Liquid purification or separation inventions 06/08

20080149542 - System, apparatus and process for extraction of bitumen from oil sands: An extraction system and process for extracting bitumen from a slurry containing bitumen, solids and water. The system comprises a cyclone separation facility for separating the slurry into a solids component stream and a bitumen froth stream with the bitumen froth stream including water and fine solids. The bitumen froth... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080149543 - Developing apparatus: There is described a developing apparatus having function to remove scum occurring in a development process from a developer. The developing apparatus comprises a developing tank and the developing tank includes a developer inflow unit, a bubble accumulation unit, a scum removal unit, and a developer evacuation unit. The bubble... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080149544 - Drain grate filter assembly with compressible anchors: A drain grate filter assembly having a filter sheet member, wedging anchors and mechanical fasteners, whereby the assembly is connected to a drain grate by inserting wedging anchors into the apertures of the grate, placing the filter sheet member atop the grate and inserting fasteners through the filter sheet member... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.a.

20080149545 - Filter cartridge: A filter cartridge including a filtering body. The filtering body having a non-horizontal or rounded bottom edge that aids in draining water from the filter cartridge during filter maintenance.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080149546 - Filter apparatus for removing sulfur-containing compounds from liquid fuels, and methods of using same: A fuel filter for removing fuel impurities, particularly thiophenes, includes a hollow housing having a filter element therein. The filter element includes a substrate, which may include a nonwoven fiber web, a plurality of particles, or both of these. Where particles are used, the substrate may be homogeneous or may... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080149547 - Fixing system for at least one fluidic component of a chromatography device: The invention relates to a fixing system for at least one fluidic component (4) of a chromatography device, particularly for fastening the at least one fluidic component (4) in a column oven, where at least one clasp (2) is provided, on which at least one fixing element (3) can be... Agent: The Culbertson Group, P.c.

20080149548 - Fluid conditioning system and method: An exemplary method and system for reducing or eliminating the formation of solid precipitates/deposits of a flowing fluid, such as oil, or for reducing or eliminating existing solid precipitates/deposits contained in a flowing fluid, is provided. A fluid conditioning system and method are provided, along with a magnetic fluid conditioner... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080149549 - Permanent magnet array iron filter: A permanent magnet array iron filter has a generally circular collar made of a high magnetic permeability material with a plurality of magnetic assemblies interiorly disposed longitudinally around an interior circumference therein. Each magnetic assembly has two magnets with opposite poles facing the center of the filter and a gap... Agent: Patwrite Llc

20080149551 - Blood treatment apparatus: A blood processing machine has a compact configuration in which the first and second parts of the machine separate to open a gap between them. The actuators and sensors face into the gap such that when a cartridge with a fluid circuit is placed in the gap and the two... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080149550 - Filter fuel assembly: The present invention describes a fuel filter assembly useful in the purification of fuels such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, heating oil and similar liquids. The fuel filter assembled herein described separates solids and semisolids particulates such as algae, microbial growth, fungi and the like from fuel, providing a... Agent: Hector M. Reyes Rivera, Phd Jd

20080149552 - Strainer board with snap-in pop strainer: A strainer board has a main cutting surface and a strainer basket. The strainer basket has is adapted to be removably inserted into an aperture in the main cutting surface. Cooperating structure on the basket perimeter and the cutting surface aperture are adapted and arranged to permit positive engagement and... Agent: Daniel V. Thompson Thompson & Gustavson, LLP

20080149553 - separator for immiscible liquids: A separator provides improvements for better separation of an effluent into constituent parts and greater ease of use. A tapered basket provides improved flow and better filtration. A baffle directs effluent into the basket with greater force. An asymmetrical flange prevents mis-orientation the basket and baffle. An improved oil valve... Agent: Anderson, Levine & Lintel L.l.p.

20080149554 - Method and system to flush an ro system: A home RO filtration system includes a membrane module having an inlet connected to a feed line, the membrane module also having a concentrate outlet coupled to a concentrate line, and a permeate outlet coupled to a permeate line. The permeate line communicates with a faucet. The system includes a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080149555 - Multi-tube pressure vessel: A separation system including a pressure vessel containing a plurality of membrane cartridge assemblies is provided for the separation of a fluid feed. The separation system typically includes an elongated pressure vessel having a feed stream inlet, a residual stream and at least one permeate stream outlet. Disposed within the... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080149556 - Horizontal sanitary lenticular cartridge housing assembly: A horizontally oriented stainless steel tank cylinder having a front tank flange and a rear tank flange. The rear tank flange has a sanitary process inlet and a sanitary outlet. The tank cylinder is inclined upwardly from the rear tank flange to the front tank flange. A media tray is... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080149557 - Module with filter cartridges: A filter module for filtering liquids, particularly hot oils. The filter module is provided with a base plate (10) and filter tubes (11), such that the filter tubes (11) are individually connected to the base plate (10) in a detachable manner and a seal is formed between the filter tubes... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080149558 - Centrifuge drum: The invention relates to a centrifuge drum (1) for a centrifuge for the separation of a mixture into a solid material cake and into a liquid phase, including a drum lid (2) forming the centrifuge drum (1), a drum base and a drum jacket (3), wherein the drum jacket (3)... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080149559 - Filter device and method for manufacturing the same: A filter device includes a filtering member having a rough part, which is comparatively low in a density of flow pores for flowing fluid, and a dense part, which is comparatively high in the density of the flow pores. The filter device further includes a support member that supports the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080149560 - Fuel filter: A fuel filter includes: a case; a filter medium disposed in the case; and a fuel discharge guidance member that forms a space between the filter medium and a fuel discharge opening for discharging a fuel filtered by the filter medium to outside the fuel filter, and that has inside... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080149561 - Articles comprising a fibrous support: Articles comprising a fibrous support of nanofibers and an interfacially polymerized polymer layer disposed on a surface of the fibrous support are useful, e.g., as fluid separation membranes.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080149562 - Methods and systems for delivering scale inhibitor: Systems and methods for injecting a fluid into a system are disclosed. The systems include a capillary tube having an inlet and an exit. The capillary tube being configured to release the fluid from a bladder when there exists a pressure difference between the inlet of the capillary tube and... Agent: Alan G. Gorman Merchant & Gould, L.l.c.

