Liquid purification or separation inventions 10/08

20080257800 - Wagering game system with progressive-award denomination selection feature: A water conservation system for use with a swimming pool, said means comprising a storage reservoir (27,29 and 31) having an inlet (33) and an outlet (37), the inlet being connected to the pump outlet of the pump filter assembly of the swimming pool, the outlet being connected to the... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080257801 - Device for filtering solid particles for liquids containing such particles: A filtering device including (a) at least one surface filter element, each including: (i) first and second faces, the second face disposed substantially opposite to the first face, the faces having a first outer contour; (ii) a first opening through the faces, forming a first inner contour of the faces;... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080257802 - Advanced household water purification means: An apparatus for purifying and dispensing water of a quality suitable for human consumption comprises a first reservoir for holding unfiltered water. The water moves by the force of gravity downward through a water filtering and purifying cartridge into a second lower reservoir. An electrically powered hydraulic pump and associated... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080257803 - Slow release lubricant additives gel: A lubricant additive gel formed by the gellation of two or more lubricant additives for the slow release of the additive components into a fluid. The lubricant additive gel slowly releases into its component lubricant additives when contacted with the fluid such as an oil thereby serving as a lubricant... Agent: The Lubrizol Corporation Attn: Docket Clerk, Patent Dept.

20080257804 - High rate filtration system: A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to less porous in a direction... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080257805 - High rate filtration system: A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to less porous in a direction... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080257806 - Method and apparatus for treating wastes, particularly of a biological and domestic origin: Method and apparatus (3) for treating wastes, particularly of a biological and domestic origin, whose peculiarity consists in the fact of comprising a first treating step and first means (4) for treating such wastes for the purpose of separating a liquid fraction essentially suitable for disposal and a semisolid fraction... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080257807 - Filtration apparatus: A radial or crossflow media filter comprising a housing such as a vessel or tank (1), the housing containing filter media (9), a contaminated flow inlet (2) and a discharge outlet (8), the inlet comprising a manifold (5) situated within the housing, the manifold (5) having flow outlets (6) which... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20080257808 - Ultrasonic treatment plant: A duct (10) for use in an ultrasonic treatment plant is made from a cylindrical steel pipe (12) by plating the bore with a corrosion-resistant metal layer (14). This is preferably done by honing the bore to ensure that it is circular, plating the bore of the pipe (12) with... Agent: Law Offices Of William H. Holt

20080257809 - System and method for processing organic waste material: A method is provided for maintaining a biomass disposed on a substrate in a bioreactor tank. The bioreactor tank has an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a waste treatment system whereby an influent fluid may be selectively introduced through the inlet into the bioreactor tank for removal... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080257810 - Water or wastewater system and method for removing bod and suspended solids through an activated sludge process and a ballasted flocculation process: A method and system for treating water or wastewater to remove both soluble BOD and suspended solids. The method entails directing first and second water or wastewater streams to a treatment system including an activated sludge system and a ballasted flocculation system. The first water or wastewater stream is directed... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080257811 - Method of separation of polymers: A method of using electrokinetics for separating particles in a buffer solution is provided, where a chromatographic column is provided having a non-uniform internal longitudinal cross-section. At least one main inlet for inputting solution and at least one main outlet for outputting solution are provided. At least one sample inlet... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080257812 - Jet loop wastewater treatment system: The current invention is referred to a process for biological wastewater treatment. One or more ejectors pump atmospheric oxygen in a bioreactor by aspirating air. The innovative concept of the system relies on the installation of the ejector (s) over and outside of the liquid to be treated at the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080257813 - Cassette-style filtration apparatus: A filtration apparatus is provided wherein a filtration membrane is positioned by gaskets on feed plates and filtrate plates rather than being bonded thereto.... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080257814 - Filtration cartridge: A filtration cartridge is provided comprising one or a stack of filtration units sealed to each other at their inner periphery and their outer periphery and to end caps thereby eliminating the need for a housing surrounding the stack. Fluid pathways are provided so that filtration of all incoming feed... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080257815 - Apparatus for filtering dental solid waste: An apparatus for filtering dental solid waste has been developed. The apparatus includes a high volume evacuation (HVE) tip with one end that is connected to a suction line and another end that is inserted in a patient's mouth to remove dental waste. A filtration unit is located within the... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

20080257816 - Structure of filter: An engagement structure of a filter comprises an upper cover; a middle side of the upper cover being formed with an outer thread; a tapered portion being extended from a lower end of the portion of the upper cover having the outer thread; and a tube having a flange at... Agent: Mao-chang Lin

20080257817 - Filter medium: The invention relates to a filter medium comprising at least one filter membrane (10) comprising a carcass ply (12) as a supporting and protective layer. At least one additional filter membrane (14) comprising another carcass ply (16) as a supporting and protective layer is also provided. A third carcass ply... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080257818 - Semipermeable composite membrane and process for producing the same: The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane having outstanding water permeability and salt-blocking rate, and extremely small amount of unreacted polyfunctional amine components in the porous support, and at providing a process for producing the composite semipermeable membrane. A composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer formed... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080257819 - Dual walled dynamic phase separator: Separating a multi-phase mixture influent even during excessive flows of specific phases. The dynamic phase separator includes a chamber divided into two regions by an inner wall disposed radially inward relative to an outer wall. A gross separation region is defined between the inner wall and the outer wall, while... Agent: Cheryl F. Cohen, LLC

20080257820 - Apparatus and method for treating fgd blowdown or similar liquids: A process has steps of one or more of aerobic treatment to remove COD and nitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to denitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to remove selenium and anaerobic treatment to remove heavy metals and sulphur. The process may be used to treat, for example, FGD... Agent: Bereskin & Parr (mississauga) / Ge

20080257821 - Dewatering whole stillage: The present invention relates to a method of dewatering whole stillage comprising subjecting whole stillage to one or more enzymes capable of degrading a whole stillage component and separating the material obtained in step i) into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080257822 - Reduced backwash volume process: A method of backwashing a membrane filtration module, where the module includes one or more membranes located in a feed-containing vessel. The membranes having a permeable wall which is subjected to a filtration operation wherein feed liquid containing contaminant matter is applied to one side of the membrane wall and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080257823 - Process for the preparation of an adsorbent material containing iron oxyhydroxide, adsorbent material and the use thereof: The invention relates to a process for producing an adsorbent material containing iron oxyhydroxide, wherein an iron oxyhydroxide mass having a moisture content of 5-15% by weight is produced, said mass is granulated by compaction, followed by comminution and sieving of the compacted product to give product granules with grain... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080257824 - Method and apparatus for water purification and regeneration of micro-filtration tubules: A method of water purification by submicron filtration deploys a 6-way valve to periodically flush or clean the tubules in a predetermined selection of cleaning steps, some of which optionally introduce and then flush out chemical cleaning agents. The tubules are cleaned without disassembly of the filtration cartridge.... Agent: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20080257825 - Method for treating magnetic particles and biological analysis device using magnets: A method for treating magnetic particles present in a solution in a container by redispersion, rinsing or displacement, the particles having novel characteristics under the effect of a specific magnet and being associated or not with biological entities. The magnetic particles undergo at least one low-intensity magnetisation where they are... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257826 - Fluidized bed wastewater treatment: A fluidized bed reactor (14) for removing phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater has a column comprising a number of sections. (15A, 15B, 15C, 15D) The diameter of the column changes stepwise between the sections. A flow velocity in excess of 100 cm/min is maintained in a lowermost one of the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080257827 - Use of silicon-containing polymers to improve red mud flocculation in the bayer process: The suspended solids content of a Bayer process stream is reduced by contacting the stream with silicon-containing polymers.... Agent: Cytec Industries Inc.

