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| 20080257817 | Filter Medium - The invention relates to a filter medium comprising at least one filter membrane ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090206025 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE-POROUS MATERIAL COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A separation membrane-porous material composite | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090266759 | INTEGRATED NANOFIBER FILTER MEDIA - A filter media is formed from electrospun fine fibers and coarse fibers which are entangled and integrated together into a single fiber composite filter media layer. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100000937 | FLUORORESIN POLYMER SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A fluorine resin polymer separation membrane and a manufacturing method of the same, which are excellent in a virus-eliminating property, further excellent in water permeability, chemical strength (chemical resistance), physical strength, and an antifouling property, and particularly suitable for practicable use as a filtration membrane for the elimination of viruses, are provided. A fluorine resin polymer separation membrane includes a layer having a three-dimensional network structure and a layer having a spherical structure, in which the layer having a three-dimensional network structure does not substantially contain micro-voids having a void diameter of 5 μm or more, and the fluorine resin polymer separation membrane has filtration performance represented by the elimination rate of 80% or more of dextran having molecular weight of 75,000. The layer having a three-dimensional network structure is formed by the solidification with a polymer solution containing a fluorine resin polymer and cellulose ester. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100051536 | FILTER INCLUDING MULTIPLE SPHERES - This disclosure relates to a filter including a plurality of spheres close-packed to form a thin layer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100163481 | Drainage or Filter Layer for Well Screen Assembly with Integrated Stand-off Structure - An integral structure including woven wire cloth or non-woven metal filter medium for use as a drainage layer or filter layer in a well screen assembly is provided. A plurality of elongated members are welded on the woven metal cloth or non-woven metal filter medium to provide reduced resistance to flow parallel to a layer of the woven cloth. Segments of the woven or non-woven metal materials having elongated members joined thereto may be rolled into a cylinder to form a part of a well screen assembly. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100193428 | SUPPORT FOR SEPARATION MEMBRANE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A support for a separation membrane includes a long-fiber nonwoven fabric composed of thermoplastic continuous filaments. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100219120 | A FLEXIBLE FREE-STANDING ULTRATHIN OR THIN PROTEIN MEMBRANE, ITS FABRICATION METHOD AND APPLICATION - [Purpose] A purpose of this invention is to provide a robust and flexible free-standing ultrathin (nano) or thin pure protein membrane which enables a rapid and simple separation (or condensation) of relatively small (M.W.=ca. 1,000 Da) molecules. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100252496 | FILTER PAPER INSERT - A filter paper insert for a filtration extract includes side walls surrounding an inside space that can be filled with the filtration extract. The side walls are comprised of at least two filter material layers. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110079553 | FILTER MEDIA SUITABLE FOR HYDRAULIC APPLICATIONS - Filter media, including those suitable for hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. The filter media described herein may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers having a relatively high percentage of microglass fibers. Additionally, the filter media may be designed such that the ratio of average fiber diameters between two layers is relatively small, which can lead to a relatively low resistance ratio between the layers. In some embodiments, at least one layer of the filter media comprises synthetic polymer fibers. Certain filter media described herein may have desirable properties including high dirt holding capacity and a low resistance to fluid flow. The media may be incorporated into a variety of filter element products including hydraulic filters. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110198280 | LIQUID FILTRATION MEDIA, FILTER ELEMENTS AND METHODS - A filter and filter media configured and arranged for placement in a fuel stream is disclosed. The filter and filter media allow for filtering of liquid fuels, such as diesel fuel. In certain embodiments the filter media includes a media fiber (such as glass) and a binder fiber (such as bicomponent) that combine to create a media structure having low solidity and relatively low compressibility, and which contain a pore structure that avoids premature fouling of the filter by fuel degradation products. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110215045 | HIGH FIDELITY THROUGH HOLE FILM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A membrane is provided, comprising a first membrane layer having a first side and a second side. The first membrane layer defines a plurality of holes extending along a first axis between the first side and the second side. Each hole is defined by the first membrane layer as a complex three-dimensional shape, and each hole has a diameter of less than about 10 micrometers. The membrane is fabricated by dispersing a liquid polymeric material onto a patterned master template, hardening the polymeric material, and removing it from the master template. The membrane includes through holes which correspond to the structures of the patterned master template in size, cross-sectional and three dimensional shape, orientation, and the like. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110253619 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE - [Subject] The aim is to provide a separation membrane which can fulfill both high separation capability and high permeation rate. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110253620 | WEB COMPRISING FINE FIBER AND REACTIVE, ADSORPTIVE OR ABSORPTIVE PARTICULATE - The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer having dispersed within the fine fiber layer an active particulate material. Fluid that flows through the assemblies of the invention can have any material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid react with, be absorbed by, or adsorbed onto, the active particulate within the nanofiber layer. The structures of the invention can act simply as reactive, absorptive, or adsorptive layers with no filtration properties, or the structures of the invention can be assembled into filters that can filter particulate from a mobile fluid while simultaneously reacting, absorbing, or adsorbing materials from the mobile fluid. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120012519 | MESH SCREEN ASSEMBLY WITH REDUCED PULL-OUT - A mesh screen, for example for filtration wheels used in water treatment, provides a set of pleated filter elements assembled by in-molding the mesh into stringers subdividing a frame. Retention strips following the pleated edges of the filter elements at the stringers include apertures permitting direct clamping of the mesh near the stringers and the ability to visually inspect, after molding, engagement between the molded elements and the mesh while providing an increased engagement area between the mesh and elements of the over-molded frame. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120248027 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A composite semipermeable membrane comprising a porous support membrane on which a separating functional polyamide layer resulting from the polycondensation reaction of polyfunctional aromatic amines with polyfunctional acid halides is formed, wherein the separating functional polyamide layer has carboxy groups, amino groups, phenolic hydroxyl groups, and azo groups, wherein X | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120248028 | Curable Compositions And Membranes - A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is >0.10. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120255899 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE INCLUDING GRAPHENE - According to example embodiments, a separation membrane includes a graphene on at least one surface of a polymer support. The graphene may include a plurality of grains defined by grain boundaries. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130001154 | FINE FIBER MEDIA LAYER - Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130001155 | Filter Medium of a Filter Element, Filter Element and Method for Producing a Filter Medium - A filter medium of a filter element for filtering a fluid has at least one nonwoven filter layer of synthetic individual fibers. The filter layer has an increasing level of compression in a flow direction of a fluid passing through the filter medium. The filter medium has a degree of separation for particles to be filtered that increases in the flow direction of the fluid through the filter medium. The filter medium is used in a filter element for filtering fluids such as fuel or air. In a method for producing the filter medium, the synthetic fibers are deposited on a support surface in such a way that an increasing level of compression is created in a direction toward the support surface by gravity and suction acting on the fibers. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130081996 | FILTER ELEMENT - A filter element is disclosed. The filter element may include a first endcap. The filter element may also include a second endcap spaced from the first endcap along a central axis of the filter element. The filter element may also include an inner filter stage, which may include a first filter media that is disposed axially between the first and second endcaps and extends around the central axis of the filter element. Additionally, the filter element may include an outer filter stage, which may include a second filter media that is disposed axially between the first and second endcaps and extends around the inner filter stage. A radially inner portion of the second filter stage may adjoin a radially outer portion of the inner filter stage. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130092622 | NANOFIBER CONTAINING COMPOSITE MEMBRANE STRUCTURES - A composite liquid filtration platform including a composite filtration medium featuring an electrospun polymeric nanofiber layer collected on a porous membrane. When in use, the porous membrane acts as a prefilter used upstream from the polymeric nanofiber layer to remove particles from a liquid stream flowing through the composite filtration structure. The nanofiber layer, positioned downstream from the porous membrane, is used as the retentive layer for critical filtration to provide biosafety assurance, and is responsible for capturing microorganisms like bacteria, mycoplasma or viruses. The composite liquid filtration platform provided herein exhibits permeability advantages over conventional porous membranes or nanofiber mats spun on coarse non-wovens. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130098832 | SEMI-PERMEABLE COMPOSITE MEMBRANE - Provided is a semi-permeable composite membrane which exhibits both high durability and high solute-removal and water-permeation performances. The semi-permeable composite membrane is formed from a porous support membrane and a polymer membrane. The polymer membrane is formed of at least one type of polymer (a) with a positive charge in the repeating unit and at least one type of polymer (b) with a negative charge in the repeating unit and has a crosslinked structure formed by siloxane bonds between the polymer (a) and the polymer (a), between the polymer (a) and the polymer (b), and/or between the polymer (b) and the polymer (b). | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130126418 | LIQUID FILTRATION MEDIA - The present invention relates to a liquid filtration medium comprising at least one nonwoven sheet wherein the nonwoven sheet has a water flow rate of at least 10 ml/min/cm | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126419 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE - The present invention has an object to provide a separation