Fibrous or strand form

An adsorptive device having at least one composite adsorptive element through which gas can pass comprising a bed of granular adsorptive carbon and a bed of fibrous adsorptive carbon.

A filter tube, which filter tube comprises a mass of interrelated nonwoven glass fibers, the fibers having a diameter of from about 0.001 to about 10 microns, the fibers bonded at the junctions of the fiber crossovers with a hardened silicone resin bonding agent, the fibers interrelated to form a semirigid...     

A new filter cell which has particular utility in an isokinetic in-stack particulate collection system can be inserted directly into standard three-inch or four-inch portholes which are prevalent in the stacks which are to be tested. The filter cell is attached to a probe, both of which are inserted...     

Apparatus for defoaming a fluid material. The apparatus comprises a non-wetting material in closely adjacent relationship to a material having a lesser degree of non-wetting characteristics with respect to the fluid being defoamed. In one embodiment, fibers with different non-wetting characteristics...     

The product of the present invention is a fabric woven from oriented polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) strands, in which the strands of the weave are interconnected by a multiplicity of fine PTFE fibrils. To produce this fabric, consisting entirely of PTFE, a woven PTFE fabric is heated substantially unrestrained...     

An improved felt-like material made from filamentary polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is provided. The improvement is the presence of fibrils of PTFE criss-crossing interstices of the felt. These improved felt-like materials have a higher air porosity, while maintaining as high a filtering efficiency,...     

A method for adsorbing harmful substance comprising at least two adsorptive units composed of a plurality of cylindrical or bag-shaped adsorptive elements made of a cloth-like or sheet-like adsorptive material having a 0.1 m/second pressure loss of not more than 15 mm Aq/cm, said adsorptive material...     

This invention provides vertically disposed fiber bed elements and separators containing the same wherein "bubble re-entrainment" of a collected liquid phase in a gas stream flowing through the fiber bed is substantially eliminated or reduced. "Bubble re-entrainment" refers to that re-entrainment of...     

A porous bacteria filter medium of reduced binder content is provided in flexible fibrous sheet form comprised of micron-diameter glass fibers and less than about 30 percent by weight of a polyolefin heat sealable binder fiber randomly dispersed throughout the sheet and fused therein. This filter medium...     

An oxygen sensor to be used with internal combustion engines, in automobiles, etc.. The sensor includes a solid electrolyte tube with a closed tip, an outer and an inner electrode respectively formed on the outside and the inside of the electrolyte tube, a housing to hold the tube, electrically conductive...     

The specification discloses a novel Coalescing Demister having, depending on the direction of air flow, an inner or outer prefilter-precoalescer subassembly consisting of one or more layers of glass fiber cloth sandwiched between two screen-type retainers, and an inner or outer coalescing subassembly...     

A flexible polymeric mask, which covers the mouth and at least the lower part of the nose, has exhale-valve means and vertical supporting means for air-intake filter means. The filter means provides a wearer of the mask with air which has passed, in sequence, through, e.g., porous foam, activated charcoal,...     

A filter for tobacco smoke employs synthetic, inorganic, water-insoluble, anhydrous fibers having a positive zeta potential at the pH of tobacco smoke. To increase the effectiveness of the filter, the tobacco associated with the filter has mixed therewith and deposited thereon particles of a water-insoluble,...     

In a process for removing particulate ammonium nitrate from the steam aerosol effluent from a reactor in which nitric acid is neutralized with ammonia, wherein said steam aerosol effluent is scrubbed with a water spray to produce suspended droplets of aqueous ammonium nitrate solution and said droplets...     

A regenerable filter for removing low molecular weight polymeric material from a fluid sample stream that is to be directed to an analyzer comprising a filter bed of particles of a synthetic polymer which at the temperature employed in the filter does not melt or react with or dissolve in the sample...     

A circular type air filter preferably for automotive applications to filter air flow to the carburetor, has an open plastic housing containing a plurality of individual cartridge filters. The cartridge filters are made of aluminum or copper wool and are of differential porosity with the more dense filters...     

