Liquid purification or separation inventions 09/07

20070221552 - System for processing a biomaterial waste stream: A system for processing a biomaterial waste stream includes a waste fermentation system for converting the biomaterial waste stream to fermenting organism and a residual liquid. The waste fermentation system has a waste inlet port (LWI) receiving the biomaterial waste stream, a product outlet port (PO) for removing the fermenting... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070221553 - Oil water coalescing separator: An oil water coalescing separator has a coalescing chamber containing oil coalescing media. The separator is preferably substantially transparent so that the thickness of the band of coalesced tramp oil can be visually discerned at a glance. The separator preferably has magnets so the separator can be hung on a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070221554 - Filter with pressure relief: A cooling system is provided that includes a cap secured to a degas bottle. A filter that includes a frangible area is arranged within the degas bottle near the cap to separate the degas bottle into first and second sides. The frangible area is breakable in response to a predetermined... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070221555 - Apparatus and method for de-watering of slurries: A system for dewatering a stream of slurry has a first and a second separator. The first separator removes objects above a first size, to produce a stream of primary treated slurry. The second separator removes objects above a second size from the primary treated stream, the second size being... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070221556 - Container for reducing alkaline water: The present invention provides a reducing container for creating alkaline water. The reducing container includes a drinking water cup (11), a lid (121) which is openably coupled to an opening of the cup (111), a reducing agent casing (131) which is disposed in the cup (111), and a reducing casing... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070221557 - Chromatography column having flexible substrate: A device adapted to hold and compress a granular medium is disclosed. The device includes a body having an opening. A channel is positioned in fluid communication with the opening. A flexible substrate is attached to the body overlying the channel. The substrate and the channel cooperate to form a... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070221558 - Plant for purifying water contaminated by droplets of hydrocarbonaceous liquid: In a plant for purifying water contaminated by droplets of hydrocarbonaceous liquid, which plant has an essentially vertically positioned filter (4); an inlet chamber (7) for said contaminated water partially defined by a first vertical surface (5) of said filter; supply means (8) for contaminated water debauching in the lower... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070221559 - Sterilizing pot for a water purifier: A sterilizing pot comprises a main frame and a pot with an outlet and an inlet for containing related elements. The inside of the pot is constructed with a magnetizing unit and a UV sterilizing lamp. The magnetizing unit further includes a condensed carbonized healthy stone and a far infrared... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070221561 - Liquid filtration systems: Provided are liquid filtration systems and filter elements. An aspect of the invention provides a filter element comprising: a filter block having an inlet and an outlet; an end cap having a handle and a passage, the passage operatively connecting the outlet of the filter block with an end location;... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070221560 - Fuel filter for diesel internal combustion engines: For diesel internal combustion engines, an improved filter unit comprising an outer casing the interior of which is separated by a filtering baffle into two separate chambers to which a fuel inlet conduit and a fuel outlet conduit are connected respectively, with said casing there being associated a device provided... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070221562 - Arrangement for covering a liquid surface in a container, as well as a method for manufacturing a floating body: The present invention relates to an arrangement for covering a liquid surface in a container, wherein a number of individual floating bodies are present in said container, which floating bodies cover the liquid at or near the surface thereof by at least substantially abutting against each other. The present invention... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070221563 - Nucleic acid-adsorbing porous membrane for separating and purifying nucleic acid and apparatus for separating and purifying nucleic acid: To provide a nucleic acid-adsorbing porous membrane which has an excellent separating ability, which provides a good washing efficiency, which permits convenient and expeditious procedures, which is adapted for automation and reduction in size, which can be mass produced with substantially identical separating capability, and which is adapted for a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070221564 - Water nano-filtration device: A water filter includes a porous support characterized by a mean porosity in the range of 20 to 50% and a mean pore size of 2 to 5 μm; and a carbon filter medium membrane disposed thereon which is characterized by a mean particle size of no more than 50... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070221565 - Grit removal system for emergency water reservoir: A grit removal system for a hollow, completely enclosed emergency water reservoir tank employs a mobile suction head located within the enclosed tank, a flexible suction line coupled between the mobile suction head and the tank outlet, and a particle filtration unit located externally of the tank. The tank has... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20070221566 - Filter for separating two liquids or liquid constituents from a gas: A filter including a housing for receiving a filter medium and a filter medium received therein. In a lower region of the filter there is a discharge opening for discharging liquid from the filter. A spacer serves to form a collecting chamber for liquid and defines the liquid collecting chamber.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070221567 - Membrane made of a blend of uhmw polyolefins: A membrane is a microporous sheet made of a blend of a first ultra high molecular weight polyolefin and a second ultra high molecular weight polyolefin. Each polyolefin has a molecular weight, both of those molecular weights are greater than 1 million, and one molecular weight is greater than the... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070221568 - Microporous membrane made of polyolefins: A microporous membrane made of polyolefins which comprises polyethylene (PEA) 8-60 wt. % of which is accounted for by components having a molecular weight of 10,000 or lower and in which the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to the number-average molecular weight (Mn), Mw/Mn, is 11-100 and the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070221569 - Filter media: Aspects of the present disclosure provide composite carbon blocks with improved capacity for the removal of contaminants such as THMs (trihalomethanes) and trace VOCs (volatile organic compounds) found in water. In one aspect, a filtration matrix comprises a polymeric binder and an adsorptive media comprising activated carbon having a bulk... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070221570 - Water filter: The water filter including a container, which has a bottom and a cover, wherein several inlets are provided on the border of the cover and an outlet is provided in the centre of the bottom. A spiral channel is located in the container, through which the inlets are connected to... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070221571 - Entrapping immobilization pellets and process for producing the same, and wastewater treatment process and equipment using the same: Entrapping immobilization pellets in which microorganisms are entrapped and immobilized, the entrapping immobilization pellets comprising entrapped and immobilized purified water sludge containing nitrifying bacteria.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070221572 - Method for the production of natural energy from waste: The method aims at obtaining from waste and more particularly from municipal solid waste (MSW) the energy contained therein at the highest level for industrial use by means of natural technologies and with low environmental impact. The method, denoted by the acronym NEW (Natural Energy from Waste) operates through the... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070221573 - In-situ groundwater nitrification and de-nitrification remediation system: A method of in-situ groundwater nitrification, by: extracting groundwater from the ground; adding oxygen to the extracted groundwater; adding nutrients to the extracted groundwater; and injecting the groundwater back into the ground, wherein the oxygen reacts with in-situ nitrifying bacteria to oxidize ammonia to nitrate, and wherein the nutrients encourage... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070221574 - System, method, and apparatus for aeration and processing waste in aerobic wastewater management: An aerobic system and method for processing and managing wastewater effluent uses a cell wall rupturing process to enhance efficiency. Solutions are pumped into an aeration device and are compressed as the flow is constricted through a narrow passage. The compression of the solutions builds internal cellular pressure. Upon exiting... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070221575 - Method and apparatus for concentrating a slurry: The current invention provides improved methods and filter stacks for concentrating a slurry of titanium dioxide. The improved filter stack comprises a series of filter disks and diverter trays arranged in parallel. The present invention provides an improvement over prior art filter stacks by using a substantially complete weld to... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20070221576 - Static head reverse osmosis: Apparatus for reverse osmosis using static pressure head including: reverse osmosis plant operable to produce a permeate and a concentrate (hereinafter referred to as a “brine”) from a feedstock, the feedstock being supplied to the reverse osmosis plant via a feedstock conduit from a feedstock source; static pressure head means... Agent: Williams Mullen