20080149563 - Method of controlling dialysis using blood circulation times: The instant method involves intermittently infusing saline boluses into a patient's bloodstream during dialysis, and monitoring how long it takes for the bolus to complete a full circuit through the body. The concentrations versus time of one of more return flows as a result of the injected bolus are measured... Agent: Jones Day

20080149564 - Apparatus and method for separating a composite liquid into at least two components: Method and apparatus for separating a volume of whole blood into at least a plasma component and a red blood cell component comprising centrifuging a separation bag containing a volume of whole blood so as to separate therein at least a first component comprising plasma and a second component comprising... Agent: Gambro Bct, Inc Ip Department

20080149565 - Simultated moving bed adsorptive separation process using a plurality of adsorption chambers in parallel and crystallizer and device used therein: Provided is a process for adsorptive separation of p-xylene from an aromatic hydrocarbon mixture comprising other isomers of xylene, and a device used therein. More specifically, the present invention provides a separation process employing simulated moving bed (SMB) adsorptive chromatography, characterized by subjecting the extracts eluted from a plurality of... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080149566 - Surface-independent, surface-modifying, multifunctional coatings and applications thereof: The present invention provides a surface-independent surface-modifying multifunctional biocoating and methods of application thereof. The method comprises contacting at least a portion of a substrate with an alkaline solution comprising a surface-modifying agent (SMA) such as dopamine so as to modify the substrate surface to include at least one reactive... Agent: Northwestern University C/o Quarles & Brady LLP

20080149567 - Mobile vacuum flotation and clarification unit: A mobile apparatus and method of operation for the pretreatment of wastewater to remove and concentrate fats, oils, grease and settled solids using vacuum flotation and a clarifier and returning the pretreated wastewater to the source structure, tank or sewer system. The vacuum flotation process is enhanced by injecting hydrogen... Agent: David J. Bolam

20080149568 - Method for removing light from water: The invention relates to a method for removing lignin from an aqueous solution. It is accomplished by adding a calcium compound and an aluminium compound to said solution. Said calcium compound is preferably calcium chloride and said aluminium compound is preferably a polymeric aluminium hydroxide salt.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080149569 - Tannin based polymeric coagulants composition and method of use: e

20080149570 - Method of cleaning and maintaining a membrane used with an aqueous stream: This invention is a method for cleaning and maintaining a membrane filtration element/system used in a continuous feed stream wherein an oxidizing agent that does not cause membrane damage is used as a cleaning agent. The cleaning agent used to maintain and clean the membrane is a biocide that is... Agent: William J. Maheras Patent And Licensing Department

20080149571 - Porous sintered composite materials: The present invention is directed to porous composite materials comprised of a porous base material and a powdered nanoparticle material. The porous base material has the powdered nanoparticle material penetrating a portion of the porous base material; the powdered nanoparticle material within the porous base material may be sintered or... Agent: Mykrolis Corporation

20080149572 - Systems and methods using multiple solvents for the removal of lipids from fluids: This invention is directed to systems and methods for removing lipids from a fluid or from lipid-containing organisms from a fluid, such as plasma. These systems combine a fluid with at least one extraction solvent, which causes the lipids to separate from the fluid or from the lipid-containing organisms. The... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080149573 - System and method for desalinating water using alternative energy: Disclosed is a method and system for removing contaminants from seawater by an evaporation/condensation process. The method and system utilize alternative energy sources, such as geothermal, solar, and wind energy. The system may include a water separation unit powered by a geothermal system to sufficiently vaporize source water. The system... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080149574 - Gas/liquid separator assembly with preseparator and liquid filter, and methods: A gas/liquid (e.g., air/oil) separator assembly. The assembly has a vessel having a top plate, a separator element within the vessel, an aperture in the top plate for receiving the separator element therethrough, and a lid fitted to seal with the top plate and cover the separator element in the... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080142418 - Functional polyarylethers: P

20080142419 - Filtration systems: A filtration system comprising a plurality of filters. Each filter defines a respective filter flowpath extending adjacent a respective filtration medium for tangential filtration by the filtration medium of fluid passing through the filter flowpath. The system also comprises a manifold connected to each filter, the system being selectively operable... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080142420 - Adsorption system: An adsorption apparatus and method of adsorption for treatment of wastewater is disclosed, and comprises an inlet for the wastewater connected to a metals trap which adsorbs metals and a second trap which filters organic materials from the wastewater, positioned between the inlet and the metals trap, wherein the second... Agent: C/o Robert Kelley Roth Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone, P.L.C

