Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
210282000 | Removable cartridge or hand-manipulated container | 27 |
20090032453 | Filter Cartridge for Use in a Water Storage Tank - The present invention relates to a filter cartridge for insertion into a water supply tank of a beverage dispenser, such as an espresso machine or the like, in which filter bed formed from filter material is arranged, wherein a connection to the outlet of the filter cartridge is provided to a connector element of the water tank. The invention is characterized in that in the filter bed ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090057220 | FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter assembly for a household water filtration apparatus, and a method for filtering water using a household water filtration apparatus are provided. The filter assembly comprises a through-flow cartridge, which has an accessible cavity. The cartridge is removably received in the household water filtration apparatus. The filter assembly further comprises a water permeable enclosure that contains filter media, which is removably received in the accessible cavity. The method comprises opening a through-flow cartridge, depositing a filter packet in the cartridge, closing the cartridge, depositing the cartridge in the household water filtration apparatus, and passing water through the cartridge. Alternately, the filter assembly may be fabricated using polylactic acid. | 03-05-2009 |
20090065423 | Filter sak - The present invention is a washing machine filter that is disposable and free floating in the washing machine. The filter of the present invention in the preferred embodiment is 2¼ inches by 2½ inches. The filter is comprised of a filtering material of the dimension described, which can be placed in the washing machine with the items to be washed. This free floating and disposable filter does not require attachment to any part of the washing machine and can be used in any type of machine whether front loading or top loading. The filter allows the water in the machine to pass through it thus removing any impurities in the water. Such impurities can include grease, dirt, or other items which would soil the clothing. An additional advantage of the present invention is the filtering material can also be comprised of or contain an odor eliminating filter. | 03-12-2009 |
20090188854 | FILTER DEVICE FOR FILTERING LIQUID FROM A SOURCE - A filter device for filtering liquid passing there through, the filter device comprising a housing ( | 07-30-2009 |
20100044296 | Highly Selective Molecular Confinement for the Prevention and Removal of Taint in Foods and Beverages - A means of preventing TCA taint from contaminating liquid foods and beverages is provided comprised of incorporating molecular sieves into the manufacturing process and/or packaging materials in order to selectively adsorb the taint molecules while preserving the food's or beverage's flavor and aroma profiles. Also provided are methods and devices for remediating TCA taint present in the consumer's liquid foods and beverages. | 02-25-2010 |
20100213116 | ANTI-SCALE BAG - The present invention relates to an anti-scale bag (S) for washing machines, which contains resins with ion exchange ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100258495 | DEVICE FOR TREATING AND PURIFYING A LIQUID PRODUCT - The invention substantially relates to the distillery industry. Said invention is characterized in that each portion of vodka poured from a bottle into a drinking vessel is treated and purified prior to the consumption thereof by a consumer by pushing it out from the bottle at an optimal rate through a primary filter material, a sorbing agent or a mixture thereof and a secondary filter material, which are placed inside a bottle neck or at the exit therefrom, by means of a specified positive air pressure formed inside the bottle, when necessary, with the aid of a compressed gas cylinder arranged outside the bottle. | 10-14-2010 |
20110000841 | Filter Cartridge and Method For Producing and Using Thereof - The group of inventions relates to liquid purifying devices and can be used for purifying drinking water and other liquids for household, medical and other purposes. A filter cartridge is filled with a filtering material and is configured in the form of an open bowl which can be closed with a lid, having side walls and a bottom with at least one outlet opening which is closed with a water-permeable material, wherein the cartridge bottom is designed such as to make it possible to use the water-permeable material which comes to the external edge of the side walls and is made of fibers with a sufficiently small diameter to allow using the filtering material containing powder particles; furthermore, the entire area between external and internal edges of the walls along the perimeter of the bottom is made of a composite based on a polymer water-permeable material. The method of producing the filtering cartridge involves placing a blank in at least a split mould, cutting it to the exact shape of a piece, filling a shaping cavity of the mould with a molted polymer material and extracting the product from the mould, wherein the cavity of the mould is filled with the molted polymer material upon placing the blank therein and the blank is cut up along a cutting zone which is formed in the purpose-made region of the mould. The filtering cartridge is used in a device for purifying liquid, substantially drinking water. | 01-06-2011 |