20080257828 - Systems and methods for reduction of metal contaminants in fluids: Wastewater steams may include one or more metal contaminants. In various embodiments, a wastewater stream may be sent to a fluid treatment system to reduce the amount of metal contaminants in the wastewater stream. In some embodiments, a fluid treatment system may include a first vortex nozzle unit positioned in... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080257830 - Apparatus and method for ultrasound treatment of aquatic organisms: The invention provides a method of treating a target area with an ultrasound wave pattern, including: providing an ultrasound apparatus having an ultrasound wave generator operatively attached to a plurality of transducers, coupled to an immersible support and configured to emit an ultrasound wave; immersing the apparatus into a water... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080257829 - Method and apparatus for separating particles from liquids: Method and apparatus for separating immiscible solid or liquid particles such as oil from a liquid-based mixture or emulsion. The apparatus consists of two spaced apart concentric elongated metal cylinders. The wall of the innermost cylinder contains a multiplicity of spaced apart radially bored holes and its exit end is... Agent: Bill Rippetoe

20080257831 - Water treating agent and water treatment method: A water treating agent is constituted by blending water as a main component with a coating film forming agent of which a coating film is formed on the heat transfer surface of a boiler tube, a oxygen scavenger, a scale inhibitor, and a pH adjustor in such a manner that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257832 - Sequential chlorination for wastewater disinfection: A process for the disinfection of fully nitrified secondary effluent comprising first adding chlorine to the effluent, then adding combined chlorine.... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20080257834 - Harmful material remediating agent and method for remediating harmful material using the same: The present invention relates to a harmful material remediating agent comprising a metal oxide and a reducing material, and it can remediate environmental. pollutants such as harmful organic compounds and nitrate or nitrite nitrogen-containing compounds efficiently and at low cost.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080257833 - Method and apparatus for liquid purification: A means for modifying contaminants in a liquid comprising a reaction chamber where the liquid interacts with an ionization reaction material which causes contaminants to reduce or oxidize into harmless compounds.... Agent: John K. Mccormick

20080257835 - Device, method and apparatus for performing separations: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, methods and apparatus for performing separations in which particulates are separated or removed from a fluid stream flowing to a column. In one embodiment directed to a device, the invention includes a body (13) having a first surface (17) and a... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080257836 - Centrifugal separator and method for separating heavy and light matter in a substance: A centrifugal separator includes devices for light matter extraction and for heavy matter extraction. Each embodiment provides for a plurality, e.g., two or more stacked or layered chambers, and connected to a central compartment of the chambers is a rotating drive shaft. In the light matter extraction, a central conduit... Agent: A Patent Lawyer Corp, PLC R William Graham

20080257837 - Oil/water separator one truck cleaning with clean water return: A process for decontamination and separation of a contaminated fluid including a first agent, a second agent, and a third agent may include the steps of directing the contaminated fluid to a first tank, substantially separating first agent in a first layer, a second agent in a second layer and... Agent: Stanley K Pierchoski

20080257838 - Cartridge based filter assembly for use in removing sub micronic particles from fluids: A cartridge filter shaped as a dome with inlet and outlet. A plurality of horizontal filter cells are stacked and locked together during assembly and operate to remove submicron sized particulates, by passing the fluid through horizontal filtration cells composed of granular filter aids containing large filter areas.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080257800 - Wagering game system with progressive-award denomination selection feature: A water conservation system for use with a swimming pool, said means comprising a storage reservoir (27,29 and 31) having an inlet (33) and an outlet (37), the inlet being connected to the pump outlet of the pump filter assembly of the swimming pool, the outlet being connected to the... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080257801 - Device for filtering solid particles for liquids containing such particles: A filtering device including (a) at least one surface filter element, each including: (i) first and second faces, the second face disposed substantially opposite to the first face, the faces having a first outer contour; (ii) a first opening through the faces, forming a first inner contour of the faces;... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080257802 - Advanced household water purification means: An apparatus for purifying and dispensing water of a quality suitable for human consumption comprises a first reservoir for holding unfiltered water. The water moves by the force of gravity downward through a water filtering and purifying cartridge into a second lower reservoir. An electrically powered hydraulic pump and associated... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080257803 - Slow release lubricant additives gel: A lubricant additive gel formed by the gellation of two or more lubricant additives for the slow release of the additive components into a fluid. The lubricant additive gel slowly releases into its component lubricant additives when contacted with the fluid such as an oil thereby serving as a lubricant... Agent: The Lubrizol Corporation Attn: Docket Clerk, Patent Dept.

20080257804 - High rate filtration system: A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to less porous in a direction... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080257805 - High rate filtration system: A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to less porous in a direction... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080257806 - Method and apparatus for treating wastes, particularly of a biological and domestic origin: Method and apparatus (3) for treating wastes, particularly of a biological and domestic origin, whose peculiarity consists in the fact of comprising a first treating step and first means (4) for treating such wastes for the purpose of separating a liquid fraction essentially suitable for disposal and a semisolid fraction... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080257807 - Filtration apparatus: A radial or crossflow media filter comprising a housing such as a vessel or tank (1), the housing containing filter media (9), a contaminated flow inlet (2) and a discharge outlet (8), the inlet comprising a manifold (5) situated within the housing, the manifold (5) having flow outlets (6) which... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20080257808 - Ultrasonic treatment plant: A duct (10) for use in an ultrasonic treatment plant is made from a cylindrical steel pipe (12) by plating the bore with a corrosion-resistant metal layer (14). This is preferably done by honing the bore to ensure that it is circular, plating the bore of the pipe (12) with... Agent: Law Offices Of William H. Holt

20080257809 - System and method for processing organic waste material: A method is provided for maintaining a biomass disposed on a substrate in a bioreactor tank. The bioreactor tank has an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a waste treatment system whereby an influent fluid may be selectively introduced through the inlet into the bioreactor tank for removal... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080257810 - Water or wastewater system and method for removing bod and suspended solids through an activated sludge process and a ballasted flocculation process: A method and system for treating water or wastewater to remove both soluble BOD and suspended solids. The method entails directing first and second water or wastewater streams to a treatment system including an activated sludge system and a ballasted flocculation system. The first water or wastewater stream is directed... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080257811 - Method of separation of polymers: A method of using electrokinetics for separating particles in a buffer solution is provided, where a chromatographic column is provided having a non-uniform internal longitudinal cross-section. At least one main inlet for inputting solution and at least one main outlet for outputting solution are provided. At least one sample inlet... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080257812 - Jet loop wastewater treatment system: The current invention is referred to a process for biological wastewater treatment. One or more ejectors pump atmospheric oxygen in a bioreactor by aspirating air. The innovative concept of the system relies on the installation of the ejector (s) over and outside of the liquid to be treated at the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080257813 - Cassette-style filtration apparatus: A filtration apparatus is provided wherein a filtration membrane is positioned by gaskets on feed plates and filtrate plates rather than being bonded thereto.... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080257814 - Filtration cartridge: A filtration cartridge is provided comprising one or a stack of filtration units sealed to each other at their inner periphery and their outer periphery and to end caps thereby eliminating the need for a housing surrounding the stack. Fluid pathways are provided so that filtration of all incoming feed... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080257815 - Apparatus for filtering dental solid waste: An apparatus for filtering dental solid waste has been developed. The apparatus includes a high volume evacuation (HVE) tip with one end that is connected to a suction line and another end that is inserted in a patient's mouth to remove dental waste. A filtration unit is located within the... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

20080257816 - Structure of filter: An engagement structure of a filter comprises an upper cover; a middle side of the upper cover being formed with an outer thread; a tapered portion being extended from a lower end of the portion of the upper cover having the outer thread; and a tube having a flange at... Agent: Mao-chang Lin