20080142421 - Bottom fillable bottles and systems for charging the same: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fluid supply assembly fluidly connectable to a source of fluid is provided. The fluid supply assembly includes a housing (702); a hydraulic assembly (710) supported within the housing (702), wherein the hydraulic assembly (710) is configured and adapted to pressurize the... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt

20080142422 - Process and plant for the removal of metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents: A method and a plant to remove metals by biosorption from mining or industrial effluents comprising: (a) subject the effluent to at least one first stage of pre-treatment, selecting among: precipitation by pH rising, solvent extraction or solvent extraction on emulsified membranes in order to reduce its load of metals... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080142423 - Treatment system for ships' ballast water: A water treatment system to be installed in a tanker or other cargo ship for destruction of aquatic organisms and microorganisms that may be contained in the water, usually seawater, being pumped into the ship's ballast tank or tanks. Included is a ballast pump having an intake conduit for drawing... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080142424 - Gas-liquid dissolving apparatus: A gas-liquid dissolving apparatus that dissolves an oxygen-containing gas into water taken in from an oxygen-deficient water area, increases a dissolved oxygen concentration of the water, and returns the increased dissolved oxygen concentration water to the oxygen-deficient water area is provided. The apparatus includes a pump 3 that takes in... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080142425 - Filter systems: A filter cartridge having a filter end cap with a set of circumferentially spaced multifaceted dogs that can laterally support a filter on a filter mount as well as latch the filter securely lock the filter end cap to the filter mount while preventing the problem of mounting incorrect filter... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20080142426 - Liquid filter arrangement and methods: A liquid filter arrangement is provided, as well as methods of assembly and use. The liquid filter arrangement includes an anti-drain back valve assembly therein. Advantageous features, relating to a preferred filter cartridge and preferred anti-drain back valve arrangement, are provided.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080142427 - Use of non-metallic load devices in liquid filters: A filter media includes a media pack having a central opening that extends between opposing ends of the media pack. A support member, such as a center tube, extends through the central opening and supports one of the opposing ends. A second support member, such as a guide, is secured... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080142428 - Evaporation reservoir: f

20080142429 - Functional polyarylethers:

20080142430 - Droplet separator system: Disclosed is a droplet separator system which is disposed in or on a flow duct and is used for separating liquid and/or solid particles from the medium flowing in the flow duct. The system comprises a frame with a base plate, a cover plate, and a trough that is located... Agent: K.f. Ross P.c.

20080142431 - Water filter and refrigerator having the same: A water filter capable of preventing breakdown thereof due to freezing and a refrigerator having the same. The water filter includes a filter housing having entrance and exit ports to allow water to flow into and out of the filter housing, respectively, a filter member housed in the filter housing,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080142432 - Bag tube shaped body with porous multilayer structure: There is disclosed a separation device of a gas or a liquid to which a separation body is installed, the separation body being constituted by using a porous multilayered structure baggy tubular body as a basal body and forming a separation membrane of the gas or the liquid on the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080142433 - Abrasion resistant material for use in various media: A composite polymeric material is provided that may be used to construct an abrasion resistant layer or sheet such as an abrasion resistant meltblown layer. Desirably, the composite polymeric material comprises blends of syndiotactic and isotactic polypropylene with ferroelectric materials. The composite polymeric material is particularly useful for constructing a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080142434 - Blood purifier package and process for manufacturing the same: Objects of the present invention are to provide a blood purifier package which shows a less increase in the amounts of extracts from the materials of its blood purifier, particularly of its selective permeable separation membranes, attributed to the deterioration of the same materials with time after exposure to a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080142435 - Surface emitting device: A surface light emitting device utilizes special features of a back light, and emits ultraviolet light. The surface light emitting device also functions as a filter that allows the passage of a fluid. The surface emitting device includes a light source; and a light guide plate with the light source... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080142436 - Use of an aqueous polymer dispersion as a binding agent for cellulose fibers and for the production of filter materials: The present invention relates to the use of an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising methacrylic acid and N-methylolacrylamide as a binder for producing filter materials and for base paper for decorative sheets.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142437 - Anaerobic wastewater treatment system and method: An anaerobic wastewater treatment system includes a recycle tank, a bioreactor tank and a bioselector for recapturing anaerobic microbial consortia particles escaping from the bioreactor tank and returning them to the bioreactor tank. The bioreactor tank receives recycled wastewater feed from a recycle tank and discharges via an overflow outlet... Agent: Robert O. Blinn

