Smits, US
Aaron Smits, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20120191201 | REVERSE SHOULDER PROSTHETIC - A reverse modular humeral implant for implantation into a humerus that includes a natural humeral shaft and a natural humeral head. The implant includes a humeral stem implantable into the natural humeral shaft, and an adapter couplable to the humeral stem, the adapter including an anchoring projection configured to be coupled to a convex bearing. | 07-26-2012 |
20140257499 | Modular Glenoid Base plate With Augments - An implant assembly comprising a bone augment and an articulating member. The bone augment includes a bone-engaging surface and a coupling surface. The articulating member is configured to couple with the bone augment. | 09-11-2014 |
Aaron J. Smits, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20130197650 | REVERSE SHOULDER PROSTHETIC - A reverse modular humeral implant for implantation into a humerus that includes a natural humeral shaft and a natural humeral head. The implant includes a humeral stem implantable into the natural humeral shaft, and an adapter couplable to the humeral stem, the adapter including an anchoring projection configured to be coupled to a convex bearing. | 08-01-2013 |
Alexander Smits, Princeton, NJ US
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20090149843 | Tattoo Removal and Other Dermatological Treatments using Multi-Photon Processing - A system and method for providing multi-photon processing treatment to a patient. A localized, multi-photon processing event is initiated within a vicinity of an unwanted pigment in order to remove the pigment. The multi-photon processing event requires a relatively low energy, but very intense, pulse of light. The low amount of energy per pulse allows ablation of the material to be highly localized, with negligible thermal damage to surrounding material. The multi-photon event may be initiated by focusing a suitable electromagnetic pulse, such as a 2 mJ laser pulse having a 100 to 300 femtoseconds pulse duration, into a focal volume small enough that the intensity exceeds 10 | 06-11-2009 |
20100076417 | Devices, Methods and Compositions for Presbyopia Correction Using Ultrashort Pulse Laser - The invention relates to devices, compositions and methods used to improve vision and/or to treat an eye lens disease or condition. In some embodiments, the invention relates to altering or removing eye lens material for the treatment of presbyopia. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to placing compositions in a lens of an eye to improve elasticity of the lens both therapeutically by improving elasticity and/or improving refractive properties and/or prophylactically by preventing renewed stiffening and/or renewed deterioration of the lens refractive properties. In further embodiments, the invention relates to devices and methods of obtaining and analyzing data for use in altering the lens to optimize its elasticity and/or refractive properties. | 03-25-2010 |
Alexander John Smits, Princeton, NJ US
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20120215209 | Tattoo Removal and Other Dermatological Treatments using Multi-Photon Processing - A system and method for removing a portion of a tattoo using multi-photon ablation is described. A localized, multi-photon processing event is initiated within a vicinity of a pigment in order to remove it. The multi-photon event requires a relatively low energy, but very intense, pulse of light. The low amount of energy per pulse allows ablation of the material to be highly localized, with negligible thermal damage to surrounding material. The multi-photon event may be initiated by focusing a suitable electromagnetic pulse, such as a 2 mJ laser pulse having a pulse duration of 100-300 femtoseconds, into a focal volume small enough that the intensity exceeds 10 | 08-23-2012 |
Chrissie M. Smits, Oak Creek, WI US
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20100192316 | Fabric Sweeper - The present invention is a device for use in cleaning a fabric surface of dust, dirt, pet hair and other debris present on the surface. The device includes a pair of cleaning members or rollers disposed on an underside of the device which can roll with respect to the device and with respect to one another. The rollers are selectively contacted with one another such that each roller can assist in removing debris picked up by the opposite roller and dispensing the debris into a collection chamber releasably positioned within the housing. The removal of the debris from each roller is also facilitated by opposed edges of a central opening in the housing that contact the rollers and direct the debris into the debris collection chamber. | 08-05-2010 |
Dirk Smits, San Jose, CA US
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20150085096 | TRACKING OPTICS FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments provide a tracking optics system for mobile devices. The tracking optics system may comprise a telescope longitudinally disposed in a case of the mobile device, wherein a length of the telescope is greater than a depth of the mobile device; an illuminator that emits a light source and low-power mode through the telescope towards a target of image capture; a two-axis gimbal mirror that is adjusted to steer the light source towards the target until the target is within a field of view of the telescope; and an image sensor that captures an image of the target in response to the illuminator emitting the light source in high power mode to flash the target. | 03-26-2015 |
Gerard Dirk Smits US
