The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1981
Mario Rabinowitz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Narain G Hingorani, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
E Robert Perry, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique is disclosed herein for separating out one group of polar particles for example PCB molecules having polar moments of given magnitudes, from a separate group of polar particles, for example oil molecules having polar moments of lesser magnitude, in a mixture of the two. This is accomplished by utilizing a chamber containing a substance which has an affinity for the first particle, preferably neoprene in the case of PCB. The substance is carried by arrangements of electrodes or the like which produce a non-uniform electric field in the chamber which causes the first particle, e.g. the PCB, to be attracted toward the substance carried by the electrodes, e.g., the neoprene, faster than the second particles. In this way, first particles are separated out from the mixture and are absorbed by a particle collecting substance of suitable type.