20080257817 - Filter medium: The invention relates to a filter medium comprising at least one filter membrane (10) comprising a carcass ply (12) as a supporting and protective layer. At least one additional filter membrane (14) comprising another carcass ply (16) as a supporting and protective layer is also provided. A third carcass ply... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080257818 - Semipermeable composite membrane and process for producing the same: The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane having outstanding water permeability and salt-blocking rate, and extremely small amount of unreacted polyfunctional amine components in the porous support, and at providing a process for producing the composite semipermeable membrane. A composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer formed... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080257819 - Dual walled dynamic phase separator: Separating a multi-phase mixture influent even during excessive flows of specific phases. The dynamic phase separator includes a chamber divided into two regions by an inner wall disposed radially inward relative to an outer wall. A gross separation region is defined between the inner wall and the outer wall, while... Agent: Cheryl F. Cohen, LLC

20080257820 - Apparatus and method for treating fgd blowdown or similar liquids: A process has steps of one or more of aerobic treatment to remove COD and nitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to denitrify a waste stream, anoxic treatment to remove selenium and anaerobic treatment to remove heavy metals and sulphur. The process may be used to treat, for example, FGD... Agent: Bereskin & Parr (mississauga) / Ge

20080257821 - Dewatering whole stillage: The present invention relates to a method of dewatering whole stillage comprising subjecting whole stillage to one or more enzymes capable of degrading a whole stillage component and separating the material obtained in step i) into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080257822 - Reduced backwash volume process: A method of backwashing a membrane filtration module, where the module includes one or more membranes located in a feed-containing vessel. The membranes having a permeable wall which is subjected to a filtration operation wherein feed liquid containing contaminant matter is applied to one side of the membrane wall and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080257823 - Process for the preparation of an adsorbent material containing iron oxyhydroxide, adsorbent material and the use thereof: The invention relates to a process for producing an adsorbent material containing iron oxyhydroxide, wherein an iron oxyhydroxide mass having a moisture content of 5-15% by weight is produced, said mass is granulated by compaction, followed by comminution and sieving of the compacted product to give product granules with grain... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080257824 - Method and apparatus for water purification and regeneration of micro-filtration tubules: A method of water purification by submicron filtration deploys a 6-way valve to periodically flush or clean the tubules in a predetermined selection of cleaning steps, some of which optionally introduce and then flush out chemical cleaning agents. The tubules are cleaned without disassembly of the filtration cartridge.... Agent: Edward S. Sherman, Esq.

20080257825 - Method for treating magnetic particles and biological analysis device using magnets: A method for treating magnetic particles present in a solution in a container by redispersion, rinsing or displacement, the particles having novel characteristics under the effect of a specific magnet and being associated or not with biological entities. The magnetic particles undergo at least one low-intensity magnetisation where they are... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080257826 - Fluidized bed wastewater treatment: A fluidized bed reactor (14) for removing phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater has a column comprising a number of sections. (15A, 15B, 15C, 15D) The diameter of the column changes stepwise between the sections. A flow velocity in excess of 100 cm/min is maintained in a lowermost one of the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080257827 - Use of silicon-containing polymers to improve red mud flocculation in the bayer process: The suspended solids content of a Bayer process stream is reduced by contacting the stream with silicon-containing polymers.... Agent: Cytec Industries Inc.

20080257828 - Systems and methods for reduction of metal contaminants in fluids: Wastewater steams may include one or more metal contaminants. In various embodiments, a wastewater stream may be sent to a fluid treatment system to reduce the amount of metal contaminants in the wastewater stream. In some embodiments, a fluid treatment system may include a first vortex nozzle unit positioned in... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080257830 - Apparatus and method for ultrasound treatment of aquatic organisms: The invention provides a method of treating a target area with an ultrasound wave pattern, including: providing an ultrasound apparatus having an ultrasound wave generator operatively attached to a plurality of transducers, coupled to an immersible support and configured to emit an ultrasound wave; immersing the apparatus into a water... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080257829 - Method and apparatus for separating particles from liquids: Method and apparatus for separating immiscible solid or liquid particles such as oil from a liquid-based mixture or emulsion. The apparatus consists of two spaced apart concentric elongated metal cylinders. The wall of the innermost cylinder contains a multiplicity of spaced apart radially bored holes and its exit end is... Agent: Bill Rippetoe

20080257831 - Water treating agent and water treatment method: A water treating agent is constituted by blending water as a main component with a coating film forming agent of which a coating film is formed on the heat transfer surface of a boiler tube, a oxygen scavenger, a scale inhibitor, and a pH adjustor in such a manner that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080257832 - Sequential chlorination for wastewater disinfection: A process for the disinfection of fully nitrified secondary effluent comprising first adding chlorine to the effluent, then adding combined chlorine.... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20080257834 - Harmful material remediating agent and method for remediating harmful material using the same: The present invention relates to a harmful material remediating agent comprising a metal oxide and a reducing material, and it can remediate environmental. pollutants such as harmful organic compounds and nitrate or nitrite nitrogen-containing compounds efficiently and at low cost.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080257833 - Method and apparatus for liquid purification: A means for modifying contaminants in a liquid comprising a reaction chamber where the liquid interacts with an ionization reaction material which causes contaminants to reduce or oxidize into harmless compounds.... Agent: John K. Mccormick

20080257835 - Device, method and apparatus for performing separations: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to devices, methods and apparatus for performing separations in which particulates are separated or removed from a fluid stream flowing to a column. In one embodiment directed to a device, the invention includes a body (13) having a first surface (17) and a... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080257836 - Centrifugal separator and method for separating heavy and light matter in a substance: A centrifugal separator includes devices for light matter extraction and for heavy matter extraction. Each embodiment provides for a plurality, e.g., two or more stacked or layered chambers, and connected to a central compartment of the chambers is a rotating drive shaft. In the light matter extraction, a central conduit... Agent: A Patent Lawyer Corp, PLC R William Graham

20080257837 - Oil/water separator one truck cleaning with clean water return: A process for decontamination and separation of a contaminated fluid including a first agent, a second agent, and a third agent may include the steps of directing the contaminated fluid to a first tank, substantially separating first agent in a first layer, a second agent in a second layer and... Agent: Stanley K Pierchoski