20080142438 - Wetland water treatment system: A self-contained wetlands treatment system to remove pollutants from water and treat stormwater runoff or other grey water. This is system and method wherein the water is passed through a wetland filtering and treatment system. This invention removes solids, metals (dissolved/particulate), nutrients (dissolved/particulate), oils, and bacterial contaminants from the water.... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080142439 - Method of sterilization: The present invention relates to a method of sterilizing a chromatography column which is packed with a separation matrix, which method comprises passing a superheated aqueous liquid through the packing of the column to obtain at least one substantially sterile packed chromatography column. The method may also comprise a preceding... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20080142440 - Liquid separations using high performance mixed matrix membranes: The present invention discloses a novel method of making high performance mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) using stabilized concentrated suspensions of solvents, uniformly dispersed polymer stabilized molecular sieves, and at least two different types of polymers as the continuous blend polymer matrix. MMMs as dense films or asymmetric flat sheet or... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080142441 - Methods for degassing hydrophobic liquids and emulsions formed therefrom: The present invention relates to a method of degassing a hydrophobic liquid containing dissolved gas, comprising passing the hydrophobic liquid along one side of a porous hydrophobic membrane and simultaneously passing a degassed aqueous liquid along the other side of the membrane, such that at least a portion of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080142442 - Polyarylether membranes: e

20080142443 - Polyarylether membranes:

20080142444 - Liquid chromatograph apparatus: According to the present invention, a mobile phase arrival time T of the liquid chromatograph apparatus is determined in advance. The mobile phase arrival time T is a time taken for a mobile phase mixed by a pump to reach a detector. When operating the liquid chromatograph apparatus, sample injection... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080142445 - Method of using silicon carbide for removal of adventitious agents: A method of using silicon carbide for removing adventitious materials such as endotoxins, prions, viruses and bacteria from water, buffers, aqueous solutions or biological preparations of DNA or proteins, or any combination thereof. The present invention provides for a method of removing adventitious materials from a fluid by passing the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080142446 - Selenium removal process: A process for removing selenium from an aqueous stream using a supported sulfur material, and optionally the addition of an activating agent for enhanced removal of selenite, is disclosed.... Agent: Conocophillips Company Ip Legal

20080142447 - Method of treating wastewater: Processes for the treatment of wastewater comprising incorporating a delaminated nanoparticulate clay into a treatment mixture to form a coagulant. The nanoparticulate clay comprises an anionic coagulant. Preferred nanoparticulate clays are bentonite clays and hectorite clays.... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20080142448 - Treatment of metal-containing liquids: A method for removing metal ions from a liquid having a wide range of pH levels by treating the liquid with a titanate sorbent, preferably monosodium titanate or amorphous peroxotitanate. In one embodiment, wastewater contaminated with mercury or cadmium may be purified.... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.a.

20080142449 - Method for manufacturing a module for treating a fluid: A module enabling individual adaptation by the user to the respective task in the treatment of fluids using housings and connections of existing filtration devices without any modification is described. The module comprises one or more cells stacked one on top of the other, each of these having at least... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080142450 - Selenium removal process: A process for removing selenium from an aqueous stream using a supported sulfur material, to convert selenocyanate to selenite, followed by removal of the selenite from the aqueous stream.... Agent: Conocophillips Company Ip Legal

20080142451 - Automated apparatus and process for the controlled shutdown and start-up for a wastewater treatment system: An apparatus and method for cleaning and shutting down a part-time wastewater treatment system is disclosed. The wastewater treatment system has a water input to receive an influent flow of wastewater to be treated, a water output to discharge treated clean water effluent, and a water treatment capacity volume. An... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080142452 - Apparatus and method for preventing biological regrowth in water: A flow of oxygen containing gas is irradiated with UV light to convert oxygen molecules to ozone molecules and produce an ozonated gas. Water to be treated is augmented with silver prior to entraining the ozonated gas in the water. The ozone enriched water containing silver is irradiated with UV... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20080142453 - Biocidal composition and method for treating recirculating water systems: The present invention is directed to a composition for treating recirculating water systems, comprising: (1) a biocidal effective amount of a first nonoxidizing biocide comprising biguanide; and (2) a biocidal effective amount of a second nonoxidizing biocide comprising dibromonitrilopropionamide (DBNPA); wherein the composition is substantially free from oxidants. The present... Agent: Wiggin And Dana LLP Attention: Patent Docketing

20080142454 - Cyclooctene monomers and polymers, and water purification articles and methods utilizing them: Azidoaryl-substituted cyclooctene monomers and synthesized and used in the preparation of various copolymers. Among these copolymers are those prepared from ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclooctene, polyethylene glycol-substituted cyclooctene, and azidoaryl-substituted cyclooctene. These copolymers are useful in the formation of crosslinked films that reduce fouling of water purification membranes.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080142455 - Microfluidic device and material manipulating method using same: Microfluidic devices for manipulating relatively dense materials, such as colloidal rod particles, are provided. Microfluidic devices for separating a denser first material from a less-dense second material are provided. Methods of manipulating a relatively dense first material, for example, colloidal rod particles, and separating the first material from a less-dense... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080142456 - Method and system for collecting cells of a biological specimen: A method for determining when sufficient cells of a biological specimen have been collected by a filter is based on measuring an air flow rate between a filter and a vacuum source. The air flow rate can be measured by a mass air flow sensor. The air flow rate dropping... Agent: Vista Ip Law Group LLP

20080135465 - Energy saving system for use with swimming pool filter systems: A load control system and apparatus to control the load to different elements is disclosed. The load control system is attached to both an air conditioner and a pool filter system. The pool filter system has a predetermined run time and is only operating when the air conditioner is not.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080135466 - Grating using press process and method thereof: A grating (1) and a method of manufacturing the same using a pressing process are disclosed. The grating manufacturing method of the present invention includes the step of bending opposite ends of a metal plate to form a main surface (5) and supports (4), each having a predetermined height, the... Agent: Ipla P.a.