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20130229669 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR A TRACKING CAMERA OR DETECTOR WITH FAST ASYNCHRONOUS TRIGGERING - An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to sense at least the reflections of light from the tracer beam pulses incident on the remote surface. The device employs the sensed tracer beam light pulses to predict the trajectory of subsequent image beam light pulses and tracer beam light pulses that form a display of the image on the remote surface in a pseudo random pattern. The trajectory of the projected image beam light pulses can be predicted so that the image is displayed from a point of view that can be selected by, or automatically adjusted for, a viewer of the displayed image. | 09-05-2013 |
Gerard Dirk Smits, Los Gatos, CA US
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20090096994 | IMAGE PROJECTOR WITH REFLECTED LIGHT TRACKING - An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to sense at least the reflections of light from the tracer beam pulses incident on the remote surface. The device employs the sensed tracer beam light pulses to predict the trajectory of subsequent image beam light pulses and tracer beam light pulses that form a display of the image on the remote surface in a pseudo random pattern. The trajectory of the projected image beam light pulses can be predicted so that the image is displayed from a point of view that can be selected by, or automatically adjusted for, a viewer of the displayed image. | 04-16-2009 |
20110211243 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR SCANNED PROJECTOR AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS - A scanned projector and illumination system includes an energy-emitting source that is disposed in a projector and that emits energy beams out of the projector through an aperture. A scanning mirror is disposed in the projector and redirects energy beams therein. The scanning mirror moves such that the redirected energy beams form a scanning pattern with a scanning rate. A safety feature is disposed in the projector. The safety feature includes a fuse material. The energy beams move along the fuse material at the scanning rate. The safety feature modulates emission of the energy beams out of the projector through the aperture such that the energy beams are only emitted out of the projector through the aperture when the scanning rate of the energy beams is high enough to prevent the fuse material from reaching a threshold energy level at any location along the fuse material. | 09-01-2011 |
20120212456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A FOLDED OPTICAL ELEMENT WAVEGUIDE FOR USE WITH LIGHT BASED TOUCH SCREENS - A folded optical element waveguide that allows a minimum width bezel to be used around the perimeter of a light-based touch screen display. The apparatus and method includes a touch screen and a waveguide substrate provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguide substrate includes a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of optical elements provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguides include an internally reflective surface to reflect light perpendicular to the surface of the touch screen. The emitting and detecting waveguides are thus folded and provided around the side edges of the display. As a result, the width of the bezel around the display can be minimized. | 08-23-2012 |
20130003081 | PHOTONJET SCANNER PROJECTOR - An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to sense at least the reflections of light from the tracer beam pulses incident on the remote surface. The device employs the sensed tracer beam light pulses to predict the trajectory of subsequent image beam light pulses and tracer beam light pulses that form a display of the image on the remote surface in a pseudo random pattern. The trajectory of the projected image beam light pulses can be predicted so that the image is displayed from a point of view that can be selected by, or automatically adjusted for, a viewer of the displayed image. | 01-03-2013 |
20130229669 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR A TRACKING CAMERA OR DETECTOR WITH FAST ASYNCHRONOUS TRIGGERING - An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to sense at least the reflections of light from the tracer beam pulses incident on the remote surface. The device employs the sensed tracer beam light pulses to predict the trajectory of subsequent image beam light pulses and tracer beam light pulses that form a display of the image on the remote surface in a pseudo random pattern. The trajectory of the projected image beam light pulses can be predicted so that the image is displayed from a point of view that can be selected by, or automatically adjusted for, a viewer of the displayed image. | 09-05-2013 |
20130300637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3-D PROJECTION AND ENHANCEMENTS FOR INTERACTIVITY - A system projects a user-viewable, computer-generated or -fed image, wherein a head-mounted projector is used to project an image onto a retro-reflective surface, so only the viewer can see the image. The projector is connected to a computer that contains software to create virtual 2-D and or 3-D images for viewing by the user! Further, on projector each is mounted on either side of the user's head, and, by choosing for example a retro angle of less than about 10 degrees, each eye can only see the image of one of the projectors at a give distance up to 3 meters, in this example, from the retro-reflective screen. The retro angle used may be reduced with larger viewing distance desired. These projectors use lasers to avoid the need for focusing, and in some cases there projectors use instead of lasers highly collimated LEO light sources to avoid the need for focusing. | 11-14-2013 |