20080257838 - Cartridge based filter assembly for use in removing sub micronic particles from fluids: A cartridge filter shaped as a dome with inlet and outlet. A plurality of horizontal filter cells are stacked and locked together during assembly and operate to remove submicron sized particulates, by passing the fluid through horizontal filtration cells composed of granular filter aids containing large filter areas.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080251433 - Hemodialyzer: Provided is a hemodialyzer in which deterioration in membrane performance of a hollow fiber with time can be grasped accurately during dialysis and the performance can be recovered quickly and positively. The hemodialyzer, constituted by connecting an artery side blood circuit (2) having a blood pump (7) to the artery... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080251434 - Manually operable water purifying device: The present invention relates to a manually operable device for purifying water, comprising a water container for receiving and holding an amount of non-purified water, comprising a bottom and side walls and adapted to receive a manually operable piston-type filter assembly, said filter assembly comprising filtering means for filtering said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080251435 - Contaminated fluid recovery apparatus: A contaminated fluid recovery apparatus includes a sludge removal mechanism having a dirty tank, a conveyor, and a magnetic drum which is arranged in the fluid circulating section. The contaminated fluid recovery apparatus is provided with an overflow tank. The overflow tank has a function to keep a fluid surface... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080251436 - Centrifugal separator: A centrifugal separator includes a rotator part that separates a liquid sample and has a rotor and a drive part. The rotor receives a liquid sample therein and rotates to separate the liquid sample. The drive part drives the rotor to rotate. A controller part controls operations of the rotator... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080251437 - Installation for the mechanical purification of liquids, and method for separating suspended matter: The invention relates to an installation for the mechanical purification of liquids, said installation comprising a container for separating suspended matter, and a transporting device for transporting the suspended matter to a discharge point. Said container comprising an inlet and an outlet for the liquid. A collecting chamber for suspended... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080251438 - Apparatus for fermenting and drying at high speed: An apparatus for rapid fermentation and drying is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a body; a dual jacket type treatment vessel formed in the body; a liquid waste retention basin communicated with the outside; an introduction section for introducing liquid waste stored in the liquid waste retention basin into the treatment... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080251439 - Methods and apparatus for biological treatment of waste waters: In a vertical shaft bioreactor, improved devices and methods are provided for enhanced secondary and/or tertiary treatment of wastewater, including residential, municipal and industrial wastewater. The devices and methods of the invention are useful for enhanced secondary wastewater treatment, including BOD and TSS removal. Tertiary treatment can alternately or additionally... Agent: Jeffrey J. King, Esq. Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080251440 - Membrane element: A membrane element in which, after membrane breakage or deterioration, the filtration plate made of a thermoplastic resin can be reused to replace the membrane with a fresh one. The membrane element comprises a filtration plate made of a thermoplastic resin and, bonded to a peripheral smooth surface thereof, a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080251441 - Oil and vapor recovery system: An oil and vapor recovery system having a float system for adjusting the height of oil and vapor recovery intakes. The float system is preferably adjustable to allow connection of additional floats to maintain buoyancy and keep the vapor intake above the level of the oil in the holding tank... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20080251442 - Fluid treatment assemblies and elements and methods for making them: Fluid treatment assemblies and elements may include a plurality of axially extending pleats and may be used to treat fluids, including gases, liquids, or mixtures of gases, and/or solids, in a crossflow mode of operation. For example, some fluid treatment assemblies and elements may be used to remove one or... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080251443 - Systems having nanostructured adsorption material and methods for purification of fluid: A system for removing particulates and/or contaminants, including impure compounds and elements from fluid to be treated is provided. The systems can include a receptacle having chamber in which a volume of fluid may be accommodated, a cover for placement across an opening into the chamber, so as to prevent... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080251444 - Separation devices and processes: A separation device comprises a cylindrical separation pack including a spirally wound porous medium, a feed channel including a shear region, a plurality of permeate passages extending along the permeate side of the porous medium opposite the shear region and perpendicular to the feed channel, a feed inlet, a retentate... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080251445 - Method for the production of tubular membranes: The invention relates to a method for producing tubular membranes. In order to create a very inexpensive production method while obtaining very high output rates for tubular membranes, a tubular member (10) is formed from several threads (12) in such a way that at least some of the threads (12)... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080251447 - Process for producing a dried composite semipermeable membrane: The present invention aims at providing a process for producing a dried composite semipermeable membrane having extremely small amount of content of unreacted components, outstanding water permeability and salt-blocking rate even after drying treatment, and outstanding contamination resistance and durability. The present invention relates to a process for producing a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080251446 - \"pre-filled and sealed filter bag\": A pre-filled and sealed filter bag, is provided including calcium carbonate material having fine pores and two sheets of filter paper having substantially similar geometrical shape and dimensions and defining an outer periphery. The calcium carbonate material is selected from coral sand, oysters shells and/or crab shells. A peripheral joint... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080251448 - In line wetland water treatment system and method: A complete storm water management system and process which incorporates a wetlands water treatment system. This system creates an infrastructure, flow control which is multi-level and multi-stage. This is a modular system which includes three or more chambers and/or ditches through which the storm water or other influent passes and... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080251449 - Fixed film bioprocess for removing carbon compounds in oil and gas drilling sludge: A system for recycling drilling sludge is disclosed. The system has a treatment area and a salt-tolerant bio-reactor coupled to the treatment area. The bio-reactor has i) at least one bio-suspension element for supporting the growth of at least one type of biological microorganism within an enclosed flow zone; ii)... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080251450 - Waste water treatment: The present invention relates to wastewater treatment in general and to methods of controlling odors and degrading compounds contained in wastewater in particular.... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080251451 - Method and apparatus for the aerobic treatment of waste: The invention provides a waste treatment apparatus for the microbial treatment of waste, and comprises at least one reactor vessel (12) for containing waste, waste feed means (7) adapted to feed untreated waste into the vessel, microbial feed means (48) adapted, in use, to feed micro-organisms into the waste, aeration... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080251452 - \"in-situ\" ballast water treatment system and method: A method and system for ballast water treatment are provided. Living organisms are added into a vessel's ballast water tank (e.g., via an existing vent) to consume (i) oxygen dissolved in ballast water contained in the ballast water tank, and (ii) food sources for selected organisms contained in the ballast... Agent: Peter J. Van Bergen, Esq.

20080251453 - Aerating wastewater for re-use: A method and apparatus for aerating a liquid, particularly for aerating water in a wastewater treatment process, by: introducing the liquid into a primary pressurizable aeration tank; pumping liquid from the primary pressurizable aeration tank into a secondary pressurizable aeration chamber via a feed path; aerating the liquid in the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080251454 - Dense gas means for extraction of a solute from solids: The present invention provides methods and systems for the extraction of solutes from solid matter using dense gases in a mechanical auger separation system.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080251455 - Cyclic aeration system for submerged membrane modules: An aeration system for a submerged membrane module has a set of aerators connected to an air blower, valves and a controller adapted to alternately provide a higher rate or air flow and a lower rate of air flow in repeated cycles. In an embodiment, the air blower, valves and... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080251456 - Method for separating organic transition metal complex catalysts: Process for separating a dissolved complex catalyst of a metal of group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and/or any free organophosphorus ligand present from a nonaqueous hydroformylation reaction mixture which contains an aldehyde product and an organic solvent at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080251457 - Method for reducing fouling in microfiltration systems: According to one embodiment of the invention, cationic coagulant is used to treat water in the early stages of a water treatment system, and to coagulate and flocculate the contaminants, and thereby resulting in reduced fouling of the microfiltration system, resulting in increase flux, less deposit of colloidal and particulate... Agent: General Electric Company Global Patent Operation

20080251458 - Process for the treatment of wastewater from aldolization processes: Process for the treatment of wastewater from an aldolization process which is contaminated with water-soluble and/or dispersed organic impurities by means of single-stage or multistage extraction with an organic liquid of the aldolization process wastewater which has been set to a pH of from 0 to 6, in which an... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080251459 - Biological fluid filtration systems and methods: Biological fluid filtration systems and methods are provided for the treatment of air within the system. A filtration system includes a pre-filter container joined to an expandable post-filter container by a filter line having a filter. The post-filter container has a relatively smaller maximum volume, such that it limits the... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Lt

20080251460 - Biocidal polymers: Norbornene-based biocidal polymers having primary, secondary or tertiary amine or phosphine end groups, the parent monomers, processes for preparing the monomers and polymers, and their use.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080251461 - Water treatment process: A process for removing target ion(s) from a for-treatment water containing the target ion(s) is provided. Also provided is a method for improving the efficiency of an electrochemical cell for target ion(s) destruction.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20080251462 - Decontamination process and system: The present invention provides a decontamination process comprising the step of contacting a aqueous solution containing a pollutant or contaminant with a decontaminating agent, wherein the decontaminating agent is sapropel. The present invention also provides a decontamination system (110).... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20080251463 - System for removing oil from a water surface: Disclosed is a skimming system for removing a floating layer from a water surface. The skimming system comprises at least one guide element that is movable relative to the floating layer, which guide element is provided with at least one unit that catches the floating layer The at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080251464 - Process for separating solutes and water from aqueous solutions with gas recycling: Water can be separated from solutes in aqueous solutions by a process of forming water clathrates of gases under high pressure and low temperature conditions. The present invention outlines a series of processes where a low pressure stream of clathrate forming gas is entrained in a low pressure stream of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080251465 - Method and apparatus for removing suspended solids from aqueous fluids: An apparatus for cleaning solids-laden aqueous fluids includes a settling tank having a sloping floor, which drops off into a collection area; primary and secondary mixing tanks, the lower regions of which are in fluid communication via fluid transfer means; and agitators in each of the mixing tanks. Solids-laden fluid... Agent: Donald V. Tomkins C/o Tomkins Law Office