20070221578 - Ion separation and gas generation: A device for separating ions from a fluid stream is disclosed. The device includes a conduit eccentric and parallel to an axis of rotation. An inductor coil surrounds the conduit and forms a magnetic field parallel to the axis. The conduit has an inlet and three outlets. The outlets are... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20070221577 - Method for electromagnetic treatment of water conferring a biological activity thereon: Water for domestic use is taken, purified, brought into the presence of gas or aerosols in a chamber of pure silica, and a magnetic field and an alternating pulsed electric field are applied thereto for time periods of adjustable length. The thus treated water is used for a biological application.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070221579 - Methods and systems for reducing the transport of contaminants in groundwater: Methods for reducing the transport of contaminants in groundwater and methods for reducing the contamination of groundwater are disclosed. The methods may include adding a reagent to groundwater and contacting a contaminant with the reagent to form a precipitate and compiling the precipitate to form a barrier to groundwater flow.... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070221580 - Water treatment method using a biological reactor in which the velocity of air continuously injected into the reactor is regulated, and corresponding device: A method of treating wastewater wherein the biomass associated with the wastewater is subjected to simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a single reactor. The method entails directing a wastewater influent stream into the reactor and measuring the concentration of N—NH4 in the influent wastewater stream at a point upstream from... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070221582 - Nebulizing treatment method: A method of treating contaminated air, gas and surfaces is accomplished through the nebulization of gas and/or liquid oxidants through a field of electromagnetic radiation or sonic waves. The contaminated gas and/or liquid streams are blended with gaseous and/or liquid oxidants by the nebulizer and directly injected in the energy... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070221581 - Ultrapure water production plant: An ultrapure water production plant that can produce ultrapure water with an extremely low rate of impurity concentration such as dissolved oxygen concentration, etc., is provided. A primary pure water is introduced and a catalyst mixed tower 4, wherein catalyst supports strong base anion exchange resins are mixed and filled,... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20070221584 - Whole house water filter: A floor mounted whole house water filter which does not develop significant back pressure in use because water enters via a perforated tube inlet, then flows down said perforated tube and exits radially outward through activated carbon or a ceramic filter, before exiting via an output port in an outer... Agent: James D. Welch