20110017652 | Device for dosed transfer of filtered softened water inside boilers of steam household appliances - The present invention relates to a device for the dosed transfer of filtered softened water inside boilers of household appliances, comprising a tank ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110056879 | AIR AND CONTAMINANT ISOLATION AND REMOVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A lubricant reclamation system having a moisture absorbent cartridge ( | 03-10-2011 |
20120037558 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR REMOVING UREMIC TOXINS IN DIALYSIS PROCESSES - Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease. | 02-16-2012 |
20120132578 | MOLDED ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND WATER PURIFIER INVOLVING SAME - The present invention provides molded activated carbon, and the molded activated carbon is produced by molding a mixture containing powdery activated carbon (a) having a median particle size of 80 μm to 120 μm and a standard deviation σg of 1.3 to 1.9 in a particle size distribution and a fibrous binder (b). The molded activated carbon of the present invention has excellent removability for free residual chlorine, volatile organic compounds, CAT, and 2-MIB and excellent turbidity filterability, and is for use as a water purifier cartridge or the like. | 05-31-2012 |
20120187036 | Water Filter With Inwardly Sloping Top - A filter cartridge for a water bottle is presented. The filter cartridge has a top portion with a concave exterior surface and an inlet. The top portion is removeably coupled with a bottom portion to form an enclosure for housing a filter. The bottom portion also has an inlet to allow water to pass through the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge also has an outer rim with a sealing ring. | 07-26-2012 |
20120261329 | FILTER CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A FLUID FILTER HOUSING AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A cartridge for use with a filter housing with a cavity having an inlet and outlet. The cartridge is formed from a cut length of monofilament polyethylene woven mesh tubular material to form a sleeve. One end of the sleeve is gathered to closure, fused and banded to form a pocket. The pocket is then filled with particulate or granular polymer which may be coated with organosilane anti-microbial agent permanently bound. The opposite end of the sleeve is then gathered, fused, folded over and banded to form a loop to facilitate removal of the cartridge from a filter housing. | 10-18-2012 |
20120325734 | Filtration of a Pumped Hydrocarbon Containing Liquid - An apparatus for and method of filtering hydrocarbon contaminated water, which is used in a system requiring a pump to lift low lying hydrocarbon contaminated liquids from said pump through a filtration system which lifts and completely filters all debris and hydrocarbons from said liquid. | 12-27-2012 |
20130087494 | FLUID FILTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A pressurized fluid filtering vessel of the type having a rigid porous container which may be a basket filled with filtering material has a barrier disposed in the outlet such that, in the event of structural failure of the container, particles of the container are prevented from entering the outlet of the pressure vessel. In one version, the barrier comprises a grid and in another version, the barrier comprises a perforated plate. | 04-11-2013 |
20130277298 | WATER TREATMENT CARTRIDGE - A manually-operated gravity-flow water treatment cartridge for use in a portable water treatment device having a filtered water reservoir includes a housing comprising a framework defining a plurality of compartments that contain solid particulate water treatment media loosely arranged therein. | 10-24-2013 |
20130334122 | MICROPOROUS ZIRCONIUM SILICATE AND ITS METHOD OF PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to novel microporous zirconium silicate compositions having a desired particle size distribution and methods of making those compositions. These compositions have an ideal particle size distribution for use ex vivo, for example in a dialysis exchange cartridge, yet retain many of the desirable properties of prior improved absorbers including high cation exchange capacity. Further, the new zirconium silicate molecular sieve absorbers can be manufactured using a technique that achieves the desired particle size distribution while eliminating the screening step that was previously necessary. | 12-19-2013 |