20080251466 - Waste water recovery system: A waste water recovery system to filter and recirculate waste water to a wash system including a fluid recovery line, a fluid supply line and a fluid backwash line comprising a filter assembly including a water filtering section to receive waste water from the wash system and to recirculate filtered... Agent: Babcock Ip, PLLC

20080251467 - Back flushable strainer device: A strainer device for a fluid flow circuit removes debris and solid particles from the fluid flow to prevent plugging and reduce fouling of the system. The assembly includes a chamber that can be hydrocyclonic, a collection area, a screen assembly and a distributor that allows selective connection to a... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080251468 - Cyclone assembly and method for increasing or decreasing flow capacity of a cyclone separator in use: A cyclone separator (40) includes a housing (42), in which a cyclone assembly (10) is contained. The housing (42) has an inflow chamber (44), an overflow chamber (46) and a discharge chamber (48). The cyclone assembly (10) has an inner cyclone liner (16) positioned concentrically within a cyclone chamber (12).... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20080251469 - Method and separator for cyclonic separation of a fluid mixture: A method for cyclonic separation of gaseous and liquid fractions from a multiphase fluid mixture comprises: providing a cyclonic separation vessel (1) having a bottom section (4), a top section (3) and a tubular midsection (2), which is co-axial to a central axis (5); injecting the multiphase fluid mixture into... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080251470 - Storm sewer drainage grate filter: A storm sewer drainage grate filter for above grade installation and use includes a frame and a screen supported by the frame. The frame may include a top ring, a bottom ring, and one or more intermediate rings. The rings may be interconnected by a plurality of risers. A method... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080251471 - Wet (plastic) and dry concrete reclamation/disposal device: A device and method for residual concrete collection for disposal or reclamation of same, wherein a bag is formed, generally prismatic in structure, with an opening in the top. Suspension straps serve to attach the bag and support it below the outflow of concrete mixing or delivery equipment such that... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080245710 - Exfiltration apparatus: An exfiltration apparatus for removing contaminants from a fluid, the exfiltration apparatus including a housing defining a fluid flow path and having a first filter/sorptive layer positioned within a first portion of the housing and a second filter/sorptive layer positioned within a second portion of the housing. The first portion... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080245711 - Device for treating a back-flushed fluid: In order to provide a device for treating a fluid containing solids which has been flushed back from a reversible flow filter, comprising a sedimentation device for separating solids from the flushed back fluid by a process of sedimentation in a sediment collecting region which enables solids to be removed... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080245712 - Condensate filtering device: A condensate filtering device of the present invention comprises a simulation unit which is able to simulate operating conditions being the same as operating conditions of a main body of an actual condensate filtering device and sample a hollow fiber membrane easily. The condensate filtering device comprises a unit evaluating... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080245713 - System for the recovery of washing liquids used in showers, wash basins and/or baths: System for the recovery of washing liquids used in showers, wash basins, and/or baths, characterised in that it includes a first decantation tank (1) provided with at least one inlet (100) connected to a downflow point of washing water, a second collection tank (2), an overflow partition wall (3) adapted... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080245714 - Plant-based sewage treatment system for purifying wastewater: The invention relates to a plant-based sewage treatment system for purifying waste water comprising: at least one planter (50, 54); a supply unit (46) with which the waste water to be purified can be supplied to the plant-based sewage treatment system (10); a discharge unit (38) with which the purified... Agent: Joel S. Carter Patent Department

20080245715 - Liquid chromatograph: A liquid chromatograph having a flow passage switching mechanism for switching among a normal analysis flow passage formed by connecting a mobile-phase-sending-unit, a second mixer having a large capacity, a sample injection portion, an analysis column and a detector in this order, a concentration flow passage formed by connecting a... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080245716 - Separation column and liquid chromatography system with this column: A monolithic separation column and a liquid chromatography system using the same are provided by which the pressure tightness is improved, and the manufacturing is enabled at a low temperature, thus preventing the degradation of the separation performance. A monolithic rod 118 is made of a porous body and has... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080245717 - Separator for cleaning fluid streams: A separator for cleaning a fluid stream, in particular for removing oil from a gas stream, has a filter medium separating contaminants from a fluid stream. A bottom plate is arranged at a first end of the filter medium and a cover plate is arranged at a second end of... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080245718 - Top mounted faucet assembly with air gap: A faucet assembly includes a base having first and second ends, a sidewall extending between the ends, a mounting bore extending from the first end, a permeate water spout port extending from the second end, and a valve assembly bore extending from the sidewall and connecting the mounting bore and... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080245719 - Filter element and filter assembly including locking mechanism: A fluid filtering apparatus and method may include keyed components to ensure that a correct filter element is being installed into a filter base. Keyed arrangements may occur between a filter element and a filter housing, a filter and a filter base, and a filter base and a filter housing.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080245720 - Fluid filter cartridge and housing: A filter housing and filter cartridge engagement structure comprising a housing having at least one ramp adapted to engage lugs of the at least one filter cartridge.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080245721 - Fluid filter: A filter media is for fluid to pass therethough. A filter element includes a holding member for holding the filter media. A filter case houses the filter element, having a fluid inlet positioned on a side relative to the filter element, and having a fluid outlet positioned on another side... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080245722 - Wastewater filtering apparatus: A filtration apparatus including a tubular element (17) for purifying wastewater that flows from outside to inside, and a spray tube (21) for spraying cleaning water onto the external peripheral surface of the tubular element. In the first step, the external peripheral surface of the tubular element is cleaned and... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080245723 - Hollow fiber membrane type blood purification device: The hollow fiber membrane type blood purification device comprises a bundle of hollow fiber membranes comprising a polysulfone resin and polyvinylpyrrolidone, a container packed therewith, and a potting agent disposed between each bundle end and the container to hold the bundle and thereby form a hollow-fiber-membrane inside chamber and a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080245724 - Suction filter and fuel supply device: A suction filter may comprise a filtration member and a connection member. The filtration member has an inner space. The connection member is configured to communicate the inner space of the filtration member and a fuel intake port of a fuel pump. The filtration member may have a tubular shape... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080245725 - Fluid filter: A diamond patterned tubular pleated filter element is disclosed. Also disclosed is a filter cartridge that comprises a core element having an inner diameter, two ends and apertures formed therein, a diamond patterned tubular pleated filter element having an inner and an outer diameter positioned about the core element wherein... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080245726 - Closed-loop-bonded filter media and liner pleat block and method: A filter media and liner pleat block and method involves melting the filter media at mating pleats to form a closed-loop-bonded filter media and liner pleat block.... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080245727 - Filter insert and method for the production of the filter insert: A filter insert for brewing coffee includes a cone-shaped filter body comprising a bottom, side walls, and an opening for filling in extraction material. At least one strip with at least one of markings or aromatic substances is arranged inside the filter body.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080245728 - Eip pack for separating oil from water: An oil-water separation pack includes an upper body having cross-sectional shape narrowing from a bottom to a top. The upper body includes an oil rising region provided in an inside central portion thereof, and an oil-discharging opening provided in a top portion thereof. A lower body disposed beneath the upper... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20080245729 - Process and device for aerobic-thermophilic stabilization and disinfection of sludge: b) the partially stabilized sludge is fed into a second stage in which disinfection of the partially stabilized sludge is effected at temperatures of at least 50° C., wherein prior to discharging, there is no charging until the partially stabilized sludge has been disinfected.... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080245730 - Process and apparatus for treating nitrogeneous liquor: A process and apparatus for treating an aqueous nitrogeneous liquor by performing ammonia oxidation and denitrification using a biosludge comprising anammox bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, which process and apparatus can serve to obtain treated liquor of high water quality at a high treating efficiency and a high yield of ammonium... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell&tanis PC