20070221583 - Canter element controlled combination manifold, valve and filter module system: A combination manifold and single lever cantered element system to which a filter module removably attaches. A ¼ rotation of the single lever mediates simultaneous operation of both valving and filter module release, and facilitates changing removably attachable filter modules without the need for tools.... Agent: James D. Welch

20070221585 - Collapsible protective cover for a filter: A collapsible, protective cover may be used to enshroud a filter during shipping, storage, and installation. The cover protects the filter from dirt and other harmful debris which could contaminate the clean filter element contained within the filter. As the filter is inserted into a filter canister, the cover collapses... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070221586 - High pressure oil removing filter: A system for entering a mixture of oil and water thereinto which develops a high back pressure, and via causing said mixture to pass through a mixture of polypropylene and plastic beads in an upper approximately ⅔ thereof, and polypropylene in the lower approximately ⅓ thereof, providing water at an... Agent: James D. Welch

20070221587 - Method and arrangement for removal of surface scum: A method for removal of surface scum in an apparatus, which includes at least a first surface chute arrangement that exists in a liquid basin and which is meant for removal of surface scum. Surface scum is exhausted by an overflow arrangement belonging to the first surface chute arrangement and... Agent: Venable LLP

20070215531 - Water-treatment appliance: The invention proposes a water-treatment appliance having a housing which is closed in a watertight manner during operation, having a water-entry line which can be connected to an external water conduit, and having a water-exit line which can be connected to an external water conduit, a mixing appliance being provided... Agent: William D. Breneman, Esq. Breneman & Georges

20070215532 - Water screen system with boot seal: A boot seal for a vertically traveling water screen and a method forming a boot seal. The boot seal comprises a bent plate that extends from an attachment end to a free end. The attachment end is attached to a frame mounted at the bottom of a channel of water... Agent: Laitram, L.L.C. Legal Department

20070215533 - Filter with support cage: The invention further provides a chromatographic separating column which has a syringe-shaped column element (2) which is open at one end and is provided at the other end with a tapered outlet (11) and into which such a filter element (3, 10) has been inserted.... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070215534 - Method of purifying polypeptides by simulated moving bed chromatography: Provided are methods of separating an immunoreactive compound from at least one immaterial component, using a simulated moving bed (“SMB”) system and a SMB apparatus for use in these methods. Also provided are purified immunoreactive compounds prepared using the SMB methods and apparatus and methods of treatment with the purified... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070215535 - Quick-change filter and bracket system: A bracket system holds one or more filters in quick-attach and quick-release fashion. Bracket modules are combined in modular fashion, with tubing or other conduit between the modules, to create a “bank” of filters easily changed in number, arrangement, and flow scheme. Preferably, the bracket system comprises pairs of top... Agent: Ken J. Pedersen Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20070215536 - Filter cartridge for gravity-fed water treatment device: A filter cartridge for use in gravity-fed water treatment systems wherein filter elements include a dome-shaped hydrophilic porous particulate carbon powder block filter in a polymeric binder. The filter has a closed upper end and an open lower end with sidewalls extending there between, additional filter media and includes ion... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein Intellectual Property Department

20070215537 - Delivery unit: The invention relates to a delivery unit (2) comprising a swirl pot (5), a fuel pump (6) placed therein, and a filter, which is placed on the bottom (7) of the swirl pot (5) and which is radially flowed against. This filter is formed by shaped elements axially protruding from... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070215538 - Systems and methods for equilibrium dialysis: This invention relates to equilibrium dialysis systems and methods. More particularly, the invention relates to pre-assembled or ready-to-use single-well or multi-well dialysis systems that are disposable in their entirety, comprising a molded block for performing equilibrium dialysis of one or more samples. Such equilibrium dialysis systems can be used for... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070215539 - Filter grid assembly: A filter apparatus separates fine particles such as pine needles, threads, hairs and seeds from a liquid influent. A rotating grid assembly has multiple grid sections mounted by top-to-bottom connected links, supporting a filter media having specified openings sufficient for entrainment of miniscule particles. Grid sections are interchanged for collection... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070215540 - Holow-fiber porous water filtration membrane of vinyldene fluoride resin and process for producing the same: A hollow fiber-form porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin having a high crystallinity as represented by a crystal melting enthalpy of at least 58 J/g is produced by forming a composition of a vinylidene fluoride resin having a relatively high weight-average molecular weight of at least 3×105 blended with a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070215541 - Hydrocyclone oil/sand/water separating apparatus: A hydrocyclone separating apparatus has a housing subdivided into a central chamber provided with an input port and a pair of end chambers having respective outlet ports. A plurality of hydrocyclones extend across the central chamber between the end chambers. The hydrocyclones each have an intake in the central chamber... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070215542 - Apparatus and method for denitrification of treated water from aerobic wastewater treatment systems: An apparatus and method for denitrification of treated wastewater from an aerobic wastewater treatment system in which oxygen levels in the aeration chamber of an aerobic digestion vessel are cycled between an anoxic environment, i.e., when the treated wastewater in the aeration vessel contains from just above 0 to just... Agent: C. James Bushman

