamber, and a power supply which is adapted... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20070170121 - Ultraviolet laser system for decomposing chemical pollutants: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for using an ultraviolet laser system to decompose selected chemical substances in water. More particularly, this invention provides methods and apparatus whereby various environmental pollutants in water are rapidly decomposed to very low concentrations, consistent with environmental discharge regulations, use requirements, and/or applicable health standards,... Agent: David Silverstein Andover-ip-law

20070170122 - Wastewater treatment apparatus: A wastewater treatment apparatus (10) that treats the wastewater containing persistent substances, according to the present invention, includes a wastewater treatment bath (12) for treating a wastewater (11), an oxidizing reagent adding unit (14) for adding an oxidizing reagent (13) in the wastewater treatment bath (12), and an alkaline reagent... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070170124 - Ozone supply system: An ozone supply system includes an ozone generator, an ozone supply hose, and a supply wand with a handle having an activation switch to operate the ozone generator. An ozone supply system mounted in a sink cabinet includes an ozone generator, a wand, an ozone supply hose connecting the ozone... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20070170125 - Production of a fermentation product: A process of separating suspended solids from a fermentation liquor by subjecting the liquor to a solids-liquid separation stage, wherein the fermentation liquor is produced in a fermentation process for the production of a fermentation product, and which liquor comprises lignin, wherein the solids-liquid separation stage is assisted by a... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070163929 - Filter loading: A pumping system for moving water of a swimming pool includes a water pump, a variable speed motor, and a filter arrangement in fluid communication with the pump. The pumping system can also include means for determining a load value indicative of an unclogged filter that permits movement of water... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070163930 - Multiple barrier filter apparatus: A filter apparatus for treating water containing particulate or microbial contaminants is provided. The filter apparatus includes a first filter element, such as a viral membrane, disposed within a sealed outer housing and in fluid communication with a first inlet port and a first outlet port. The first filter element... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070163931 - Plastic relief valve housing with anti-drain back valve: A filter includes a filter housing having a tapping plate providing an inlet. A filter element assembly is arranged in the housing and includes an end disc. A bypass valve housing is arranged between the end disc and the tapping plate and supports a bypass valve. The bypass valve housing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070163932 - Operating group for integrated production of energy and desalinated water: The invention concerns a multi-purpose operating unit for the combined production of electric power and desalinated water. For this purpose an internal-combustion engine (2) operates an electric generator (10), two pumps (17, 33) for conveying water coming from the outside to osmotic membranes (8, 9): along the water flow path... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070163933 - Swimming pool skimmer pump assembly: A pool skimmer to operate independently of a pool filter pump. A pool skimmer has a bucket assembly similar to pool skimmers that use the filter pump to create a suction to draw and hold surface floating debris inside the pool skimmer where the debris can be removed from the... Agent: Michael E. Mauney

20070163934 - Sterilize valve and a water-purifying device using the same: The present invention relates to a sterilizing tap and a water-purifying device using the sterilizing tap. The sterilizing tap includes a tap body having a waterway connector connected to a waterway formed at its side, a screw hole formed at its top, and an outlet formed at its bottom; and... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070163935 - Apparatus and methods for disinfecting a surface: An apparatus for disinfecting surfaces and in particular human and animal wounds, includes a contractor for accumulating concentrated ozonated water and systems to deliver ozonated water from the reservoir to a nozzle having one or more jets for delivering a spray of ozonated water on to the surface to be... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070163936 - Device having multi-pores magneto-rubber filter: A filter is made of a rubber having magnetism to attract metal pa rices in a fluid for filtering impurities. The filter can be used in a hydraulic transmission system or even an air filter used in a semiconductor production.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070163937 - Oil strainer and method of manufacturing the same: There is provided an oil strainer in which the filtration area is large, and which can go around an obstacle between pipes etc. to be connected. An oil strainer 1 includes a housing 2 in which an open portion 6 of a case body 3 is closed by a cover... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070163938 - Sewage slurry separation system: The present invention discloses a sewage slurry separation system adapted to assist in sewer cleaning operations. The sewage slurry separation system is configured for collecting sewage slurry from a sewer line, depositing the sewage slurry in a collection/settling chamber to separate the slurry into water and sludge. The water is... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070163939 - Distributor for water conditioner: A conventional water conditioner includes a tank having a side wall, closed bottom and top ends, an opening in the top end, receiving and discharging material, a control valve assembly over said opening for introducing material into the tank and discharging material therefrom, a bed of particulate material for conditioning... Agent: George A. Seaby Seaby & Associates