The properties of nonwoven glass fiber and nonwoven polymer fiber are combined efficaciously in a composite web that comprises two component webs of particular composition. One of the component webs is formed by screen casting, squeezing, and drying an aqueous dispersion of glass fiber, thermoplastic...     

Lower inhalation resistance in respirator cartridges designed for protection against aerosols is accomplished with lower production cost and improved design distributing aerosol loading over greater surface area of filter material.

A device for removing fine carbon particles from exhaust gas emitted by automobile diesel engines or the like thereby to clean the exhaust gas. The device incorporates a filter for collecting fine carbon particles suspended by the exhaust gas. After a predetermined amount of fine carbon particles is...     

A dual filter system for heaters and airconditioners comprising releaseably securable throwaway secondary filter secured to a disposeable or permanent primary filter.

Tetrafluoroethylene polymer coating dispersions when coated on glass fabric improve acid resistance of the fabric if the dispersions contain a selected silane, siloxane and water repellant.

The system is adapted to improve the efficiency and smooth operation of the automobile engine and reduce pollutants expelled from the engine. The normal carburetion function is supplemented by a vacuum induction technique to supply saturated (moisture laden) air to the carburetor where it is mixed with...     

The disclosure is directed to a method of dehumidification of air or gas which includes the steps of preparing a dehumidifying member composed of active carbon fiber material in the form of sheets, and bringing air or gas to be dehumidified into contact with the dehumidifying member in a direction parallel...     

A filter for extracting solids and liquids from gaseous combustion exhausts comprises a textile filter element formed of polyacrylonitrile fibers oxidized by careful heat treatment and comprising approximately 61% carbon after treatment. The filter may be woven, knitted or formed as a batting of randomly-oriented...     

A paint spray filter for use in a paint spray booth. The filter comprises a grid having a plurality of vertical and horizontal members, attachment means secured to the grid extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, and a sheet of fiberglass filter material. The fiberglass filter material has a first...     

A high efficiency, toxic vapor absorptive non-woven filter material comprising a wet-laid sheet containing fibrillated binder fiber, active carbon and submicron size glass fiber.

The invention relates to the recovery of precious metal lost from precious metal-containing catalysts for example the precious metal-containing catalysts which are used in the production of nitric acid by ammonia oxidation. In more detail, a getter (as herein defined) for recovery of precious metal lost...     

An air and water vapor permeable, toxic vapor absorptive non-woven fabric material comprising a web-laid sheet containing fibrillated acrylic fiber, and an activated carbon constituent selected from the group consisting of activated carbon fiber, activated carbon particles, and mixtures of activated...     

A filter having a structural framework (45) formed integral with and surrounding an active filtering area, and a process for manufacturing the filter are disclosed. The process includes (a) masking selected areas (40) on a sheet (30) of filter media, which areas will serve as the active filtering areas...     

This invention relates to a semiconductor wafer container having an air filter for removing fine particles from air, which serves to allow air to pass through a body of the container. This causes atmospheric pressure within and without the container body to be substantially identical to each other whereby...     

A multipurpose filtering material particularly for use in electrostatographic reproducing apparatus has a foraminous support matrix having a plurality of interconnecting voids to permit low impedance to the flow of gaseous material but sufficient to trap particulate material entrained in the gaseous...     

A particulate filter medium is formed of a sintered composite of 0.5 micron diameter quartz fibers and 2 micron diameter stainless steel fibers. A preferred composition is about 40 vol. % quartz and about 60 vol. % stainless steel fibers. The media is sintered at about 1100.degree. C. to bond the stainless...     

A novel mat composite is shown in which a plurality of glass fibers, strands or rovings are carried on a fluid permeable sheet with two generally parallel ribbons of mastic on each side of the sheet inboard of the edges affixing the fibers, strands or rovings to the sheet and maintaining the fibers,...     

A high temperature filter material, comprising a non-woven glass fiber matrix including mica particles, polymer micro-bits and a uniformly distributed binder system, is made by a wet laid procedure, as used in paper-making. A composition comprising the mica particles and polymer micro-bits, used in making...     

