A third cavity part for forming a filter part of a mesh filter has opening forming pins of the same number as that of openings for forming regular-octagonal openings of the filter part. The opening forming pins are formed at regular intervals along an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, and a diameter of an inscribed circle of the regular octagon is equivalent to the dimension between the adjacent opening forming pins along the X-axis direction and along the Y-axis direction. The interval between a first line and a second line adjacent to the first line of the opening forming pins formed at regular intervals along a direction at 45 to the X-axis direction is equivalent to the interval between a third line and a fourth line adjacent to the third line of the opening forming pins formed at regular intervals along a direction at 135 to the X-axis direction.

A filter medium includes: a porous substrate; a nanofiber web laminated on both surfaces of the porous substrate, the nanofiber web being formed of accumulated nanofibers made of a polymer material and having a number of fine pores; and a fuse reinforcement material interposed between the nanofiber web and the porous substrate for adhesion with the nanofiber web and the porous substrate integrally. The porous substrate is surrounded by the nanofiber web except for an upper edge of the porous substrate, the upper edge of the porous substrate protrudes with respect to the nanofiber web to form a protruding portion, and the protruding portion is configured to be connected with a discharge hole through which purified water via the porous substrate is discharged.

Three dimensional nanoparticle filters are provided herein. In one embodiment a filter device includes a base material, alternating layers of sacrificial material between layers of structural material being deposited onto the base material to create a layered base material, and filter sidewalls etched into the deposited alternating layers of the layered base material to remove the layers of sacrificial material between the layers of structural material to form filter slots in the filter sidewalls as well as create channels between the filter sidewalls, where a size of the filter slots is selectable based on a thickness of the layers of sacrificial material utilized.

A filter apparatus includes: a housing having an inlet for supplying sewage or waste water into the housing, and an outlet for discharging purified water from the housing; and filter media arranged inside the housing. Each of the filter media includes: a porous substrate; a nanofiber web laminated on both surfaces of the porous substrate; and a fuse reinforcement material interposed between the nanofiber web and the porous substrate. The porous substrate is surrounded by the nanofiber web except for an upper edge of the porous substrate to form a protruding portion. The apparatus further includes: a discharge pipe connected to the outlet and including a fixing portion fixed to the protruding portion of the porous substrate and a connection tube connected to the fixing portion and connected to the outlet; and a pump connected to the outlet for pumping the purified water out of the housing.

A monolithic separation membrane structure comprises a substrate, a first support layer and a separation membrane. The substrate is composed of a porous material and including a plurality of through holes. The first support layer is formed on an inner surface of the plurality of through holes. The separation membrane arranged in the first support layer. The first support layer includes an aggregate material having alumina as a main component, an inorganic binder have titania as a main component, and a sintering additive having at least one of silica and magnesia as a main component.

A system and method for positioning a pill to be ingested by a user in a field of view of an image acquisition camera. The method includes the steps of determining a desired location of the mouth of a user in a field of view of an image acquisition camera, determining a current position of a pill to be ingested by the user in the field of view of the image acquisition apparatus, and indicating on a display a movement to be made by the user to move the pill towards mouth of the user.

The filter device includes a case, an element, and a water separator. The case accommodates the element and the water separator. The element removes solid particulates from the fuel. The element can be replaced by opening the case. The water separator removes water content from the fuel. The water separator is held in the case. The water separator is movable relative to the case. The water separator is movable within a movable range. The element and the water separator are provided with a passage connecting member for connecting a fuel passages.

According to some aspects, a method is provided of removing debris from a liquid photopolymer in an additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, a mesh of solid material may be formed in an additive fabrication device from a liquid photopolymer, and particles of debris present in the liquid photopolymer may adhere to the mesh. The debris may thereby be removed from the liquid photopolymer by removing the mesh from the additive fabrication device. The mesh may then be discarded.

In one aspect, a material is disclosed, including: a periodic structure including a plurality of unit cells, the plurality of unit cells having a respective plurality of shared nodes, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells has a plurality of members forming an open cell volume; and a matrix material associated with the periodic structure. In another aspect, a method of forming a material is disclosed, including: forming a periodic structure including a plurality of unit cells, the plurality of unit cells having a respective plurality of shared nodes, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells has a plurality of members forming an open cell volume; and associating a matrix material with the periodic structure. Matrix material selection, composition, manufacturing, interfacial bonding modification, and post-treatments of the periodic structure-matrix material composites are disclosed.

A blood processing filter for removing undesirable components from liquid containing a blood component or blood, comprises a sheet-shaped filter element, and a container that includes an inlet-side container element and an outlet-side container element that are disposed to clamp the filter element, and has an internal space separated by the filter element into an inlet space and an outlet space. The filter element includes a pair of filtering surfaces disposed on the inlet space side and the outlet space side, and an end surface along a periphery of the pair of the filtering surfaces, and the inlet-side container element and the outlet-side container element are provided with a gripper that clamps and compresses outer edge portions of the pair of filtering surfaces, and adheres to the end surface with melt resin, and a part of the container is provided with a steam-permeable portion having steam permeability.