20080245731 - Biomass support members and panels, biological processes and biological wastewater treatment apparatus: Biomass support members, including woven textile media, useful in biological contact processes and apparatus; biomass support panels of limited flexibility and substantial surface expanse, with or without frames, comprising a variety of different woven or non-woven biomass supporting members, which may or may not include the foregoing media; biological treatment... Agent: Robert R. Priddy Law Office Of Robert Priddy

20080245732 - Methods of using waste waters produced by water purification processing: Water contaminated with sodium, calcium or magnesium salts or chloride, sulfate or carbonate salts is processed to produce a clean water stream and a waste water stream. The clean water stream is analyzed to determine if the sodium content is too high for potable use and, if so, the clean... Agent: William H. Drummond

20080245733 - Method and apparatus for the filtration of biological solutions: A system, method and device are disclosed for bio-processing a feed stream and providing a constant output by operating a continuous single-pass tangential-flow process. The single-pass process provides high conversion concentration while operating at relatively low feed flow rates, and the process can also be used to provide constant output... Agent: Spf Innovations, LLC

20080245734 - Synergistic solvent extraction process: s

20080245735 - Ceramic flexible membrane providing improved adhesion to the support fleece: Ceramic or hybridic membranes have the disadvantage that, whatever the level of flexibility already achieved, they tend to crumble off the ceramic coating on bending. This is prevented by the present membranes, which comprise, on and in a polymeric nonwoven, a solidified ceramic coating which is constructed from two fractions... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080245736 - Crosslinked cellulosic nanofiltration membranes: The present invention relates to a nanofilter formed by using a porous ultrafiltration membrane as a precursor, and carefully controlling reaction conditions so as to maintain sufficient hydrophilic nature of the membrane while causing the pore structure to close to a nanofilter range (less than 400 Daltons). This produces a... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20080245737 - Method and system for providing ultrapure water: A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The ultrapure water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system and a particulate removal system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080245738 - Method and system for providing ultrapure water: A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The ultrapure water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system and a particulate removal system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080245739 - Treatment method of organic compounds included in waste water, a treatment apparatus of organic compounds included in waste water, a treatment system of organic compounds included in waste water, and a bitumen collecting system: supplying a current between an anode 9 and a cathode 8 in water including an electrolyte in an electrolyzer 6 for electrolyzing the water including an electrolyte, and supplying an electrolyte resulting from electrolysis in the electrolyzer 6 to the adsorbent 3 in the adsorber 2 for contacting the electrolyte... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080245740 - Fluidic methods: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices that may be used to separate components from one or more samples.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080245741 - Fuel enhancement system for an internal combustion engine: A method of for treating a hydrocarbon fuel comprises applying a plurality of shock waves to the fuel at a frequency and intensity such as to increase the combustion efficiency of the fuel. An apparatus for treating a hydrocarbon fuel comprises a fuel treatment chamber; an inlet for introducing a... Agent: Kimberly A. Chasteen

20080245742 - Wastewater treatment method and wastewater treatment system: Even if arsenic-containing wastewater includes an oxidizing substance, the arsenic can be reliably removed as a precipitate. A wastewater treatment method includes a preparation step (S10) of preparing wastewater containing an oxidizing substance and arsenic, a feeding step (S30), a precipitation step (S50), and a post-treatment step (S60). In the... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20080245743 - High rate filtration system: A high rate, upflow filtration system is described in which a compressible, fibrous lump filtration media is compressed to adjust the porosity and collector size of the media in the bed and to provide a porosity gradient within the bed proceeding from more porous to less porous in a direction... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon, P.A.

20080245745 - Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow: An apparatus for acoustic concentration of particles in a fluid flow includes a substantially acoustically transparent membrane and a vibration generator that define a fluid flow path therebetween. The fluid flow path is in fluid communication with a fluid source and a fluid outlet and the vibration generator is disposed... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

20080245744 - In-line waste disinfection unit: A modular waste disinfection system for the disinfection of substantially liquid infectious waste streams and methods of treating such waste streams are disclosed. The modular waste disinfection system includes a metal ion generation chamber for introducing metal ions into the waste material; an oxidant generation chamber in fluid flow communication... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080245746 - System and method for removal of hydrogen peroxide from a contaminated media: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for removing hydrogen peroxide from a liquid media. This is accomplished by adding an oxidizable metal to the photoreactive slurry. The oxidizable metal is then oxidized, which then causes the oxidized metal particles to bond to the particles of photoreactive slurry to create oxidized... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080245747 - Methods of degassing ophthalmic lens monomer mixtures: Methods of degassing silicone hydrogel lens formulations are disclosed herein.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080245748 - Modular flameless waste treatment unit: A modular waste treatment system for substantially liquid waste streams and methods of treating liquid waste streams are disclosed. The modular waste treatment system includes a maceration chamber for initial treatment and homogenization of waste material; a metal ion infusion chamber in fluid flow communication with the maceration chamber for... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20080245749 - Powerplant and method using a triple helical vortex reactor: A powerplant and method for production and use of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel is disclosed in a combination of a triple helical flow vortex reactor (100) and a power producer (510). The triple helical flow vortex reactor (100) steam-reforms a hydrocarbon fuel in a rich combustion environment and... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20080245750 - Apparatus and method for distributing gas and liquid during backwash in filter underdrain flumes using dual separation: A backwash distribution apparatus for a filter having a filter tank and a plurality of underdrain laterals includes a first and second separator device positioned in a common main conduit to define first and second auxiliary flumes. The first and second auxiliary flumes are in fluid communication with the common... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080237098 - Magnetic separation filtering and cleaning apparatus: A magnetic separation filtering and cleaning apparatus for adding flocculant and magnetic powder to raw water containing pollutant particles to form magnetic floc in treated fluid and separating and removing the magnetic floc from the treated fluid, comprising: a magnetic field generation device being provided in a rotating body for... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080237099 - Tank with a gas extraction device for storing cryogenic liquid or fuel for spacecraft: A tank arrangement includes a tank for storing a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft and a pressurized driving gas for conveying the liquid out of the tank, and a gas supply and extraction device. The device includes a housing shell and plural outwardly expanding... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080237100 - Storm water filter for positioning within a storm water inlet: An erosion control basin is a molded open topped receptacle that has support flanges that will support the basin on the interior of a storm drain grate frame. A filter is formed around an upright perforated drain pipe that is on the interior of the basin and which opens to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080237102 - Control unit: A control unit includes a plurality of electronic components; and at least two metal busbars disposed along each other. Each of the at least two metal busbars establishes an electrical connection between the electronic components and includes a magnetic-material portion. The at least two metal busbars are arranged to cause... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080237101 - Temporary potable water storage and dispensing system: A temporary emergency water storage system provided for use in emergencies, such as hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, winter storms and other natural disasters in which municipal and/or fresh water supplies are cut off or rendered impure or un-potable. The temporary water storage can also be used to provide a supply of... Agent: Bryan M. Roussel

20080237103 - Attachment for underwater surface cleaner: A dispenser or dispensable material for external attachment to a mobile surface cleaning device, mobile surface cleaning device provides an aftermarket apparatus and method for both on-the-go cleaning and on-the-go delivery of dispensable materials into the body of water with the dispensable material mounted either on a downstream side of... Agent: Carl L. Johnson Jacobson And Johnson