20070163940 - Swirl chamber with movable non-return valve and air injector for prevention of sedimentation in strom water and waste drains: A device for preventing sedimentation by regulating the flow of waste water through drain draining-wells, with or without a pump. The device has of a swirl chamber with connected outlet pipe and provided with an air injector. The swirl chamber which is tapered, generates a vortex flow in which the... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20070163941 - System and method of fluid filtration utilizing cross-flow currents: A filter system and method of filtering a feed liquid utilizing a combined plurality of filter assemblies. Each filter assembly includes a filter housing, a filter cartridge and a spiral passageway for imparting secondary flow currents, particularly Dean-Flow currents, to fluid flowing within the spiral passageways to prevent particulate build-up... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070163942 - Hollow fiber membrane module: A hollow fiber membrane module comprising a large number of hollow fiber membranes contained in a cylindrical case, wherein one end of each hollow fiber membrane, which is left open, is fixed to the cylindrical case, while the other ends of the hollow fiber membranes are divided into more than... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070163943 - Dual stage ultrafilter devices in the form of portable filter devices, shower devices, and hydration packs: The present invention is directed to an alternative compact portable filtration device that can be used in remote locations and includes a single filtration cartridge that provides redundant filtration of the fluid (water). In particular, the device is a dual stage ultrafilter cartridge (apparatus) that is constructed and designed to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070163944 - Cleaning apparatus and method: A portable cleaning device that is configured to receive an unclean fluid and discharge a substantially clean fluid includes a canister configured to receive the unclean fluid and a housing coupled to the canister. An inlet portion is formed as part of the housing and includes an inlet flow path... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070163945 - Method and apparatus for reinforcing a tubular-shaped sealing collar extending from a filter apparatus: A method and apparatus for reinforcing a tubular-shaped sealing collar, extending from a filter cartridge are provided, by embedding, or substantially encapsulating, a reinforcement element within the tubular-shaped sealing collar, for resisting a change in circumference of at least a portion of the tubular-shaped collar. The collar may be formed... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070163947 - Extension and locking assembly for dripless element and container therefore: A filter assembly includes housing enclosing a replaceable filter element. A support core is provided in the housing, and includes an extension and locking assembly. The element includes a ring of filtration media with a pair of end caps. The first end cap includes a central opening to receive the... Agent: Christopher H. Hunter

20070163946 - Reversible element guide: A filter uses a reversible element guide. The filter includes a housing that provides a cavity. A filter element assembly is arranged in the cavity and includes an end cap supporting the filter media. An element guide is arranged between the end cap and the housing. The element guide includes... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070163948 - Oil strainer: There is provided an oil strainer in which the assembling work can be performed very easily, and more over high quality can be ensured. An oil strainer 1 includes a housing 2 formed by closing an open portion 6 of a case body 3 by a cover body 20 and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070163949 - Dialysis membrane having improved average molecular distance: A method for producing such membranes by a coagulation process induced by a non-solvent, in which a spinning solution comprising a synthetic first polymer and possibly a hydrophilic second polymer is extruded through the annular slit of a hollow-fibre die to give a hollow fibre, and a coagulation medium that... Agent: Scott E Hanf Hammer And Hanf

