| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 261110000 | Liquid-flow control | 43 |
| 20100025867 | Liquid Aerator - A fluid aerator ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20120280410 | FLUID AERATOR - A fluid aerator connectable to the neck of a container holding a fluid, the fluid aerator having a tubular body having one end adapted to sealingly connect to the neck of the container, a plurality of mixing elements disposed within the tubular body, and wherein when the fluid aerator is attached to the neck of the container and fluid is dispensed from the container, ambient air is drawn into the tubular body and mixes with fluid as it passes over the plurality of mixing elements to aerate the fluid. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20140008823 | SPLASH FILL BAR SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cost-effective cooling tower splash fill bar support assembly that includes a plurality of perforated substantially planar components supporting a plurality of splash fill bars extending therethrough in a manner that distributes stress over a relatively large area, typically by using a splash fill bar support. Also, a method of forming a cooling tower splash fill bar support assembly including a splash fill bar support assembly having substantially planar components and splash fill bar supports. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140327161 | CONTACT AND SEPARATION COLUMN AND TRAY - A contact and separation column ( | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140361450 | DIRECT FORCED DRAFT FLUID COOLER/COOLING TOWER AND LIQUID COLLECTOR THEREFOR - A water collector for use in fluid coolers, cooling towers and the like is provided with fans at the bottom of the collector, and a plurality of layers of water collection troughs or channels above the fans to capture water droplets sprayed downwardly from the top of the device through a heat exchanger or fill media above the collection troughs. In one embodiment the collection troughs supply the collected water to one or more gutters inside the housing which lead the water to an external collection tank from which the water is recirculated through the system. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374927 | COMBINED COLLECTOR AND DISTRIBUTOR - A combined collector and distributor for a distillation column that includes a collector portion connected to a distributor portion. The distributor portion includes a channel-like distributor to distribute liquid into an underlying packing The collector portion has spaced rows of collection elements that cover the open spaces and distribution elements of the distributor portion and one or more rectangular sumps into which descending liquid drains from the collection elements. The liquid in turn drains from the rectangular sump or sumps into a pre-distribution box located within a header of the distributor portion. The collection elements that cover the open spaces are set at higher positions than the collection elements covering the distribution elements to form chimneys to allow the ascending vapor to escape from the collector portion. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150008600 | FLUID AERATOR - A fluid aerator connectable to the neck of a container holding a fluid, the fluid aerator having a tubular body having one end adapted to sealingly connect to the neck of the container, a plurality of mixing elements disposed within the tubular body, and wherein when the fluid aerator is attached to the neck of the container and fluid is dispensed from the container, ambient air is drawn into the tubular body and mixes with fluid as it passes over the plurality of mixing elements to aerate the fluid. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20160144291 | Multiple Downcomer Tray and Tray Column Comprising the Same - A multiple downcomer tray and a tray column comprising the same are provided. The multiple downcomer tray comprises: a tray body; at least one anti-jump plate disposed on the tray body to divide the tray body into at least two sections; and at least two downcomer assemblies disposed corresponding to the at least two sections respectively, in which each of the at least two downcomer assemblies comprises at least one tray floor, at least one downcomer and at least one liquid receiving pan which are disposed parallel to each other, and the liquid receiving pan and the downcomer are positioned at two sides of the tray floor respectively. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160184782 | SELF-PRESSURIZATION GAS-LIQUID MIXING DEVICE USED FOR MAKING BEVERAGE - A self-pressurization gas-liquid mixing device used for making a beverage is provided. The self-pressurization gas-liquid mixing device comprises a container, a liquid inlet pipe configured to allow liquid to enter the container, a gas inlet pipe configured to allow gas to enter the container, and a liquid discharging pipe configured to discharge the liquid; a partition plate is arranged in the container to divide the container into a premixing chamber and a mixing chamber, the premixing chamber is arranged at the side of the liquid inlet pipe and the gas inlet pipe, the partition plate is provided with a plurality of premixing through holes, a mixing layer is further arranged between the mixing chamber and the liquid discharging pipe and comprises a plurality of miniature pipes, and whisker holes which are opened and closed in one direction are formed in pipe walls of the miniature pipes. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20190143242 | FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE, MATERIAL EXCHANGE COLUMN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE OF THIS TYPE | 05-16-2019 |
| 261111000 | Spray | 3 |
