Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
261083000 | Rotating | 43 |
20090108476 | Humidifier - A humidifier including a housing which is used to receive a humidifier module. The housing can be connected by the housing cover and is provided with at least one first sealing element, which seals the humidifier module in relation to the housing. The humidifier module is arranged in an axially displaceable manner on the first sealing element. | 04-30-2009 |
20100201007 | HUMIDIFIER, FILTER UNIT AND ROTATION DRIVE STRUCTURE - A disc-shaped filter unit including a filter main body having a water absorbability and a holder having a non water absorbability is disposed in a vertical orientation, with a part of a circumferential portion thereof immersed in water reserved in a water tank, and is rotated by a rotation drive mechanism in a circumferential direction. The filter unit has an absorptive region and a non-absorptive region arranged adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. Therefore, in accordance with rotation of the filter unit in the circumferential direction, a state where the absorptive region is immersed and the filter main body of the filter unit absorbs water through a water-conduction hole and a state where the non-absorptive region is immersed and water absorption of the filter main body is prevented by a watertight section having a non water absorbability are continuously alternated. | 08-12-2010 |
20100295194 | ELECTRIC MILK FROTHER - Disclosed is a milk frothing apparatus comprising a drive unit ( | 11-25-2010 |
20120267805 | SHAPED PACKING ELEMENT - The present invention provides a packing element comprising at least one sheet having a plurality of deformations, the sheet being operable to form a folded or helical configuration wherein adjacent portions of the at least one sheet are spaced to allow for flow of at least one of fluid, air and gas therebetween. | 10-25-2012 |
20130113125 | ROTATING UNIT-BASED MICRO-SIZED BUBBLE GENERATOR - The present invention relates to a micro-sized bubble generator. A micro-sized bubble generator using a highly-dissoved solution based on a rotating unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present includes: a rotating unit receiving a mixture of water and gas and discharging a solution while making the water and gas collide with each other and rotating the same; a dissolving tank storing the solution discharged from the rotating unit; and a nozzle unit receiving the solution and generating micro-sized bubbles in the water. Accordingly, a massive amount of micro-sized bubbles less than 100 nm in size can be generated. | 05-09-2013 |
20140252663 | COLUMN FOR CARRYING OUT GAS/LIQUID MASS-TRANSFER PROCESSES - The invention relates to a column for carrying out gas/liquid mass-transfer processes, wherein, in the column ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140327160 | CARBURETOR - A carburetor incorporating an air passage, and a fuel passage, and a rotating barrel, the rotating barrel being arranged between the air passage and the fuel passage so that a first portion of its surface is exposed to the air passage, and a second portion of its surface is exposed to the fuel passage. The rotation of the barrel transfers fuel from fuel passage to the air passage via an indent feature, the proportion of that indent feature that is exposed to the air or fuel passage being varied to meter the amount of fuel transferred. | 11-06-2014 |
20160199776 | SCRUBBER TOWER OF A FLUE GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
261084000 | Impeller | 35 |
20090152744 | REACTION VESSEL ASSEMBLY WITH GAS EXCHANGE MEANS - A reaction vessel assembly achieves enhanced aeration or gas exchange in its gas-in-liquid multiphase mixing reaction through the use of its mixing energy and gas-lift venting, and without the traditionally practiced external line gas sparging. It combines the best of both shake flask and stirred tank reactor vessel and possesses some of the key generic features like cost and parallel experiment advantages of the traditional flasks and shaker hybrid but without their shortcomings like limited gas exchange and uncharacteristic mixing. | 06-18-2009 |
20100207285 | UNDERWATER AERATION DEVICE - A submersible aerator has an impeller which includes blades having partition walls which separate liquid passages and air passages and which is accommodated within a guide casing for rotation between a lower surface of an intermediate plate having an air suction opening and an upper surface of a suction cover having a liquid suction opening. The liquid passages and the air passages meet through communication portions at radially outer ends of rear-side blade partition walls. Intermediate blades are provided at radially outer ends of the liquid passages. A conical space is defined between the blade lower end surfaces and the suction cover upper surface such that the space, which is wide at a portion adjacent to the liquid suction opening, becomes narrower toward a radially outward region including guide vane tongues. A plurality of support legs and a plurality of straining projections are integrally formed on the lower surface of a peripheral portion of a bottom wall of the guide casing. Sloping surfaces are provided on the top wall upper surface between air-liquid discharge passages such that the sloping surfaces are inclined downward and increase in width in the radially outward direction. | 08-19-2010 |