20070163951 - Chlorine resistant desalination membranes based on directly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers: The present invention provides a membrane, kit, and method of making a hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer membrane. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer membrane includes a hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer includes one or more hydrophilic monomers having a sulfonated polyarylsulfone monomer and a second monomer and one or more hydrophobic... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070163950 - High-flux dialysis membrane with improved separation behaviour: A hydrophilic, semipermeable hollow-fibre membrane for blood treatment, with an integrally asymmetric structure based on a synthetic polymer. The hollow-fibre membrane possesses on its inner surface a porous separating layer and an open-pored supporting layer adjoining the separating layer, and has an ultrafiltration rate in albumin solution of 25 to... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070163952 - Dissimilatory sulfate reduction as a process to promote denitrification in marine recirculating aquaculture systems: The present invention relates to a novel approach for nitrate removal from a marine recirculating system (10) wherein high concentrations of sulfate found in seawater is used in combination with sludge (20) collected from fish growing tanks (12) to promote dissimilatory sulfate reduction to hydrogen sulfide. The sulfide is used... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20070163953 - Water-purifying solid material made of a natural raw material containing polysaccharides as principal components, and water-purifying method using the same: A water purification solid material of relatively low cost whose handling is easy, produced from a natural raw material only; and a method of water purification with the use of the same. There is provided a water purification solid material for use in water purification using a microbe, characterized in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070163954 - Waste water treatment plant and method: A waste water treatment plant includes a treatment chamber or reactor (26) containing a plurality of buoyant sludge carriers (38). In the base of the treatment chamber (26) is a biofilm collection chamber (40). Arranged coaxially within the chamber (26) is a hollow shaft (30) with an air injection device... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070163955 - Water or wastewater system and method for removing bod and suspended solids through an activated sludge process and a ballasted flocculation process: A method and system for treating water or wastewater to remove both soluble BOD and suspended solids. The method entails directing first and second water or wastewater streams to a treatment system including an activated sludge system and a ballasted flocculation system. The first water or wastewater stream is directed... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070163956 - System and process for reducing waste volume: The present disclosure is generally directed to a process for decreasing waste material. The process includes loading organic material into a vessel, supplying ozone and water into the vessel, separating the organic material into solid material and liquid material, and reconditioning water from the liquid material for use again. The... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070163957 - Multivalent metal ion extraction using diglycolamide-coated particles: A separation medium, a method for using that separation medium and an apparatus for selectively extracting multivalent cations such as pseudo-lanthanide, prelanthanide, lanthanide, preactinide or actinide cations from an aqueous acidic sample solution is described. The separation medium is preferably free-flowing and comprises particles having a diglycolamide (DGA) extractant dispersed... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070163959 - Screening apparatus for water treatment with membranes: A static screen used upstream of a membrane assembly within a water treatment system has a screening surface with a number of openings distributed over its area. Liquid flows through the screening surface to reach the membrane assembly. Various shapes of screening surfaces are described including undulating panels and geometric... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070163958 - Water treatment techniques: Exemplary systems and techniques for treating contaminated water are described. In one instance a plant or system includes a membrane filtration mechanism operable to receive an influent water stream containing a contaminant and to separate at least a first portion of the contaminant from a resulting first effluent water stream.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070163960 - Chromatographic separation method, separation device and process for the preparation of a separation medium for use therein: A method for the chromatographic separation of substances contained in a liquid sample is disclosed which method comprises providing a one piece separation tray having a spaced array of discrete identical upstanding chambers each exhibiting an open upper end and an open lower end and a separation medium placed in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070163962 - Fraction collection in high performance liquid chromatography: A system and method for substantially continuous fraction collection includes a control device and a fluidic switch. The control device selects the state of the fluidic switch, and thereby determines which of a plurality of output ports effluent will exit.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070163961 - Separating agent for enantiomeric isomer: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers which exhibits stable separating performance, high optical resolving power, and sufficient solvent resistance at the same time. The separating agent for enantiomeric isomers includes an optically active polymer compound such as cellulose or amylose carried on a carrier such as... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070163963 - Blood cell sorting methods and systems: The invention relates to methods of isolating white blood cells (WBCs) from a sample, e.g., whole blood, using magnetic particles that specifically bind to WBCs and a series of specific steps and conditions. The methods can include one or more of decreasing the viscosity of the sample prior to WBC... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070163964 - Methods and compositions for filtration media: The present invention comprises methods and compositions for treating water. Compositions comprise filtration media having antimicrobial and biocidal properties for use in filtering particles and deactivating, removing and/or destroying microorganisms in a liquid. Filter media suitable for use in the present invention include perlite contacted by organosilane compositions.... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20070163965 - System for monitoring discharges into a waste water collection system: A method for monitoring the composition and flow rate of wastes discharged from industrial waste water treatment facilities into a common collection system for eventual processing at central waste water treatment plant (WWTP). The information is transmitted to a remote computer and stored in a database, and is then analyzed... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070163967 - Separating components of aqueous mixtures, suspensions, and solutions: Systems and methods are described for separating components of aqueous mixtures, including aqueous solutions and suspensions. In one implementation, an apparatus flows the aqueous mixture over a hydrophilic surface to form a first region of purified water and a second region of at least one concentrated non-aqueous component. The apparatus... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC Suite 500