20140014567 | Scale Prevention Aircraft Water System - Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for preventing mineral scale deposits in an aircraft water system, and more specifically, within devices and water transport systems, such as coffeemakers and other galley equipment, as well as the water lines themselves. | 01-16-2014 |
20140069858 | Zirconium Phosphate Particles Having Improved Adsorption Capacity And Method Of Synthesizing The Same - Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one low molecular weight, oxygen containing, monofunctional, organic additive to the solution, and combining this solution with heated phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140124429 | PITCHERS, PITCHER AND FILTER BASE COMBINATIONS, DISPENSERS, DISPENSER AND FILTER BASE COMBINATIONS, AND FILTER BASES - Filtration systems, such as those having a pitcher that includes a lid, a base configured to be coupled to the lid such that the base and the lid cooperate to define a container configured to hold fluid, and a divider separating the container into two compartments that are alongside but not over/under each other and a filter base configured to be coupled to the pitcher. | 05-08-2014 |
20140144828 | Alkaline Water Converter - An alkaline water converter includes a converter adapter detachably connectable to a water container, an alkaline filter component container connected to a bottom side of a through hole of the converter adapter for dipping in the drinking water in the water container to filtrate the drinking water and to convert the drinking water into alkaline water, a cap detachably attachable to the converter adapter to close the through hole, and a receptacle for accommodating the alkaline filter component container and the converter adapter after removal of the alkaline water converter from the water container. | 05-29-2014 |
20140151284 | WATER PITCHER WITH FILTER - A water pitcher system that includes a water receiving aperture configured to allow water to be delivered into an interior water storage volume defined by a base and at least one upwardly extending wall extending upward from the base. The at least one upwardly extending wall includes an inner fluid facing wall section having an inner fluid facing surface and an outer user facing wall section having an exterior, user facing surface where the inner fluid facing wall section and the outer user facing wall section are each composites of a plastic substrate and a glass layer, typically deposited by vapor deposition or blow-molding, onto the plastic substrate. The inner fluid facing surface and the outer user facing surface are the glass layers. | 06-05-2014 |
20140151285 | VERTICALLY STACKED OR DIVIDED FLUID FILTER SYSTEM FOR INLET, OUTLET OR BOTH INLET AND OUTLET FILTERING - A liquid (water) pitcher that includes a pitcher having a liquid receiving aperture configured to allow a liquid (water) to be delivered into an interior liquid storage volume defined by at least one upwardly extending wall extending upward from a base and a liquid (water) filter positioned within the pitcher that includes a filter housing and at least one gravity-driven fluid treatment medium within the filter housing where the filter housing has a plurality of fluid intake apertures and at least one treated fluid outlet configured to deliver treated fluid into an internal volume of a vessel wherein the at least one fluid filtering medium treats the liquid at a rate of at least about one liter per minute while removing at least chlorine odor and chlorine taste components from the liquid (water). | 06-05-2014 |
20140251891 | FILTER CARTRIDGE AND FILTER DEVICE - A filter cartridge ( | 09-11-2014 |
20160089618 | ION-EXCHANGER - An ion-exchanger includes a case member provided with a cooling liquid flow-in pipe through which cooling liquid is introduced and a cooling liquid discharge pipe through which the cooling liquid is discharged, a cartridge member to be detachably accommodated in the case member, and a number of ion-exchange resin particles sealed within the cartridge member. The cartridge member is provided with an engaging portion detachably engaging with an end portion of the case member, and the case member is provided with an engagement portion to be engaged with the engaging portion provided for the cartridge member. | 03-31-2016 |
20160107898 | FILTERING WATER BOTTLE - A portable, personal apparatus for treating drinking water comprises a generally tubular or cylindrical filter housing containing filtration media and water-permeable screen or mesh or felt or membrane or netting layer at the top and bottom ends of the filter. The design of the apparatus involves the bottle exterior and interior contouring to the filter and enables the efficient and rapid gravity flow of water in through the filter. The apparatus may be configured such that water is first passed through a top reservoir designed to receive water, followed by a porous mesh, followed by granular filtration and antimicrobial media agitated by turbulent motion of influent water, followed by a porous mesh before reaching a durable and reusable water containment vessel. | 04-21-2016 |