20140098379 | SCANNING OPTICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM WITH SPATIALLY TRIANGULATING RECEIVERS - Embodiments are directed towards detecting the three dimensional position of a position sensing device (PSD) utilizing a spot scanned across a remote surface. A trajectory map may be determined for a projection system. The trajectory map may identify a location of the spot at various times during the scan. A PSD may be arranged with a clear view of the remote surface. The PSD may observe at least three spots projected onto the remote surface utilizing three lines of sight that enable moment-in-time linear alignment between the spot and a sensor. Observation angles between each of the lines of sight may be determined. For each observed spot, a transition time may be determined and a location of the observed spot may be determined based on the trajectory map. A position of the PSD may be determined based on determined observed locations and the observation angles of the PSD. | 04-10-2014 |
20140284457 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR A TRACKING CAMERA OR DETECTOR WITH FAST ASYNCHRONOUS TRIGGERING - An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to sense at least the reflections of light from the tracer beam pulses incident on the remote surface. The device employs the sensed tracer beam light pulses to predict the trajectory of subsequent image beam light pulses and tracer beam light pulses that form a display of the image on the remote surface in a pseudo random pattern. The trajectory of the projected image beam light pulses can be predicted so that the image is displayed from a point of view that can be selected by, or automatically adjusted for, a viewer of the displayed image. | 09-25-2014 |
Glenn Smits, Macedon, NY US
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20120246559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING VARIABLE DATA DOCUMENT CONVERSION TIME - A method and system for automatically estimating a conversion time of a complex variable data document. A static document that is to be converted to a variable data document can be provided and each variable data object for example, an object number, an object type, and a number of object type variations associated with the document can be tagged utilizing a tagging schema. An estimation logic can be applied to calculate the conversion time by summing the placement average for the object type, the number of object type and the number of object type variations for each object type. A plan file with placeholders for the variable data objects in the document can be automatically created for effectively planning the capacity of a development and design team in quick turnaround schedules. | 09-27-2012 |
Jan Smits, Sugar Land, TX US
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20100108386 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING MEASUREMENTS OF A BOREHOLE - A method is provided for conducting measurements of a borehole while drilling the borehole in a geological formation. First, a rotatable drilling assembly is provided that has, at a forward end, a drill bit and a borehole measurement tool connected rearward of the drill bit. The measurement tool includes at least one caliper arm extendible outward from the measurement tool. The method involves drilling the borehole by operating the rotatable drilling assembly. While drilling, the wall of the borehole is contacted with at least one extendable caliper arm of the borehole measurement tool and the extension of the caliper arm contacting the borehole wall is measured, thereby determining a distance between the measurement tool and the borehole wall. During rotation of the drilling assembly, contact is maintained between the caliper arm and the borehole wall and the measuring step is repeated at multiple positions of the drilling assembly. | 05-06-2010 |
Jan M. Smits, Littleton, CO US
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20090233001 | Controlled Deposition And Alignment Of Carbon Nanotubes - A carbon nanotube (CNT) attraction material is deposited on a substrate in the gap region between two electrodes on the substrate. An electric potential is applied to the two electrodes. The CNT attraction material is wetted with a solution defined by a carrier liquid having carbon nanotubes (CNTs) suspended therein. A portion of the CNTs align with the electric field and adhere to the CNT attraction material. The carrier liquid and any CNTs not adhered to the CNT attraction material are then removed. | 09-17-2009 |
Jan W. Smits, Sugar Land, TX US
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20100122847 | METHODS FOR VISUALIZING DISTANCES BETWEEN WELLBORE AND FORMATION BOUNDARIES - A method for displaying a formation model while drilling a wellbore in the formation includes operating a well logging instrument at a measurement point in the formation along a wellbore while the wellbore is being drilled. Measurement data regarding the formation are obtained from the well logging instrument. An actual orientation of a geological structure is determined from the measurement data. A trajectory of the wellbore is displayed in three dimensions as it is being drilled through the formation. While drilling the wellbore, the geological structure is displayed along the trajectory of the wellbore according to the determined actual orientation of the geological structure. The actual orientation reflects an azimuth angle of planes corresponding to the geological structure. The trajectory of the wellbore is changed in response to displaying the determined actual orientation of the geological structure relative to the trajectory. | 05-20-2010 |
Jeffrey Adam Smits, San Marcos, CA US