20070163966 - Food processing effluent refurbishing system and method: A food processing effluent refurbishing system of the present invention refurbishes effluent water in a first and a second food processing loop. The system includes first and second circulation systems, first and second balance tanks, and a side stream. The first circulation system circulates water through the first food processing... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070163968 - Method and apparatus for providing treatment chemicals to process water systems: Forward osmosis is utilized to dispense chemicals into a process water system such as a cooling tower, chilled water system, boiler, or pulp and paper plant. The dispenser includes a flexible pouch filled with treatment chemicals and an osmotic membrane. The dispenser is placed in the process water system. Water... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070158246 - Coagulation detection: A coagulation detecting apparatus has a structure defining a container for a fluid, and containing particles for movement through the container under the influence of a magnetic field. A magnetic arrangement provides sequential magnetic fields to the container such as to cause the particles to move. A light source illuminates... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070158247 - Recirculation of blood in an extracorporeal blood treatment system: An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus includes a blood treatment unit, a treatment fluid circuit, and a blood circuit. The treatment fluid circuit has a treatment fluid pump for circulating treatment fluid around the treatment fluid circuit and through the blood treatment unit. The blood circuit has a dual chamber blood... Agent: Stephen D. Scanlon, Esq. Jones Day

20070158248 - Storm water separator system: A storm water separator system having side walls constructed from sheet piling to enable installation within a small footprint and in poor soil conditions. The separator system has an upper bypass chamber and a lower treatment chamber with a diffuser directing inflowing water down into the lower chamber. A flow... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070158249 - Dialysis machine with transport mode: A dialysis machine is provided comprising a non-volatile memory component into which patient data is stored. The patient data includes patient identification as well as prescribed patient treatment parameters. When data for a particular patient is entered by an operator into the non-volatile memory, the machine can be shut down... Agent: Jones Day

20070158250 - Tank for a system that outputs liquid at a user-defined constant temperature: A tank for use in a system that outputs a liquid at a user defined constant temperature in order to regulate the temperature of a piece of equipment includes a body of material having a top wall and a plurality of other walls which collectively define a chamber for receiving... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070158251 - Water treatment unit for bottle: A water treatment unit includes any combination of the following filtering and treatment elements such as a vertical pre-filter element, an inner vertical pre-treatment element, a first chamber containing a first treatment medium which water to be treated flows in a radically horizontal direction, a second chamber containing a second... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens, S.c.

20070158252 - Sleeve: The present invention relates to a transport sleeve or sack which is formed by sewing up one or more fabric webs or sheets of fibre or fabric to form a protective cover which can be wrapped around sheet material which is then fastened in the form of a bag. The... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070158253 - Waste collection system: A transportable waste collection system for collecting waste found in a body of flowing water, including non-navigable waters, the system having a flotation platform adapted to floating in the body of water; a waste collection conveyor mounted on the platform having collection and discharge ends; a device for separating the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070158255 - Flat membrane element and manufacturing method thereof: Even when a membrane sheet contains an inorganic material, the membrane sheet and a support plate are properly deposited by a laser emission. In a manufacturing method of a flat membrane element lapping a membrane sheet 10 performing solid-liquid separation on a support plate 20 supporting the membrane sheet 10... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070158254 - Flat membrane element and regeneration method thereof: To reuse support plate and to fix a membrane sheet by the same method both in a new product manufacturing and in regeneration. In a flat membrane element 10 including a deposit fixed portion 18 formed by lapping a membrane sheet 14 performing solid-liquid separation onto a support plate 12... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070158256 - Apparatus and method for micro or ultrafiltration: An apparatus provided with a micro or ultrafiltration filter, wherein the filter is provided with a filter housing having a retentate side and a permeate side, wherein the retentate side and the permeate side are separated from each other by filter material, wherein a fluid supply pipe is connected to... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070158257 - Membrane filter unit and method for the production of the membrane filter unit: The invention relates to a membrane filter unit for liquid or gaseous media, comprising a bundle of capillary membranes which are open on at least one front surface side and which are cast in an area which is close to the end of the open membrane ends, in a sealing... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070158258 - Multiple flow integral filtration manifold: The invention relates to a manifold assembly that is capable of providing at least two effluents, each having different quality characteristics, from a single source inlet.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070158259 - Interlayer support: The invention relates to an interlayer support suitable for depositing a self-adhesive material with a layer of self-adhesive (20). Said interlayer support comprises a relief structure (22) with raised webs forming substantially complementary channels in the self-adhesive (20) layer, by means of which the air trapped during adhesion can escape.... Agent: Perret Doise A Professional Law Corporation