20080135467 - Filtration device with releasable additive: A filtration device is provided that includes a filter component and an additive component. The filter component includes concentrically arranged filtering elements disposed in a filter-in-filter configuration. The additive component includes at least one additive material that is introduced into a working fluid to be filtered. The filter component and... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080135468 - Filtration assemblies and methods of installing filtration units in filtration assemblies: This invention relates to filtration assemblies and methods of installing filtration units in filtration assemblies. Filtration assemblies may include first and second end pieces, at least one filtration unit between the first and second end pieces, and at least one alignment rod arrangement. The alignment rod arrangement may extend between... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080135469 - Two-level fuel filter device: A device for filtering fuel, in particular diesel, the device comprising a housing containing a flow circuit, a first particle filter element, a second particle filter element, and a water separation fabric. The fuel flow circuit extends between an inlet and an outlet. The first particle filter element is adapted... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080135470 - Fluid filter apparatus having filter media wound about a winding frame: A filter apparatus and method utilize a filter element having a central winding frame and a length of fluted filter material wound about the frame with the flutes of the media oriented substantially longitudinally, to thereby provide for filtration of a flow of fluid passing axially through the filter element.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.c.

20080135471 - Method and apparatus for winding a filter element: A filter apparatus and method utilize a filter element, defining a longitudinal axis and an axial end thereof, and having a central winding structure and a length of fluted filter material wound about the winding structure with the flutes of the media oriented to provide for filtration of fluid passing... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.c.

20080135472 - Trickling filter wastewater treatment device: An improved attached growth trickling filter (40) includes randomly-placed textile chips (65) used as the filter medium.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080135473 - Circular secondary clarifier for wastewater treatment and an improved s0lids-liquid separation process thereof: The improved circular secondary clarifier of the present invention requires less surface area and low HRT and provides efficient solids-liquid separation. The improved clarifier has better SS and BOD reduction and provides high under flow solids concentrations, as compared to conventional secondary clarifiers. The improved clarifier is even capable of... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20080135474 - System and method for biological wastewater treatment and for using the byproduct thereof: A wastewater treatment system and process includes a treatment system for biologically treating wastewater to produce substantially clean water effluent and byproducts. The treatment system includes an array of rotating media wheels for sustained algae growth. The media wheels are supported so that the algae rotates into and out of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080135475 - System and method for biological wastewater treatment and for using the byproduct thereof: A wastewater treatment system and process biologically treats wastewater to produce substantially clean water effluent and byproducts. The treatment system includes an array of media wheels that rotate into and out of exposure to sunlight for sustained algae growth. One byproduct is algae removed from the rotating media wheels, which... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080135476 - Sludge quality: The invention provides the use of an effective amount of a non-oxidising water-soluble biocide in the improvement of sludge quality by reducing the sludge tendency towards bulking, wherein the biocide comprises an alkyl-substituted phosphonium compound, an alkyl-substituted phosphine, an alkyl-substituted phosphine condensate, or a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound.... Agent: Jean-louis Seugnet Rhodia Inc - Legal Department

20080135478 - Method for treating wastewater or produced water: A method or process for treating wastewater containing high organics, silica, boron, hardness, and suspended and dissolved solids. The method includes degasifying the wastewater for the removal of dissolved gases and thereafter chemically softening the wastewater. After the chemical softening step, the wastewater is directed through a media filter or... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20080135479 - Method of utilizing ion exchange resin and reverse osmosis to reduce environmental discharges and improve effluent quality to permit recycle of aqueous or radwaste fluid: An aqueous waste feedstream is processed through steps of filtering, demineralizing, and reverse osmosis; and the feedstream is separated into permeate and reject streams for recycling and evaluation, respectively. The permeate stream is recycled in ways that permit it to return to a supply area for recycle reuse or discharge.... Agent: Monroe Alex Brown

20080135477 - Premium quality all natural sea salt production process: The invention discloses a four phase environmentally controlled process to obtain premium food quality all natural sea salt crystals of various size and/or shape without losing the trace minerals naturally present in the sea water. Pre-determined set points which are used to determine the quality(ies)/sizes and shapes of the sea... Agent: Clayton A. Lank L&c Enterprises / Quoddy Mist

20080135480 - Container containing at least two solid materials, and use thereof: This invention relates to a container having at least one inlet and/or outlet and containing at least two different solids arranged in layers as well as the use of said container for preparing a dialysate. In particular, a flexible bag is described, having three layers of different solids, where the... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080135481 - Polyarylethernitrile hollow fiber membranes: i

20080135482 - Polyamide nanofiltration membrane useful for the removal of phospholipids: The present invention provides a polyamide nanofiltration membrane and the process for the preparation thereof. The invention further provides a process for the removal of phospholipids from rice bran oil (edible grade) by using novel polyamide membrane. The oil permeated through the membrane is 90 to 95% free from phospholipids... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080135484 - Liquid chromatography apparatus: A multi-column liquid chromatography system (10) for performing a plurality of liquid chromatography separations in parallel is based on a column plate structure (12) having parallel grooves (20) formed in a surface (22) of a plate (18), a cover sheet (40) bonded to the surface (22) to cover the grooves... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20080135483 - Method for the production of chemical and pharmaceutical products with integrated multicolumn chromatography: The invention relates to a chromatographic process for substance separation in the context of the preparation of chemicals such as, for example, chiral pharmaceuticals, isomers or biomolecules on the small-scale and production scale, based on Simulated Moving Bed (SMB=countercurrent chromatography) technology.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.a.