20070215543 - Small volume liquid-liquid extraction device and method of use: A device and method for performing small volume liquid-liquid extraction. A slug of a liquid specimen is aspirated into a tube, such as a pipette or pipette tip. The slug of the liquid specimen is caused to contact a filament array that resides within the tube. The slug of the... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070215544 - Washing method and apparatus of separation membrane: When a separation membrane (3) is washed with a chemical solution that is a sodium hypochlorite solution, which has a high concentration, diluted with membrane treated water stored in a chemical solution tank (6), an ammonic nitrogen concentration in membrane-treated water is monitored with a monitoring device (9), and a... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070215545 - Extracorporeal renal replacement modeling system: A system, program product and method continuously optimize an ultrafiltration rate during an extracorporeal renal replacement process by modeling physiological and actual rate data. The system maps the sensed, physiological data to a mathematical model to assess the data in terms of the ultrafiltration rate. The model provides parameters used... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070215546 - Method of integrating water treatment assemblies: A method of integrating individual water treatment assemblies into a seamless water treatment control system. A Reverse Osmosis assembly contains a controller wherein all other pretreatment and post-treatment assemblies are electrical coupled thereto. The controller is preprogrammed for use in recognizing the coupling of the pretreatment and/or post treatment assemblies... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070215547 - Porous hybrid monolith materials with organic groups removed from the surface: A material for chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation, and separation devices containing the chromatographic material. In particular, porous inorganic/organic hybrid monoliths are provided with a decreased concentration of surface organic groups, and have improved pH stability, improved chromatographic separation performance, and improved packed bed stability. These monoliths may be... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070215549 - Separating agent for enantiomeric isomers: The present invention provides a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers having no large UV absorption, as represented by an aromatic group, and having high asymmetric recognizability, particularly, high asymmetric recognizability in an aqueous mobile phase, or a separating agent for enantiomeric isomers containing a polysaccharide alicyclic ester derivative free from... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070215548 - Systems and methods for packing chromatography columns: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for packing chromatography columns. In one described embodiment of the present invention, a compressible resin is combined with a relatively high-viscosity packing solution to form a resin slurry for packing within a chromatography-column tube. In an alternative embodiment... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070215550 - Combination method for the demineralization of water: The present invention relates to a method for the demineralization of water using a combination of a monodisperse cation filter operated as a lift bed and a monodisperse anion filter operated in the cocurrent flow procedure, and also devices which comprise such a lift bed in combination with at least... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070215551 - Method and device for treatment and loop-processing of waste waters: The here presented invention refers to a method and device for separating inorganic salts from loop-processed toilet waste water as well as its de-colouring. Additionally, a treatment method without a biological step is presented, whereas here as well the toilet waste water is loop-processed reasoned by water savings and amounts... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070215552 - Systems and methods for removal of contaminates from an aqueous media in the absence of modified nitrate levels: Systems and methods are provided for the removal of contaminates from an aqueous medium using an anion exchange based material. The systems and methods include an optimized relationship between the removal of the contaminate and unmodified discharged levels of nitrate.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070215554 - Device and method for separating, mixing and concentrating magnetic particles with a fluid and use thereof in purification methods: The present invention is related to a process for manipulating magnetic particles that are suspended in a fluid, possibly containing a biological entity of interest, the magnetic particles being able to bind the entity of interest, the fluid being contained in a reaction vessel constituted by a large upper compartment... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070215553 - Magnetic fluid manipulators and methods for their use: Device and methods for use of these devices to manipulate substantially non-magnetic particles dispersed inside a magnetic fluid by employing a changeable pattern of local magnetic field maxima and minima are provided.... Agent: Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20070215555 - Process for production of suspensions, solution, or dispersions: The present invention provides a method for efficiently filtering slurry suspensions in a vessel including a nozzle flange near the vessel, when solids in the slurry suspensions being treated in the vessel are filtered for cleaning or for other purposes and subsequently subjected to reslurrying, dissolving or dispersing operation. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070215556 - System for detection and prediction of water nitrification: A method of evaluating a water sample for the presence or possible future presence of nitrification comprises obtaining data values of a number of parameters, processing the data values to determine correlation coefficients, to identify any linear dependencies, to standardize the scales, evaluating the data values over a plurality of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070215557 - Grease processing unit for wastewater treatment: A method and apparatus for a grease processing unit for wastewater treatment. An embodiment of a grease processing unit includes a tank to hold influent. The tank has a top, a bottom, and one or more sides, and the influent is a mixture of grease and water. There is a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070215559 - Automotive fluid filter with sintered pellet filter medium and associated method: An automotive fluid filter comprises a plurality of pellets that are sintered together and define a plurality of pores therebetween for passage of automotive fluid through the pores so as to filter the automotive fluid when the automotive fluid is advanced therethrough. An associated method is disclosed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070215558 - Biological detection device, fingerprint authentication device, and biological detection method: A further object of the present invention is to provide a biological detection device and the like capable of performing processing promptly. An input voltage with a predetermined frequency is output from an oscillating portion. By performing switching using an analog switch, the input voltage is output to an electrode... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070215560 - Horizontal vibratory centrifuge apparatus: A horizontal vibratory centrifuge, which includes a slurry separating component; a drive motor; a drive unit for rotating the separating component; a feed pipe for feeding the slurry into the separating component; a product discharge for discharging the solid portion of the slurry from the separating component and a pipe... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070215561 - Filter cartridge and method and apparatus for replacing same: A separate filter cartridge and latch release are used to replace a used filter cartridge in a filter assembly having a latch. In one example, the filter cartridge includes opposing end caps that are substantially the same as one another. The end caps have central holes. The filter cartridge is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070215562 - Waste collection system and method for separating liquid waste from solid waste: A waste separation system and a method of separating liquid waste from solid waste employ an animal waste conveyor comprising an endless conveyor belt extending around upper and lower conveyor rollers and having an upwardly concave longitudinally inclined upper run which, in transverse cross-section, has a lowermost portion forming a... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070209977 - Device for measuring permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual reverse osmosis membrane elements: The present disclosure relates to a system comprising an integrated sensor for measurement of permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual membrane elements while they are in operation in an RO unit. The flow and conductivity measuring integrated sensor is of a small size that enables it to be inserted... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070209978 - Enhanced filter indicatior for refrigerator: An indicator for a refrigerator filter which has a body configured to contain a replaceable filter cartridge and including an openable cap to enclose the filter cartridge within the body. The indicator includes a control having a filter life determination mechanism and arranged to emit a signal when a life... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070209979 - Urine diverter with end of life cycle indicator: An indicator that the cartridge is draining slowly is placed on top of the cartridge. When slow draining causes urine to pool on top of the cartridge, liquid enters a float housing, causing an indicator to change color. The indicator is visible through a lens in a diverter. The indicator... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070209980 - Device and method for filtering a fluid, in particular for plastics processing plants: The invention relates to a device for filtering a fluid, in particular a liquefied plastic, with a housing with backflush channel and screen carrier and filter element whereby, in order to accelerate and improve the backflush effect, one or more displacement cylinders are provided that guide material removed from the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070209981 - Replaceable cartridge filtering jug: Replaceable cartridge filtering jug including a for containing water requiring filtration and a vessel for the collection of filtered water in which the vessels are connected through the cartridge together with a device for counting the filtering cycles performed by the cartridge to determine the state of exhaustion of the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070209983 - Hydraulic lubrication filter assembly: A hydraulic filter assembly includes a housing mounted to a manifold which has a first inlet port, a second inlet port and an outlet port. The housing encloses a hollow outer filter element and a hollow inner filter element spaced apart from and received within the outer filter element. The... Agent: Deere & Company