20070158260 - Rotational shearing filter: A rotational shearing filter is disclosed which includes a housing and several spaced-apart, stationary, coaxial, annular, hollow filter disks that are disposed therein. Several shearing elements are retained in a torsion-proof manner on a central, rotatable drive shaft which penetrates the filter disks. The shearing elements are placed next to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070158261 - Filter device: The invention relates to a filter device designed for the insertion of filter elements (28), which can be positioned in a filter housing (10) comprising a filter inlet (20) and a filter outlet (22) for the fluid to be filtered, said filter elements (28) being traversed in both directions for... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070158262 - Water treatment system arrangement: A water treatment system is provided with a fluidized bed reaction vessel having a water inlet and a water outlet, the reaction vessel having a region of continuously varying cross-sectional area intermediate of the water inlet and the water outlet. The continuously varying cross-sectional area intermediate of the water inlet... Agent: Rohm & Monsanto, PLC

20070158263 - Filter assemblies, filter cartridges and methods for removing filter cartridges from filter assemblies: A filter assembly (100) may comprise a filter cartridge (102) and a filter housing (101) which may include a cylindrical support (121) and a removable portion (110).... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070158264 - Anaerobic phased solids digester for biogas production from organic solid wastes: The present invention provides methods for the generation of methane by a two phase anaerobic phase system (APS) digestion of organic substrates. Also provided is a device for practicing the methods of the invention. The APS-digester system is a space-efficient, high-rate solids digestion system. The APS-digester system consists of one... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070158265 - Flow-through aerobic granulator: A continuous flow reactor or method promotes aerobic granule formation. The reactor may comprise three or four zones that may comprise one or more of an aerobic zone, an alternately aerobic and anoxic zone or discrete aerobic and anoxic zones, and a settling zone. The reactor may have a single... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070158266 - Method and apparatus for producing particles via supercritical fluid processing: An apparatus and method for producing particles using supercritical fluid with enhanced mixing. The process includes a vessel having an inner surface defining a chamber. A high-speed shear or turbulent mixer is incorporated inside the vessel in order to create a region of enhanced mixing (mixing zone). A supercritical fluid... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070158267 - Systems and methods for peritoneal dialysis: Systems and methods relating to dialysis therapy, particularly continuous flow dialysis therapy, are provided. The present invention includes a single closed fluid path along which a minimal amount of therapy fluid including dialysate is fed into, continuously circulated and cleaned such that a therapeutic effective amount of solutes, excess water... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070158268 - Dual purpose acute and home treatment dialysis machine: A method of operating a dialysis machine comprising receiving patient specific data, storing the received patient specific data in a non-volatile memory device, and implementing a treatment according to one of an acute care mode or a home care mode is disclosed. In the case of the acute care mode... Agent: Jones Day

20070158270 - Simultaneous synthesis and purification of a fatty acid monoester biodiesel fuel: Simultaneous synthesis and purification of a fatty acid monoester biodiesel fuel from a triacylglycerol feedstock is described. In an exemplary method, the triacylglycerol feedstock is continuously contacted with a catalytic chromatographic bed comprising a first (solid phase) basic catalyst through a first port of a simulated moving bed chromatographic apparatus.... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll PC (archer Daniels Midland Company)

