| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 210243000 | ELECTRICAL INSULATING OR ELECTRICITY DISCHARGING | 35 |
| 20080230464 | Two sided conductive filtration media - A conductive filtration media having a textile substrate (with a defined first side and a second side and a machine and cross-machine direction), where the conductive pattern on the first side is in registration with the conductive pattern on the second side of the textile substrate. The conductive pattern has a plurality of continuous conductive pathways across the textile substrate, the resistivity of the conductive pattern is less than 100 mega ohms when measured on a 2″ by 12″ sample taken in the machine and cross-machine direction of the textile substrate in accordance with test DIN 54 345, and the air permeability of the conductive filtration media is between 1 and 100 cc/cm | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080308482 | Electric Deionized Water Production Apparatus - An electric deionized water production apparatus in which a direct current field is applied to a deionizing chamber packed with an ion-exchange material such that ions to be discharged are allowed to migrate in the direction identical or opposite to the direction of the water flow in the ion-exchange material, whereby ionic impurities adsorbed in the ion-exchange material are discharged from the system, the ion-exchange material being a mixture of a monolith-shaped organic porous ion-exchange material and ion-exchange resin particles. The electric deionized water production apparatus has a simple structure that can reduce material cost, process cost, and assembly cost, capable of accelerating migration of the adsorbed ionic impurities to facilitate discharge of the adsorbed ions and free from a deflected flow due to swelling or shrinkage accompanying an ion-exchanging reaction, and from poor contact with an ion-exchange membrane. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080308483 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS - Fluid treatment elements substantially inhibit electrical charge imbalances and/or build-ups of electrical charges. A fluid treatment element may comprise a multilayer composite including an electrically conductive fibrous matrix, having an upstream side and a downstream side, disposed on a porous substrate, also having an upstream side and a downstream side, which supports the fibrous matrix. The fibrous matrix may include a combination of conductive and nonconductive fibers. The multilayer composite may also include a drainage layer positioned along one of the upstream side of the fibrous matrix and the downstream side of the porous substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090001009 | Composite Membranes And Methods For Their Preparation - There is provided a composite membrane, which may include an electronically conductive asymmetric porous support and an electro-polymerized selective layer. There is also provided a composite membrane for water application(s), which may include an electronically conductive porous support and an electro-polymerized selective layer. Moreover, there is provided a composite membrane for gas application(s), which may include an electronically conductive asymmetric porous support and an electro-polymerized selective layer. There is also provided a membrane system which may include at least one composite membrane which may include an electronically conductive asymmetric porous support and an electro-polymerized selective layer. In addition there is provided a method for the preparation of a composite membrane. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090014377 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT CHAMBER HAVING ELECTRODE PROPERTIES - A liquid treatment chamber having an elongate housing through which liquid flows longitudinally from an inlet port to an outlet port thereof is disclosed. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency and a predetermined electrode potential to ultrasonically energize and electrolyze liquid within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other. The horn and agitating members are constructed and arranged for dynamic motion of the agitating members relative to the horn at the predetermined frequency and to operate in an ultrasonic cavitation mode of the agitating members corresponding to the predetermined frequency and the liquid being treated in the chamber. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090014378 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS - Fluid treatment elements substantially inhibit electrical charge imbalances and/or build-ups of electrical charges. A fluid treatment element may comprise a multilayer composite including an electrically conductive fibrous matrix, having an upstream side and a downstream side, disposed on a porous substrate, also having an upstream side and a downstream side, which supports the fibrous matrix. The fibrous matrix may include a combination of conductive and nonconductive fibers. The multilayer composite may also include a drainage layer positioned along one of the upstream side of the fibrous matrix and the downstream side of the porous substrate. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090078637 | SURFACE MODIFIED FILTRATION MEDIA - A filter media that inhibits the formation of static charge in a liquid flowing through the filter media comprises a filtration layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and comprising a non-conductive fibrous material having a plurality of fibers, the fibrous material comprising a metal layer deposited on at least a portion of the fibers through at least a portion of the thickness of the filtration layer. The filter media or a filter apparatus incorporating the filter media does not require means for dissipating static charge from the fluid and, therefore, does not require grounding. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090101564 | Water activation piece for use in flow passage, arrangement structure of the water activation piece, and water activation device using the water activation piece and the arrangement structure - To provide a water activation piece for use in a flow passage for forming a more efficient water flow stirring state for activating water though the piece which is formed in a simple structure with limited flow passage length, and a structural arrangement of the water activation piece, and a water activation device using the water activation piece and a structural arrangement thereof. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090127179 | Fluid Separator With Smart Surface - A separating system for separating a fluid mixture incorporates a smart surface having reversibly switchable properties. A voltage is selectively applied to the smart surface to attract or repel constituents of a fluid mixture, such as oil and water produced from a hydrocarbon well. The smart surface can be used in a conditioner to increase droplet size prior to entering a conventional separator, or the smart surface and other elements of the invention can be incorporated into an otherwise conventional separator to enhance separation. In a related aspect, a concentration sensor incorporating smart surfaces senses concentration of the fluid mixture's constituents. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090173684 | ELECTROSTATIC COALESCING DEVICE - An electrostatic coalescing device including at least one pair of sheet-shaped electrodes arranged at a distance from each other side-by-side so as to form a flow passage between them. Each one of the electrodes includes a sheet-shaped conductive member of electrically conductive material. The conductive member of at least one of the electrodes is at least partially enclosed by insulation of electrically non-conductive material. A layer of semiconducting material is arranged between the insulation and the associated conductive member on at least one side of the conductive member surface-to-surface with the conductive member, and/or the insulation is at least partially covered by a layer of semiconducting material arranged surface-to-surface with the insulation in order to smooth the electric fields on the outwardly facing surface of the insulation. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090173685 | BLOOD TREATMENT FILTER AND BLOOD TREATMENT CIRCUIT - A blood treatment filter which comprises a housing including an inlet and an outlet, and a filter unit for filtering blood containing erythrocytes, platelets and leukocytes as blood cell components is provided. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100025318 | Fuel Filter and Filter Cartridge Allowing the Electrostatic Charges to be Drained Off - A fuel filter comprises a bowl and a cover that form an enclosure, in which a filter element and a electrical device are concentrically arranged, a connector making it possible to connect the device to an external supply is carried by the bowl or by the cover. The electrical device is arranged in a dissipative shell and connected to the earth of the electrical device or of the connector. At least one part of the filter element is dissipative and at least one dissipative flexible contact is arranged between said dissipative part and the shell in order to provide a dissipative continuity between the filter element and the shell. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110005990 | FILTER - The invention relates to a filter, comprising a filter medium ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110155658 | STATIC DISSIPATIVE FILTRATION MEDIA - A filtration media that incorporates a static dissipative media layer for dissipating the static charge that builds up as a fluid, such a fuel, passes through the filtration media. The filtration media includes a filter media suitable for filtering fluid, and a static dissipative media layer. The static dissipative media layer has a surface resistivity level that is sufficient to classify the media layer as static dissipative rather than conductive. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110233129 | FUEL FILTER FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A fuel filter for motor vehicle, with a filter housing, a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet formed in the housing, as well as a cylindrical filter element arranged in the filter housing, and in a given case with terminal elements closing the ends of the filter element in a way enabling flow of the fuel, where a tubular antistatic insert is electrically connected by the internal surface of the folded paper filter element to the body potential of the vehicle as a grounding element, such that the configuration and installation of the filter element of the fuel filter is not affected. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120285878 | ADVANCED TREATMENT SYSTEM OF WASTEWATER HAVING PLASMA DISCHARGING VESSEL - Disclosed herein is an advanced treatment system processing contaminated water or fouled water/waste water, and particularly, a system for membrane fouling control and reduction in the amount of sludge producing in a membrane combined-type fouled water/waste water advanced treatment system, and more particularly, a system capable of making sludge soluble using plasma and then re-utilizing cell byproducts of destructed sludge as a supply source of external carbon source, and possibly capable of removing a cake layer formed on a membrane using each kind of radical and ozone generated by plasma. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130026088 | MEMBRANE AND MEMBRANE SEPARATION SYSTEM - Described herein is a method for altering the characteristics of a membrane comprising a dielectric material. The method comprises heating the membrane and applying an electric field in a direction out of the plane of the membrane to at least a portion of the dielectric material. At least a portion of the dielectric material becomes aligned with the applied electric field. In some embodiments, the membrane is piezoelectric and application of an electric signal to the membrane causes out of plane movement of the membrane. Also disclosed are membranes and systems and apparatuses comprising such membranes. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062271 | CONDUCTIVE FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE HAVING A FILTER ELEMENT - The invention relates to a filter element ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130087493 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING LIQUIDS WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM AN ELECTRICAL ARC - An apparatus for treating a liquid includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, (b) a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, wherein the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat, and (c) a wave energy source having a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that extends through the outlet of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis. The liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130092615 | Micro-Current Electrolysis Sterilization Algaecide Device And Method - A micro-current electrolysis-sterilization-algaecide device includes the solution conductivity detector installed in the inlet pipe of the tank, at least a group of electrodes set in the tank in accordance with the order of anode, auxiliary electrode, and cathode, and the controller, which judges the conductance values, controls the electrode polarity and the circuit connections. Said controller includes judging unit to determine the conductance values of water, and according to the results to trigger the corresponding seawater electrolysis-model unit, the fresh water electrolysis-model unit, or the pole-reversing electrolysis-model unit. The device can be used to the seawater and fresh water sterilization algaecide, with good bactericidal algaecide effect, automatic scaling, and a wide range of applications. By adding ultrasonic generator, the device can destroy a variety of bacteria and algae cells. Said device has a simple structure and a wide range of use. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130161251 | TREATMENT OF FLUIDS WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM A CARBON ARC - A method of and apparatus for treating liquids flowing in a thin film around a source of wave energy to directly expose the liquid to the wave energy, preferably generated in whole or part by an electrical arc between carbon electrodes. In addition to the wave energy generated by the electrical arc, energy generated by cavitation of the flowing liquid may be used in treating the liquid. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130248435 | Static Dissipater for a Fuel Filter Assembly - Static dissipaters for eliminating static electricity in fuel filter assemblies and fuel filter assemblies including static dissipaters are provided. The static dissipaters are in the form of a static dissipation sleeve that is disposed around the outside of a fuel pump within a fuel filter assembly. The static dissipation sleeve has one or more protrusion portions that protrude radially from the surface of the static dissipation sleeve and provide contacts for static dissipation of static electricity. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130277295 | Filter Element and Methods of Manufacturing and Using Same - A coreless and spirally wound non-woven filter element is provided. The filter element includes at least one band of base media having a selected porosity and an interlay having a different porosity within at least one band of base media. The presence of the interlay in the filter element can create additional surface area within the contiguous construction of a filter element for filtration. This interlay can also create the ability to change direction of flow and to increase the deposition of specifically sized contaminants. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140048470 | System for Treating Water From Induced Hydraulic Fracturing - A system for the treatment of water is provided that may include an oil water separation stage and a photoelectrocatalytic oxidation stage may use ultraviolet light and a photoactive electrode to oxidize at least some of the contaminants and destroy microorganisms in the water. A carbon adsorption stage may also be present that removes residual organic contaminants of the contaminants from the water. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140110326 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING LIQUIDS WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM AN ELECTRICAL ARC - An apparatus for treating a liquid includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, (b) a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat, and (c) a wave energy source having a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that extends through the outlet of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis. The liquid is supplied to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, and is irradiated with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140110327 | KIT FOR TREATING LIQUIDS WITH WAVE ENERGY FROM AN ELECTRICAL ARC - A kit for installation on a top portion of a tank to treat a liquid that includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, the outlet of the throat is installed on the top portion of the tank and the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat; and (b) a wave energy source having a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that is aligned with the throat along the central, and a second electrode that is installed within the tank such that the second electrode is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140166565 | ANTIMICROBIAL SOLUTIONS AND METHODS - Contaminants are filtered from a fluid flow stream and the filter is regenerated by a process including steps of: providing a filter material comprising both carbon and potassium iodide; passing a contaminated fluid stream in contact with the filter material; adsorbing contaminants from the fluid stream onto surfaces in the filter material; passing an electric current through the filter material with adsorbed contaminant thereon; disassociating contaminant from the surfaces of the filter material; and removing disassociated contaminant from the filter material by carrying away the disassociated contaminant in a fluid flow mass. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140183120 | FILTER - A filter has a filter medium ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140183121 | GROUNDING OF A FILTER BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONDUCTOR TRACE ON THE FILTER ELEMENT - The invention relates to a filter ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140202946 | PIPING JOINT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - The piping joint according to the present embodiment includes a joint part that joins a plurality of pipes for transporting a medium to one another. At least one conductive line is provided between the pipes so as to extend over cross-sections of the pipes. A ground part grounds the conductive line. The conductive line removes electric charges from the medium via the ground part. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20150090654 | Apparatus and Method for Generating Metal Ions in a Fluid Stream - An apparatus for providing metal ions to a fluid waste stream includes a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port through which the fluid waste stream enters and exits the housing. Within the housing and between the inlet and outlet ports is an electrode assembly that includes first electrode ring assemblies and second electrode ring assemblies. Each first electrode ring assembly includes a first tubular section formed of electrically insulative material and has an interior through which the fluid waste stream flows. One or more first electrode plates span the interior of the first tubular section and contact the fluid waste stream. Each second electrode ring assembly includes a second tubular section formed of electrically insulative material and has an interior through which the fluid waste stream flows. One or more second electrode plates span the interior of the second tubular section and contact the fluid waste stream. The first tubular sections of the first electrode ring assemblies are in fluid communication with the second tubular sections of the second electrode ring assemblies. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160052810 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS - A liquid treatment device ( | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160059154 | SLM FILTER SYSTEM - A method for producing at least one hollow filter element comprising a grid-like wall, wherein the at least one filter element is produced by means of a generative process from a free-flowing or pourable starting material by solidifying the starting material in selective locations, layer by layer at the locations of each layer which correspond to the at least one filter element by inputting energy by means of focused radiation. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160121005 | FILTER AND CONTAINER HAVING MICROBICIDAL ACTIVITY - A sterilization filter includes a synthetic polymer film, the synthetic polymer film having a surface which has a plurality of first raised portions, a two-dimensional size of the plurality of first raised portions being more than 20 nm and less than 500 μm when viewed in a normal direction. The synthetic polymer film is arranged in a predetermined shape. In the arrangement of the predetermined shape, an inclination of a normal to the surface varies depending on a position over the surface, and an inclination of a normal to a surface opposite to the surface varies depending on a position over the opposite surface. At least part of the surface is capable of coming into contact with a gas or liquid. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20170233267 | LIQUID TREATMENT DEVICE UTILIZING PLASMA | 08-17-2017 |