20070209982 - Hydraulic lubrication filter circuit: A vehicle hydraulic system which has a component lube circuit, a pump supplying hydraulic fluid from a sump to a first and a second hydraulic control circuit includes a filter circuit. The filter circuit includes a first filter circuit outlet connected to a inlet of the lube circuit, a sump... Agent: Deere & Company

20070209984 - Water purifier: A water purifier system is provided including a housing having a first, upper reservoir and a second, lower reservoir. A filter cartridge is arranged to be received within the housing, the filter cartridge having at least one inlet for receiving water from the first reservoir and at least one outlet... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070209985 - Bottom seal: A bottom seal, at the lower end of a step screen, is adapted to convey solid particles and other objects positioned in flowing water. The step screen has a grating including alternately fixed and movable lamellar rods with intermediate gaps to allow the water to pass through the grating. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070209986 - Modular aquarium filter: A modular aquarium filter includes one or more cartridges connected in series. The cartridges may contain filter media for chemical, biological and/or mechanical filtration. In addition, the cartridges are designed such that they provide a unique internal helical geometry to increase the contact area and flow rate of the water... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070209987 - Water purification devices: The invention is a water purification device, and method, for removing contaminants from water for consumption, consisting of: 1) one or more heat exchangers for transferring heat between steam and water, and/or between water and water, and/or between steam and liquid, and/or between steam and air, and/or between air and... Agent: Mandel & Adriano