20070158271 - Systems and methods for radioisotope generation: Systems and methods are disclosed for producing customized, predictable and reproducible supplies of radioisotopes using, for example, a reactor housing that is fabricated from a radioactive shielding material and has both an internal volume and a surface that comprises an entry port and an exit port, a chromatographic column that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070158269 - Method for separating betaine: The invention relates to a method for separating betaine from fermentation process solutions, vinasse and other sugar beet based solutions on a weakly acid cation exchange resin in H+-form in the chromatographic separation process. The present invention relates also to use of a weakly acid cation exchange resin in H+-form... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070158272 - Process for the treatment of contaminated water based on the use of apolar zeolites having different characteristics: A process is described for the treatment of water contaminated by apolar organic compounds and/or by heavy metals, which consists in circulating the water through a system comprising at least two types of zeolites having a silica/alumina ratio >50, placed in succession, wherein the first zeolite through which the water... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070158273 - Device and process for treating a liquid medium: A device for treating liquid medium has an ultrasound emitter located relative to a compartment of a container holding a liquid medium and a microbubble emitter located relative to the compartment. The ultrasound emitter emits high-frequency ultrasound between about 200 KHz and 10 MHz. The microbubble emitter emits bubbles with... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070158274 - Control system: A system for on site monitoring and controlling the characteristics of a body of water by measuring the water characteristics in a first position and adjusting the water characteristics in a second position through either adding dispensable materials to the water or changing the energy of the water or both.... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20070158275 - Method for treating contaminated water: Zero valent iron particles (14) having enhanced surface area are used to treat contaminated groundwater in-situ or above ground. Hollow and/or porous zero valent iron particles (14) having a generally spherical shape and porous surface are produced using a sacrificial substrate (10) and thermal treatment.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070158276 - Method and apparatus for sequenced batch advanced oxidation wastewater treatment: A batch treatment system that provides wastewater treatment one batch at a time, rather than a continuous flow process. In a basic embodiment, the batch treatment system incorporates two zones: (1) a solids separation zone, and (2) an advanced oxidation zone. More advanced embodiments add a filtration zone after separation... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20070158277 - Needle-punched non-woven filtration media and in-tank fuel filters suitable for filtering alternative fuels: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various embodiments of filtration media and in-tank fuel filters suitable for filtration of alternative fuels. In one exemplary embodiment, an in-tank fuel filter generally includes a filter body. The filter body includes an interior and first and second panels of filtration media. The first... Agent: Anthony G. Fussner

20070158278 - Sand filter cleaning apparatus and method thereof: An apparatus for cleaning and/or sterilizing sand filter is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one sand filter but preferably a plurality. The apparatus comprises a clean water pipe circuit and a backwash water pipe circuit. Preferably connected to the backwash water pipe circuit is a cleaning and/or sterilizing means... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20070151905 - Water purifier: A water purifier is disclosed to include a water tank, an ultraviolet lamp mounted inside the water tank, a flow meter, which detects the flow rate of the fluid being supplied to the water tank and outputs a corresponding flow rate signal, and a lamp driver formed of a programmable... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151906 - Temperature pressure controlled flow rate: The present invention relates to a filter device for filtering a fluid, in particular an oil filter. It has at least one filtering medium and a bypass for the filtering medium. Furthermore, an actuator is provided, which influences the flow of the fluid through the bypass as a function of... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070151907 - Modular pressure control and drilling waste management apparatus for subterranean borehole: A modularly segmented apparatus for precise borehole pressure control, removing waste from borehole fluid, and recirculating the cleaned borehole fluid includes a pressure control section, a gas separator section, and a waste management section. In the pressure control section, a pressure manifold interconnects a plurality of chokes. A plurality of... Agent: Carter J. White Legal Department M-i L.L.C.