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20150186949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS - A system, machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing targeted advertisements is provided. In one embodiment, a client device initiates a first game using a first game application and generates a fingerprint indicating user information accessible on the client device. The client device, based on determining the first game application has not been accessed for a predetermined amount of time, sends the fingerprint to a game server associated with the first game. The client device receives a targeted advertisement associated with a second game of the game server, the targeted advertisement being based on the fingerprint. | 07-02-2015 |
Jim Smits, Green Bay, WI US
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20090252440 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING A BAG USING A VISION SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT - A system and method for making bags in a continuous in-line process includes a central processing unit and a camera oriented to take an image of a bag based on a triggering signal. The camera provides an image to the central processing unit. The central processing unit is programmed to process the image and calculate a timing signal based on the image. A cylindrical rotatable drum having at least one seal bar provides a triggering signal to the central processing unit, to trigger when the camera should take the image. A perforation knife is controlled by a servo drive. The perforation knife is downstream of the drum. The servo drive receives the timing signal for activating the perforation knife from the central processing unit. The CPU uses the image and based on the distance between the seal region and the perforated line, counts pixels to result in an actual pixel count. The CPU then calculates a pixel count error by subtracting the actual pixel count from a predetermined pixel count setpoint. This information is then used by the CPU to either advance or retard the perforated knife in its perforation step. This results in a bag having a shorter skirt length, which reduces waste and cost. In another embodiment, the image taken is of the seal region only, and based on the image, the CPU either advances or retards the perforation knife in the perforation step, downstream of the point in which the image was taken. | 10-08-2009 |
Justin Smits, Elmhurst, IL US
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20150120926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY DEPLOYING SOFTWARE AGENTS - Methods and apparatus for dynamically deploying software agents are disclosed. For example, a user of an electronic record management system may deploy a plurality of different background processes (e.g., OCR, dedup, etc.) that may each take several hours to complete. Subsequently, the user may decide to change the number of servers dedicated to one or more background process. In addition, the user may decide to deploy additional background processes. Neither of these user actions interrupts any of the background processes. | 04-30-2015 |
Kenneth R. Smits, San Ramon, CA US
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20120243300 | COMBINED DATA LEVEL-SHIFTER AND DE-SKEWER - Various embodiments of this disclosure may describe a circuit for transmitting data from a transmitting region of an integrated circuit to a receiving region of the integrated circuit. The circuit may level-shift the data to the appropriate voltage level and may have good tolerance to clock skews. Other embodiments, including an integrated circuit having the circuit or a system with the integrated circuit, may also be disclosed or claimed. | 09-27-2012 |
Kristina Smits, Menasha, WI US
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20120173249 | Absorbent Article With Integrated Machine Readable Code - Absorbent articles are disclosed that include a machine readable code. The machine readable code, once scanned by a suitable reader device, provides access to information related to the absorbent article. The information may relate to use or disposal of the article. In other embodiments, the information may comprise promotional materials, such as coupons, rebates and news about related products, new products, or the like. The present disclosure is particularly directed to applying and positioning the machine readable codes on the absorbent articles so that the codes are noticeable and can be scanned. | 07-05-2012 |
Kristina Fries Smits, Menasha, WI US
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20100163197 | Tissue With Improved Dispersibility - Soft tissue sheets, such as bath tissues, are provided with increased dispersibility and fiber opacity efficiency, while maintaining suitable strength, by the addition of acid-treated seed fibers to the fiber furnish. | 07-01-2010 |
20130230835 | Method for Simplifying the Donning of Refastenable Disposable Absorbent Articles - A method for simplified donning of a refastenable garment. The method includes configuring the article such that the first transverse side is open and such that the second transverse side is closed; thereafter positioning and fastening the first front and back side panels around a first leg; thereafter opening the second transverse side; thereafter positioning and fastening the second front and back side panels around a second leg; and thereafter drawing the article up into a wear position on the subject. Also disclosed is a method for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment that includes providing specific instructions to a user, such as via graphical images. Also disclosed is a package of refastenable garments, the package including secondary information for simplifying the application of a refastenable garment to a wearer. | 09-05-2013 |
Matthijs P. Smits, Portland, OR US