20070209988 - Integrated apparatus and system for the treatment of waste fluids and drain networks: An apparatus for treating greasy waste fluids comprises a fluid inlet which receives the waste fluids, and a waste filtering device positioned downstream from the fluid inlet; the waste filtering device is so configured as to retain at least a portion of the particulate matters contained in the waste fluids.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070209989 - Reducing water purification material, method for producing reducing water purification material, method for treating wastewater, and wastewater treatment apparatus: A reducing water purification material having a reducing iron-based precipitate selected from green rust, iron ferrite, reducing iron hydroxide, and a mixture thereof. A wastewater treatment process having steps of adding a reducing iron compound to wastewater, leading the wastewater to which the reducing iron compound is added to a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070209990 - Water conditioner: A water conditioner includes a plate located diametrically across a pipe and a plurality of posts in lines on, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal axis of the plane and extending from either side thereof, to be close to the periphery of a pipe with which the water conditioner is... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20070209991 - Plate shifter for filter press: A plate shifting apparatus for a filter press having a series of filter plates in a horizontal series can be used to remove filter cake from the plates after a filter operation. The plates are horizontally movable in a longitudinal direction of the press. The apparatus includes a shifter carriage... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070209992 - Spin-on filter assembly and methods: A spin-on filter cartridge includes a housing, a filter element operably oriented in the housing, a baffle plate, and a seal arrangement. The baffle plate is operably oriented over the housing open end. The baffle plate defines a central flow aperture. The baffle plate defines a continuous groove immediately adjacent... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070209993 - Hollow fibre restraining system: A restraining system for hollow fibres is provided. The restraining system includes a plurality of longitudinally extending elements spaced from one another and supported by a number of discrete spacer elements, each spacer element extending generally transverse of said longitudinal elements, such that in combination with said longitudinal elements they... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20070209994 - Supported curved hollow fibre membrane: A curved hollow fiber membrane comprises a support and a film. The support is curved before being coated with the film. The membrane may be used, for example, in a filtration module.... Agent: Bereskin & Parr (mississauga) / Ge

20070209995 - Extracting apparatus: A loading mechanism holds at least one extracting cartridge provided with a filter member, at least one waste liquid vessel for accommodating a discharged liquid of a sample liquid and a discharged liquid of a washing liquid, which discharged liquids have been discharged from the extracting cartridge, and at least... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070209996 - Multilayer energy dissipating inlet column in center-feed clarifiers: The Multilayer Energy Dissipating Inlet Column (MEDIC) in a center-feed clarifier consists of a plurality of perforated and concentric columns and a circular cover, which closes the bottom of the multilayer column. In the wall of each perforated column many flow inlet ports are mounted. The layout of the flow... Agent: Dr. Siping Zhou

20070209997 - Continuous flow biosolids stabilization: A continuous flow wastewater treatment process is implemented for stabilizing biosolids. Sludge from a mesophyllic digester flows through heat exchangers to raise the temperature to a pasteurization temperature. The raised temperature sludge is flowed continuously through a detention tank from an input to an output, wherein sludge at the input... Agent: Steven P. Koda Koda Law Office

20070209998 - Multivalent metal ion management for low sludge processes: A method for managing multivalent metal ion concentrations in low-yield wastewater treatment processes. The method includes combining wastewater containing BOD with bacteria-laden sludge in a mainstream reactor to form a mixed liquor, separating the mixed liquor into a clear effluent and an activated sludge stream, returning a first portion of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070209999 - Wastewater treatment system and method: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for treating wastewater. The wastewater treatment system includes a bioreactor including activated carbon and a first biological population. The wastewater treatment system may also include a membrane bioreactor and/or a wet oxidation unit.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20070210000 - Method and apparatus for purification of an aqueous solution from droplets of extraction solution: The invention relates to a method and apparatus with which the aqueous solution from liquid-liquid extraction in the hydrometallurgical recovery of metals is purified from droplets of organic extraction solution. The aqueous solution is treated in a settling tank, where it is made to flow through a flow channel area... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070210002 - Chemical and process for cleaning membranes: A method for cleaning a microfiltration or ultrafiltration membrane comprising the step of contacting said membrane with a hydroxyl radical. The method is particularly suited for oxidation resistant membranes, such as Halar, with biological or organic fouling. The hydroxyl radicals for example are generated from an aqueous solution of transition... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070210001 - Method for membrane backwashing and backwashing apparatus: A backwashing method incorporating a membrane filtration apparatus in which a ceramic filtration membrane including a substrate layer having a large number of filtration pores and a separating layer having filtration pores smaller than those of the substrate layer is accommodated in a casing. Air controlled to a pressure p1... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070210003 - Methods and apparatus for removal of degradation byproducts and contaminants from oil for use in preparation of biodiesel: Methods, particles, and devices are disclosed for filtration of oil for use of the oil in the preparation of biodiesel. Disclosed particles may comprise a substantially inert porous particle with a coating comprising a polymer having amine, amino, and/or imine group(s).... Agent: Elmore Patent Law Group, PC