20070151908 - Vertical well for fluid circulation: The present invention provides a vertical well for fluid circulation. The vertical well comprises a separation wall for splitting said vertical well into an inlet tunnel and an outlet tunnel, a connection tunnel in the bottom of said vertical well for interconnecting said inlet tunnel and said outlet tunnel, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070151909 - Seperating device: A separating device. The separating device is used in a tank, for separating solid, gas, and liquid of polluted water, including a first panel, and a plurality of first dividers. The first panel is disposed in the tank, includes a first body and a plurality of first tubes. The first... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070151910 - Chromatographic material for the absorption of proteins at physiological ionic strength: Ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatographic materials are constructed by tethering a terminal binding functionality to a solid support via a hydrophobic linker. The backbone of the linker typically comprises sulfur-containing moieties. Suitable terminal binding functionalities are tertiary amines, quaternary ammonium salts, or hydrophobic groups. These chromatographic materials possess both... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070151911 - Environmentally friendly acid neutralizing cartridge: An environmentally friendly acid neutralizing filter cartridge for mounting into a chamber of a cartridge mounting body for neutralizing acid in engine oil in an oil circulation circuit of an engine. The environmentally friendly acid neutralizing filter cartridge comprises a support housing comprising substantially no metal parts such that the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070151912 - Apparatus for producing magnetized water: An apparatus for producing magnetized water. The apparatus comprises a plurality of magnet bars arranged in a radial manner, in which each magnet bar is structured such that a plurality of neodymium based permanent magnets is stacked in a stainless steel pipe in a manner such that like poles of... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070151914 - Floating skimmer for cleaning the surface of a body of liquid: A skimmer device for cleaning the surface of a body of liquid having a housing with a front and rear opening. Disposed within the housing is at least one float, a removable tray, and a battery powered motor with an attached propeller. Attached to the exterior of the housing is... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070151913 - Floating skimmer for cleaning the surface of a body of liquid: A skimmer device for cleaning the surface of a body of liquid having a housing with a front and rear opening. Disposed within the housing is at least one float, a removable tray, and a battery powered motor with an attached propeller. Attached to the exterior of the housing is... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070151915 - Water desalination: An in situ desalination apparatus comprising a reverse osmosis unit (15) having a reverse osmosis medium, the reverse osmosis unit in use to be located within a body of water under ambient bio-physico-chemical conditions often different from those at the surface, the unit having an inlet (17) opening to one... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070151916 - Network for supporting spiral wound membrane cartridges for submerged operation: Methods and apparatus are provided for positioning a plurality of cylindrical spirally wound membrane filtration elements in a body of aqueous feedstock employing manifold conduits that support vertically aligned filtration elements via short lengths of pipe. Efficient and effective connections are made between the ends of such support pipes and... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070151917 - Filtering device: A filtering device includes: a plurality of positioning trays stacked one above the other and disposed around the fluid-collecting tube; a plurality of membranes alternating with the positioning trays and disposed around the fluid-collecting tube; an upper flange connected to a topmost one of the trays and disposed around the... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070151918 - Vibration filter for a transmission with automatic, continuous or discontinuous, gearchange, especially for a motor vehicle: In a vibration filter for a transmission with automatic gear changing for a motor vehicle, including a torsion damper disposed between an input or driving element arranged to be driven in rotation by the crankshaft of the motor vehicle engine, and an output or driven shaft arranged to be coupled... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20070151919 - Faucet mounted water filter: A faucet mounted water filtration system includes a base having an inlet, a water receiving chamber, and at least one outlet. The inlet is configured to be coupled to a faucet. A body is coupled to the base. The body includes a filter compartment configured to house a filter cartridge.... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070151920 - System and method of micromolded filtration microstructure and devices: Filtration microstructure comprises a micromolded layer including a support element and a filter element that creates a tortuous channel with an inlet surface of openings and an outlet surface of openings for filtering matter. Microstructure layers can be stacked upon one another creating a labyrinth network of tortuous channels. The... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20070151921 - Self-cleaning filtration nanofiber membrane: A self-cleaning membrane is formed of microfibers and/or nanofibers that contain functionalized nanoparticles. In one embodiment, the nanoparticles contain photo-catalytic particles, that when exposed to ultraviolet light, cause decomposition of organic molecules. The decomposed molecules may be easily flushed from the membrane. In one embodiment, the particles are titania nanoparticles,... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070151922 - Spiral speed separator (sss): The principle for the Spiral Speed Separator is the combination of tangential, centrifugal and gravitational forces, which results in a far more effective and superior separation for the removal of vapors or gases from liquids, solids from liquids, and solids from gases.... Agent: Farouk Aslam Mian

