Abstract:
The invention relates to the food industry. Vodka (liquid product) is treated and purifies by passing through a sorbing component mixture which is placed between filtering materials. Each portion of vodka poured from a bottle into a drinking vessel is treated and purified, prior to be consumed, being pushed by a consumer from the bottle at an optimal speed through a primary filter material, sorbent(s) and a secondary filter material, which are arranged inside or outside the bottle, using the required air excessive pressure in the bottle cavity formed, as necessary, by means of a peristaltic air pump positioned outside the bottle
Abstract:
A capacitive deionization apparatus, wherein a spacing distance between electrodes of cells is uniformly maintained and a flow in the cells is optimized to improve efficiency of the deionization apparatus and contact resistance between a carbon material and a collector is reduce to improve electrical conductivity, is disclosed. The capacitive deionization apparatus which includes a plurality of electrode modules, each having a collector and electrodes disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the collector to electrically and chemically remove ions from liquid, includes a plurality of plates made of a stiff material are alternately stacked with the electrode modules such that the electrode modules are spaced at specific intervals, wherein the collector and the electrodes are pressed by a pair of adjacent plates among the plurality of plates to maintain a contact therebetween.
Abstract:
A detachable rotational filter supporter is disclosed. The supporter can: release a filter when the housing is rotated; block the flow channel immediately when the filter is separated from the filter supporter; automatically open the closed flow channel when the filter is installed to the filter supporter; and simultaneously hold the filter when the housing is located at the original position. Therefore, the detachable rotational filter supporter allows the filter to be easily separated from and installed to the water purifier and allows general users to simply replace the filters.
Abstract:
An apparatus for imparting an electric field to water travelling within a pipe. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangularly-shaped coils of electric wire connected in an electrically parallel arrangement. Each coil is sandwiched between flexible cover sheets. The resulting assembly is applied to the outer circumference of the pipe, with the lengthwise dimension of the coil extending perpendicularly to the flow inside the pipe. A time-varying electric current is applied to the coil to produce a corresponding electric field. This, in turn, produces controlled precipitation of mineral ions from the water.
Abstract:
A carbon-reinforced electrode is disclosed. The electrode is formed from a high surface area absorptive material ("HSAAM electrode") made from resorcinol, formaldehyde, a carbon reinforcing agent, a catalyst, and reaction products thereof, and is in a carbonized form. This electrode removes ions from a liquid when an electric current is applied. The liquid may be passed through a thickness of the electrode, or may be passed by the surface of the electrode. A method of making the HSAAM electrodes is also disclosed. The HSAAM electrodes are formed from setting a polymerized mixture of resorcinol, formaldehyde and a carbon reinforcing agent supplied in the form of carbon fibers, carbon felt or cellulose under controlled temperature and time constraints, and subsequently firing the resulting product so as to carbonize the electrode.
Abstract:
For producing controlled precipitation in fluid flowing through a pipe, a coil of electric wire, of flat, generally rectangular spiral shape, is sandwiched between flexible cover sheets. The resulting assembly is applied to the outer circumference of the pipe, with the lengthwise dimension of the coil extending perpendicularly to the flow inside the pipe. A time-varying electric current is applied to the coil to produce a corresponding magnetic field. This, in turn, causes induction which produces the controlled precipitation.
Abstract:
The apparatus herein provides a separation of suspended solids from a liquid containing such suspended solids. The apparatus comprises a base which supports a pan having a bottom wall, a spaced-apart pair of sidewalls extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall and a spaced-apart pair of end walls extending upwardly and outwardly between the sidewalls and from the bottom wall to form an open top container. A perforated plate is secured within the pan to the sidewalls and end walls of the pan above the bottom wall to define a chamber between the bottom wall, an undersurface of the perforated plate, and the surrounding side and end walls. At least one outlet on the bottom wall of the pan is provided for introducing a vacuum to the chamber and for removing liquid from the chamber. A continuous liquid-absorbing medium transfer support extends around the pan and lies within the pan in contact with the perforated plate. The transfer support extends around the end walls of the pan to form a continuous loop around the pan. The transfer support wraps around a roller drive mechanism for providing ease of movement of the transfer support around the pan. A drive mechanism drives the rollers for moving the transfer support about the circular path around the pan. A liquid-absorbing medium comprising an industrial paper toweling having a basis weight from about 28 to about 34 pounds per ream, a caliper from about 0.013 to about 0.0145, an aged wet tensile strength from about 16 to about 25 ounces, and an aged absorption of less than 40 seconds, is positioned on the transfer support on the pan.
Abstract:
A water filtering and dispensing apparatus comprising a filtering device receiving unfiltered water under pressure from a water service system and operable to deliver filtered water and waste brine under pressure, a filtered water delivery line extending from the device to a dispensing valve, a storage tank with spaced brine inlet and outlet openings, a brine line between the device and the inlet opening, a pressure reducing regulator in the brine line upstream of the tank, a filtered water receiving inflatable bladder in the tank and means connecting the bladder with the delivery line upstream of the dispensing valve, a waste line connected with and extending downstream from the brine outlet opening in the tank, a flow limiting flow control means and a normally open bladder actuated shut-off valve downstream of the tank, said shut-off valve operable to close only when the bladder in the tank is filled with a full supply of filtered water, whereby flow of waters and brine into and out of the apparatus stops when a full supply of filtered water is established and is re-established when filtered water is dispensed and less than a full supply exists.
Abstract:
An apparatus for ingesting and mixing gas into a liquid body includes a tank, a rotatable impeller fixed to a vertical drive shaft, and a vertically-extending conduit which surrounds the drive shaft and which extends to a location in the liquid above the impeller to serve as a channel of communication between a source of gas and the impeller. In the conduit, a vortex-turning baffle having an enlarged gas-flow aperture formed centrally therethrough is fixedly mounted above the impeller so that when a rotor-induced liquid vortex rises along the wall of the conduit, the vortex is turned downwardly by the baffle to aid in the ingestion of gas into the liquid.