20070210004 - Novel carbon supported activated alumina absorbent useful for the removal of fluoride ions from water and a process for the preparation thereof: The present invention provides a novel adsorbent carbon supported activated alumina (CSAA) which posses both the advantageous characteristics of carbon and alumina viz., the high specific surface area associated with activated carbon and high sorption capacity of alumina towards F− Carbon supported activated alumina has an added advantage of its... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070210006 - Surface-modified zeolite and process for synthesis thereof for sequestration of anions: Present invention deals with cost-effective surface-modified zeolite materials developed from commercial zeolites and flyash-based zeolites by treating with surface modifiers like hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (HDTMA-Br). The formation of zeolitic materials with anionic characteristics requires treatment with a surfactant with initial concentrations greater than its critical micelle concentration (CMC). The sorption... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070210005 - Concentrate method of ion-exchanging aluminosilicates and use in phosphate and oxyanion adsorption: It has been found that phosphorous-containing and oxyanion compounds can be removed efficiently and economically by adsorption with cation-exchanged aluminosilicates that are ion-exchanged in a concentrated aluminosilicate composition containing the aluminosilicate, the exchange cations, and only about 15% to about 50% by weight water, based on the total weight of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070210007 - Method of dewatering thin stillage processing streams: A method dewatering thin stillage process streams generated in the processing of grain to ethanol comprising adding to the process streams an effective flocculating amount of an anionic copolymer comprising acrylic acid sodium salt, methacrylic acid sodium salt or 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt to form a mixture of water and... Agent: Nalco Company

20070210008 - Filter monitor: A filter monitor is disclosed capable of sensing the presence of water in the filter. The sensor utilizes changes in capacitance of a water absorbing media which functions as a dielectric disposed between a pair of electrodes. The sensor is in communication with a valve means to interrupt the transient... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20070210009 - Process and apparatus for removal of biocolloids from water: Biocolloids, e.g. Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, are removed from water by filtration using a packed bed of a granular filter medium, preferably MgO, establishing an electric field across the packed bed, perpendicular to the flow of the water through the packed bed. The packed bed is provided in an annular space... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070210010 - Catalyst for wastewater treatment and method for wastewater treatment using said catalyst: The present invention relates to a catalyst for wastewater treatment and a method for wet oxidation treatment of wastewater using the catalyst, in particular, the catalyst of the present invention can suitably be used in wet oxidation treatment of wastewater, under high temperature and high pressure conditions. The present invention... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070210012 - Wet solids removal and separation system: A system comprising a slurry trap including a trap inlet and a trap outlet. In addition, the system comprises a slurry tank including a slurry inlet and a slurry outlet. The slurry inlet of the slurry tank is in fluid communication with the trap outlet. Further, the system comprises a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070210011 - Uses of auxetic fibres: There is disclosed a method of controlling pore size in a porous material comprising the steps of: providing a porous material comprising a plurality of interconnected auxetic fibres; and applying a tensile or compressive load to the porous material so as to vary the pore size of the porous material... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070210013 - Filter apparatus and method with simplified filter belt indexing and sealing: A filter apparatus includes a endless filter belt loop disposed in an interior space within a tank which receives liquid to be filtered. The filter belt has a series of closely spaced parallel guide-flight bars attached which are successively engaged by an extendible element on a pivot plate which is... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20070210014 - Process for preparing methylhydroxyalkylcellulose having a small number of coloured particles: The present invention describes a process for preparing methylhydroxyalkylcellulose having a small number of coloured particles by separation of methylhydroxyalkylcellulose from aqueous suspension with subsequent washing of the methylhydroxyalkylcellulose using a specially equipped rotary pressure filter.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070210015 - Dual zone wireless pulp washer: A wireless dual zone pulp washer with rotating concentric filters for creating centrifugal force against feedstock in order to expel liquid contained in the feedstock before further processing of the stock. A secondary filter surrounds the primary filter to capture viable pulp fibers expelled from the feedstock by the dewatering... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070210016 - Filter and method for backwashing of the filter: The present inventive filter is a columnar porous body 1 having numerous flow paths 2 formed in parallel in axial direction, numerous liquid collecting slits 3 formed with extending in axial direction and allowing a group of the flow paths formed in parallel and the outside of the porous body... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070210017 - Filter system for filtering water or wastewater and a method of operating the filter system: An active filter system having a filter bed formed from at least one layer of filter media and a method of operating the active filter system to filter water or wastewater. The filter media includes a plurality of plastic particles coated with an active material. Preferably, the active material is... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20070205144 - Rooftop drainage device: A rooftop drainage device is provided for use in protecting rooftop drainpipes from clogging. An exemplary embodiment of the drainage device includes a filter comprising at least three sides, wherein at least one of the sides includes plurality of the apertures for allowing liquid to pass-through the at least one... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20070205145 - Water control valve: A water control valve designed to control the flow of water from a source to a treatment tank having a plurality of treatment media, thereby providing a supply of treated water, and also provides other cycle controls. For instance, the water control valve directs water to backwash the media of... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20070205146 - Membrane module for immersed operation: The invention relates to a membrane module for an immersed operation with a fibre bundle (1) of a large number of hollow fibre membranes (2) which with an open end are cast into a headpiece (3) and in immersed operation are surrounded by a liquid to be filtered, having a... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070205147 - Liquid filter with directional fluid insert: A filter assembly for removing particulate contaminants from a fluid, comprises a annular filter element having first and second ends, a filter housing containing the filter element and having first and second ends and a substantially cylindrical side wall defining an annular space between the side wall and the filter... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070205149 - Bacteria-alginate bead systems and methods: In some embodiments, a system may reduce contaminants in water. A system may include a biofilm in a container. The biofilm may be formed from one or more bacteria coupled to one or more substrates. The bacteria may be selected to maximize the reduction of contaminants in water. The system... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070205150 - Systems and methods for preserving bacteria in a starvation phase: In some embodiments, a system may reduce contaminants in water. A system may include a biofilm in a container. The biofilm may be formed from one or more bacteria coupled to one or more substrates. The bacteria may be selected to maximize the reduction of contaminants in water. The system... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070205148 - Systems and methods of creating a biofilm for the reduction of water contamination: In some embodiments, a system may reduce contaminants in water. A system may include a biofilm in a container. The biofilm may be formed from one or more bacteria coupled to one or more substrates. The bacteria may be selected to maximize the reduction of contaminants in water. The system... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070205151 - Systems for reducing water contamination: In some embodiments, a system may reduce contaminants in water. A system may include a biofilm in a container. The biofilm may be formed from one or more bacteria coupled to one or more substrates. The bacteria may be selected to maximize the reduction of contaminants in water. The system... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070205152 - Process for biological purification of waste water with simultaneous decomposition of organic and nitrogen-containing compounds: For the biological purification of waste water that contains organic and nitrogen-containing compounds, wastewater is aerated with air and/or oxygen in the presence of a biomass fixed on a carrier material 9 in a reactor 1 through which flow takes place lengthwise and then is separated in a secondary clarification... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070205153 - Process to produce a post catalyst removal composition: A process is provided for producing an enriched carboxylic acid compositions produced by contacting composition comprising a carboxylic acid with an enrichment feed in an enrichment zone to form an enriched carboxylic acid composition. This invention also relates to a process and the resulting compositions for removing catalyst from a... Agent: Steven A. Owen Eastman Chemical Company