A high temperature filter material, comprising a non-woven glass fiber matrix including mica particles, polymer micro-bits and a uniformly distributed binder system, is made by a wet laid procedure, as used in paper-making. A composition comprising the mica particles and polymer micro-bits, used in making...     

A filter composed of a mesh structure substrate having deposited thereon and therein activated carbon fiber treated with an alkali and having a length within the range of from 5 to 1,000.mu., wherein the mesh structure substrate has an average cell diameter 3 to 100 times the length of the activated...     

Non-woven material useful for example for disposable wipers and the like which comprises a layer of meltblown polymeric microfibers inter-mixed with fibres of absorbent material and/or absorbent or super-absorbent particles, the absorbent fibres and/or particles being inter-connected by and held captive...     

A high temperature filter felt comprising a scrim and an entangled batt. The machine-direction component of the scrim is made up of intermeshed continuous filament yarns which are 40 to 75% glass fibers and 25 to 60% poly(tetrafluoroethylene) fibers. The fiber of the cross-machine direction component...     

A cartridge-type liquid-gas separator having particular use for separating oil from air. The separator includes an outer casing containing an annular pleated first stage filter element and an annular second stage element located concentrically of the first stage element. The first stage filter element...     

Methods and apparatus for removing a pollutant such as dust (33) from a fluid stream (34). A nested array of fibers (35) is provided in a substantially annular container (36) having openings in its inner (32) and outer (31) cylindrical sides of such size as to retain the fibers (35) within the container...     

An air and water vapor permeable, toxic vapor absorptive non-woven fabric material comprising a web-laid sheet containing fibrillated acrylic fiber, and an activated carbon constituent selected from the group consisting of activated carbon fiber, activated carbon particles, and mixtures of activated...     

The invention relates to a glass microfibre based paper, the said fibres being obtained by centrifugal processing of molten glass which is drawn by an annular gas flow at elevated temperature and velocity, which passes along the peripheral wall of the centrifuge. The centrifuge rotates at a peripheral...     

Provided is a strong, flexible filter element comprising a wet laid non-woven element of glass fibers, synthetic short fibers, and polymer fibrids having a softening point below the softening point of the short fibers. In the filter element, the glass fibers are bound to the synthetic short fibers, e.g.,...     

A snap-on filter for chemical cartridges is presented which includes a filter element comprising a perforated fiberglass prefilter bonded to a felt filter. The filter element is contained within a filter housing which snaps onto the chemical cartridge of a standard gas mask. The fiberglass prefilter...     

A vapor recovery canister comprises a flexible envelope defining a chamber which contains an insulating material impregnated with hydrocarbon adsorbent. Nipples connect the chamber in fluid communication with the exterior of the envelope so that the vapor canister can easily be coupled to the fluid conduits...     

A fiber bed mist eliminator comprising at least two radially spaced and concentrically disposed fiber bed elements. The elements have an opened upper and lower end forming substantially vertical, independent channels through which gases can flow. The mist eliminator further comprises baffle means of...     

A filter or filter assembly in which at least the frame work is made of magnetic material which holds the filter or filter assembly in place without the need of hardware and which is easily removed for cleaning or changing. The applications or numerous such as vehicle vents, swimming pools, spas, radiator...     

A recirculating fiber filter (1) and method is provided for removing particulates from moving fluid streams. High aspect ratio fibers (2) are used which readily nest with each other to form the high voidage fiber filter bed. In the method, fibers are continuously removed from the bottom of the bed regenerated...     

The invention relates to a planar textile structure, particularly a paper machine textile or a textile for the purposes of filtration, comprising a load-bearing basic structure. In order to enable a rapid and advantageous adjustment of the properties of the planar textile structure, staple fibres are...     

The present invention relates to engine manufacture. An air cleaner which comprises a housing (1) with an air-supply pipe (2) forming an annular clearance (3). A main filtering member (5) is placed in the clearance (3) and in close vicinity to the opening (13) of the air-supply pipe (2) and additional...     