membrane element which has a low content of extractable components and has high boron-removing performance and high water permeability, and relates to a separation membrane element including a composite semipermeable membrane which includes a microporous support and a polyamide separation function layer disposed thereon, the microporous support including a substrate and a porous supporting layer, in which the polyamide separation function layer has a yellowness of 10 to 40, and a concentration of substances extracted from the substrate is 1.0×10 | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130175214 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE, SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a separation membrane having a plurality of concavoconvex parts which have a height difference of from 100 μm to 2000 μm and are formed on at least one surface of the separation membrane, in which an average value d1 of a minimum thickness and an average value d2 of a maximum thickness in the concavoconvex parts satisfy the following relational expression | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130220918 | DOUBLE-LAYER FILTER STRCUTRE - The instant disclosure relates to a double-layer filter structure disposed in an oil filter. The double-layer filter structure includes two individual filter media for removing impurities of different sizes in the engine oil. The double-layer filter structure includes a first filter medium and a second filter medium. The first filter medium has a plurality of wave-shaped and annularly arranged first folding portions. Similarly, the second filter medium has a plurality of wave-shaped and annularly arranged second folding portions. Each of the first folding portions has a mating portion retained by the second folding portions correspondingly. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130264273 | Submersible Filters for Use in Seperating Radioactive Isotopes from Radioactive Waste Materials - Submersible media filters and submersible columns for use in removing radioactive isotopes and other contaminants from a fluid stream, such as a fluid stream from the primary coolant loop of a nuclear reactor system or a fluid stream from a spent-fuel pool. Generally, these submersible media filters and submersible columns are adapted to be submersed in the fluid stream, and additionally the filters are adapted to be vitrified after use, resulting in a stabilized, non-leaching final waste product with a substantially reduced volume compared to the original filter. In several embodiments, the submersible media filters and submersible columns include isotope-specific media (ISM). | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130270178 | CERAMIC POROUS MEMBRANE AND CERAMIC FILTER - There are disclosed a ceramic porous membrane formed with less membrane formation times and having less defects, a small and uniform thickness and a high flux, and a ceramic filter. A silica membrane is formed on a titania UF membrane as an ultrafiltration membrane (a UF membrane) formed on a porous base member which is a microfiltration membrane (also referred to as an MF membrane) and having an average pore diameter smaller than that of the porous base member, and the silica membrane has an average pore diameter smaller than that of the titania UF membrane, and does not substantially permeates the titania UF membrane. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130284665 | REVERSE OSMOSIS SEPARATION MEMBRANE HAVING HIGH DEGREE OF SALT REJECTION AND HIGH PERMEATION FLUX AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A reverse osmosis separation membrane includes a minute, porous support, and a polyamide active layer formed on the minute, porous support and including at least one compound containing grapheme is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the reverse osmosis separation membrane is also disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140001115 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140014572 | Filter for Filtering Fluids and Method for Producing the Same - A filter includes a filter element ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140083925 | Multi-layer Separation Membrane Formed by Molecular Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Highly Cross-linked Polyamide Films - This invention relates to the field of molecular layer-by-layer deposition processes and more specifically to the synthesis of a polymer layer relevant to a separation membrane using molecular layer-by-layer deposition of highly cross-linked polyamide films to promote consistent layer growth consistent for the formation of membrane layers having a uniform chemical composition and thickness. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140158609 | Sand Screen Filter for an Oil or Gas Well - A filter screen is formed by a first sheet metal frame having one or more cutout sections. A first layer of screening is placed on top of the frame but does not extend to the edges of the frame. An optional second layer of screening may be placed over the top of the first layer such that it extends beyond the perimeter of the first layer but not to the perimeter of the frame. The assembly is then fusion bonded together and rolled into a tubular configuration. Abutting edges of the frame are welded together to form a rigid filter screen. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140202951 | CHANNEL DEPTH FILTRATION MEDIA - A fluid filtration media is disclosed that incorporates a channel depth layer to prevent collapse between media layers for increased filtration efficiency while maintaining increased filter life. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140217011 | WEB COMPRISING FINE FIBER AND REACTIVE, ADSORPTIVE OR ABSORPTIVE PARTICULATE - The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer having dispersed within the fine fiber layer an active particulate material. Fluid that flows through the assemblies of the invention can have any material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid react with, be absorbed by, or adsorbed onto, the active particulate within the nanofiber layer. The structures of the invention can act simply as reactive, absorptive, or adsorptive layers with no filtration properties, or the structures of the invention can be assembled into filters that can filter particulate from a mobile fluid while simultaneously reacting, absorbing, or adsorbing materials from the mobile fluid. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140231338 | COMPOSITE SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE - A composite semipermeable membrane includes a porous support membrane made of a substrate and a porous support layer and a polyamide separation-functional layer disposed on the porous support layer, wherein the zeta potential of the separation-functional layer at pH 6 is −20 mV or lower, and the zeta potential difference between potentials of the separation-functional layer at pH 10 and pH 3 is 25 mV or smaller, and has high water permeability and high salt rejection performance and high acid/alkali durability. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140319048 | CARBON NANOTUBE BASED NANOPOROUS MEMBRANES - A method for forming a nanopore membrane includes forming an array of carbon nanotubes on a substrate that are disposed side by side in a direction perpendicular to a length of the carbon nanotubes. The array of carbon nanotubes are embedded in a patternable polymer material. The patternable polymer material is crosslinked over the array of carbon nanotubes. An adhesive layer is deposited on the polymer material having the array of carbon nanotubes to form a pad. The pad is rolled using a transfer rod to form a membrane with carbon nanotubes of the array, forming nanopores through the membrane such that as the pad is rolled the membrane increases in diameter. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140319049 | METHOD OF FORMING FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES AND THE FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES THUS FORMED - There is provided a method of forming forward osmosis (FO) membranes. The FO membrane should have 1) at least one active rejection layer with high water permeability and solute rejection, 2) a support structure or substrate with tailored properties to reduce ICP, and 3) high membrane stability. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150083657 | MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A membrane comprises: a porous base membrane; a polyol layer comprising polyols and a metalorganic compound; and a polyamide film layer sandwiched between the porous base membrane and the polyol layer. A method of making the membrane is also described. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150101978 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR RETENTION OF SOLVATED COMPOUNDS AND IONS - Storage stable polyhydroxylated aromatic ether adducts of polyalkylene oxide are described. Reactive compositions are formed by combining an ether adduct with an aldehyde, optionally further adding a phenolic-aldehyde prepolymer. The reactive compositions are cured by removing water, by acidification, or both. The cured compositions sorb solvated compounds from environments containing water. The cured compositions are also useful for pre-loading with compounds that are subsequently released at a controlled rate into environments containing water. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150129485 | COMPOSITE POLYAMIDE MEMBRANE WITH INCREASED CARBOXYLIC ACID FUNCTIONALITY - A thin film composite membrane including a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer characterized by having a dissociated carboxylate content of at least 0.45 moles/kg at pH 9.5 and a method for making a composite polyamide applying a polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine monomer and a non-polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine-reactive monomer to a surface of the porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method is characterized by the non-polar solution comprising at least 0.025 wt % of an acid compound including at least one carboxylic acid moiety and at least one amine-reactive moiety selected from acyl halide and anhydride. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150290561 | PLEATED FLUID FILTER ELEMENT AND METHODS - A filter element has an upstream and downstream side. A filter media assembly of the filter element has an upstream side and a downstream side and has a first filter media layer and a second filter media layer that is adjacent to the first media layer. A substantial portion of the first layer and second layer are uncoupled, and at least one of the first media layer and second media layer comprises binder fiber. The second media layer has a mean flow pore size equal to or smaller than the first media layer. A support layer system is adjacent to the downstream side of the filter media assembly, and a first wire mesh layer is adjacent to the support layer system. At least the first media layer, second media layer, support layer system, and first wire mesh cooperatively define pleats at a pleat packing density of greater than 125%. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150290571 | FILTER MEDIUM - The invention relates to a filter medium for cleaning fluids, comprising at least one filler layer ( | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150290595 | MODIFIED THIN FILM COMPOSITE REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a complete process for preparation of high flux and salt rejection thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane including process for preparation of support membrane for thin film, process for thin film coating of support membrane by in-situ interfacial polymerization between diamines and trimesoyl chloride, machine design, chemistry and details of process (engineering+chemistry+ambient) parameter at 1×100 sqm scale upgradable to a scale even 10-20 times higher. The produced membrane is characterized by 96% salt rejection and 48 LM-2H 1 flux with 2000 ppm sodium chloride solution at 250 psi pressure and 95% salt rejection and 46 LM2H 1 flux with 35000 ppm sodium chloride solution at 900 psi pressure. The present invention also relates to complete machine design for PSF ultrafiltration membrane casting and coating for TFC membrane production at commercial level. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150298032 | DRY FORMED FILTERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - The disclosure includes, in some embodiments, a filter element that includes a first porous outer layer formed from a nonwoven material, a second porous outer layer formed from a nonwoven material, and at least one inner porous layer formed from a high loft nonwoven material (or other suitable material) disposed between the first porous outer layer and the second porous outer layer. The high loft nonwoven material has a three dimensional matrix formed by entangled and bonded fibers that cooperate to form a plurality of three dimensional interstices between the fibers for maintaining an open and tortuous flow path for fluid to pass through. The filter element also includes filter aid particles dispersed in the interstices of the high loft nonwoven material. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150321147 | STACKED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURES INCORPORATING SAME - Structures comprising a first sheet of perforated two-dimensional material and a first plurality of spacer elements disposed between a surface of the first sheet of perforated two-dimensional material and at least one of a surface of a structural substrate and a surface of a second sheet of perforated two-dimensional material are disclosed, as well as related methods. The structures may further comprise a structural substrate, a second plurality of spacer elements, additional sheets of perforated two-dimensional material in direct contact with the first and/or said second sheet of perforated two-dimensional material and/or relief features in the surface of the structural substrate. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150321932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPFLOW ALGAE SCRUBBER, MACROALGAL PHOTOBIOREACTOR AND SEA WEED CULTIVATOR - An apparatus for water filtration, that includes a macroalgal attachment means defining a first macroalgal attachment surface and a bubbling means including, a housing defining a gas inlet and a set of gas bubble ports, and a coupling means. The coupling means secures the macroalgal attachment means to the bubbling means and aligns the first macroalgal attachment surface with the set of gas bubble ports such that a first portion of the gas bubbles to be produced by the gas bubble ports are directed to travel along the first macroalgal attachment surface in contact with the first macroalgal attachment surface. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150328565 | SURFACE MODIFIED FILTER MEDIA - Surface modified filter media, including surface modified filter media having enhanced performance characteristics, are provided. In some embodiments, a filter media may comprise two or more layers designed to enhance fluid separation efficiency. One or more of the layers may have at least a portion of a surface that is modified to alter and/or enhance the wettability of the surface with respect to a particular fluid. In certain embodiments involving a filter media including more than one surface modified layer, at least one surface modified layer may have a greater air permeability and/or mean flow pore size than that of another surface modified layer. Such a configuration of layers may result in the media having enhanced fluid separation properties compared to filter media that do not include such modified layers or configuration of layers, all other factors being equal. The filter media may be well-suited for a variety of applications, including filtering fuel, air, and lube oil. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150328593 | MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR - Provided is a microporous membrane which has an asymmetric structure and which exhibits higher permeability while keeping a high particle rejection. This microporous membrane is an asymmetric microporous membrane that is provided with: a skin layer in which micropores have been formed; and a support layer which supports the skin layer and in which pores larger than the micropores have been formed. The material of the microporous membrane is a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin. In the skin layer, multiple spherical bodies ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150360156 | FILTER MEDIA AND ELEMENTS WITH FINE STAPLE FIBERS - Filter media, including those suitable for fuel and/or hydraulic applications, and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. In some embodiments, a filter media may include a non-woven layer comprising blend of glass fibers and polymeric staple fibers. The polymeric staple fibers may have a relatively small diameter. The non-woven layer comprising the fiber may have desirable properties such as one or more of a low micron rating for beta efficiency, high dust holding capacity, and/or a low resistance to fluid flow. In certain embodiments, the filter media may include two or more layers, at least one of the layers including a non-woven layer comprising the fiber blend. In some such cases, the filter media may include one or more layers that serve to enhance the overall properties of the filter media. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150367257 | MICRO-CHANNEL FLUID FILTERS AND METHODS OF USE - Micro-channel fluid filters and methods of use are provided herein. In one embodiment a fluid film may include a plurality of dividing walls extending from an upper surface of a film, the plurality of dividing walls forming a plurality of tapered inlet channels, a plurality of cross channels formed along a length of each of the plurality of dividing walls, an inlet channel for each of the plurality of tapered inlet channels, and an outlet channel for each of the plurality of tapered inlet channels. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160038865 | LIQUID FILTRATION MEDIA, FILTER ELEMENTS AND METHODS - A filter and filter media configured and arranged for placement in a fuel stream is disclosed. The filter and filter media allow for filtering of liquid fuels, such as diesel fuel. In certain embodiments the filter media includes a media fiber (such as glass) and a binder fiber (such as bicomponent) that combine to create a media structure having low solidity and relatively low compressibility, and which contain a pore structure that avoids premature fouling of the filter by fuel degradation products. | 02-11-2016 |