20070205154 - Apparatus and method for filtering liquid: A liquid is filtered with a microsieve. Use is made of a crossflow channel running along a supply surface of the microsieve, and of a drain connected to a drain surface of the microsieve. During a filtering phase, a pressure drop is maintained from a point in the crossflow channel... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070205155 - Method and device for evaluation of pharmaceutical compositions: A membrane-permeation test for evaluating pharmaceutical compositions is described. The method comprises the following steps: (1) providing a microporous membrane having a plurality of pores, the membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, wherein the feed side of the membrane is in fluid communication with the feed solution,... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070205156 - Novel ion exchange porous resins for solid phase extraction and chromatography: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to porous resins for solid phase extractions. The resins feature at least one hydrophobic component, at least one hydrophilic component and at least one ion exchange functional group. The resins exhibit superior wetting and ion exchange performance.... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070205157 - Systems and methods of reducing metal compounds from fluids using alginate beads: In some embodiments, a system may reduce metal compounds from water. A system may include alginate particles in a housing. The alginate particles may be formed by directly adding alginate granules to an aqueous solution comprising metal ions, such as calcium ions.... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070205158 - Water conditioner device: A water treatment device. High power magnets are pressed against one another against one another, with like poles facing one another, to form alternating poles. Water is passed through the alternating polarity magnetic field. The water is kept in contact with the field for a time that induces a potential... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070205159 - Method for treating acidic waters using recycled acidic and basic sludges: A method for removing metals from metal-containing acidic mine wastewater uses a basic sludge produced by the method for treating the wastewater. The wastewater is mixed with a lime slurry and with the basic sludge. This mixture is allowed to separate into an aqueous effluent and an acidic sludge. The... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070205160 - Water conductivity monitoring circuit for use with a steam generator: A water conductivity monitoring circuit determines the status of an ion exchange filter in the water flow to a steam generator. A microprocessor sends a reference signal to a conductivity sensor circuit that converts it to an excite signal that is sent to a probe in the water flow. Any... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070205161 - Ozone water and production method therefor: The present invention relates to an ozone water that has the potential to find useful applications in a wide variety of technical fields and is capable of maintaining the effects of wiping out microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and the like and inhibiting the growth thereof over long periods. The... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070205162 - Water treatment method and apparatus: In a water treatment method, a first embodiment of the treatment method comprises the steps of producing electrolyzed acid water by electrolysis of raw water in an anode chamber of an electrolytic cell with an ion permeable partition membrane; removing volatile component in an acid property of the electrolyzed water;... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070205163 - Integrated particulate filtration and dewatering system: The disclosed principles for providing a chemical-free filtering of particulate down below sub-micron levels, while concentrating the particulate into a sludge. The disclosed principles integrate cross-flow filtration (i.e., micro-filtration or ultra-filtration) with a settling tank (or “weir”) to provide sequential filtration and dewatering of an aqueous media. The disclosed technique... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070205164 - Sludge removal: A sludge removal apparatus includes a sludge removal head (10) with a sludge suction duct and an water supply duct with open end portions alongside each other, and a filter (32) adjacent to the open ends of the suction duct (36) and the water supply duct (38) so that the... Agent: Law Offices Of William H. Holt