Disclosed is an air filter and a method of manufacture for an air filter which is much more cost effective and provides greater operational effectiveness than state-of-the-art air filters. The air filter includes an outer metallic shell which may be used to attach the filter in line to ducting of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The filter may further include a filter unit made of activated carbon material. The filter unit may have one or more sections and may have a honeycomb cross section.

An air filter element has a filter medium body that has a wall to be flowed through by a fluid to be purified in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. The filter medium body has a first end face and an oppositely positioned second end face. The filter medium body has an elongate cross section shape with two oppositely positioned narrow sides and two oppositely positioned long sides connecting the two narrow sides. A cross section surface of the filter medium body tapers from the first end face toward the second end face. The two long sides each have an inwardly oriented radial constriction in a region of the narrow second end face, wherein, in a region of the first end face, the two long sides are formed without or at least approximately without the inwardly oriented radial constriction, respectively.

A gas and liquid separator includes a first separating portion configured to separate a liquid droplet from a first exhaust gas discharged from a negative electrode of a fuel cell, a first container accommodating the first separating portion, a first storage reservoir storing water flowing down from the first separating portion, a second container provided at a lower side of the first storage reservoir, a second storage reservoir provided at a lower portion of the second container, and a valve apparatus including a valve discharging water stored in the first storage reservoir, wherein a second exhaust gas discharged from a positive electrode flows in the second container, and water discharged from the first storage reservoir is stored in the second storage reservoir.

A cleaner unit of the present invention is intended to be used in a cyclone air cleaner in which the cleaner unit includes a cleaner element and a resin net, wherein the cleaner unit has a cylindrical shape and is configured to cause outside air to swirl around an outer periphery of the cleaner unit and to be introduced through the cleaner element into a hollow part defined inside the element so as to remove dust. The cleaner element has an outer periphery covered by the resin net including an outer periphery part and a plurality of mesh openings, at least the outer periphery part being made of a resin.

The flow path switching type collecting apparatus of by-products for a semiconductor manufacturing process of the present disclosure includes: a cylindrical housing that has a top plate having a gas inlet and a bottom plate having a gas outlet and fastening portions extending and protruding inside the housing, and receives and then discharges an exhaust gas flowing inside; and a flow path switching type disc collection tower that is installed vertically in the housing and includes an open edge-mesh center type collection disc, a mesh edge-open center type collection disc, a solid edge-open center type collection disc, and an open edge-solid center type collection disc that have different external shape to collect by-products of an exhaust gas flowing insides.

A toroidal trap for capturing stray particles directed inside the hole of the toroid shape and enabling gas to transit internally through and exit from a generally toroidal encasement. A filter is removably attached proximate to the hole and it receives the captured particles, the removability enabling the filter medium to be cleaned or replaced. At least one blower is situated within the encasement to drive air or gas past the filter medium and inside the encasement to exit exterior of the toroidal encasement. A method of using the aforementioned toroidal trap comprising the steps of activating the trap, directing particles at a target through the hole, depositing stray particles onto a filter medium and either repositioning the trap or the target depending on user preference.

A filter includes a filter outer wall, and a filter inner wall spaced apart from the filter outer wall. The filter inner wall and the filter outer wall define a filter void therebetween, and the filter inner wall and the filter outer wall extend along a filter axis. A volume of filtration material is positioned in the filter void, and a plurality of baffles extend between the filter inner wall and the filter outer wall. The plurality of baffles are configured to induce a helical component to an airflow entering the filter void at a first void end relative to the filter axis and exiting the filter void at a second void end opposite the first void end.

A dirt separator for a vacuum cleaner including a chamber having an inlet through which dirt-laden fluid enters the chamber and an outlet through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber; and a disc located at the outlet, the disc being arranged to rotate about a rotational axis and including holes through which the cleansed fluid passes. The disc includes a first region in which a first array of said holes is provided, and a second region, radially outward of the first region, in which a second array of said holes is provided. Each hole of the second array has a larger cross-sectional area than each hole of the first array.

Filtration systems having a tangential air cleaner having a coiled media filter element and a cyclonic pre-cleaner are described. An outer wall of the filter element acts as a pre-cleaner sleeve of the housing to generate a cyclonic flow of the intake air prior to the intake air being filtered by the filter element. The housing cover includes geometry that redirects the cyclonic low from a tangential path to an axial, straight-through flow directed through an inlet flow face of the filter element. Various embodiments of such filtration systems offer increased filter performance and capacity compared to similarly sized cylindrical pleated filter elements having a radial flow filtering path.

A nucleic acid purification device according to the inventive concept includes an activated carbon fiber filter, wherein the activated carbon fiber filter includes an activated carbon fiber and a potassium compound coated on the surface of the activated carbon fiber.