20080135485 - Metal cyano bonded phases: A composition for use in chromatography is provided comprising a substrate modified with a metal-cyano bonded phase. This novel cyano bonded phase provides superior performance in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and provides superior selectivity, improved peak shape for basic analytes, and the ability of provide rapid separation with outstanding... Agent: Varian Inc. Legal Department

20080135486 - Process for reduction of inorganic contaminants from waste streams: The invention relates to the use of used alumina to reduce the level of inorganic contaminants, such as mercury and arsenic, from waste fluid streams. The invention further provides a process for reducing the level of mercury or arsenic in fluid streams by contacting the fluid stream with used alumina,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080135487 - Process for reduction of inorganic contaminants from waste streams: The invention relates to the use of used alumina to reduce the level of inorganic contaminants, such as mercury and arsenic, from waste fluid streams. The invention further provides a process for reducing the level of mercury or arsenic in fluid streams by contacting the fluid stream with used alumina,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080135488 - Removing fluorosurfactant from aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion using sorbent pouches: A process for reducing the fluorosurfactant content of an aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion by filling a container with fluoropolymer dispersion, inserting into the container a fabric pouch containing a fluorosurfactant sorbent so that the sorbent contacts the fluorosurfactant-containing aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion in the container and retains the fluorosurfactant to reduce fluorosurfactant... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080135489 - Solid profile filters comprising activated carbon fiber rods and methods of making and using same: Solid profile filter blocks for filtration of fluids include activated carbon fibers, preferably cut or ground into rod-shaped elements and bound into a solid profile using one or more binders. The filter block has internal structure and porosity that exhibit surprisingly-low pressure drop while effectively removing specific contaminants of interest.... Agent: Pedersen & Company, Pllc

20080135491 - Methods from removing heavy metals from water using chemical precipitation and field separation methods: A two-step chemical precipitation process involving hydroxide precipitation and sulfide precipitation combined with “field separation” technology such as magnetic separation, dissolved air flotation, vortex separation, or expanded plastics flotation, effectively removes chelated and non-chelated heavy metal precipitates and other fine particles from water. In the first-step, the non-chelated heavy metals... Agent: Michael De Angeli

20080135490 - Quantum dot biolabeling and immunomagnetic separation for detection of contaminants: Methods are provided for detecting, separating, isolating and quantifying contaminants in starting materials by separating the contaminant from the starting material using a bead coupled to an affinity moiety and quantum dot-labeling the contaminant. The contaminant is detected by the characteristic emission spectrum of the quantum dot. Also, competitive binding... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080135492 - Tannin based polymeric coagulants and their use in waste water clarification: Tannin based environmentally friendly polymeric coagulants are disclosed which are copolymers of naturally occurring tannins, dialdehyde and diamines. In a preferred embodiment, the dialdehyde is glyoxal and the diamine is dimethylamino propylamine.... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080135493 - Method and apparatus for control of a gas or chemical: A system and method for control of a gas and/or chemical for treatment of a fluid, and for monitoring the operation of such a system. In one embodiment, the system comprises a reactor for receipt of the fluid and the gas and/or chemical for dissolving, mixing, diffusing, or infusing the... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080135494 - Method and apparatus for subsurface oil recovery using a submersible unit: Pollutants such as hydrocarbons which have settled on the bed of a body of water are removed to the surface using a submersible vehicle positioned above the bed of a diver supported on a platform above the pollutant. A wand at one end of a pipe evacuated by a centrifugal... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080135495 - System and method for producing water: A method for producing water includes removing water from a first airflow using a first process which includes exposing at least some of the first airflow to a desiccant. This increases water content of at least some of the desiccant. At least some of the desiccant having increased water content... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080135496 - Device for supercritical water oxidation of materials: A method and device for oxidization of materials in supercritical water. The method involves a) introducing a fluid containing water and an oxidizing agent in a ring-shaped area and through a first end of a substantially tube-shaped reactor comprising an external wall and an internal tube, b) heating the fluid... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.c.

20080135499 - Filtration assemblies and methods of maintaining compression of filtration units in filtration assemblies: A filtration assembly may comprise first and second end pieces having inner and outer faces, at least one filtration unit between the inner faces of the first and second end pieces, and at least one compression rod arrangement extending between the end pieces. The compression rod arrangement may comprise an... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080135500 - Filtration assemblies, filtration manifolds, filtration units, and methods of channeling permeate: This invention relates to filtration manifolds, filtration assemblies, methods of channeling permeate, and filtration units. Filtration assemblies may include filtration units and filtration manifolds having isolated permeate collection passages. Permeate may be channeled through the isolated permeate collection passages of the filtration manifold during filtration and then output from the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080135497 - Membrane filter system comprising parallel cross-flow filter modules: Membrane filter system having at least one vessel and plurality of individually removable aerated filter modules arranged in the at least one vessel and structured and arranged for a suspension to be filtered to flow through in parallel. At least one filter module has a plurality of membrane units. A... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080135498 - Method and apparatus for filter conditioning: An apparatus for preconditioning a filter media includes a reservoir containing a liquid; a pump operatively connected and in fluid communication with the reservoir; a filter housing operatively connected and in fluid communication with the reservoir and the pump, and having a filter media disposed therein; a control unit operatively... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Fishkill

20080135501 - Modular fluid treatment apparatus and method: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a modular fluid treatment assembly and method in which modules of the system each have a head that can be connected to one or more heads (of one or more other modules) in different configurations. In some embodiments, the relationship between a cartridge... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080135502 - Blood plasma separator employing micro channel and blood plasma separation method thereof: Provided is a blood plasma separator for separating blood plasma and blood cells from whole blood without an additional complicated structure by passing the whole blood through a micro channel having a predetermined shape to make the whole blood flow turbulently and cause a velocity difference or deflection between flows... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080128338 - Adsorption system: An adsorption apparatus and method of adsorption for treatment of wastewater is disclosed, and comprises an inlet for the wastewater connected to a metals trap which adsorbs metals and a second trap which filters organic materials from the wastewater, positioned between the inlet and the metals trap, wherein the second... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone P.L.C C/o Robert Kelley Roth

20080128339 - Variable volume drain field system: An apparatus for a variable volume drain field for onsite wastewater renovation. The system includes at least one module having a weir-type inlet and a one-way flow control device. The modules displace and store wastewater, and allow for differential release of the stored wastewater. The inlet is positioned adjacent the... Agent: Knox Patents

20080128340 - Buffy coat tube and float system and method: A tube and float system for use in separation and axial expansion of the buffy coat is provided. The system includes a transparent, or semi-transparent, flexible sample tube and a rigid separator float having a specific gravity intermediate that of red blood cells and plasma. The sample tube has an... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080128341 - Micro filtration device for separating blood plasma and fabrication method therefor: Provided is a micro filtration device for separating blood plasma from whole blood without external actuation, and a method for fabricating the micro filtration device. The micro filtration device for separating blood plasma from whole blood includes: a whole blood inlet through which whole blood is introduced; a blood plasma... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080128342 - Sump grate for a swimming pool: A grate cover in combination with a swimming sump being installed in a recess in the top of the sump. The grate cover having a multiple of interstices or openings there through. The size of the interstices being held to a minimum so that fingers of a human cannot be... Agent: Robert B. Lawson

20080128343 - Pool cleanig robot: A pool cleaning robot adapted for climbing a sidewall of a pool and comprising a bottom and two side panels. The robot is adapted for moving in a direction substantially parallel to the side panels. At least one of the side panels comprises a freely-rotating roller located adjacent to the... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080128344 - Water circulation systems for ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water: Circulation systems for ponds, lakes, or other bodies of water. In one set of embodiments, water is drawn up from the depths of the body for exposure to the atmosphere and to generate an overall, high flow circulation pattern throughout the entire body. In other embodiments, the circulation in the... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.c. One Cherry Center

20080128345 - Unified oil filter and cooler: A device which combines an engine oil cooler and oil filter such that oil flows through the inside of multiple flow channels formed between a ribbed housing wall and an interior baffle. Oil flowing through these chambers is cooled prior to passing through a replaceable filter media located interior of... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C

20080128346 - Small volume unitary molded filters and supports for adsorbent beds: Methods and devices are provided for preparing and separating biological analytes. In one embodiment, one or more filtration devices or filter plate wells can be formed by clamping a filter sheet between first and second plates having at least one connecting cavity. First and second moveable core pins positioned on... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080128347 - Metal debris cleanout system and method: A cleanout system and method for removal of metal debris from a fluid flow, such a flow of re-circulated drilling mud employs one or more magnetic unit positioned in the path of the fluid for collecting metal particles from the flow. The magnetic unit has a removable magnet core positioned... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20080128348 - Membrane module for separating material: Disclosed is a membrane module for separating material, especially by means of cross-flow filtration. Said membrane module comprises a housing (1) and at least one replaceable, self-supporting filter cartridge which is disposed therein and is provided with semi-permeable hollow fiber membranes (2) that are prefer-ably placed in a longitudinal direction... Agent: K.f. Ross P.c.

20080128349 - Three-position and five-way angular valve and automatic watersupply treating system controlled by it: A three-position and five-way angular valve includes a controller, a turn electromagnet, and a five-way turn valve, wherein the turn electromagnet rotor, the valve rod and a manual lever are three in one by inlaying with together, so this valve is used both in automation and hand operation, space-saving, low-cost.... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080128350 - Water separation unit and fuel supply apparatus for internal-combustion engine: A water separation unit includes a water separation portion. The water separation portion includes a component separation wall, a liquid chamber, and a gas chamber. The separation wall divides the water separation portion between the liquid chamber and the gas chamber. Liquid fuel is led to the liquid chamber. The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080128351 - Water treatment apparatus and clarifier wall: A water treatment plant for water purification or the removal of organic matter, suspended solids and other pollutants from water or wastewater is formed from multiple sections of polymer that are assembled to form a pre-treatment chamber, a treatment chamber and a settling chamber. The plant is preferably formed of... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, Llc