20110089582 | SYSTEM FOR FEEDING GAS INTO LIQUID - A liquid aeration system comprising: an intermittent liquid feeding means ( | 04-21-2011 |
20130032957 | AERATION SYSTEM - An aeration system including a housing, a fluid inlet at a first end of the housing, an outlet at a second end of the housing, a cylindrical support member rotatably mounted within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, and supported by a plurality of bearings, the support member having an interior surface enclosing an interior cavity, the cavity being in communication with the inlet and the outlet, at least one vane disposed on the interior surface of the support member and extending from the interior surface towards the rotational axis of the support member, the vane including an inner edge positioned such that a gap is defined between the inner edge of the vane and the rotational axis of the support member, at least one gas inlet in communication with the cavity of the support member, and a motive device for rotating the support member within the housing. | 02-07-2013 |
20130193595 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH WHIPPER ASSEMBLY - The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a frame ( | 08-01-2013 |
20150352504 | STIRRED TANK REACTOR - The invention relates to a stirred tank reactor for gas-liquid mass transfer in a slurry. The reactor includes a reactor tank ( | 12-10-2015 |
20160030620 | AIR FRESHENER DISPENSERS, CARTRIDGES THEREFOR, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Automated air freshener dispensers and cartridges therefor are provided herein. Air freshener dispensers include a housing having a cavity for receiving a cartridge containing an air freshening substance for release, a fan that induces an airflow through the housing and directs the airflow to an area outside of the air freshener dispenser, such that released air freshening substance is entrained in the airflow, a motor for driving the fan, at least one sensor, and a controller that receives a signal from the at least one sensor and directs operation of the fan in response thereto. | 02-04-2016 |
261085000 | Hollow shaft | 5 |
261086000 | Gas trapping | 1 |
20100219539 | NEGATIVE ION LIQUID MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - Intended is to provide an apparatus, which is small in size and low at cost and which can manufacture a minus-ion generating liquid in a large quantity stably and continuously by a method safer than that of the prior art. In the apparatus, a single-stage reproducing pump comprises a casing having a suction port for sucking a liquid and a discharge port for discharging the liquid sucked from the suction port, an impeller disposed in the casing and forming a multiplicity of blades on the circumference of its disc, and a passage formed in the casing along the outer circumference of that impeller for guiding the liquid sucked from the suction port, to the discharge port. The area normal to the liquid flow direction of the passage becomes narrower from the suction port side to the discharge port side. The single-stage reproducing pump further comprises gas inflow means for feeding hydrogen and oxygen into a pressure liquid midway of the passage, in which the pressure of the liquid is gradually boosted from the suction port side to the discharge port side. | 09-02-2010 |
261087000 | Gas delivering | 4 |
20090243124 | Composite Shaft Aspirator Assembly - A composite hollow aspirator shaft is formed of fiberglass-reinforced phenolic resin that resists abrasion and reduces the amount of vibration that is transferred to the motor rotating the shaft, and the motor's bearings to extend motor and bearing life. An aspirator tip is adhesively attached to the composite aspirator shaft and includes an access hole for cleaning inside the hollow aspirator shaft. The hole is in axial alignment with the hollow aspirator shaft and a selectively-removable plug is used to seal the hole during aspirator use. When the aspirator tip is rotated in a liquid, fluidic forces are transferred to the shaft where they are attenuated. A splined hub is used to attach a foam restrictor near the other end of the shaft. The composite shaft material has a flexural modulus, or ratio, within the elastic limit of any applied stress. | 10-01-2009 |
20090302487 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A wastewater treatment system, comprising a tank and an elongate draft tube. The tank comprises a bottom and at least one partition wall extending short of a tank curved turning wall to form at least a pair of channels for movement of a volume of a liquid. The elongate draft tube is at least partially submerged beneath the liquid and is rotated about its longitudinal axis for orbitally moving the liquid through the at least a pair of channels of the tank in a fixed direction. A process for treating wastewater is also provided. | 12-10-2009 |
20100109170 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SUBMERSIBLE FLOATING AERATOR - A multi-direction submersible floating aerator has a gas-ring compressor ( | 05-06-2010 |
20130127073 | METHOD FOR STIRRING A LIQUID AND FOR INJECTING A GAS INTO THIS LIQUID, SUITABLE FOR SHALLOW BASINS - The invention relates to a device for stirring a liquid in a reactor and for injecting a gas into the said liquid in order to form a gas-liquid dispersion, comprising a) a drive device ( | 05-23-2013 |