20080237104 - Fryer device: The present invention relates to a food fryer. The food fryer comprises a frying section where the food is fried in oil and an oil removal section where the oil content of the food is reduced. A basket located within the apparatus contains the food and is movable between the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080237105 - Portable water filtration device: A portable filtration device filters water from a body of water within which the device can be buoyantly supported. The device generally comprises an inflatable floatation chamber arranged to support the device to float on the body of water and a filtration housing arranged to be suspended from the floating... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080237106 - Subsurface drip disposal system: A subsurface drip wastewater disposal system and method are disclosed that eliminate the need for headworks, reduce the risk of damage to the system, and permit optimal pump sizing by simultaneously dosing, flushing the pipe network and flushing the filter. A tank and pump package provide effluent under pressure to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080237107 - Desalinization system and method: A desalinization system for converting a saltwater solution to a purified water composition is provided. The desalinization system (1000) has a primary tank (40) which contains a heated silicone composition within a heated silicone composition zone (210) and water globules (30) which pass through the heated silicone zone (14) to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080237108 - Acid mine water demineralizer: The acid mine water demineralization apparatus consists of two concentric cylinders that are divided into a total of four sections; a water chamber, a gas chamber, a reaction zone, and an aeration zone. The water chamber transports acid mine water to the inlets of a plurality of the sharp edged... Agent: Richard M Hall

20080237109 - Crossflow filtration system with quick dry change elements: A crossflow filtration system including at least one quick dry change crossflow filtration cartridge designed to rotatably interface with a manifold assembly. The quick dry change crossflow filtration cartridge can comprise a membrane element, for example an ultrafiltration membrane, microfiltration membrane, nanofiltration membrane or reverse osmosis membrane element enclosed within... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080237110 - Membrane cascade-based separation: The present invention provides counter flow cascade separation systems useful to separate solute/solute pairs present in a solvent. The separation systems include a series of interconnected stages with each stage comprising a diafilter preferentially permeable for one solute. Solute/solute pairs are preferentially separated by the diafilter into permeate and retentate... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080237112 - High pressure connect fitting: An analytical instrument fitting assembly for coupling first and second analytical fluid conduits is provided. The fitting assembly includes a first fitting defining a central passage adapted to receive a first fluid conduit defining an internal diameter of no greater than 0.040 inch and a second fitting. The second fitting... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080237111 - Removable shield in an engine oil strainer: An oil strainer assembly is used to filter oil in an internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle. The oil strainer assembly includes a strainer element and a housing. The housing has a first shell and a second shell. The housing has an inlet formed in one of the first... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080237113 - Spin-on filter cartridge: A spin-on filter cartridge (20) comprising a cannister (21), a filter element (22), and an adaptor-mounting plate (24) positioned within the cannister (21) between its open end and the filter element (22). The adaptor-mounting plate (24) has a scooped-ramped inner perimeter that allows non-threaded engagement with an adaptor (60). To... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080237114 - Oil extracting apparatus: An oil extracting apparatus includes a rigid oil adhering ring having a horizontally disposed ring axis and an oil adhering surface surrounding the ring axis, a driving device coupled to the oil adhering ring for driving rotation of the oil adhering ring about the ring axis, an oil scraping unit,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080237115 - Centrifugal separation-use device: The present invention provides a centrifugal separation-use device capable of maintaining a centrifugal separation-use container in a clean state easily at low cost even when centrifugal separation treatment is carried out using a centrifugal separator in an unclean field. A centrifugal separation-use device 1 for collecting a target component by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080237116 - Porous ptfe materials and articles produced therefrom: Novel porous PTFE membranes are described possessing a unique combination of high strength, low flow resistance, and small pore size. Additionally, unique constructions with superior filtration and venting properties incorporating porous PTFE membranes are described.... Agent: Carol A. Lewis White, Esquire W.l. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20080237117 - Coated asymmetric membrane system having oleophobic and hydrophilic properties: A porous membrane assembly includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a porous membrane substrate having hydrophobic properties. The membrane substrate includes a first side, an opposing second side and a plurality of pores extending therethrough. The membrane substrate also includes a discontinuous layer of an oleophobic coating applied to the first... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080237118 - Polyamide reverse osmosis composite membrane and preparation method thereof: An amine aqueous solution for forming an active layer of a polyamide reverse osmosis composite membrane is prepared, which consists of 0.1 through 20 weight % of polyfunctional aromatic amine monomer, 0.1 through 20 weight % of multi-functional tertiary alcohol amine, 0.1 through 20 weight % of strong acid, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080237119 - Liquid delivery: The invention relates to a device (1), for delivering a liquid into a tank (which can be large, and of any desired footprint), comprising an inlet (2) for a liquid, an outlet (3) for liquid, and means (4) adapted to change flow direction of the liquid gradually towards the inlet... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080237120 - Interceptor for separating a mixture: An interceptor configured to at least partially separate a mixture of a first material and a second material, the first material being a fluid. The interceptor includes a container having a base and a sidewall portion that extends upwardly from the base to at least partially define a separation chamber... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080237121 - Interceptor system and a method for pressure testing: An interceptor configured to at least partially separate a mixture of a first material and a second material, the first material being a fluid. The interceptor includes a container having a base and a sidewall portion that extends upwardly from the base to at least partially define a separation chamber... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080237122 - Water treatment by activated sludge: The invention relates to a method of treating water with activated sludge containing micro-organisms. The method comprises the steps of: preparing an environmentally adapted biomass mixture by adapting the activated sludge to a quantity of water having given characteristics in a single reactor under first levels of aeration, whereby the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080237123 - Alkaline regeneration of n-methyl-d-glucamine funtional resins: A method of regenerating N-Methyl-D-glu-camine-functional resin that has been used for boron-removal uses a closed recirculating loop for treating the conjugate acid salt of the N-Methyl-D-glucamine functionality of the resin. The new method reduces rinse water demand and improves pH control in a water treatment system. The new method can... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080237124 - Manufacture of chromatography matrices: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a chromatography matrix comprising providing a polysaccharide carrier comprising available hydroxyl groups; and reacting said hydroxyl groups with vinyl sulphonate to provide a sulphonate-functionalized (S-functionalized) cation exchanger. The hydroxyl groups of the carrier may be hydroxyls of the agarose polymer; or... Agent: Ge Healthcare Bio-sciences Corp. Patent Department

20080237125 - Method of cleaning membranes: The present invention relates a method for cleaning polymeric microfiltration membranes and membrane units, and to compositions useful in such methods. The compositions include at least one soluble sulfite reducing agent and a compatible solvent.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20080237126 - Micro-and nanocomposite support structures for reverse osmosis thin film membranes: Disclosed are compaction resistant thin film composite membranes having a porous polymeric support; a semi-permeable polymer film polymerized on the porous polymeric support; and particles, of a size in the range of microparticles and nanoparticles, dispersed in the porous polymeric support. Also disclosed are methods of making compaction resistant membranes... Agent: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