20080128352 - System and method for eliminating sludge via ozonation: A system and method for the treatment and reduction of sludge via ozonation in a wastewater treatment process is disclosed. The sludge treatment system comprises: a sludge ozonation reactor coupled to an activated sludge treatment basin and adapted to receive a liquid stream of sludge containing biosolids from the activated... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080128353 - Surfactant combined flow through capacitor: Surfactants and flow through capacitors (3) work together synergistically to enhance each other's function. Surfactants added upstream into the feed water (1) enhance the flow through capacitor's (3) ability to purify organic compounds from fluid streams. Surfactants (13) added downstream into the product water enhance the micelle forming processes so... Agent: Leslie Meyer-leon, Esq. Ip Legal Strategies Group P.c.

20080128354 - Method for washing filtration membranes: A membrane filter washing method is provided using a wash solution containing a determined concentration of a leaching agent.... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080128355 - Filtration apparatus and method: A method of delivering filtered water includes exerting a first pressure against a first side of a diaphragm. A second pressure is exerted, with the filtered water, against a second side of the diaphragm. The second pressure is eliminated on the second side of the diaphragm such that the filtered... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080128356 - Three in one method and equipment for treating drinking water: The present invention provides a three in one method and equipment for treating drinking water. The method comprises procedures of: pre-treatment, mixing active oxygen with water, photochemical oxidation and de-oxidation, ceramic membrane ultra filtering, and back flushing. The present invention advantageously makes use of combination of the active oxygen, UV... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20080128357 - Separation of platinum group metals: A process for the chromatographic interseparation of rhodium in admixture with at least one base metal from a feed solution includes complexes of these metals. The process includes contacting the solution with at least one chromatographic medium, and eluting one or more fractions such that at least one fraction includes... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080128358 - Process and apparatus for adsorptive separation of substances: The present invention relates to a process which can be carried out continuously for the adsorption separation of substances in liquid media, in which process a flat adsorbent is loaded with an adsorbate by contacting the adsorbate-containing medium with the entire adsorbing outer surface of the adsorbent without forced flow... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080128359 - Transition metal-loaded zeolite materials for use in drinking water: Methods and compositions for removing radium from drinking water using a natural zeolite.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080128360 - Method for purifying water of nuclear installations: A method of purifying water in a nuclear installation includes an ion exchange mechanism in which the water is purified with an ion exchanger. Before being guided over the ion exchanger, the water is brought into contact with a catalyst in order to decompose hydrogen peroxide that is present in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080128361 - Reduction of sulfate ions in alcohols: A method is described for reducing sulfate ions in a first alcohol, including contacting a first alcohol comprising sulfate ions with an anion resin to reduce the concentration of sulfate ions present in the first alcohol and form a treated alcohol.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080128362 - Method of ultrasonically treating a continuous flow of fluid: The present invention relates to a method of utilizing ultrasonic waves emitted into a fluid to treat the fluid, matter within the fluid, and/or organisms within the fluid in a variety of manners such as, but not limited to, cleaning objects within the fluid, sterilizing the fluid and/or objects within... Agent: Bacoustics, Llc

20080128363 - Method and apparatus for purifying water: The invention relates to a method for purifying water by dissolving one or more soluble metal salts in the water to provide corresponding metal ions, by dissolving hypohalite into the water, and by regulating the residence time, and thus hypohalite concentration in the device using a venturi nozzle disposed between... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080128365 - Device for sample preparation: This invention relates to a pipette tip or tube designed to perform biological or chemical sample preparation, purification or separation. The narrow end of the pipette tip is twisted in such a way that it forms a narrow spiral passage, which allows the retention of the chromatographic material in the... Agent: Ashok K. Shukla

20080128364 - Filter element and methods of manufacturing and using same: A coreless and spirally wound non-woven filter element is provided. The filter element includes at least one band of base media having a selected porosity and an interlay having a different porosity within at least one band of base media. The presence of the interlay in the filter element can... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080128366 - Methods of energy storage and transfer: Energy is stored and transferred by separating a sodium sulfate product from water containing sodium sulfate, adjusting the phase change temperature of the sodium sulfate product, storing energy in said product by heating the product above the sodium sulfate-sodium sulfate decahydrate phase change temperature and transferring the stored heat by... Agent: William H. Drummond

20080128367 - Method and disposable device for blood centrifugal separation: The inventive method for centrifugal separation of a determined volume of physiological liquid, in particular blood, at initial process step, consists in forming a flow of said liquid whose thickness is close to the size of largest particles (L3) contained therein at a volume ratio of <1%, in decelerating said... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080128368 - Method for reclaiming developing solvents: The present invention relates to an improved method for reclaiming and recycling developing solvents used in the production of flexographic printing plates. More specifically, the invention relates to reclaiming and/or recycling of the developing solvent through centrifugation and/or filtration. According to the invention, the solvent used in developing printing plates... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20080128369 - Methods and systems for filtration: Methods and systems for filtration are disclosed. A feed mixture including at least one liquid component a flow of gas may he directed to a filter element and filtrate and gas may be passed through a filter medium from a feed fluid side to a filtrate side. The gas loosens... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd