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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Bad Soden, DE;
Paul Amaat France, West Chester, OH (US);
Arseni V. Radomyselski, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jean Wevers, Steenhuffel, BE;
Inventors:
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Bad Soden, DE;
Paul Amaat France, West Chester, OH (US);
Arseni V. Radomyselski, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jean Wevers, Steenhuffel, BE;
Assignee:
Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D015/00 ; D06B009/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of absorbent materials for separating water from an emulsion comprising water and lipophilic fluid. The methods, systems, and compositions of the present invention expose the emulsion to absorbent materials such that water is absorbed out of the emulsion in order to facilitate the recovery of the lipophilic fluid.