261089000 | Sprayed | 1 |
20120133062 | HIGH-SPEED CENTRIFUGAL ATOMIZATION MIXING NET FOR EXHAUST OUTLET PIPE - A high-speed centrifugal atomization mixing net for an exhaust outlet pipe, including a spray pipe, a shaft sleeve, an induced air blade, and an atomization net. The spray pipe is capable of rotating. The shaft sleeve is fixedly disposed on the spray pipe. The induced air blade is disposed on the front of the shaft sleeve. The atomization net is disposed at the back of the shaft sleeve. A spray hole opposite to the shaft sleeve is disposed on a side wall of the spray pipe. Multiple inclined spray grooves are disposed on side wall of the shaft sleeve. An end of the induced air blade is bent. The bending direction of the induced air blade is the same as an inclination direction of the induced air blade. The bent part of the induced air blade is connected to an outer edge of the atomization net whereby forming a stop plate. | 05-31-2012 |
261091000 | Dipping | 9 |
20100283162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED AERATION OF LIQUID MEDIUM IN A PIPE - An apparatus and method for mixing gas and liquid comprising a pipe having an enclosure positioned in-line with said pipe, wherein a sealed space is defined, at least one blower, said blower regulates the barometric pressure in said sealed space at or above fluid line pressure in the pipe, wherein intermeshed rotating sets of discs operate on parallel shafts driven by variable speed drives, and strakes are radially mounted on the discs to carry liquid up into a mixing area and to carry air and liquid down into a mixing area resulting in a shear force that drives air into the oxygen depleted liquid. Strakes provide leading and trailing rotor wipes to maximize pull of liquid flow from the pipe into the mixing area and back into the pipe and acute angled energy capture strakes for capturing the energy from liquid flow exerted against the back side of strake. | 11-11-2010 |
20110084414 | Air cleaning humidifier and disc assembly thereof - An air cleaning humidifier having a disc assembly performing a purifying function and a humidifying function of indoor air, and a disc assembly thereof. The air cleaning humidifier includes a main body, a tub provided in the main body, an air blower fan to generate an air current in the tub, and a disc assembly rotated under the condition that a part of the disc assembly is disposed in the tub. The disc assembly includes a disc member provided with assembly parts formed by cutting parts of the disc member, at least one plate member disposed at one side of the disc member, and at least one fixing member formed on at least one plate member to fix the assembly parts, and each of the at least one fixing member includes a protrusion part respectively inserted into the assembly parts, and a water storage part. | 04-14-2011 |
20120211906 | HUMIDIFIER WITH IMPROVED HEATED SCENT MECHANISM - A portable appliance includes a humidifier and a heated scent mechanism. The heated scent mechanism includes a scent generator that harvests excess heat produced by a liquid heating chamber, or heat produced as a byproduct of motor operation. The humidifier may be controllable such that the appliance can serve as either a humidifier or air-freshener, individually or simultaneously. | 08-23-2012 |
20130147068 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED SCRUBBING AND AERATION OF LIQUID MEDIUM - An apparatus and method for controlled ventilation and aeration of liquid medium includes a dome supported by a flotation device, a lower housing supported by the flotation device, the lower housing connected to the dome, wherein a sealed space is defined under the dome and above the flotation liquid, one or more orifices, the orifices configured in the dome, and an aeration apparatus positioned within the sealed space and partially submerged in the flotation liquid, wherein the aeration apparatus comprises one or more parallel shafts, at least one first disc positioned axially on one of the shafts, at least one second disc positioned axially on another of the shafts, wherein the second disc is interleaved relative to the first disc, and wherein a surface of the first disc rotates in a direction opposite a surface of the second disc relative to each other resulting in a mixing area therebetween. | 06-13-2013 |
261092000 | Horizontal axis | 5 |
20110049732 | Humidification apparatus and disc assembly thereof - Disclosed herein are a humidification apparatus having a disc assembly, and a disc assembly thereof. The disc assembly includes at least one disc member assembled by stacking, a first clamp disposed at one side of the at least one disc member, and a second clamp disposed at the other side of the at least one disc member. Each of the at least one disc member includes at least one recess part indented on the edge thereof, and the first clamp includes at least one recess connection part inserted into the at least one recess part so as to prevent movement of the at least one disc member. | 03-03-2011 |
