公开(公告)号：US06919020B2

公开(公告)日：2005-07-19

申请号：US10198653

申请日：2002-07-18

申请人： Michael Ekholm

发明人： Michael Ekholm

IPC分类号： B01D29/90 ,  B01D3/00 ,  B01D15/14 ,  B01D24/14 ,  B01D29/92 ,  B01J8/02

CPC分类号： B01D24/14 ,  B01D3/008 ,  B01D15/14 ,  B01D2201/44

摘要： A distributor/collector system includes a distributor provided with an upper header having upper laterals carrying fluid away from the upper header and a collector provided with a lower header having lower laterals carrying fluid toward the lower header. Flow enters the distributor on one side of the vessel and exits the collector on an approximately opposite side of the vessel. The distance traveled by each fluid particle through the system is substantially the same.

摘要翻译： 分配器/收集器系统包括分配器，该分配器具有上部集管，上部集管具有远离上部集管的流体，并具有集流管，该收集器具有下部集管，下部集管具有向下部集管传送流体的下侧部分。 流体在容器的一侧进入分配器，并在容器的大致相对侧离开收集器。 每个流体颗粒通过系统行进的距离基本相同。

公开(公告)号：US08505154B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-13

申请号：US13228228

申请日：2011-09-08

申请人： Tom Schuler ,  Michael Ekholm

发明人： Tom Schuler ,  Michael Ekholm

IPC分类号： A47L5/38

CPC分类号： B01D35/16 ,  B01D29/114 ,  B01D29/46 ,  B01D29/661 ,  B01D35/02 ,  Y10T137/794

摘要： A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.

公开(公告)号：US20120298572A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13117405

申请日：2011-05-27

申请人： Michael Ekholm

发明人： Michael Ekholm

IPC分类号： B01D35/28

CPC分类号： E02B9/04 ,  B01D29/33 ,  B01D29/48 ,  B01D29/54 ,  B01D29/902 ,  B01D35/1576 ,  B01D2201/44 ,  E03B3/04 ,  Y02E10/22

摘要： A screen intake has a central body with two screens attached on either end. Each of the screens has an interior that communicates with a hollow of the body via flow modifiers. These flow modifiers include one or more pipes disposed in the interior of the screens and through passages in ends of the body. A flow control support device disposed within the body supports the body's sidewall and divides the hollow into at least two portions—each communicating with flow from one of the flow modifiers. The device can include one or more plates disposed adjacent one another within the internal hollow with a peripheral edge attached to an inside of the body's sidewall. At least one of the one or more plates can be solid, or one or more of the plates can define openings therein allowing passage of at least some fluid therethrough.

摘要翻译： 屏幕进口有一个中心体，两端连接两个屏幕。 每个屏幕具有通过流动调节器与身体的中空连通的内部。 这些流动改性剂包括一个或多个配置在屏幕内部并穿过身体端部的通道的管道。 设置在主体内的流量控制支撑装置支撑身体的侧壁，并将空心部分分成至少两个部分，每个部分与来自流动调节剂之一的流体相通。 该装置可以包括一个或多个在内部空腔内相邻设置的板，其中外围边缘连接到主体侧壁的内部。 一个或多个板中的至少一个可以是固体，或者一个或多个板可以限定开口，允许至少一些流体通过其中。

公开(公告)号：US20120298232A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13117695

申请日：2011-05-27

申请人： Michael Ekholm

发明人： Michael Ekholm

IPC分类号： F17D3/00

CPC分类号： F17C13/04 ,  F15D1/00 ,  Y10T137/8122 ,  Y10T137/86348 ,  Y10T137/87265

摘要： A vortex breaker fits over an outlet of a vessel. The breaker has a basket disposed on a base with an opening communicating with the vessel's outlet. The basket has a cylindrical sidewall screen with profiled wires arranged around bars that extend from the base. The basket also has a top screen attached to the sidewall screen. The top screen has wires arranged across a plurality of bars. Fluid flow passing through the screens is directed by the profiled wires and the bars. Below the top screen, a baffle plate diverts the fluid flow passing through the top screen to the periphery of the top plate. Inside the basket, a flow modifier has a vanes attached to the base and disposed radially around the base's opening. At least some of the vanes have cross-tees extending from the vane's sides to break the radially directed flow inside the basket.

摘要翻译： 涡流破碎机适合容器的出口。 断路器具有设置在基座上的篮，开口与容器的出口连通。 篮子有一个圆柱形的侧壁筛，其外形线布置在从基座延伸的杆上。 该篮子还具有连接到侧壁屏幕的顶部屏幕。 顶部屏幕具有布置在多个条上的导线。 通过筛网的流体流由成型线和棒引导。 在顶部屏幕下方，挡板将通过顶部屏幕的流体流转移到顶板的周边。 在篮子内部，流动调节器具有附接到基部并且围绕基部开口径向设置的叶片。 至少一些叶片具有从叶片侧面延伸的十字头，以破坏篮子内的径向指向的流动。

公开(公告)号：US20110056526A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-10

申请号：US12942435

申请日：2010-11-09

申请人： Michael Ekholm ,  Dean Brabec ,  Tom Steinke ,  Steve Uban

发明人： Michael Ekholm ,  Dean Brabec ,  Tom Steinke ,  Steve Uban

IPC分类号： B08B5/00

CPC分类号： B08B9/00 ,  B01D29/114 ,  B01D29/46 ,  B01D29/661 ,  B01D35/02

摘要： A method and apparatus for a backwash system for cleaning an underwater intake filter assembly. The backwash system includes an underwater tank coupled on one end to a source of compressed fluid and on the other end to the intake screen assembly. The backwash system includes a U-shaped release conduit that is adapted to release a predetermined quantity of fluid to the intake screen in order to clean the filter assembly of waterborne debris.

摘要翻译： 一种用于清洗水下进气过滤器组件的反洗系统的方法和装置。 反洗系统包括一端连接到压缩流体源的水下舱，另一端连接到进气筛组件。 反洗系统包括U型释放导管，其适于将预定量的流体释放到进气屏幕以便清洁水性碎片的过滤器组件。

公开(公告)号：US20100101565A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-29

申请号：US12258796

申请日：2008-10-27

申请人： Richard C. Maxson ,  Michael Ekholm

发明人： Richard C. Maxson ,  Michael Ekholm

IPC分类号： F24J2/00

CPC分类号： E06B9/01 ,  E04F10/08 ,  E06B7/082 ,  E06B9/28 ,  E06B2009/2417

摘要： Passive solar wire screens mount vertically on an edifice. The screens have rods vertically arranged parallel to one another and have wires horizontally arranged parallel to one another. The wires attach to the rods and have first surfaces facing away from the edifice in an upward direction from vertical. The wires also have second surfaces facing toward the edifice in a downward direction from vertical. When the sun has a summer elevation on the horizon, the first surfaces passively reflect solar energy incident thereto away from the wire screens. When the sun has a winter elevation on the horizon, however, the first surfaces passively reflect solar energy incident thereto toward the second surfaces, which in turn passively reflect the solar energy toward the edifice. A concave surface on the wires can also reflect thermal energy back to the edifice.

摘要翻译： 被动太阳能丝网垂直安装在大厦上。 屏幕具有彼此垂直布置的杆，并且具有彼此平行地水平布置的线。 电线连接到杆上，并使第一表面向上离开大厦向上垂直。 电线还具有面向大厦的第二表面，从垂直方向向下。 当太阳在地平线上有夏季高度时，第一个表面被动地将入射到其上的太阳能反射离开丝网。 然而，当太阳在地平线上有一个冬季高度时，第一个表面被动地反射入射到其上的太阳能朝着第二个表面，而这二次表面又被动地反射出太阳能向大厦。 电线上的凹面也可以将热能反射回大厦。

公开(公告)号：US07303078B2

公开(公告)日：2007-12-04

申请号：US10448747

申请日：2003-05-30

申请人： Michael Ekholm ,  Sabin Bajracharya ,  Steve R. Boettner ,  Charles H. Flansburg ,  Gerald Allan Berry

发明人： Michael Ekholm ,  Sabin Bajracharya ,  Steve R. Boettner ,  Charles H. Flansburg ,  Gerald Allan Berry

IPC分类号： B07B1/46 ,  F21S8/00

CPC分类号： E06B9/24 ,  B07B1/12 ,  B07B1/4609 ,  B07B1/4681 ,  E06B9/01 ,  E06B2009/2417

摘要： A method and apparatus for altering the reflectivity of a screen when light is supplied to a portion of the screen is disclosed. The orientation and shape of wires disposed on at least one bar of the screen is controlled to alter the reflectivity of the screen. Also provided is a method and apparatus for supporting a screen on a surface such as a wall, including placing slots within the screen for mating with connecting members mounted on a support frame connected to the surface.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种当将光提供给屏幕的一部分时，用于改变屏幕的反射率的方法和装置。 设置在屏幕的至少一个条上的导线的方向和形状被控制以改变屏幕的反射率。 还提供了一种用于在诸如墙壁的表面上支撑屏幕的方法和装置，包括在屏幕内放置槽以与安装在连接到表面的支撑框架上的连接构件配合。