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20090220196 | Stepped connector - A connector is provided. The connector includes a body extending a length along a central longitudinal axis. The body includes first and second elements that each include opposite first and second end portions. A third element is positioned between at least a portion of the first and second elements. A portion of the third element and a portion of the first element extend within the second element. A portion of the first element extends within the third element. The first end portions of the first and second elements are exposed with respect to the third element. The second end portions of the first and second elements are exposed with respect to the third element. The exposed first end portions of the first and second elements are spaced apart with respect to each other along the length of the body. The exposed second end portions of the first and second elements are spaced apart with respect to each other along the length of the body. The length of the body extends no greater than approximately 152 millimeters (approximately 6 inches). | 09-03-2009 |
Nicole Smits, Lebanon, NH US
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20100061934 | Methods for diagnosis or treatment of amyloidosis by targeting hyper-sulfated proteoglycans present in amyloid - Amyloid in an individual may be targeted by systemically administering to an individual a ligand that binds to a hyper-sulfated proteoglycan and permitting the ligand to bind to hyper-sulfated proteoglycans associated with amyloid within the body of the individual. | 03-11-2010 |
Ryan Smits, Seattle, WA US
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20100070169 | Method of advertising using waypoints - A method of doing business in which a Service Provider grants to organizations rights to waypoints to which users may travel and view the organizations' messages. The method may include the steps of granting to the organization the right to the waypoint, receiving from the organization a message to be associated with the waypoint, storing the waypoint and the message in a database, allowing for bi-directional data communication with a mobile device which is able to determine its own location, receiving from the device an indication that the device is at or near the waypoint, and automatically causing the device to display the message when the device is at or near the waypoint. | 03-18-2010 |
Troy Smits, Benton Harbor, MI US
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20090016913 | BALANCED DUAL ROCKING PISTON PUMPS - Piston assemblies for rocking piston compressors, diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps are provided wherein the overall mass of each piston assembly is identical to that of the other assembly despite having rod tops, retainers and diaphragms of different diameters and therefore different capacities. Each piston assembly includes a connecting rod connected to a rod top that supports a cup seal and a retainer or retainer plate. The mass of each rod is equal to that of the other rod despite the differing geometries. The mass of each retainer is the same as that of the other retainer despite the differing geometries. The overall length and stroke length of each piston assembly is the same. As a result, centers of gravity of the piston assemblies are continuously balanced on either side of the drive shaft in terms of distance from the drive shaft and in absolute value. Alternatively, in embodiments where the first and second piston assemblies have unequal stroke lengths, and/or the first and second connecting rods having different masses, and/or the first and second retainers having different masses, balance is achieve by equalizing a product of an acceleration of the first piston assembly and combined masses of the first retainer and the first connecting rod with a product of an acceleration of the second piston assembly and combined masses of the second retainer and the second connecting rod according to the equation: | 01-15-2009 |
20090016917 | Compact Dual Rocking Piston Pump with Reduced Number of Parts - A dual rocking piston pump is disclosed which includes a first piston with a first connecting rod eccentrically mounted to a rotor shaft and a second piston with a second connecting rod eccentrically mounted to the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft passes through a first bearing and a second bearing before being connected to a rotor body. The rotor body is disposed within a stator. The first and second bearings and stator are supported by a bracket. The bracket includes a hub which, in turn includes a first end connected to a wall at an opening in the wall. The hub also includes a second end. The first end of the hub supports the first bearing at the wall and the second end of the hub supports the second bearing. Both the first and second bearings are disposed to “in front” of the motor or in front of both the rotor and stator. Because support for the rotor is provided entirely in front of the motor, no rear bell housing is required and because a single bracket supports the bearings, rotor and stator, fewer parts are required thereby making the pump lighter and more compact. | 01-15-2009 |
20110143311 | COMBINATION VERTICAL ROTARY VANE SUCTION PUMP AND LIQUID SEPARATOR - A compact suction and separation device is shown and described. The suction and separation device includes a pump and a separator. The pump includes a vertically oriented rotary vane pump comprising a suction inlet and an exhaust outlet. The separator includes a collector configured to receive combinations of solids, liquids and air. The separator separates solids and/or liquids from the air. Air from the separator is routed from an air discharge into the suction inlet of the pump. Solids and/or liquids are drained from a liquids/solids discharge of the separator. The separator may be gravity-based or centrifuge-type separator driven by the pump motor. | 06-16-2011 |