20110084415 | Air cleaning humidifier and disc assembly thereof - Disclosed herein is an air cleaning humidifier having a disc assembly performing a purifying function and a humidifying function of indoor air, and a disc assembly thereof. The air cleaning humidifier includes a main body, a tub provided in the main body, an air blower fan generating an air current in the tub, and a rotatable disc assembly having a part of the disc assembly being disposed in the tub, and including a plurality of stacked discs, each of at least two of the discs including a body, a plurality of assembly parts defined through a surface of the body, first protrusion parts protruded from one surface of the body, and second protrusion parts protruded from the other surface of the body, the body being divided into a plurality of sectors by the plurality of assembly parts, and the first protrusion parts and the second protrusion parts being alternately formed in even-numbered regions, into which each of the plurality of sectors is divided. | 04-14-2011 |
20110254179 | Paddle Wheel Water Pusher - The present invention uses paddle wheel to push water through a trough raising water above the level of surrounding water to the outlet of the trough from which the water flows across an outlet tray into a conduit protruding above surrounding water surface, containing the water falling from the outlet tray in the conduit as it travels to the outlet of the conduit. | 10-20-2011 |
20120032359 | POROUS CERAMIC STRUCTURE, AND DEHUMIDIFICATION/HUMIDIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - The present invention relates to a porous ceramic structure, and a dehumidification/humidification apparatus comprising the same. More particularly, the present invention comprises: a porous ceramic humidifying medium having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface; a dehumidifying medium which has an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, and which is disposed in the porous ceramic humidifying medium; and a cutoff layer formed between the inner circumferential surface of the humidifying medium and the outer circumferential surface of the dehumidifying medium. The porous ceramic structure and the dehumidification/humidification apparatus comprising same according to the present invention can easily increase the humidifying and dehumidifying capacity, simplify a flow channel, and achieve a compact design. | 02-09-2012 |
20120161343 | Air Conditioner - Disclosed is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a tray in which humidifying water is stored by a predetermined height, the tray being detachably attached to a main body, a humidifying gear rotatably arranged in the tray so as to be detachably attached to the tray, a lifter provided at a periphery of the humidifying gear, the lifter being submerged under the humidifying water so as to scoop up the humidifying water during rotation of the humidifying gear, and a humidifying filter provided in the humidifying gear and spaced apart from the humidifying water such that the humidifying water is supplied from the lifter to the humidifying filter during rotation of the humidifying gear. | 06-28-2012 |
261093000 | Submerged blast | 13 |
20080296788 | Bubble Generator - A bubble generator includes an air intake device, an air guide device, an aeration disc and a rotating device. The air guide device is partially immersed in liquid and guides air flowed into the air guide device through the air intake device toward the liquid. The aeration disc produces negative pressure by being rotated in the liquid and moving the liquid whereby air guided by the air guide device produces air bubbles in the liquid. The aeration disc comprises one or more blades that spin to create a vacuum of air moving downward through the air intake device and air guide device and into the liquid, and an arcuate wall that comprises one or more slots. | 12-04-2008 |
20090256269 | SWING-TYPE SUBMERSIBLE FLOATING AERATOR - A swing-type submersible floating aerator, comprising a gas-ring compressor, a base, a pipe, a support tube, a swing device and a driving device, wherein the base is disposed between the gas-ring compressor and the support tube, the base is disposed at the center of the swing device, and the driving device drives the swing device to rotate. The swing-type submersible floating aerator is capable of rotating 360 degrees in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction, and push-flow and aeration can be performed in any direction. | 10-15-2009 |
20100025866 | Well water aeration system - An air injection system for aerating well water with a stream of air and having, a water circulation conduit extending down into the well, an aeration chamber extending upwardly within the well from the circulation conduit, at least one air and water discharge opening adjacent an upper end of the aeration chamber, a support disposed to support the aeration chamber at a predetermined depth in the well, and, an air compressor and a hose connected to supply air to a lower region of the aeration chamber, thus causing upward flow of air and water in the aeration chamber thereby inducing upward flow of water through said water circulation conduit from the bottom of the well to the aeration chamber. | 02-04-2010 |
20100187701 | Downflow mixers with gas injection devices and/or baffles - A downflow mixer with a gas injection device and/or a baffle plate is provided to improve performance of mixing and/or aeration in basins, lagoons or tanks, particularly as part of water or wastewater treatment. | 07-29-2010 |