20070151923 - Biomedia apparatus and method of use: A biomedia apparatus comprising an elongated central core and a plurality of loops positioned along the central core adapted to collect organisms from water. The biomedia apparatus may further comprise at least one reinforcing member associated with the central core. In one embodiment, the biomedia apparatus is utilized in a... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070151924 - Method and apparatus for the filtration of biological samples: A separation module and method are disclosed for processing a liquid sample and providing high conversion by operating a single-pass tangential-flow process without a recirculation loop. In one embodiment, the separation module includes three reservoirs and has at least one long, thin channel with a large ratio of channel membrane... Agent: Spf Innovations, LLC

20070151925 - Method and apparatus for the filtration of biological solutions: A system, method and device are disclosed for bio-processing a feed stream and providing a constant output by operating a continuous single-pass tangential-flow process. The single-pass process provides high conversion concentration while operating at relatively low feed flow rates, and the process can also be used to provide constant output... Agent: Spf Innovations, LLC

20070151926 - High-molecular-weight polyazoles used as proton conducting membranes: The invention under consideration concerns novel his-molecular-weight polyazoles, which are suitable for the production of fibers, films, membranes, and molded articles, on the basis of their high molecular weight, expressed as intrinsic viscosity, of at least 1.3 dl/g. Moreover, the invention under consideration describes a method for the production of... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070151927 - Metal oxides dispersant composition: This invention relates to metal oxides dispersant compositions comprising (a) certain a metal oxides dispersant, and (b) an oxime. The invention also relates to a process for dispersing metal oxides in an aqueous system that involves adding the dispersant composition to the aqueous system.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070151928 - Purification of immunoglobulins: The present invention relates to a separation matrix comprised of a porous support to which ligands have been immobilised, wherein said ligands comprise at least one aliphatic sulphonamide. The nitrogen of the sulphonamide may be a secondary or tertiary amine. The invention also relates to a chromatography column that contains... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20070151929 - Water purification device and method: A water purification device including a water inlet that receives water generated by a condenser. The water purification device has a water heating apparatus that receives water from the water inlet. The water heating device has a thermal energy source that can pasteurize or flash pasteurize the water by heating... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070151930 - Formulation for corrosion and scale inhibition: The present invention provides a formulation for use in the treatment of corrosion and metal sulphide scale deposits in aqueous systems, said formulation comprising a tetrakis (hydroxyorgano) phosphonium salt (THP+ salt) and a primary, secondary or tertiary alcohol having an acetylenic bond in the carbon backbone. The invention also provides... Agent: Jean-louis Seugnet Rhodia Inc

20070151931 - Nonviscous aqueous dispersion compositions of water-swellable layered silicates and the method of producing the same: Concentrated suspensions of smectite clays are obtained as either relatively “thin” or highly shear-thinning slurries that are easy to pump, by adding one or more of certain cationic polymers whose weight average molecular weight, Mw, is 50,000 or higher. It was found during the course of the invention that a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070151932 - Removal of phosphorous from wastewater: Processes, methods and systems are provided herein for lowering the concentration of phosphorus in wastewater. The process includes adding a suitable amount of an aluminium-based coagulant/flocculent, for example, an aluminium-silicate coagulant/flocculent product to the wastewater while maintaining the pH of the wastewater at between about 4.5 and about 6.65. This... Agent: David J. French Milton, Geller LLP

20070151933 - Blood component separation method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for collecting whole blood and then separating it into components for subsequent use or storage. A self-contained bag set is used to collect the sample, which may then be placed into a device adapted to fit into a centrifuge for separation of components. Each component is... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20070151934 - Deflector for a water/wastewater filtration tank: A water/wastewater filtration tank includes a fluid deflector coupled to the inner surface of the water/wastewater filtration tank to divert fluid traveling along the inner surface of the tank into filter media within the tank. The fluid deflector includes a back plate coupled to a tank wall and a flange... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP