A filtration article is disclosed comprising a plugged porous honeycomb filter body, deposits of inorganic particles within the plugged honeycomb filter body, the deposits having a porosity in a range of greater than 95% to less than or equal to 99.9% and an average thickness in a range of greater than or equal to 0.5 m to less than or equal to 200 m, and at least some of the inorganic particles being fused to each other and/or to the filter body. The particles are fused by one or more of low-melting inorganic particles, inorganic particles capable of chemical bonding organic fusion bonds or organic chemical bonds between inorganic particles coated with an organic binder.

The present invention relates to vacuum cleaner filter bags composed of waste products of the textile industry. In addition, possibilities of use for waste products of the textile industry for vacuum cleaner filter bags are provided. The vacuum cleaner filter bag comprising a wall surrounding an inner space and composed of an air-permeable material and an inlet opening introduced into the wall, characterized in that the air-permeable material comprises at least one layer of a nonwoven that comprises fibrous and/or pulverulent recycled textile material and/or cotton linters, with the specific volume of the layer of the nonwoven amounting to at least 20 cm.sup.3/g.

The present invention relates to an improved water pipe comprising a chamber containing water in its lower portion, its upper compact cylindrical portion serving as a smoke collection reservoir; a bowl for combusting tobacco or medicinal herbs, the smoke directed through a tube to the water chamber below the water; and a mouth piece for applying suction to the interior of the chamber to inhale the smoke.

Disclosed are a blood filter which exhibits excellent leukocyte elimination performance as well as significantly improved blood throughput per unit time and erythrocyte recovery rate and a method of manufacturing the same. The blood filter of the present invention includes a pre-treatment filter which is a laminate of first non-woven fabrics having a mean fiber diameter of 5 to 30 ?m and a mean pore size of 10 to 30 ?m, and a main filter which is a laminate of second non-woven fabrics having a mean fiber diameter of 1 to 5 ?m, a mean pore size of 5 to 10 ?m and a mean pore size distribution rate of 30% or more. A filling density of the pre-treatment filter and a filling density of the main filter, with respect to a target blood throughput of the blood filter, are 0.1 g/100 ml to 1 g/100 ml and 1 g/100 ml to 3 g/100 ml, respectively.

Air filtration media and methods of processing the same are described herein. One method of processing an air filtration medium includes mixing an adsorption material, a polymer material, and a reinforcement material, compressing the mixture, and heating the mixture.

A method for fabrication of ordinary porous media and fractured porous media with controllable characteristics is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a cylindrical container and sealing one end of the cylindrical container. The method further comprises fastening the sealed end of the cylindrical container with a lacy sheet for connecting to a vacuum pump and packing the cylindrical container with glass beads to achieve predetermined porosity and permeability using vacuum. Finally placing the packed container in a furnace until reaching a retention time at a predefined rate of temperature enhancement, and separating a fabricated core from the packed container.

A diesel particulate filter cleaning machine. The filter is filed with a soaking solution comprising water and a surfactant and retained within the filter during a soaking interval. The filter is placed in a rinsing station after the soaking interval. A rinse water head positioned above an upper surface of the filter supplies rinse water into the filter, the rinse water passes through and drains from the filter. During the rinsing process, an actuator moves the rinse water head relative to the upper surface of the filter. A drain receives the rinse water after draining from the filter.

Porous structures are made from compositions that include hollow glass bodies and an inorganic powder. The inorganic powder may act as a rigid frame member, a crystallization agent, or both, which reduces the shrinkage of the porous structures during firing. The porous structures made therefrom have an open porosity of greater than 70% and reduced shrinkage of less than 10% compared to the green structures prior to firing. Methods for firing the green structures made from the compositions are also disclosed, the firing methods including reducing a temperature ramping rate of the green structures during a crystallization temperature range of the glass of the hollow bodies.