20100201008 | STIRRING DEVICE FOR ACTIVATED SLUDGES - The invention relates to a stirring device for activated sludges comprising a stirring body ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100213624 | AERATION DEVICE - The invention relates to an aeration device ( | 08-26-2010 |
20110101547 | FLUIDIZATION AERATION MIXING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to fluidization aeration mixing apparatus comprising a centrifugal ventilator ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110156290 | Medium Orbital Flow Oxygenator - An apparatus for oxygenating and mixing a body of liquid includes an impeller rotating about a vertical axis and driven by a submersible motor. The impeller is incased in a housing with intake ports for both oxygen and water. Ports are located around the circumference of the housing such that the oxygen infused water may exit the housing in a radial direction and be dispersed across the tank before the pockets of oxygen rise to the surface. The motor and impeller housing are mounted to a horizontally positioned plate which is suspended from a float by adjustable chains or cables allowing variance in the depth of submersion for use in lagoons. Alternatively the unit may be mounted to the bottom of a tank or basin in applications where permanent installation is feasible such as in tanks. Pure oxygen is supplied from a source outside the body of water and is of a purity level that allows highly efficient transfer of oxygen to the water receiving treatment. The invention disperses combined water and oxygen in the treatment basin for the purpose of dissolving oxygen in the water receiving treatment. | 06-30-2011 |
20120187587 | Apparatus for Mixing Gasses and Liquids - An apparatus for mixing gas and liquid is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise a draft tube having a gas conduit, a liquid inlet and a gas-liquid outlet, an impeller rotatably mounted within the draft tube. The gas can be entrained into the liquid by rotation of an impeller having relatively high angular velocity, which generates relatively low axial velocity of the liquid and relatively low angular velocity of the liquid. Floats may support the impeller and the impeller may have means for maximizing aeration of the liquid. | 07-26-2012 |
20140077401 | CENTRIFUGAL SELF-PRIMING MIXED AND INVERTED-UMBRELLA SHAPED AERATOR - A centrifugal self-priming mixed and inverted-umbrella shaped aerator is disclosed. A plurality of three-phase mixing tube sets is distributed on a surface of a wheel body ( | 03-20-2014 |
20140159258 | MIXER AERATOR - A mixer/aerator described herein may characterize in one aspect as includes a parallel spaced apart array of discs mounted on a drive shaft. Each disc includes flow apertures separated by spokes. Each spoke is shaped to induce a fluid flow through a corresponding flow aperture, wherein the flow aperture trails a trailing edge of the spoke relative to the rotational direction of the discs to thereby induce a columnar fluid translation of the fluid through the array of discs while simultaneously driving the fluid laterally radially outwardly relative to the discs. Upper discs urge the corresponding columnar fluid translation downwardly, and lower discs urge the corresponding columnar fluid translation upwardly. At least one annular turbulent-mixing passageway is formed between the upper discs and the lower discs wherein said upward and downward columnar fluid translations of the fluid mix while being forced radially outwardly relative to the discs. | 06-12-2014 |
20140197555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT AND PURIFICATION OF LIQUID THROUGH AERATION - An aeration system for the treatment and purification of liquid is presented. The aeration system includes a decompression chamber extending a length between an inlet end and an outlet end and a motor connected to the decompression chamber. The system includes drive shaft connected to the motor and extending into a hollow interior of the decompression chamber wherein airflow into the hollow interior is restricted through at least one inlet port. An orifice plate is connected to the drive shaft, wherein the orifice plate includes a plurality of apertures. A rotor disk is connected to the drive shaft, wherein the rotor disk includes a plurality of deflecting blades. When the outlet end of the system is positioned in liquid and the driveshaft and rotor disk are rotated micro bubbles are formed in the liquid thereby treating and purifying the liquid. | 07-17-2014 |
20150123295 | TREATMENT FOR RECYCLING FRACTURE WATER - GAS AND OIL RECOVERY IN SHALE DEPOSITS - A method and apparatus for hydrocarbon recovery and/or treatment of frac water includes introducing a volume of water into a formation, recovering the introduced water, with the recovered introduced water further comprising suspended hydrocarbon product. The recovered liquid is treated to remove substantial amounts of the suspended hydrocarbon product, provide the treated recovered liquid with a ORP in a range of 150 mv to 1000 mv, and partially desalinated, and is either re-introduced as treated recovered liquid with the ORP into a formation to assist in recovery of additional hydrocarbon deposits in the formation, or is stored to reduce the ORP and then subsequently discharged into surface waters. | 05-07-2015 |