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Dayco Products, Inc.

Emerson Electric Company

Robertshaw Controls Company

Dayco Corporation

James T Candor

Joseph V Tassone

Richard L Marsh

Werner R Bauer

A system for conveying a fluid through an under-the-ground location and method of making the same are provided, the system comprising a primary flexible conduit for conveying the fluid therethrough and having an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, and an outer secondary conduit having at least a portion of the primary conduit removably disposed therein and having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface that engages the ground in the under-the-ground location thereof, the secondary conduit having the inner peripheral surface thereof comprising a helically disposed and inwardly directed projection thereof that engages the outer peripheral surface of the primary conduit in a spiral manner and cooperates therewith to define a helically disposed passage that extends therebetween throughout substantially the entire engagement area thereof.

System for conveying a fluid through an under-the-ground location and

System for conveying a fluid through an under-the-ground location of

An apparatus and method for moving at least some of the liquid in liquid bearing soil or ground are provided, the method comprising the steps of disposing a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit in the ground so as to have at least portions thereof disposed beneath the top surface of the ground and so as to have a section of the ground disposed between the portions of the electrode units, creating an electrostatic field between the portions of the electrode units to tend to move at least some of the liquid in the section of the ground toward one of the portions of the electrode units, and imposing a vibratory field arrangement on the section of the ground to enhance the movement of the liquid in the section of the ground toward the one of the portions of the electrode units, the step of imposing the vibratory field arrangement comprising the step of simultaneously imposing a plurality of different vibratory field actions on the section of the ground so that a plurality of different intensities and/or frequencies of the vibratory field arrangement act on the section of the ground in series between the portions of the electrode units as at least some of the liquid thereof is being moved between the portions of the electrode units.

Apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a crossflow filter apparatus for continuously removing liquid from a liquid bearing material comprising a housings, a filter disposed within the housing to form a crossflow chamber in the housing on one side of the filter and a filtrate chamber in the housing on the other side of the filter, and an electrode unit disposed in one of the chambers for creating an electrostatic field arrangement that enhances the flow of liquid from the liquid bearing material in the crossflow chamber through the filter into the filtrate chamber, the electrode unit providing a plurality of electrostatic fields that have different intensities that serially act on each section of the liquid bearing material as each section of the liquid bearing material moves from one end of the crossflow chamber to the other end of the crossflow chamber.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of electrode units having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent portions, structure for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet, structure for moving the liquid bearing material from the inlet to the outlet so that sections of the material serially move from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material between the adjacent portions of the electrode units as the material is moving from the inlet to the outlet whereby a vibratory field arrangement is applied to the material, and structure for creating a voltage between the pair of electrode units so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the pair of electrode units for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from that material, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material having structure for simultaneously providing different vibratory field actions to different sections of the material that are serially disposed between the inlet and the outlet so that different intensities of the vibratory field arrangement serially act on each section of the material as each section of the material moves from the inlet to the outlet, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material comprising at least one of the electrode units.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of electrode units having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent porions, structure for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet, structure for moving the liquid bearing material from the inlet to the outlet so that sections of the material serially move from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material between the adjacent portions of the electrode units as the material is moving from the inlet to the outlet whereby a vibratory field arrangement is applied to the material, and structure for creating a voltage between the pair of electrode units so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the pair of electrode units for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from that material, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material having structure for simultaneously providing different vibratory field actions to different sections of the material that are serially disposed between the inlet and the outlet so that different intensities of the vibratory field arrangement serially act on each section of the material as each section of the material moves from the inlet to the outlet, the structure for vibrating the liquid bearing material comprising one of the electrode units.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of electrodes having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent portions, structure for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet, structure for moving the liquid bearing material from the inlet to the outlet so that sections of the material serially move from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, and a unit for creating a voltage arrangement between the pair of electrodes so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the pair of electrodes for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from that material, the unit providing different voltages between different parts of the pair of electrodes so that different intensities of the electrostatic field arrangement serially act through each section of the material as each section of material moves from the inlet to the outlet.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of movable electrodes having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent portions, a moving unit for moving the electrodes so that adjacent portions thereof serially move in the same direction thereof from the inlet to the outlet, a unit for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet so that sections of the material serially move with the adjacent portions from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, a unit for creating a voltage between the electrodes so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the electrodes for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from the material that is disposed therebetween, and a unit for increasing the voltage between certain parts of the electrodes so that the intensity of the electrostatic field arrangement that acts through each section of the material increases as each section of material moves from the inlet to the outlet.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of electrodes having portions thereof disposed adjacent each other and defining an inlet to the adjacent portions and an outlet from the adjacent portions, structure for feeding the liquid bearing material into the inlet, structure for moving the liquid bearing material from the inlet to the outlet so that sections of the material serially move from the inlet to the outlet while being disposed between the adjacent portions, and a unit for creating a voltage between the pair of electrodes so as to create an electrostatic field arrangement between the adjacent portions of the pair of electrodes for acting through the material that is disposed therebetween to remove liquid from that material, the unit providing different voltages between different parts of the pair of electrodes so that different intensities of the electrostatic field arrangement serially act through each section of the material as each section of material moves from the inlet to the outlet.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material are provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of spaced apart electrodes for being disposed on opposite sides of the material, a unit for creating an electrostatic field between the electrodes for acting through the material to remove liquid from the material, and a projection extending from one of the electrodes so as to be disposed in the material between the electrodes to assist in removing liquid from the liquid bearing material, the electrodes comprising a pair of movable endless belts having adjacent runs thereof adapted to move in the same direction with the material therebetween so as to move in the same direction therewith, the projection being adapted to project from the one electrode to different positions thereof relative to the material between the electrodes and relative to the one electrode.

An apparatus and method for removing liquid from liquid bearing material is provided, the apparatus comprising a pair of spaced apart electroes for being disposed on opposite sides of the material, a unit for creating an electrostatic field between the electrodes for acting through the material to remove liquid from the material, a plurality of projections for being disposed in the material between the electrodes to assist in removing liquid from the liquid bearing material, one of the electrodes having a plurality of openings passing therethrough for respectively receciving the projections therethrough so that the projections can project into the material between the electrodes, a unit operatively interconnected to the projections to move the projections through the opening means of that one electrode to different positions thereof relative to the material between the electrodes and relative to the one electrode, and a unit for causing at least one of the projections to create an electrostatic field with another of the projections so that that electrostatic field extends between those two projections and through the material to act thereon.

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Dayton, OH, United States of America

James T Candor