A gas permeable material comprising a material having continuous pores through it, in which the pore interiors are coated with an amorphous copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole.

A regenerable deep bed filter element provided as a closed system, in the case of which a deep bed filter (21), disposed inside at least one hollow-cylindrical chamber (17), if formed by a bulk material filling of regenerable, filtration-active substances of a particulate and/or fibrous structure. The...     

An efficient, economical, compact diesel particulate filter comprising a casing with a plurality of concentric, spaced, perforated, supported, substantially rigid tubes substantially filling the casing radially, wherein the perforated surface of each tube is covered by a filtering element comprising...     

An efficient, economical, compact diesel particulate filter comprising a casing radially filled with a bundle of tubes comprising woven, braided, or knitted inorganic yarn, wherein each tube is at least about twice the length of the bundle, and is folded at one end to prevent exhaust from traveling through...     

A filter or catalyst body comprising wires or fibers is disclosed which is constructed in a single-layer or multi-layer as woven cloth, braiding or knitted fabric, the wires or fibers being at least partially connected to one another by sintering or welding. The woven cloth, netting, braiding or knitted...     

A ceramic fiber-ceramic composite filter having a support composed of ceramic fibers, preferably texturized, a carbonaceous layer thereover, and a silicon carbide coating over the carbonaceous layer and coated on substantially all of the fibers. A strong, tough, light weight filter is achieved which...     

A filter filters the gas generated by an air bag inflator. The gas comprises an alkali metal oxide. The inflator comprises a non-woven metal fibrous mat and small particles of a silicon compound, reactive with the alkali metal oxide, adhered to strands of the mat.

An air filter assembly and more specifically the use and combination of a relatively inexpensive and easily replaced paper filter associated with a conventional polyfoam or fiberglass filter conventionally employed in an intake of an air duct system associated with an air conditioning system or air heating...     

A nonwoven textile material useful in dissipating static electric charges containing an electrically conductive polytetrafluoroethylene fiber. An amount of a synthetic fiber may be intermixed with the electrically conductive polytetrafluoroethylene fiber to produce the static dissipative textile material....     

A flexible tubular filtering material possessing a braided cord structure wherein a number of yarns are intercrossed with each other in the right and the left directions and braided into a cylindrical form, or said material additionally with the fiber assembly layer installed around the cylindrical periphery...     

A gas permeable material having continuous pores through it, in which the pore interiors are coated with the reaction product of a) an ester of a perfluoroalkyl alcohol and a poly-basic hydroxyl-containing carboxylic acid, and b) a melamine formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde, or glycol modified formaldehyde....     

A ceramic fiber filter media is provided which includes ceramic fiber material and an effective amount of fluid fiber material. Preferably the media also contains therein thermoconductive fiber component. Embodiments are illustrated wherein the ceramic fiber filter media is incorporated into a preferred...     

An electrically regenerable diesel particulate trap or filter comprising an electrically resistive expanded metal sheet or sleeve which when energized heats the filter element to a temperature sufficient to allow the trapped soot particulates to burn.

A porous filter medium is formed by a pleated cylinder of a depth filter medium. An absolute rated inner filtration layer is arranged between upstream and downstream drainage layers. The depth filter medium is formed from a continuous sleeve. Additionally or alternatively at least the downstream drainage...     

A window air filtering assembly for repulsive filtering of pollen, dirt and small particulate matter. The air filtering assembly includes a frame assembly and a filtering medium disposed in the frame assembly. The filtering medium is formed from woven, smooth-surfaced microfilament strands having at...     

A filter cloth having a needle felt layer laminated to a nonwoven fabric sheet made of ultrafine fibers. The fibers of the nonwoven fabric sheet have a fineness of 0.2 denier or less and the fabric sheet is formed by the melt blow method. The needle felt layer preferably has a weight of from 150 g/m.sup.2...     

An electrically charged air filter which comprises a blend of clean expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene fibers and clean polyamide fibers.

A ceiling fan filter for filtering the air in a room having a ceiling fan is made from at least one layer of resilient polymeric fiber filter material. Each layer has a length, a width, an upper surface, a lower surface and two side edges which extend along the length of the layer. A narrow compressed...     

A deodorizing filter which is composed of a honeycomb structure of ceramic fibrous paper supporting cuprous oxide or both cuprous oxide and solid acid; and a method for manufacturing the deodorizing filter wherein the ceramic fibrous paper is soaked in the slurry of the mixture of reductant-added water...     

A fluidization cloth for an ash silo is resistant to high temperatures and mechanical stress, and is formed of a double-sided knit made from aramid or spun glass-fibers, wherein aramid or spun glass-fibers are also used as in-lay threads and the cloth is mounted on a conically-shaped perforated surface...     

An air cleaning filter comprising a layer (A) of water-repellent fiber and a layer (B) in which fiber bundles comprising aggregates of water-absorbent fibers are arranged. Layer (B) has an air permeability of not less than 100 cm.sup.3 /cm.sup.2 . s and is located upstream of layer (A).

A filter apparatus having a filter bag subassembly for collecting contaminating material. The filter bag sub-assembly includes five diametrically and axially-spaced bags and an integral collar. The five spaced bags form five spaced chambers and the integral collar has a stepped shape forming five cylinder...     

The present invention relates to a heat-resistant filter which is suitable for trapping particulate contained in a high temperature exhaust gas from an engine, and can be reconditioned by removing with burning the trapped particulate. This invention aims at providing a heat-resistant filter, which will...     

An air cleaning apparatus according to the present invention includes an apparatus body having a suction port through which air in a processing space is sucked and a discharge port through which the air sucked through the suction port is discharged into the processing space. A blower is provided in the...     

A ceramic hot-gas candle filter having a porous support of filament-wound oxide ceramic yarn at least partially surrounded by a porous refractory oxide ceramic matrix, and a membrane layer on the outside surface of the porous support. The membrane layer is formed of an ordered arrangement of continuous...     

A porous filter medium is formed by a pleated cylinder of a depth filter medium. An absolute rated inner filtration layer is arranged between upstream and downstream drainage layers. The depth filter medium is formed from a continuous sleeve. Additionally or alternatively at least the downstream drainage...     

A bundle of hollow fibers of uniform diameter, particularly for use in dialysis is formed of a plurality of parallel hollow fibres at least a part of which, prior to the formation of the bundle, is permanently undulated by means of interleaved undulating elements moving opposite the feeding direction...     

A filter composite comprising a first layer of glass fibers having random orientation, the layer being porous to gas flow therethrough; a porous mat of sufficient stiffness as to support the glass fiber layer during use as a filter, the mat consisting of compacted glass fibers, and; an additional porous...     

There is provided a filter element for the removal of particulates from an exhausted gas by collecting the particulates entrained with the gas characterized in that the filter element includes continuous alumina-silica fibers as inorganic fibers each of which contains not less than 98% by weight of alumina...     

A device for separating foreign material from air. A main frame includes a chamber having one or more inlet tubes, an air outlet, and a foreign material outlet. An air pump forces the air including the foreign material into the chamber via the inlet tubes. Guides extend between the inlet tubes and the...     

The present invention is an air filter assembly which includes a frame having a filter mounted therein. The filter is constructed of woven microfilament strands having a cross-sectional height of at most 30 microns, the strands being spaced apart by at most 20 microns. The filter medium is single-ply...     

Metal filter for a particulate trap which meets the requirements for low pressure drop, high collecting capacity and a long life. The metal filters have one or more layers of unwoven fabric (such as felt) formed of a metal fiber having one of the following alloy compositions A, B and C wherein composition...     

An air cleaner incorporating a plurality of filtration techniques within a rigid, gasketed frame designed to fit in conventional filter tracks. A perimeter gasket attached to the frame leaving air side provides a positive seal thereby preventing air from bypassing the frame. The frame houses, in series...     

The present invention provides a bag filter comprising a melt-blown fibrous nonwoven web formed into a bag configuration with a closed end, an open end, an inside surface, and an outside surface. The bag filter is constructed such that (a) the fibrous nonwoven web comprises fibers such that 90% of the...     

A fiber glass air filtration media includes a blanket of glass fibers with about 25% to 35% by weight of the glass fibers being fine glass fibers having an average diameter of less than 3.5 microns and about 65% to 75% by weight of the glass fibers being coarse glass fibers having an average diameter...     

A ceramic hot-gas candle filter having a porous support of filament-wound oxide ceramic yarn at least partially surrounded by a porous refractory oxide ceramic matrix, and a membrane layer on at least one surface thereof. The membrane layer may be on the outer surface, the inner surface, or both the...     

A diesel particulate filter apparatus comprises filter structures bent in a wavy profile, formed in a tubular form, and comprising ceramic fiber laminate materials formed by randomly laminating a ceramic fiber and wire nets laminated on the ceramic fiber laminate materials. First rigid members and second...     

According to the present invention, a filter body for collecting particulates is constituted of a fiber laminate material produced by laminating a fiber material comprising a core material in the form of a fiber, and a covering layer of a material different from that of the core material formed around...     

A filter composite comprising a first layer of glass fibers having random orientation, the layer being porous to gas flow therethrough; a porous mat of sufficient stiffness as to support the glass fiber layer during use as a filter, the mat consisting of compacted glass fibers, and; an additional porous...     

Air filtration media is formed by collecting a layer of fine diameter glass fibers directly on a foraminous, reinforcing, backing layer and subsequently collecting a layer of relatively coarse diameter glass fibers directly on the layer of fine diameter glass fibers. A bonding agent carried by the glass...     

A particulate filter for a fluid stream being of preselected thickness with progressively increasing fibrous density from the upstream face toward the downstream face, the filter having a transversely and uniformly extending planar sheet-like adhesive barrier at a preselected location and quantity between...     

A preferred filter media is provided. The media includes a fine fiber web secured to the surface of a coarse fiber support. A preferred filter media, comprising multiple layers of fine fiber media separated by coarse fiber support, is provided. Advantageous filter constructions result and are provided....     

A filtration medium made from a plurality of solid fibers aligned in the same direction and packed and bundle together and compressed at a portion thereof by a retainer member, and a displacement member disposed inside the packed fibers forming close packed aligned fibers defining a fluid flow passages...     

A filter medium having high stiffness is provided. The filter is a nonwoven web of conjugate fibers which has a Frazier permeability above 200 CFM, an NaCl efficiency above 75 percent, a Gurley Stiffness above 700 mg, and a SEP value of above 80. The conjugate fibers may be polyolefin, more particularly...     

A filter element made of nonwoven filter fabric includes a plurality of pleated portions and a flange portion formed integrally with the filter portion. The flange portion is formed by a pair of press-forming dies to have a thin and compressed connecting portion formed along the outer periphery of the...     

An air filtration media is formed of a blanket of fibers, preferably glass fibers, bonded together at their points of intersection with a binder. The blanket has a weight between about 2.5 and about 4.0 grams per square foot and the average diameter of the fibers in the blanket is within a range from...     

A fiber bed mist eliminator system is disclosed that includes a collector vessel having at least one inlet and at least two outlets. The system further includes at least two filter housings removably secured to the collector vessel, in which each filter housing has an inlet and outlet. Each filter housing...     

A disk drive having a moisture-absorbent element of compactly folded cloth formed by weaving stainless steel fibers for suppressing the humidity rise in the case accompanying a temperature fall. A disk is housed in an upward open box-shaped case. A magnetic head for writing and reading information on...     

A filter element for use in a filter holder having a sealing surface and method of making a filter. The filter being made of a folded material of manufacture having a circumferential sealing rim and having a spacer to keep open the folded areas. The spaced being formed by at least one cover layer folded...     

Unitary filters for airbags. The filters may be formed from various combinations of ceramic grit, ceramic fiber, metal grit, metal fiber, and non-metal fibers. Combinations of disparate particle sizes may be used to increase filter diffusion and reduce the size of particles filtered. The disparate size...