| 20090174090 | SPLASH BAR - A splash bar includes a tubular splash bar body in a form of a lattice structure that has a plurality of openings formed therethrough. The splash bar body is positioned centrally along and about an imaginary three-dimensional coordinate system having a lengthwise axis defining a lengthwise direction, a widthwise axis defining a widthwise direction and a heightwise axis defining a heightwise direction with the lengthwise axis, the widthwise axis and the heightwise axis being oriented perpendicularly relative to one another. The splash bar body defines a hollow passageway extending in the lengthwise direction and has a top portion, a bottom portion disposed generally opposite the top portion and a pair of opposing side portions interconnecting respective ones of the bottom and top portions with the top and bottom portions spanning the opposing side portions. The top portion is generally upwardly arcuate in shape as viewed in cross-section. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100109171 | TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME - A tower/frame structure of interconnected columns and beams (which may be used in a cooling tower) and novel columns, beams, connection mechanisms and other components are provided. In one embodiment, a column and a beam are constructed of pultruded composite fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) materials. The beam includes two sidewall extensions or flanges (each having one or more attachment apertures) at one end and which are integral with the beam for connection to the column (having one or more corresponding attachment apertures). The dimension/spacing between the inner walls of the two flanges substantially equals or is slightly larger than the outer dimension of the column. The attachment holes are aligned and a fastener is inserted through the extensions and column for attaching the column and beam. The C-shaped end of the beam substantially conforms to the cross-sectional shape and dimensions of the column. Additional plastic components, such as a firewall and toe/trim member, for use in a cooling tower are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20130207284 | LIQUID AERATOR - Disclosed herein is an aerator for effectively aerating a liquid. The aerator comprises a body having a first opening and a spout defining a fluid flow path of the liquid. A spray head disposed in the fluid flow path having a plurality of spray openings mixes and aerates the liquid with the air from the air inlet as the liquid is sprayed out through the spray openings. The aerator may also contain an angled head portion to allow the aerator to be attached to a bottle. | 08-15-2013 |
| 261112100 | Film | 30 |
| 20090085234 | Method And Apparatus For Cooling Pyrolysis Effluent - A process and apparatus are provided for cooling gaseous effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis furnace, the cooling conduit apparatus comprising: (i) an inner wall for contacting the effluent, the inner wall defining a bore extending a length of the cooling conduit, the inner wall including a perimeter opening along the bore; (ii) an outer wall external to the inner wall and substantially coaxial to the inner wall; (iii) a substantially annular cavity external to the inner wall and including at least a portion of the outer wall, the annular cavity fluidly and remotely connected to the perimeter opening, the annular cavity externally surrounding a perimeter of the inner wall, the annular cavity including at least a portion of the outer wall; and (iv) a peripheral channel extending around a perimeter of the inner wall, the peripheral channel providing a channel flow path that fluidly connects the annular cavity with the remotely connected perimeter opening along the perimeter of the inner wall. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090200689 | Liquid Distribution in a Distillation Apparatus - A tray deck with a distillation column comprises a sump suspended from the tray deck for receiving a liquid mixture from the tray deck, at least one vapor opening for rising vapor through the tray deck and at least one vapor baffle for receiving vapor passing through the vapor opening. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100140817 | VESSEL FOR COOLING SYNGAS - A vessel for cooling syngas comprising
| 06-10-2010 |
| 20110018148 | LIQUID OR PULP AERATION DEVICE - “LIQUID OR PULP AERATION DEVICE” that projects liquid or pulp (P) through a spreading nozzle on a chain curtain (C) and captures air bubbles from the liquid or pulp (P) while the fluid outflows through the curtain links (C) by gravity forming films by virtue of an interaction of the surface strain and wettability between the three surfaces in question. As far as the outflow is concerned, these films end up interacting between themselves capturing the remaining air between them, thus forming profuse bubbles, resulting in the formation of liquid or foaming pulp (P) by virtue of the chain discharge (C). | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120018909 | APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY OF AN OUTDOOR WEATHERING FACILITY - An apparatus for increasing the atmospheric humidity of an outdoor weathering facility for test samples in a test area ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120133063 | JET STREAM GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A condensing system is provided. The condensing system may include baffle plate units having a substantially flat surface and openings configured for cooling fluid to flow through; and baffles attached to the baffle plate unit, the baffles oriented at an acute angle with respect to the baffle plate unit, the baffles having a flat surface and figured to diffuse a cooling fluid into a thin, turbulent film at a similar acute angle. A method of condensing a fluid is provided. The method includes defining a path for the fluid to be condensed to flow; spraying a cooling fluid against a baffle thereby creating a turbulent film of cooling fluid in the path for the fluid to be condensed and orienting some of the baffles to create a film of cooling fluid oriented in one direction and orienting other baffles to create a film of cooling fluid in a second direction wherein the path of the fluid to be condensed causes the fluid to be condensed to flow over films oriented in both the first and second directions. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120241988 | String-Thick-Plates Pack for Use in Cooling Tower and Fabrication Thereof - The present invention involves a string-thick-plates pack formed of a multiplicity of string-thick-plates for application as fill media in cooling tower. The individual string-thick-plates are assembled into the fill pack by joining male and female attachment tabs on the frame of the string-thick-plates. The string-thick-plate is in a thick rectangular plate shape and consists of two vertical-string-screens on its both sides, which are fabricated by winding one long string over the rectangular frame in longitudinal direction of the string-thick-plate. Intervals between adjacent strings of the vertical-string-screens on the string-thick-plate are designed to preserve a maximum optimized surface area of the strings able to obtain a maximum cooling efficiency of the string-thick-plate. The string-thick-plates pack is designed to be installed upright and on the slant in the cooling tower of the cross-flow type and counter-flow type, respectively. Warm water sprayed on the top perforated plate of the string-thick-plates pack imbibes into the holes on the top plate of the string-thick-plates pack by surface tension of the strings suspending over the holes and then flows down on the surface of the strings by gravity. During its flowing down on the surface of the strings, the water is cooled through evaporation and convection heat transfer mechanisms driven by contacting with ambient cooling air traveling in a direction transverse or on the slant to the descent of the water on the surface of the strings by means of a natural, induced, or forced draft. The string-thick-plates pack of the present invention has a more than 10% higher efficiency, much easier installation, and much longer service life, compared with those of the current film fills. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120319312 | FILL PACK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD WITH BONDED SHEET PAIRS - A fill pack assembly and method for assembling a fill pack from individual sheets utilizes integrally bonded sheet pairs. Each sheet pair is a pair of two individual adjacent fill sheets which have been bonded together via any suitable bonding method. A plurality of the thus formed sheet pairs can then be attached together to form an entire fill pack or portion of a fill pack. Such fill packs are useful in heat exchange devices such as industrial cooling towers. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130062791 | DISC ASSEMBLY OF AIR CLEANING HUMIDIFIER - A disc assembly of an air cleaning humidifier includes a disc member provided with assembly parts formed by cutting parts of the disc member; first and second plate members respectively disposed at both sides of the disc member; at least one fixing member inserted into a corresponding one of the assembly parts between the first and second plate members to fix the disc member; and water storage parts formed in the at least one fixing member. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130113126 | AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER - A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends generally parallel to the vertical axis of the heat exchange apparatus. The sheet also includes a second vertical rib that extends, substantially all the way between the first and second edges of the sheet generally parallel to the first vertical rib. The sheet further includes a first horizontal rib that extends substantially all the way between the third and fourth edges of the sheet. The sheet additionally includes a second horizontal rib that extends substantially all the way between the third and fourth edges of the sheet generally parallel to the first horizontal rib. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113127 | AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER - A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends in a first direction and protrudes in a second direction out of the plane. The sheet also includes a second vertical rib that extends in the first direction along the sheet, between the first and second edges of the sheet. The second vertical rib also protrudes in the second direction out of the plane. The sheet further includes a first horizontal rib that extends in a third direction along the sheet between the third and fourth edges of the sheet, and protrudes in a fourth direction opposite said second direction. The sheet additionally includes a second horizontal rib that extends in the third direction along the sheet between the third and fourth edges of the sheet. The second horizontal rib protrudes in a fourth direction and intersects said second vertical rib. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130214438 | FOAMED WATER SAVING AERATOR - The present invention provides a foamed-water generating aerator which is capable of generating good-quality foamed water containing fine, homogeneously distributed air bubbles. The foamed-water generating aerator ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130270723 | Device For A Cleaning Unit For Hydraulic Oil And Lubricating Oil - A device for a cleaning unit for hydraulic oil or lubricating oil circulating in connection with a drive unit, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a cleaning tank provided with an oil inlet for untreated oil, means arranged to spread the untreated oil over a substantial portion of the cleaning tank cross-section, an inlet for introducing gas into the untreated oil, and an outlet for evacuation of gas and water vapour, and also a means having a large surface area arranged downstream of the spreader means, wherein the means having a large surface area is provided as a plurality of bodies arranged to be able to float on the treated oil. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140131902 | GAS SEPARATION APPARATUS AND PACKING - Provided is a gas separation apparatus advantageous in suppression of increase in pressure loss and achievement of reduced size and weight, thereby reducing costs. The gas separation apparatus causes an absorbent to flow down along the surface of a packing arranged in a treatment chamber, and supplies to the treatment chamber a gas to be treated which contains a target gas component, and then causes the gas to be treated and the absorbent flowing down along the surface of the packing to come into gas-liquid contact. Thus the target gas component contained in the gas to be treated is absorbed into the absorbent and separated or recovered from the gas to be treated. The packing has at least one packing unit configured by a plurality of expanded metal plates standing vertically and being aligned. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140264971 | MODULAR COUNTERFLOW FILL HANGING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS METHOD - A heat exchange fill apparatus for use with a cooling tower that employs a support frame assembly. The heat exchange fill apparatus has a media fill pack that is comprised of fill pack media modules wherein a stake, prevents the modules from shifting with respect to one another. The modules are installed in a cooling tower of the like via a hanging fill support | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150130092 | SPLASH BAR MODULE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - A fill in a rectilinear evaporative cooling tower includes a grid, grid support, module radial support, module column and module girts. The grid is to support a plurality of splash bars. The grid support is configured to provide support for the grid. The module support is configured to provide support for the grid support. The module column is configured to provide support for the module support. The module girts is configured to rest on a fill support frame of the rectilinear evaporative cooling tower and configured to provide support for the module columns. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150137393 | GAS SEPARATION DEVICE AND PACKING - The gas separation device separates or captures a target gas component from a gas to be processed by: causing an absorbing liquid to flow down on a surface of a packing disposed inside a processing tank while supplying the gas to be processed containing the target gas component into the processing tank; bringing the absorbing liquid flowing down on the surface of the packing and the gas to be processed into gas-liquid contact; and thereby causing the absorbing liquid to absorb the target gas component contained in the gas to be processed. The packing includes at least one packing unit formed from multiple expanded metal plates, which are disposed vertically and arranged in parallel. Each expanded metal plate includes strands forming the openings which are arranged like stairs. Each strand is inclined to the vertical direction at an angle in a range from 48° to 73°. | 05-21-2015 |
| 261112200 | Corrugated plates | 13 |
| 20090032981 | Algae resistant edge coating and method of forming same - A gas-liquid contact body for use in a gas-liquid contact apparatus is formed of a plurality of facially opposed corrugated sheets with the corrugations in alternate sheets being disposed in parallel to form a plurality of criss-crossing channels for gas and liquid. The contact body has an air inlet side including an air inlet portion which is coated with a water-impermeable hydrophilic material whose density on the surface of the sheets decreases from a maximum at the edge of the sheets downstream within the air inlet portion to leave progressively increasing areas of said sheet exposed to air. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100213625 | HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURED PACKING FOR FLUID EXCHANGE COLUMN AND FABRICATION METHOD - The invention relates to a structured packing for a liquid exchange column, said structure defining an exchange surface for at least one descending liquid phase intended to be placed in intimate contact with at least one ascending gaseous phase. The packing comprises a stack of plates having undulations, each plate being contained in a space included between two parallel planes L | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100237519 | Packing layer for a structured packing - A packing layer for a structured packing which has corrugations forming open channels. Each channel includes first and second corrugation peaks bounding a first corrugation valley with each corrugation peak having an apex and the corrugation valley having a valley bottom. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110309536 | MASS TRANSFER APPARATUS HAVING A STRUCTURED PACKING - An absorber or desorber contains a layer ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120256330 | HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING DEHUMIDIFYING LIQUID AND DEHUMIDIFIER HAVING THE SAME - A heat exchanger having an extended surface plate includes a plurality of heat exchanging bodies having therein flow paths along which a heat transfer medium flows, and extended surface plates each disposed between the heat exchanging bodies and having inclined surfaces in horizontal and vertical directions. Also disclosed is a dehumidifier having the heat exchanger. Moisture in the air may be effectively absorbed by a dehumidifying liquid, and the heat exchanger may have enhanced structural strength. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130001812 | CONTACT MEDIA FOR EVAPORATIVE COOLERS - The present invention includes a contact medium for use in an evaporative cooler, comprising a corrugated fibrous sheet material comprising at least a top layer and a bottom layer in contact at one or more regions to form at least two channels between the top layer and the bottom layer for air and fluid flow; and a water insoluble thermoplastic compound that impregnates the corrugated fibrous sheet material. The water insoluble thermoplastic compound may have between 1-35 weight percent PVC; 1-20 weight percent PAN; 1-60 weight percent PMA; 1-20 weight percent PAI; and 2-25 weight percent PBA. For example, the composition may have about 2 weight percent PVC; 18 weight percent PAN; 45 weight percent PMA; 15 weight percent PAI; and 20 weight percent PBA. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130127075 | GAS-LIQUID CONTACTING PLATE, GAS-LIQUID CONTACTING LAMINATED BLOCK BODY, GAS-LIQUID CONTACTING LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - A gas-liquid contacting plate of the present invention in which a treatment liquid flows from an upper side to a lower side direction of a substrate and a part of gas being in contact with the treatment liquid is absorbed into the treatment liquid, includes a downward protruding saw teeth-shaped portion in which a lower end side of the substrate has pitches at predetermined gaps. Further, a pore group for liquid dispersion having a predetermined gap is provided in a plurality of lines, in the substrate. An arrangement thereof is a zigzag arrangement. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130168881 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND A FILL PACK OF HEAT EXCHANGER PLATES - A heat exchanger plate includes a corrugated sheet of stiff material configured in a repetitive series of elongated corrugations. Each corrugation has a first corrugation segment, a second corrugation segment disposed offset from and extending parallel to the first corrugation segment and an intermediate corrugation segment. The first and second corrugation segments extend vertically. The intermediate corrugation segment is disposed between and interconnects the first corrugation segment and the second corrugation segment and extends obliquely relative to the first corrugation segment and the second corrugation segment to form a continuous, uninterrupted offset corrugation. A plurality of the heat exchanger plates are connected together to form a fill pack. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140103550 | STRUCTURED PACKING FOR GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER UNIT - [Object] In the existing structured packing, performance depends on the effective contacting area and it decreases in case that large surface tension mixture such as with a lot of water since such mixture are difficult to wet the packing surface. Also they have poor performance for relatively higher liquid load at atmospheric pressure or less and for high pressure system where the ratio of liquid/vapor load becomes relatively higher than non-high-pressure system. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140183763 | HUMIDIFIER FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a humidifier for a fuel cell system including a separator plate which is corrugated to provide an alternating concave-convex surface, and humidifying films provided at an upper end and a lower end of the separator plate, respectively. More specifically, the separator plate and the humidifying films form a series of drift spaces in which a width of an upper end portion is different from a width of a lower end portion which is contact with the humidifying film. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150123296 | SUPER LOW PRESSURE DROP PACKING SHEET WITH DIVERSION WINDOWS AND ITS STRUCTURED PACKING - A low pressure drop structured packing sheet with diversion windows, which are formed on both crests and troughs. When in the expanded state where the diversion window and packing sheet are flat on the same plane, the diversion window has an opening and a fan-shaped portion, with the area of the opening being 0%-1000% of that of the fan-shaped portion. Two side intersection lines between the fan-shaped portion and packing sheet is symmetrical with respect to a central folding line which divides the fan-shaped portion into a left part and a right part. The two side intersection lines intercept to each other with an angel of about 10°-170°. When in the operating state where the diversion window and packing sheet are partially folded towards opposite directions, the fluid at the trough flows to a crest of the other side of the packing sheet with the help of diversion windows, thus increasing the area of vapor-liquid mass transfer. Additionally, when liquid goes across the diversion window, liquid at the bottom of the layer flow becomes the liquid on the liquid film, hence effectively facilitating update of the liquid film and turbulence, increasing mixture between the liquid and vapor, and improving rate of the mass transfer between vapor and liquid. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150123297 | Plastic Tube Screen Fills and Fabrication Thereof - The present invention involves a fabrication of plastic-tube-screen-fill using plastic tubes. The plastic-tube-screen-fill consists of several plastic tubes suspending between top and bottom tube holding perforated frames in the shape of a rectangular thin plate as a vertical string screen. The tube holding perforated frames are in same configuration to be used in two ways and fabricated by assembling a perforated frame and tube holding frame. The tube holding frame is a straight male band connector with several short solid rods positioned and fixed on band for push-fitting into the holes on perforated frame. The short solid rod on tube holding frame has a male push-fit connector on its lower part to be push-fitted into one edge of tube. The tubes used in the present invention are spiral corrugated tubes. Fabrication and assembling method of perforated frames, tube holding frames, and spiral corrugated tubes are described in the present invention. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160250616 | STRUCTURED PACKING FOR GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER UNIT | 09-01-2016 |