20080237127 - Polysulfone hemodialyzer: An object of the present invention is to provide a polysulfone hemodialyzer with large membrane area that exhibits an unprecedented high dialytic performance over a wide molecular weight range from urea to β2-microglobulin. There is provided a polysulfone hemodialyzer having a membrane area of >2.4 but ≦3.2 m2 and a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080237128 - Process and an apparatus for filling and/or rinsing an extracorporeal blood circuit: A patient end of a venous blood line (26) is connected to a discharge of a dialysis liquid preparation circuit by means of an auxiliary connector (23), and the patient end of an arterial blood line (25) is connected to a service line (32) located at the top of a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080237129 - Regeneration of sulfuric acid: This invention relates to a process for recycling acid used to remove nitrogen contaminants from hydrocarbons using polymeric membranes to separate spent acid from the acid extraction of hydrocarbons into acid for recycle and acid for regeneration.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080237130 - Compositions and methods for separating enantiomers: A liquid chromatography system comprising a chiral mobile phase used to separate enantiomeric molecules present in a sample is disclosed herein. In one aspect, the mobile phase comprises a chiral solvent. In another aspect, the mobile phase includes a chiral solvent but also a buffering agent. The liquid chromatography system... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080237131 - Methods and systems for purifying gases: The present invention relates to methods and systems for purifying gases, such as for example semiconductor process gases. The invention more particularly relates to fluid purification methods and systems having improved heat transfer capabilities and controls such that the purified fluid produced from the process contains reduced impurity levels and/or... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080237132 - Process and device for simulated moving bed separation with a reduced number of valves and lines: e

20080237133 - Macroporous copolymers with large pores: The present invention provides a macroporous copolymer having large pores, typically in the range of 5,000-200,000 Å and a typical breaking weight of at least 175 g/bead. The macroporous copolymers can be made using an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) techniques. These macroporous copolymers may also form macroporous resins. The present... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080237134 - Methods and apparatus to capture and release microbe particles using amino-functionalized silica: Methods and apparatus to capture and release microbe particles using amino-functionalized silica substrates are described. An example apparatus adapted to capture a microbe particle includes a silica substrate and a positively charged material to at least partially coat the silica substrate. The positive charged material includes an aminopropyl functional group.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080237135 - Pb²⁺- ion binding by polyacid- based nanoparticles: t

20080237136 - System for the manipulation of magnetic particles: System for the manipulation of magnetic particles. A first magnetic flux source comprising one or more permanent magnets (1), and a second magnetic flux source comprising one or more modules (2), each with an electrical coil (4) equipped with a coil core (3), which coil can be run through by... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080237137 - Hydrate-based desalination using compound permeable restraint panels and vaporization-based cooling: Desalination apparatus based on porous restraint panels fabricated from a number of different layers of metal, thermoplastic, or other substances are used as sophisticated heat exchangers to control the growth of gas hydrate. The gas hydrate is produced after infusion of liquid hydrate-forming material into water to be treated, which... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20080237138 - Methods and arrangements to reduce hardness of water in a hot water system: Hot water pipes, in areas with hard water, tend to fill with scale until they no longer pass enough water. De-scaling water pipes with acid is dangerous, expensive and damages the pipes. Ion exchange and reverse osmosis water softeners eliminate scale buildup in pipes, but are expensive. Embodiments of this... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080237139 - Method and system of water management in the aggregate industry: A method of managing water is provided, in which the water is discharged from an aggregate plant, and therefore contains a large number of fines. The water is first passed through a mesh screen to remove large particles and then collected in a sump. From the sump the water is... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin, LLP

20080237140 - Fluid phase distribution adjuster: A fluid phase distribution adjuster (10) comprises two or more tubes (14) arranged to provide a plurality of separate flow paths for fluid. Means are provided for generating a radial acceleration of fluid flowing through each tube so as to promote movement of at least one fluid phase towards or... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080237141 - Treatment for recycling fracture water gas and oil recovery in shale deposits: A method and apparatus for hydrocarbon recovery and/or treatment of frac water includes introducing a volume of water into a formation, recovering the introduced water, with the recovered introduced water further comprising suspended hydrocarbon product. The recovered liquid is treated to remove substantial amounts of the suspended hydrocarbon product, provide... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080237142 - Systems and methods for concentrating substances in fluid samples: Concentrator systems include a circulating fluid pathway passing through a pump, a filter, and a retentate container. An effluent outlet line communicates with the circulating fluid pathway through a filtering element within a body of the filter. The systems further include a control system. In some embodiments, the pump, filter,... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC

20080237143 - Method of inhibiting corrosion in industrial hot water systems by monitoring and controlling oxidant/reductant feed through a nonlinear control algorithm: This invention provides a method of preventing corrosion in industrial water systems. The method includes maintaining a real-time oxidation-reduction potential at a set point, wherein the system is at operating temperature and pressure. A nonlinear equation is derived based upon theoretically derived or empirically collected data. The equation is then... Agent: Edward O. Yonter Patent And Licensing Department

20080237146 - Apparatus and method for trapping bead based reagents within microfluidic analysis systems: An on-chip packed reactor bed design is disclosed that allows for an effective exchange of packing materials such as beads at a miniaturized level. Also disclosed is a method of treating a sample within a microfluidic analysis system, comprising: providing a main channel having a trapping zone; providing a slurry... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080237145 - Method and apparatus for the photocatalytic treatment of fluids: A treatment system comprises a reactor vessel (2) wherein an aqueous solution is chemically treated using titanium dioxide catalytic particles in the solution, a membrane device (18) including tubular filtering membranes in communication with the vessel 2 for separating the particles from the solution by detaining the particles on entry-surfaces... Agent: The Weintraub Group

20080237144 - Method for removing micro-bubbles and/or particles from liquid, liquid supply apparatus and immersion exposure apparatus: A liquid supply apparatus capable of removing micro-bubbles and particles is described, including a pipe, a laser provider and at least one micro-bubble/particle outlet. The laser provider provides a laser crossing the pipe, wherein the laser is provided in a manner such that a micro-bubble/particle blocking/repelling barrier is formed crossing... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080237147 - Systems and methods for extracting and purifying water from groundwater sources: Systems and methods for water extraction and purification are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a system includes at least one water lifting unit that fluidly communicates with a groundwater source, and a gas generator that is fluidly coupled to the at least one water lifting unit to generate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080237149 - Algaecidal compositions for water treatment and method of use thereof: The invention includes compositions and a method of treating water to reduce algae in bodies of water, including decorative fountains, swimming pools, wastewater lagoons, storage reservoirs, and ornamental lakes and ponds, such as water features on golf courses. The composition includes a blend of two solid peroxygen compounds: sodium percarbonate... Agent: Audrey A. Millemann Weintraub Genshlea Chediak

20080237148 - Water treatment control systems and methods of use: The control systems and technique can regulate or control operations of a water treatment system in a primary control mode and, when appropriate, in a secondary or an alternate control mode. The primary control can represent a normal control mode during which the water treatment system is intended to operate.... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080237150 - Sewage sludge treatment method and system: A method for the treatment of sewage sludge, i.e. sludge originating from wastewater treatment plants, includes a step involving solid/liquid separation by filtration. The method includes a step prior to the filtration step, involving the addition of two types of solid loads, each load type including particles having a homogenous... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080237151 - Centrifugal force-based microfluidic device and microfluidic system including the same: A centrifugal force-based microfluidic device in which a sample including particles and a fluid is centrifugally separated such that the separated fluid is quantitatively distributed, and a microfluidic system including the centrifugal force-based microfluidic device are provided. The centrifugal force-based microfluidic device includes a microfluidic structure in which, within a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080237152 - Cartridge separator for immiscible liquids: A separator of the present invention provides a means for separating a immiscible dispersion of at least one oil from water. The separator adapted for use with a flow generator, includes a housing, a coalescing cartridge within the housing, the cartridge retains a coalescing media and defines at least one... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080237153 - Particulate collector for liquid containment system: A particulate collector configured to engage a container proximate to the container perimeter and which can disengage from the perimeter of the container to collect particulate accumulated in an amount liquid in the container.... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20080237154 - Filter device for a dishwasher, and associated apparatus and method: A filter device for a dishwasher and associated apparatus and method are provided. The filter device includes an elongate housing having opposed ends, with one of the ends defining a fluid inlet. The housing is configured to define a channel therein extending between the opposed ends and has an upper... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP