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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:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasushi Kohno, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210 94 ; 210 961 ; 210138 ; 137883 ;
Abstract
An in-liquid small substance separation/recovery apparatus which can separate small substances in a liquid into discrete ones in large amounts, includes a branch tube having an inlet port, a discharge port, and a separation/recovery port, a sensor to detect the small substances in a fluid passing through the inlet port, a controller to close and open a pair of valves, one at the discharge port and another at the separation/recovery port, and equipped with timers to start clocking a predetermined length of time each time the sensor detects a small substance and to signal the controller to open the valve at the discharge port.